List of conservation areas in England

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article, as it provides a holding structure for a number of useful local links, but its usefulness has been largely superseded by other sources.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analysis.[1] This is currently the best available summary of English conservation areas, but will gradually become outdated as Local Planning Authorities designate new areas or amend the spatial extent of existing areas.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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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2023)

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Ceremonial County  | District / Unitary Authority  | Conservation Area Name  | Total Number in Ceremonial County  | Notes

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Bedfordshire | Borough of Bedford |

25 Designated

Bedford
Biddenham
Cardington
Carlton & Chellington
Elstow
Farndish
Felmersham
Great Barford
Great Barford Hill and Green End
Harrold |Kempston
Odell
Pavenham
Podington
Riseley
Roxton
Sharnbrook
Stevington
Stewartby
Swineshead
Thurleigh
Turvey
Upper Dean
Wootton

| 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

Easthampstead
Warfield
Winkfield Row
Winkfield Village

| 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 |

52 Designated

Aldermaston
Aldermaston Wharf
Aldworth
Ashampstead
Bagnor
Lower Basildon
Benham Park
Boxford and Westbrook
Bradfield
Brightwalton
Brightwalton Green
Brimpton
Bucklebury
Chaddleworth
Chieveley
Compton
Donnington
Eastbury
East Garston
Eddington
Englefield
Farnborough
Great Shefford
Hampstead Norreys
Hillgreen
Hungerford
East Ilsley
West Ilsley
Inkpen
Kennet and Avon Canal East
Kennet and Avon Canal West
Kintbury
Lambourn
Upper Lambourn
Marsh Benham
Stroud Green
Newbury Town Centre
Newbury Donnington Square
Newbury Shaw Road and Crescent
Newbury Shaw House and Church
Pangbourne
Sheffield Bridge
Speen
Stanford Dingley
Streatley
Thatcham
Theale High Street / Blossom Lane
Theale Holy Trinity
Theale The Lamb
Tyle Mill
Woolhampton
Yattendon

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 Designated

Avon Valley
Bedminster
Bower Ashton
Brentry
Brislington
City and Queen Square
City Docks
Clifton and Hotwells
College Green
Cotham and Redland
Gloucester Road
Henbury
Kingsdown
Kingsweston and Trym Valley
Montpelier
Old Market
Portland Square
Park Street and Brandon Hill
Redcliffe
Sea Mills
Shirehampton
Sneyd Park
Stapleton and Frome Valley
St James' Parade
St Michael's Hill and Christmas Steps
Stokes Croft
The Downs
Tyndall's Park
Westbury-on-Trym
Whiteladies Road

| 30 (as of April 2018)  |
Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale |

124 Designated

Buckingham
Winslow, Buckinghamshire

|  | 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 |

7 Designated

Corringham
East Tilbury
Fobbing
Horndon-on-the-Hill
Orsett
Purfleet
West Tilbury

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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] |

24 Designated

Welton
Tealby Thorpe
Tealby
Springthorpe
Spridlington
South Carlton
Bridge Street, Saxilby
Nettleham
Market Rasen
Ingham
Holton-le-Moor
Hemswell
Hackthorn
Humberston Fitties[9]
Great Limber
Glentworth
Glentham
Gainsborough town centre
Gainsborough riverside
Britannia Works, Gainsborough
Fillingham
East Stockwith
Caistor
Burton
Brattleby

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] |

37 Designated

Appletreewick (in 2 parts)
Arncliffe
Askrigg
Bainbridge
Bolton Abbey
Buckden
Burnsall
Carperby
Castle Bolton
Clapham (part of)
Dent
Eastby
East Witton
Embsay
Gayle
Grassington
Hubberholme
Kettlewell
Linton
Gunnerside
Hebden
Hudswell (part of)
Ingleton (part of)
Langcliffe (part of)
Langcliffe Quarry
Littondale
Long Preston
Muker
Reeth
Sedbergh (plus extension)
Sedbergh, Farfield Mill
Settle (part of)
Settle-Carlisle
Starbotton
Swaledale & Arkengarthdale
Thwaite
West Burton

|  |
Somerset | South Somerset District Council[14] |

88 Designated

Alvington
Ansford
Barrington
Blackford
Bower Hinton
Bruton
Buckland St Mary
Cadbury Castle
Castle Cary
Castle Cary - Higher Flax Mills
Chaffcombe
Chard
Charlton Adam
Charlton Horethorne
Chiselborough
Coat
Combe St Nicholas
Compton Pauncefoot
Corton Denham
Crewkerne
Cricket Malherbie
Donyatt
Dowlish Wake
Drayton
East Coker
East Lambrook
Hadspen
Haselbury Plucknett
Henstridge
High Ham
Higher Wambrook
Hinton St George
Holton
Horsington
Huish Episcopi
ILCHESTER
ILMINSTER
ISLE ABBOTTS
KINGSBURY
KINGSDON
KINGWESTON
KNOLE
LANGPORT
LIMINGTON
LONG SUTTON
LOPEN
MACKRELL
MAPERTON
MARSTON MAGNA
MARTOCK
MERRIOTT
MIDDLE CHINNOCK
MILBORNE PORT
MILBORNE WICK
MISTERTON
MONTACUTE
MUCHELNEY
NORTH CADBURY
NORTH CHERITON
NORTH COKER
NORTH PERROTT
NORTON-SUB-HAMDON
ODCOMBE
PITCOMBE
PUCKINGTON
QUEEN CAMEL
SHEPTON BEAUCHAMP
SOMERTON
SOUTH CADBURY
SOUTH CHERITON
SOUTH PETHERTON
STOFORD
STOKE-SUB-HAMDON
TATWORTH
THORN COFFIN
TINTINHULL
WADEFORD
WEST CHARLTON & CHARLTON
WEST CAMEL
WEST CHINNOCK
WEST COKER
WHITESTAUNTON
WINCANTON
WINSHAM
WOOLSTON
YEOVIL HENDFORD HILL
YEOVIL THE PARK
YEOVIL Town centre

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Warwickshire | Rugby |

19 Designated

Bilton
Bilton Road
Brandon
Brinklow
Churchover
Clifton Road, Hillmorton Road & Whitehall Road
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore
Coombe Abbey
Dunchurch
Easenhall
Hillmorton locks
Leamington Hastings
Monks Kirby
Old Brownsover
Rugby School
Rugby Town Centre
Stretton-on-Dunsmore
Thurlaston
Wolston

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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.

Sources

* Bedford Conservation Areas – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Luton Conservation Areas – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Mid Bedfordshire Local Plan Appendix 2 List of Conservation Areas – Accessed 21/06/2007
* South Bedfordshire Local Plan – Accessed 21/06/2007
* Bracknell Forest Conservation Areas – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Conservation Areas in Reading – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Conservation Area consent in Slough – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Windsor & Maidenhead Conservation Areas – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Bristol Conservation Areas – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Aylesbury Vale Conservation Areas – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Bradford Conservation Areas – Accessed 24 October 2013
* Yorkshire Dales National Park Conservation Areas – Accessed 24 October 2013

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