What We Do

We are the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England's spectacular historic environment.

We protect, champion and save the places that define who we are and where we've come from as a nation. We care passionately about the stories they tell, the ideas they represent and the people who live, work and play among them.

Working with communities and specialists we share our passion, knowledge and skills to inspire interest, care and conservation, so everyone can keep enjoying and looking after the history that surrounds us all.

Our aims

  • Historic England’s Role

    We are the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England's spectacular historic environment.

  • Historic England Future Strategy

    Our Future Strategy to make our Vision for a heritage that is valued, celebrated and shared by everyone become a reality.

  • Corporate Plan

    Our Corporate Plan provides a framework for our work as an organisation with a focus on six priority areas.

  • The Rules We Follow

    The downloadable pdfs on this page explain how the Commission and its advisory committees operate.

  • Our Carbon Reduction Plan

    This plan sets out our baseline for reducing carbon emissions and our approach to achieving Net Zero by 2040.

Get involved

Working with others