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Coronavirus guidance: changes in restrictionsEnrich 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 important facts, 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:
Recent contributions
Discover and share the historic places on your doorstep. here are some of our favourite recent contributions:
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.
Enrich the List
Create an account today to add your first contribution. Then search the list to find historic places on your doorstep.
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
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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