Description
The Greater London Historic Environment Record (GLHER) is maintained by Historic England and is the first point of call for those interested in the heritage of the 32 London boroughs, and the City of London, which make up the Greater London area. The GLHER was first established in 1984 by the Greater London Council and today contains over 110,000 records on London’s historic environment and its discovery. These records cover the earliest traces of human activity to the present day. The archaeological sites, monuments, buildings, artefacts, finds, landscapes and culturally important sites that make up the HER are contained within a publicly accessible web-based database and mapping system. This system uses the Arches platform developed for the Getty Conservation Institute and the World Monument Fund. The HER is updated regularly from a variety of sources including work carried out as part of the planning process, research by academic and local interest groups and researchers, and from the general public. The Heritage Gateway contains selected datasets from the HER, so for detailed commercial and research enquiries it, and our web-based record, should be used as an initial guide only and the HER team contacted for more complete information directly ([email protected]) or via our online search request form.
Service Host organisation
Historic England London Region
Local authorities covered
Greater London
Contact information
- Name
- Stuart Cakebread
- Job Title
- HER Manager
- Telephone Number
- 0207 973 3731
- Email Address
- [email protected]
- Name
- Laura Hampden
- Job Title
- GLHER Project Officer
- Telephone Number
- 0207 973 3691
- Email Address
- [email protected]
- Name
- Isabella Roche
- Job Title
- HER Officer
- Telephone Number
- TBC
- Email Address
- [email protected]
Further information
- Address
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4th Floor, Cannon Bridge House
25 Dowgate Hill
London
EC4R 2YA
Visiting
- Access arrangements
- Please note: The Greater London HER is publicly accessible, but an appointment must be made in advance to ensure that a member of staff is available to help with accessing information.
- Opening hours
- Monday - Friday 10am - 4:30pm. We presently have an increased level of staffing in the HER and as such we have limited space for visitors. Whilst we will make every effort to accommodate people wishing to visit the HER it would be appreciated if bookings can be made at least 2 weeks in advance. We may not necessarily have space on certain days and any flexibility in dates would be appreciated.
- Visitor facilities
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Public access desk with PC, GIS and HER database photocopying, printing, scanning and a small library of London related monographs.
- Information available
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Records of archaeological sites, finds and industrial and historic buildings, including fieldwork reports and mapping.