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List of conservation areas in England

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In early 2021, there were just under 9,800 unique Conservation Areas in England (excluding sub-sections managed by secondary Local Planning Authorities), providing heritage protection for around 2.3% of England's land area and over 10% of properties. This article was originally intended to provide a comprehensive list, arranged by ceremonial county and district / unitary authority, but the listing has remained incomplete (currently around 10% including external links) and has only been sporadically added to or maintained. The table has been retained at the foot of this article, as it provides a holding structure for a number of useful local links, but its usefulness has been largely superseded by other sources.

In mid-2017, the first comprehensive listing was published, accompanied by a range of supporting analysis, and made available as a PDF download or in spreadsheet format by the author. This has subsequently been improved on by a new national spatial dataset, containing not only the names and key attributes of all English conservation areas, but also a full boundary dataset suitable for use in spatial analysis.[1] This is currently the best available summary of English conservation areas, but will gradually become outdated as Local Planning Authorities designate new areas or amend the spatial extent of existing areas.

There is marked variation in the use of conservation area status across England, with coverage ranging from 100% of properties in the Isles of Scilly (which is one large conservation area) through an average of 17% in London (although some boroughs have over 50% coverage) to under 5% in about 30% of local authority areas. In some areas, the listing of individual buildings plays a very prominent role in local heritage protection, but in London almost 40 times as many properties benefit from conservation area protections, and in some areas such as Blackpool, Watford, Oadby, Wigston and Eastbourne the ratio is over 50.

An official national spatial dataset for English conservation areas is maintained by Historic England, which makes copies available on request, although 4% of Local Planning Authorities are omitted and a further 20% have not currently granted permission to publish their data.[citation needed]

Conservation areas

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Ceremonial County District / Unitary Authority Conservation Area Name Total Number in Ceremonial County Notes
Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford 89 (as of June 2007)
Luton
4 Designated
Luton Town Centre
Luton Plaiters Lea
Luton High Town Road
Luton Rothesey
Central Bedfordshire
60 Designated
Ampthill
Aspley Guise
Aspley Heath
Astwick
Barton-le-Clay
Biggleswade
Billington
Blunham
Caddington
Clifton
Clophill
Eaton Bray
Eversholt Church End
Flitton
Harlington
Haynes Church End
Dunstable
Eggington
Heath and Reach
Henlow
Hockliffe Church End
Houghton Regis
Husborne Crawley Main Village
Husborne Crawley Church End
Ickwell
Kensworth Church End
Kensworth Lynch
Leighton Buzzard
Linslade
Luton Hoo
Maulden
Meppershall
Millbrook
Milton Bryan
Northill
Old Warden
Potton
Pulloxhill
Ridgmont
Sandy
Sewell
Shefford
Shillington
Silsoe
Southcott Village
Southill
Steppingley
Streatley
Sutton
Studham
Tebworth
Tempsford Church End
Tempsford Langford End
Tingrith
Toddington
Totternhoe
Whipsnade
Woburn
Wrestlingworth
Wrest Park
Berkshire Bracknell Forest
4 Designated
118 (as of June 2007)
Reading
14 Designated
Caversham Surley Row
Caversham St. Peters
Reading Market Place/London Street
Reading Russell St/Castle Hill
Reading St. Mary's Butts/Castle Street
Reading Eldon Square
Reading South Park
Reading Downshire Square
Tilehurst Routh Lane
Reading The Mount
Reading Horncastle
Reading Redlands
Reading Christchurch
Reading Alexandra Road
Reading Kendrick Road (Proposed)
Slough
4 Designated
Colnbrook
Slough St Bernard's School
Slough St Mary's Church
Slough Sussex Pl. Clifton Rd.
West Berkshire
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
27 Designated
Beenham's Heath
Bisham
Bray
Burchetts Green
Cookham Dean
Cookham High Street
Datchet
Eton
Holyport
Hurley
Inner Windsor
Littlewick Green
Maidenhead All Saints, Boyn Hill
Maidenhead Altwood Road
Maidenhead Boulter's Lock
Maidenhead Bridge and Guard's Club Island
Maidenhead Castle Hill
Maidenhead Town Centre
Clewer Mill Lane
Old Windsor
Pinkneys Green
Shurlock Row
Sunningdale
Waltham St Lawrence
White Waltham St Mary's Church & Bury Court
Windsor Town Centre
Windsor Trinity Place/ Clarence Crescent
Wokingham
16 Designated
Bristol Bristol 30 (as of April 2018)
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale Aylesbury Vale District Council[2]
Cheshire Warrington See List of conservation areas in Warrington
Dorset Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole See List of conservation areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Essex Southend-on-Sea See List of conservation areas in Southend-on-Sea
Thurrock
East Sussex Brighton and Hove See List of conservation areas in Brighton and Hove
Greater London Merton John Innes Conservation Area
Greater Manchester Manchester[3]
34 Designated
Albert Park
Albert Square
Ancoats
Ballbrook
Blackburn Park
Brooklands Road
Castlefield
Cathedral (shared with Salford)
Chorlton Green
Chorltonville
Crab Lane
Crumpsall Green
Crumpsall Lane
Deansgate/Peter Street
Didsbury St James
George Street
Gore Brook Valley
Graver Lane
Northenden
Old Broadway
Parsonage Gardens
Rushford Park
Shudehill
Smithfield
St Ann's Square
St John Street
St Peter's Square
Stevenson Square
Upper King Street
Victoria Park
Whalley Range
Whitworth Street
Wilbraham Road/Edge Lane
Withington
72
Salford[4]
16 Designated
Adelphi/Bexley Square
Barton-upon-Irwell (shared with Trafford)
Cathedral (shared with Manchester)
Cliff
Crescent
Ellesmere Park
Flat Iron
Irlams o' th' Height
Mines Rescue Station
Monton Green
Radcliffe Park Road
Roe Green/Beesley Green
St Augustine's
St Mark's
Worsley Old Hall
Worsley Village
Trafford[5]
21 Designated
Altrincham Ashley Heath
Altrincham Bowdon
Altrincham The Devisdale
Altrincham The Downs
Altrincham George Street
Altrincham Goose Green
Altrincham Linotype Housing Estate
Altrincham Old Market Place
Altrincham Sandiway
Altrincham Stamford New Road
Dunham Town
Dunham Woodhouses
Hale South
Hale Station
Sale Ashton upon Mersey
Sale Brodgen Grove
Stretford Empress
Stretford Longford
Urmston Barton-upon-Irwell (shared with Salford)
Urmston Flixton
Warburton Village
Kent Bromley
45 Designated
Chislehurst Conservation Area
Derwent House (Camden Park Road)


