'Heritage Counts 2011' is the tenth annual survey of the state of the South East’s historic environment. This year it highlights the role of volunteers and communities in managing and promoting the South East’s historic environment and provides a summary of the ‘Heritage Counts’ indicators including an analysis of heritage at risk, funding and visitor figures.
Please take the time to look at our new research on the historic environment and Big Society which quantifies the role of the historic environment in civil society and provides guidance for heritage and other local groups on widening community links.
The ‘Heritage Counts’ indicators for the South East can be found on the National Report page and in the relevant spreadsheets. This year we have made more local level data available.
- Understanding the Assets – extent of heritage assets in the South East including listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered parks and gardens.
- Caring and Sharing – data on the condition of assets and resources and the funding available to manage them in the South East (for example levels of public sector funding, Heritage at Risk, employment levels and planning consents affecting the historic environment).
- Using and Benefiting – data on visitor numbers, membership and volunteers as well as student figures and attitudes towards heritage in the South East.
Maps showing the distribution of designated heritage assets in the South East are available here: