Heritage

We are custodians of a truly impressive aspect of our national heritage. We own the third largest estate of listed structures in the United Kingdom and have begun to develop partners to help us preserve our remarkable historical structures.

Our heritage assets comprise:

• 2,756 listed buildings
• 51 scheduled monuments
• Just over 402 miles (643 km) of conservation area
• thousands of archaeological sites

In addition, our waterways adjoin or pass through:

• four World Heritage Sites
• 14 historic battlefields
• 33 registered historic parks and gardens

Understanding and appreciating the waterways heritage is important for everyone employed by British Waterways and we are constantly working to improve our corporate knowledge and expertise. We have heritage advisors working at each of our nine waterway units, as well as a Head of Heritage. Our contractors and bank staff continue to work to high standards on our historic buildings and structures, often putting into practice skills and knowledge gained on our own waterway-based heritage training courses.

Find out more about waterway heritage