Conservation in the United Kingdom
This page gives an overview of the complex structure of environmental and cultural conservation in the United Kingdom.
Conservation area signage in Carlton, Cambridgeshire.
Conservation area in Lytham St Annes.
Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with protecting the historic environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings, scheduling ancient monuments, registering historic parks and gardens and by advising central and local government.
Historic England's Swindon office, home to its Archives
Historic England's former London office at Holborn Bars