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The work of the Historic Towns and Villages Forum takes many forms, from events with talks, visits and workshops, to undertaking primary research into issues associated with managing change in historic places. These are all designed to examine preconceptions about the definition of heritage and its significance, the management of historic places seeing change and growth, and the role of historic places in the national and local economies, and bringing this to wider audiences – public and professional.

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Politics, priorities and promises

As the election draws near, and manifesto promises are scrutinised, shared and debated, we bring a roundup of some key…

Royal patronage of HTVF to continue

The Historic Towns and Villages Forum is very pleased to announce that His Majesty King Charles will be continuing his…

Managing Heritage Assets and Development in Smaller Settlements

It was good to be meet in person at Kellogg College, University of Oxford for a day of excellent, thought-provoking presentations…

Forum funding success: reaching rural communities

We are delighted to have received the news from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) that the Forum’s application to…

HTVF finalists in 2023 RTPI Planning Practitioner Awards

We are pleased to be finalists in the 2023 RTPI Planning Practitioner Awards for the Towards a Better Balance between…

Westminster Launch of new Historic England funded report

Update: We were delighted to speak to more MPs this week about the recommendations in our research Towards a Better Balance…

Towards a Better Balance between Heritage and Growth report

The Historic Towns and Villages Forum (HTVF), the Alliance of Historic Cathedral Cities and Towns (ACT) and Allies and Morrison…

New Town Heritage Explorers: Capturing a Place’s Character

Our interactive community-led project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is available online! We are encouraging everyone - whether…