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Tyne and Wear Heritage Open Days

http://www.twhods.org.uk

Heritage Open Days is the nation's biggest free annual celebration of architecture, history and culture and allows the public a chance to visit heritage sites that are usually not open to the public or normally charge an entry fee. The weekend is part of European Heritage Days, a much larger collection of similar events across Europe which are run as part of a Council for Europe Initiative.

Tyne and Wear Heritage Open Days takes place every September over four days and gives the public the chance, free of charge, to visit or take part in buildings, tours, walks, talks and events, all celebrating the amazing, vibrant and diverse heritage of the region.

A Tyne and Wear Heritage Open Days Guidebook giving details of all the participating buildings, tours, walks, talks and events throughout Tyne and Wear is available from all local Tourist Information Centres and Libraries usually from early August.

Full details and a TWHODs weekend planning tool can be found on the local website http://www.twhodsorg.uk .

Checking Listed Buildings Online (also Conservation Areas, Locally Listed Sites, Scheduled Ancient Monuments and Sites of Special Scientific Interest)

Using Newcastle Electronic Maps Online

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/people-and-communities/where-you-live/newcastle-maps-online?opendocument

Bullet point instructions on how to use the service:

  • Navigate to the URL above;
  • Check the box in the disclaimer then click the link ‘Newcastle Maps Online’
  • The map will load up;
  • In the top left of the map there is a link ‘Search’ - use  this if you know any or all of the following info:
    • Street name
    • Postcode
    • Property name - this will help you to the zoom the map to the location you wish to search on;
  • Using the most relevant search result click ‘View address on map’;
  • The map will zoom to this location;
  • On the left menu bar click ‘Environment & Planning’;
  • Within the submenu are map layers that can be toggled on and off;
  • In this case, click ‘Listed Buildings’;
  • All Listed Buildings within the map view will show up in a khaki green color;
  • To obtain further information about any of the listed buildings click the ‘I’ icon on the left of the map;
  • A list of layers will open - select the relevant layer - in this case Listed Buildings and click go;
  • Using the cursor click on the building that you would like to retrieve further information about - a layer will open with basic details.

The above may also be used for other layers including Conservation Areas, Locally Listed Sites, Scheduled Ancient Monuments and Sites of Special Scientific Interest - 1 or more layers may be switched on at any one time.

Using the Heritage Gateway

English Heritage also provide Listed Buildings search resources which can be found at:

• http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk

The Historic Environment Record Online - Tyne and Wear Sitelines

http://www.twsitelines.info

Throughout the past, people have left their mark on the natural environment in many different ways. Some are very obvious like the remains of Hadrian’s Wall, or the industrial workings from coal mines. Some however, are much harder to find; traces of wooden buildings, sites where food production took place or long forgotten rubbish pits. Any surviving evidence has built up over time and left a landscape full of clues about life in the past.

“The Historic Environment Record or HER as it is commonly referred to provides a record of these clues - Sitelines provides the access to the clues.”

SiteLines allows you to find out about the archaeology on your doorstep and see what life was like in Tyne & Wear 100, 1,000 or even 3,000 years ago. There are currently over 10,000 records available of archaeological sites and finds ranging from prehistoric rock art to World War II pillboxes, Listed Buildings to burial mounds.

SiteLines also allows you to find out about a number of topics relating to the history of the region by having a look at the Historic Themes page or by searching using ‘School Topic’, general period and broad period.
If you are more interested in the heritage of your local area then try and find your town or village on our Local Histories page.

Local List of Sites of Local Architectural or Historic Interest

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/locallist

On 21 September 2006 Planning & Transport Strategy Committee adopted the Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document [SPD].

The SPD encourages the retention and conservation of the City’s local heritage assets. 

Conservation Areas

Information about conservation areas can be found at this address:

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/environment/conservation-heritage-and-urban-design/conservation-areas?opendocument

Page last updated: 16 March, 2012