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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.

Young boy taking a photo of Bodmin Moor using a tablet.

Historic England’s Role

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

General view of the gala pool at Moseley Road Baths with people standing on the edge at the deep end surrounded by scaffolding

Corporate Plan

This plan sets out Historic England's aims and objectives for 2019 - 2022.

 View of a stone built historic building with a sympathetic modern addition

Action Plan

Explanation of changes to the relationship Historic England's Action Plan and Corporate Plan

 West Midlands Grand Hotel facade stone repair

Annual Report and Accounts

Read our latest Annual Report and Accounts.

 Quayside of the south bank of the Wear showing buildings, two cranes and a blue boat in the foreground.

How We Spend Our Money

Find out how we spend our money, including details on our planned expenditure for 2019/20.

 Hikers on Hadrian's Wall

The English Heritage Trust

Find out about the relationship between Historic England and the English Heritage Trust.

 A jester and onlookers including young chiodren watch morris dancing on the street of an idyllic Wiltshire village.

Stakeholder Survey 2017

See what Historic England learned when stakeholders gave their views of our performance based on their experiences of working with us.

 View of the Royal Border Bridge which crosses to Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed.

The Rules We Follow

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

 Interior view of the Faculty of History library, Cambridge.

Access to Information

Here you can find out about our data protection policy and how you can access any of your information that we may hold.

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Consultations

From time to time we invite feedback on draft versions of our strategic plans and formal advice and guidance, and respond to government consultations.

 View along the riverside of crowds walking past Shakespeare's Globe theatre, London.

Translated into Other Languages

Find information about what Historic England does and how we are run translated into other languages.