Heritage Counts

Heritage Counts is a compendium of the best available evidence that might support advocacy for heritage and inform new initiatives. Historic environment professionals use the research collected here to understand the value of heritage and historic environment changes to develop policies to protect it and demonstrate its importance.

The Heritage Counts reports are published by Historic England on behalf of the Historic Environment Forum, providing evidence of heritage's value to our economy, society and environment.

Heritage Counts provides the historic environment sector with the information and data to make decisions and influence policy. It also highlights issues which are particularly important to the sector. This is demonstrated through five reports plus regional case studies.

Heritage Counts includes:

  • The Historic Environment: An Overview
  • Heritage and the Economy
  • Heritage and Society
  • Heritage and the Environment
  • Heritage Indicator Data
  • An annual feature report

Project Details

Location: United Kingdom, Northern Europe, Europe Organiser(s): Historic England Project partner(s): Historic Environment Forum Funder(s): Historic England Funding received: Undisclosed Commencement Date: 11/2004 Project Status: Active
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