List of Heritage Registers - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Heritage, culture, planning and conservation are devolved issues in the United Kingdom, and are dealt with by the governments of the constituent countries. England, which does not have its own devolved government, is covered by an agency of the United Kingdom government. See also Historic Environment Record (HERs) and Sites and Monuments Record (SMRs) maintained usually at a local government level (Archaeological Trusts in Wales).

  • The Schedule of Ancient Monuments (follows on pre-devolution 1979 Act of Parliament)
  • England: English Heritage, an executive agency of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport
    • The National Heritage List for England (launched May 2011). Contains list of all scheduled monuments, listed buildings, registered parks and gardens, historic wrecks and registered historic battlefields in England
    • National Monuments Record (England)
    • Register of Parks and Gardens
    • Registered Battlefields (UK)
    • Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
    • Heritage at Risk
  • Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Environment Agency, an executive agency within the Department of the Environment
  • Scotland:
    • Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Executive Education Department
      • Inventory of Historic Battlefields
      • Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland
    • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) - executive non-departmental public body
      • National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS) - archive formerly known as the Scottish National Buildings Record
      • CANMORE - database that is part of the NMRS
  • Wales: Cadw, an agency of the Welsh Assembly Government

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