Liverpool’s historic docks are admired across the world and are considered so important to international heritage that in 2004 they were made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Royal Albert Dock is also the North West’s most visited tourist attraction with over 6.3 million visitors each year. Docks are enclosed areas of water in a port, designed for the loading, unloading and repair of ships and are present in most of England’s major trading centres. In Liverpool the docksRead more

In the 12 hours of the raids, 568 people were killed and over 4,000 homes destroyed. Read more

In honour of Yorkshire Day on 1 August, we take a tour of some of the castles we’ve been involved in conserving for future generations across this fine part of England.Read more

The 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act was signed into law on 31 July 1919Read more

The Sainsbury’s supermarket on Camden Road in London is now Listed at Grade II: it’s the first purpose-built supermarket to be added to the List and forms part of the 1980s Grand Union Complex, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. Commissioned to replace a former industrial site in the heart of Camden Town, the complex is an excellent example of High Tech architecture, a style that emerged in the 1960s combining industrial aesthetics (at a time when British industry wasRead more