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Local Authorities working together for World Heritage
The Local Authority World Heritage Forum (LAWHF) is a network of local authorities in the UK that have the whole or part of an Inscribed World Heritage Site or Tentative Site within their administrative boundaries.
LAWHF exists to help local authorities play their part in protecting, conserving and presenting UK World Heritage Sites.
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1 Aug 2010: Darwin's home listing deferred
The UK’s nomination for the workplace and home of Charles Darwin to join UNESCO’s international list of World Heritage Sites has been deferred.... MORE7 Jul 2010: Tentative List applicant sites published
DCMS publishes list of applicant sites for UK Tentative List.... MORE3 Jun 2010: Liverpool presses EU to invest more in Cultural Heritage
Liverpool is a key partner in the EU-funded Urbact Project HerO (Heritage as an Opportunity) which is a networking project, seeking to develop and share best practice in the manage... MORE3 Jun 2010: Liverpool’s WHS creates interest at World Expo in Shanghai
Liverpool is the only city in the UK which is exhibiting at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. ... MORE3 Jun 2010: Liverpool’s Old Dock opens to the public
Old Dock in Liverpool’s World Heritage Site was the world’s first commercial enclosed wet dock when it opened in 1715.... MORE3 Jun 2010: Liverpool adopts SPD for the WHS
On 9th October 2009, Liverpool City Council adopted the Supplementary Planning Document for the WHS after 3 years hard work by many people.... MORE7 Mar 2010: Planning & World Heritage Conference
Papers from the "Planning & World Heritage" conferences now available on this website... MORE26 Jan 2010: Tentative List update
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has announced the Government's intention to update the UK's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites.... MORE30 Sep 2009: "Opportunity into Advantage"
UNESCO World Heritage Site status has come under greater scrutiny than ever before in terms of its costs and benefits. One simple question has come to be asked of WHS status: Is it... MOREHeritage Lottery Bid helps Bromley Council evolve Darwin discovery project
It was in the peaceful countryside that now forms part of the Borough of Bromley that naturalist Charles Darwin formulated his seminal theories on evolution. And now, thanks to a g... MORELake District Towns Essential to World Heritage Bid
New research published this week by the Lake District World Heritage Project gives the strongest indication yet that Keswick, Ambleside and Windermere & Bowness could play an impor... MORE
