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On Thursday 18 April we celebrate World Heritage Day. There are 18 World Heritage Sites in England. For the city of Liverpool, World Heritage Site status has become an essential element of the Liverpool brand that attracts people from all around the world. But in 1991 Liverpool's heritage was very much at risk. A pioneering approach rescued Liverpool's Royal Insurance Building and 500 other historic buildings, bringing them from dereliction back into use.
Stopping the rot
Join the country's biggest celebration of gardening, starting on Monday 29 April. Experience the joy of visiting some of the country's most beautiful green spaces. Explore our map of aerial photos of the landscapes of Capability Brown and Humphry Repton, two of England's finest historic landscape designers.
Explore the map
10 April 1970 The Beatles announced their split. The band recorded 190 of their 210 recordings at the world’s first purpose built studios on Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London. The last recordings they made as a complete band were recorded there for the Abbey Road album.
More about Abbey Road Studios
On 2 April 1911, the night of the census, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was found hiding in a broom cupboard in the Houses of Parliament. Her act represented the ultimate goal of the suffrage campaign, to have a presence in Parliament. Supporters of the suffrage movement across the country sabotaged the census in many ways citing their slogan 'Women do not count, neither shall they be counted'.
Sites of suffragette sabotage
When Birkenhead Park opened on 5 April 1847 becoming the first publicly-funded park, it marked a revolution in our attitude towards public health. Paul Davies, current manager of Birkenhead Park, talked with Emma Barnett and Louise Brennan about the critical difference the park made to the health of urban families at that time.
Public parks podcast
The second monarch in the Tudor dynasty Henry VIII became king on 21 April 1509. The Tudors built some of the most impressive and famous places in the country. Explore six sensational Tudor houses that still survive to this day.
Sensational Tudor housesNearly 400,000 of the most important historic places in England are listed. The List includes buildings, battlefields, monuments, parks, gardens, shipwrecks and more. Listing makes sure their value is protected.
Glazed atrium of Murrays' Mill, Redhill Street, Ancoats, Manchester
© Historic England DP058601
Experts have made a discovery which reveals rabbits came to England 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.
2 April 2019
New research: 85% of businesses operating in historic buildings express satisfaction with where they work.
19 March 2019
Michael Morrison re-appointed as Commissioner for 3 years, starting on 1 June 2019.
19 March 2019
New apprenticeships to meet the demand for skilled professionals around the country.
© Historic England 2019