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Help us enrich the List © thelittlegreyartist / Alamy Stock Photo
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Share Your Knowledge to Enrich the List

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Enrich the List with your images, insights and secrets of England's spectacular historic places.

The List has over 400,000 entries: tower blocks and tombstones, barrows and bunkers, palaces and pigsties, plague crosses and piers, cathedrals, windmills and rollercoasters.

Many places on the List are well-known and even world-famous. But in some cases there is much that remains unknown.

We invite you to share your knowledge and pictures of listed places, so we can record information, and even unlock the secrets of some places.

How to get started

You can add contributions to historic places on the National Heritage List for England:

  • Listed Buildings
  • Scheduled Monuments
  • Protected Wreck Sites
  • Parks & Gardens
  • Battlefields
  • World Heritage Sites

You can register, log in and add contributions from any of these list entries. So find a place special to you to get started:

Use the map to find listed places near you

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Recent contributions

Discover and share the historic places on your doorstep. Here are some of our favourite recent contributions:

Perch Rock lighthouse reflected in the water A milestone which reads '111 miles to Gloucester' Classical roman statue with a copper dome in the background Large house in urban setting with sun rising behind it The view is from a ledge that overlooks the sea. The ledge is grass with a small portion of rock showing. Single rock within an open landscape with rolling hills visible in the background Large building with a cone roof blocking out the sun. Nothing else visible in the picture except for some grey clouds Shelter with ornate rooftop, blue pillars, and a wooden bench. Sea is visible in the background Green railings in focus set in a brick wall with a garden in the background that is not in focus Rural setting. Large viaduct with arches framing the scene. Blue sky above the viaduct track War memorial with a cross on top with a wreath of poppies Row of large terraced houses in London. One car on the street Cliff side view with mostly stone visible. Waves crashing into the stone and grey sky Drone shot showing an aerial view of the monument and urban area in the background

What can I add?

We welcome anything that celebrates and enriches the list entry.

  • Photos - new or old
  • Historical events and social history
  • Information about the architecture or archaeology
  • Links to useful online resources

Photo permissions

Photos must be taken from public land or public rights of way, or you must have the explicit permission granted by the landowner. 

Photo you add must be yours or if a historic image you must have the rights to it to upload it.

If you are worried that a photo has been added without these permissions, please email us [email protected]

What not to add

🚫 Corrections

If you think a list entry is incorrect then you can let us know by asking for a minor amendment.

🚫 Personal information

Do not contribute information which can be used to identify an individual.

  • Avoid people and faces in the foreground of photos
  • Avoid or blur out car registration plates

🚫 Advertising and promotion

Do not add contributions featuring adverts or promoting a commercial activity. Your contribution may be rejected if it is not relevant to the list entry.

Terms and conditions

Read the full Enriching the List Terms and Conditions for specific details covering what you are allowed to contribute and what happens to your contribution.

Bringing the List to life with Enrich the List

Connecting People and Places with Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust

Students used Enrich the List share a project questioning how Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities have a voice in the planning and design of sites that are significant to them

Oral Histories on Enrich the List

The British Library's audio recordings provide a fascinating way of meeting the people behind the historic places on the National Heritage List for England

Commemorating D-Day

We partnered with the D-Day Museum in Portsmouth to use objects from their collection to bring people and places of the NHLE to life

13 Listed Buildings on the District Line

London Transport Museum have enriched all of the listed buildings on the District Line using photographs from their collections.

Stapleton Road in Bristol is one of the most culturally diverse streets in the UK. Whilst being extremely busy and noisy, the characteristics of the neighbourhood are highlighted in unique shopfronts.

Contribution by Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust

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