1-5 Bonchester Close, Camden Park Road (5 listings))
Hawkwood Estates (Botany Bay lane)
Tongs farm. Heritage record listing: #140418 (MNA129763)
Hawkwood Farmhouse. Referred to as Goodlands Cottage. Heritage record listing: 140414 (MNA129989). Coordinates: 51.4012°N 0.0703°E, listed 25 August 1954.[6]
Bromley Conservation Areas[7]
Lincolnshire West Lindsey[8]  
City of Lincoln[10]
11 Designated
Cathedral and City Centre
St Peter-at-Gowts
Lindum and Arboretum
St Catherine's
Gowts Bridge
West Parade and Brayford
Sibthorp Street
Carline Road
Newport and Nettleham Road
Wragby Road, the Dell
Swanpool
 
Merseyside Liverpool[11]
35 Designated
Albert Dock
Canning Street
Castle Street
Childwall Abbey
Derwent Square
Duke Street
Edge Hill
Fulwood Park
Gateacre Village
Grassendale and Cressington Park
Grove Park
Hartley Village[12]
Hunts Cross Avenue
Kensington Fields
Knotty Ash
Lark Lane
Mossley Hill
Mount Pleasant
Muirhead Avenue
Newenham Crescent
Newsham Park
Ogden Close
Princes Park
Princes Road
Rodney Street
Sefton Park
Shaw Street
St Michaels Hamlet
Stanley Dock
Toxteth Park & Avenues
Walton-on-the-Hill
Wavertree Garden Suburb
Wavertree Village
West Derby Village
William Brown Street
Woolton Village
 
Wirral Port Sunlight
North Yorkshire Yorkshire Dales National Park[13]  
Somerset South Somerset District Council[14]  
Warwickshire Rugby  
West Midlands   See List of conservation areas in the West Midlands 137
West Sussex Crawley See List of conservation areas in Crawley
West Yorkshire Bradford
58 Designated
Addingham
Baildon
Baildon Station Road
Ben Rhydding
Bingley
Bradford Apsley Crescent
Bradford Cathedral Precinct
Bradford City Centre
Bradford Eldon Place
Bradford Goitside
Bradford Great Horton
Bradford Heaton Estates
Bradford Hodgson Fold
Bradford Little Germany
Bradford Little Horton Green
Bradford Little Horton Lane
Bradford Little London
Bradford North Park Road
Bradford Southfield Square
Bradford St Paul's
Bradford Undercliffe Cemetery
Bradford Whetley Grove
Braithwaite
Brunthwaite
Burley-in-Wharefdale
Clayton
Cullingworth
Devonshire Park
East Morton
Esholt
Hainworth
Haworth
Idle
Idle The Green
Ilkley
Keighley Town Centre
Laycock
Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Leeming
Low Utley
Lower Wyke
Menston
Micklethwaite
Middleton
Oakworth
Oxenhope Lower Town
Oxenhope Station Road
Oxenhope Upper Town
Queensbury
Ryecroft
Saltaire
Silsden
Stanbury
Steeton
Thornton
Tong
Wilsden
Wrose
279
Calderdale
27 Designated
Kirklees
60 Designated
Leeds
75 Designated
Wakefield
29 Designated
 

References

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Notes

  1. ^ "UK planning policy, practice and data". www.bedfordpark.net. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  2. ^ "Conservation and listed buildings". Aylesbury Vale District Council. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Conservation areas". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  4. ^ "Conservation Areas in Salford". Salford City Council. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  5. ^ "Conservation Areas in Trafford". Trafford Council. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  6. ^ "Hawkwood Farmhouse". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  7. ^ "Conservation Areas in Bromely". London Borough of Bromley. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  8. ^ West Lindsey District Council. "Conservation areas". www.west-lindsey.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  9. ^ Godfrey Holmes (2017-06-17). "Humberston Fitties: Northern plotlanders determined to live on in facy of adversity". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  10. ^ Council, City of Lincoln. "Conservation, archaeology and heritage downloads". City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  11. ^ "Conservation Areas in Liverpool". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  12. ^ Hartley's jam village made a conservation area, BBC News, 16 December 2011
  13. ^ "List of Conservation Areas". Yorkshire Dales National Park. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  14. ^ "List of Conservation Areas" (PDF). South Somerset District Council. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

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