Organisation - English Heritage

Address: PO Box 569, Swindon, SN2 2YP

Telephone: 0870 333 1181

Organisation's website http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

Description / history

English Heritage is the Government's statutory adviser on the historic environment.
Officially known as the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, English Heritage is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Its powers and responsibilities are set out in the National Heritage Act (1983) and it reports to Parliament through the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.