Archive Education Resources
As well as providing images for our Educational Images section of the website the Historic England Archive also provides other education services. Here you can find out more about what's available.
Aerial photograph packs for schools
The Historic England Archive is now using its amazing collection of aerial photographs to produce Local History packs, containing aerial photographs and old maps for teachers to use in the classroom. Originally produced for schools as part of our Heritage Schools programme, we are now delighted to be able to offer this service to all schools.
Two types of pack are available:
Local History Pack A
Bespoke Packs - £134 + VAT:
These packs are focused on a place of your choosing - such as your school or town centre. You choose the location and we'll search the Archive and hand-pick the best images and maps to show how that area has changed.
Each type of pack will contain:
- A minimum of five aerial photographs from the 20th century, showing the major changes within the chosen area over that time, printed at A3
- A minimum of four historic maps dating back to the late 19th century, printed at A3
- Digital copies of the maps and aerial photographs
Local History Pack B
Training Packs - £30 + VAT:
Whenever we deliver a Teacher Training session on using our Local History Packs a copy of that pack will become available. Each type of pack will contain:
- A minimum of five aerial photographs from the 20th century, showing the major changes within the chosen area over that time, printed at A3
- A minimum of four historic maps dating back to the late 19th century, printed at A3
- Digital copies of the maps and aerial photographs
The table below lists the packs currently available. You may also like to watch our training film on Using Aerial Photographs.
Training packs
| Order code | Region | Place |
| EE01 | East of England | Boston - Town centre |
| EE02 | East of England | Sleaford - Town centre |
| EE03 | East of England | Grantham - Town centre |
| EE04 | East of England | Stamford - Town centre |
| EE05 | East of England | Lowestoft - North of the river |
| EE06 | East of England | Lowestoft - South of the river |
| EE07 | East of England | Great Yarmouth - Row Houses |
| EE08 | East of England | Luton - Town Centre |
| EE09 | East of England | Cambridge - Homerton College |
| EE10 | East of England | Wisbech (North) |
| EE11 | East of England | Wisbech (South) |
| EE12 | East of England | Norwich - City Centre |
| EE13 | East of England | Grimsby - Docks |
| EE14 | East of England | Kings Lynn - Town and Docks |
| EM01 | East Midlands | Leicester - New Walk |
| EM02 | East Midlands | Leicester - Central station to Spinney Hill Park |
| EM03 | East Midlands | Leicester - Leicester City FC |
| EM04 | East Midlands | Lincoln - City Centre |
| EM05 | East Midlands | Coalville |
| EM06 | East Midlands | Derby - City Centre |
| L01 | London | Greenwich - Charlton House |
| L02 | London | Greenwich - Eltham Palace |
| L03 | London | Greenwich - Royal Observatory |
| L04 | London | Woolwich - Riverside |
| L05 | London | Haggerston |
| L06 | London | Stoke Newington |
| L07 | London | Hillingdon |
| L08 | London | Wood Green Station |
| L09 | London | Southfields Station |
| NE01 | North East | Middlesborough - Station and Docks |
| NE02 | North East | North Shields - Fish Quay |
| NE03 | North East | Newcastle - Bessie Surtees House |
| NE04 | North East | Berwick upon Tweed - Town centre |
| NE05 | North East | Bishop Aukland - Town centre |
| NE06 | North East | South Shields - Custom House |
| NE07 | North East | Alnwick - Town centre |
| NE08 | North East | South Shields - Segadunum Roman Fort |
| NE09 | North East | Seaham |
| NE10 | North East | South Shields - Tyne Dock |
| NE11 | North East | Shildon |
| NE12 | North East | Jarrow to Howdon Ferry Crossing |
| NE13 | North East | Sunderland - East End and Docks |
| NE14 | North East | Darlington - Town Centre |
| NE14 | North East | Hull - City Centre |
| NW01 | North West | Manchester - Salford Quays |
| NW02 | North West | Liverpool - Central Library and St George's Hall |
| NW03 | North West | Liverpool - Albert Docks |
| NW04 | North West | Blackpool - Tower and Winter Gardens |
| NW05 | North West | Crewe - Town centre and station |
| NW06 | North West | Manchester - Piccadilly Gardens |
| NW07 | North West | Appleby-in-Westmorland |
| NW08 | North West | Rochdale - Town Centre |
| NW09 | North West | Oldham |
| SE01 | South East | Bognor Regis - Town Hall |
| SE02 | South East | Romford - Market Place |
| SE03 | South East | Ramsgate (East) |
| SE04 | South East | Ramsgate (West) |
| SE05 | South East | Dover - East and Castle |
| SE06 | South East | Carshalton |
| SE07 | South East | Hastings - Town Centre and Pier |
| SW01 | South West | Bristol - SS Great Britain and Clifton |
| SW02 | South West | Winchester - The Cathedral |
| SW03 | South West | Swindon - Town centre |
| SW04 | South West | Trowbridge - Town centre |
| SW05 | South West | Kidlington |
| SW06 | South West | Minehead |
| SW07 | South West | Bristol - St John on the Wall Church |
| WM01 | West Midlands | Abbey Hulton - Hulton Abbey |
| WM02 | West Midlands | Halesowen - Town Centre |
| WM03 | West Midlands | Birmingham - Royal Orthopedic Hospital |
| WM04 | West Midlands | Dawley - High Street |
| WM05 | West Midlands | Oakengates - Oakengates Theatre |
| WM06 | West Midlands | Oswestry Castle |
| WM07 | West Midlands | Birmingham - Bournville |
| WM08 | West Midlands | Coventry - City Centre |
| WM09 | West Midlands | Burslem |
| WM10 | West Midlands | B'ham City University - Perry Bar Campus |
| Y01 | Yorkshire | Bradford - Bradford College |
| Y02 | Yorkshire | Halifax - Piece Hall |
| Y03 | Yorkshire | Leeds - City Centre |
| Y04 | Yorkshire | Ripon - Workhouse Museum |
| Y05 | Yorkshire | Barnsley - Town Hall |
| Y06 | Yorkshire | Haworth - Bronte Parsonage |
| Y07 | Yorkshire | Scarborough Castle |
| Y08 | Yorkshire | Saltaire - Salts Mill |
| Y09 | Yorkshire | Wakefield - City Centre |
| Y10 | Yorkshire | Doncaster - Town Centre |
| Y11 | Yorkshire | Dewsbury - Town Centre |
| Y12 | Yorkshire | Elsecar |
| Y13 | Yorkshire | Leeds Trinity University - Horsforth Campus |
| Y14 | Yorkshire | Leeds Beckett University - Headingly Campus |
Ordering your pack
All packs can be ordered via our Archive Services Team. Please request either Pack A - stating a postcode or grid reference of where you would like the pack centred on - or Pack B with the corresponding Order Code listed above. We’ll send you an invoice shortly after sending your pack.
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