'Listing' describes the different types of protection for heritage featured on the National Heritage List for England (also referred to as 'the List', or NHLE), which includes listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, protected wreck sites and registered battlefields.
Learn how and why we list buildings and what it means for the people who own them.
Learn more about how and why we schedule nationally important monuments and sites.
Learn how and why we register designed landscapes, including parks and gardens.
Find out more about registered battlefields, why they are protected, and how we register them.
Find out more about protected wreck sites, why they are protected, and how to access them.
Explore the history of the National Heritage List for England and understand why list entries differ.
A helpful summary of what to find in each section of a list entry.
Find out about other ways to protect and celebrate heritage.
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