We are the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England's spectacular historic environment.
Neolithic monuments, Iron Age settlements, square barrows and a Roman farm have been newly discovered by our flying archaeologists during this spell of dry weather.
Learn about the discoveries
Our Spirit of the North exhibition and podcast series explores the people and places of the North of England through the lens of celebrated photographer, John Kippin.
Find out more
For millennia, we have celebrated and mourned, marked and memorialised. Through our culture, places, stories and rituals we pass down what matters to us. It is how we make people immortal.
But who decides who and how we remember? 'Immortalised: The People Loved, Left and Lost in our Landscape' explores these questions.
More about the exhibition
We've uncovered a remarkable collection of more than 4,000 medical images, deep within the vaults of the Historic England Archive.
The images document health care from 1938 to 1943, and detail wartime hospital staff, patients, procedures and practices.
Explore the photos
Archaeologists are investigating three important shipwreck sites this summer.
See what they discover and explore our virtual wreck dives and maritime blogs.
Dive into maritime history
The map is the easiest way to find listed buildings and other historic places near you.
Browse the mapNearly 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.
Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire (DP044527)
© Historic England
15 August 2018
Mysterious Neolithic ceremonial monuments, Iron Age settlements, square barrows and a Roman farm have been discovered by Historic England’s flying archaeologists.
30 July 2018
Hundreds of nominations received as public share their knowledge of local monuments, street shrines and community tributes.
25 July 2018
Maritime archaeologists are diving the Rooswijk wreck site, continuing excavations started last summer, with the aim of revealing more of its story.
16 July 2018
Archaeologists to excavate ship wreck on the inter-tidal mudflats at Tankerton Beach, Kent and late 18th century wreck on Camber Sands protected.
© Historic England 2018