21 July 2025

In mid-2022 the Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2022-2024 was published by the Historic Environment Forum (HEF), with support from Historic England. The plan aimed to bolster sector recovery in the wake of the pandemic, to ensure a strong and strategically connected historic environment sector capable of delivering public value through heritage. Three years on from its publication, many of the collaborative actions identified in the plan have been successfully completed. 

The latest edition of the Historic Environment Overview celebrates the impact of this strategic collaboration on preserving our heritage and recognising its value across all walks of life.

The Historic Environment Overview is part of Heritage Counts, the annual audit of England’s heritage first published in 2002.

This edition of the Historic Environment Overview has been produced for the sector by the Historic Environment Forum.