York: A World Heritage City

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PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE CALLING OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, THE VENUE FOR THIS EVENT HAS NOW CHANGED. 

In April 2023, the city of York was placed on the UK Tentative List of World Heritage Sites. York is a 2,000-year-old, continuously inhabited, historically important city.  Designation in the future as a UNESCO World Heritage Site would give international recognition of York’s incredible heritage.

York is the outstanding example of urbanisation in north-western and northern Europe initiated by the Romans developing and changing up to the present day. The quality of its surviving buildings and townscape, augmented by well-preserved archaeological deposits below ground, provides an unparalleled physical record of the fusion of successive cultures and expresses how the city has, and continues to, successfully assimilate change.

A panel of World Heritage experts will reflect on what World Heritage is and what it can bring to the city. Why not come along with your questions and tell us what World Heritage for York means for you?

Please note: There is no wheelchair access and entry to the room is via stairs.

This event is presented by the York World Heritage Steering Group. Find out more about York's bid for World Heritage status.

Photo credit: Visit York