1. Enriching The List County Gardens Trusts ‘Meet Up’ 16th January 2017
Martin Newman
Listing Information Manager
@MartinInfoMan

2. National Heritage List for England
398,848 Entries
377,221 Listed Buildings
9,313 Grade I
21,932 Grade II*
345,976 Grade II
19,862 Scheduled Monuments
1,649 Registered Parks and Gardens
144 Grade I
455 Grade II*
1,050 Grade II
46 Registered Battlefields
52 Protected Wrecks
18 World Heritage Sites

3. Listed Garden Features
759 Summerhouses
523 Gazebos
1,179 Sundials
65 Garden Sheds
107 Garden Seats
163 Garden Temples
290 Ha Ha
167 Serpentine Walls

4. The Problem Older List Entries are often: Lack of images for entries
Brief
Do not meet current standards
Haven't been kept up to date with latest research
Lack of images for entries
Insufficient resources to revise older entries
Speed with which the list can be updated due to its statutory nature
Users expect websites to be interactive
Meeting the Digital Agenda
Culture White Paper inc. virtual volunteering

5. The Potential The NHLE over 230,000 visits per month
Listing pages account 60% visits to HE website
Vast amount of additional knowledge from researchers both amateur and professional
99% population within one mile of an protected site or building
People care!

6. The Solution Open up the list to public contributions
Crowdsourcing project to:
Tap into the research of others
Greater engagement in The List by users
Engage new audiences in The List
User Generated Content separate from the list Entry
Moderation

7. Launched 7th June Preceded by a public beta test #ListEngland
500 posts with reach of over 700,000 at one point trending at No2 nationally
16 official HE tweets resulting in 2,493 engagements and 150 new followers

9. Since Launch 437 registered users 19,262 published contributions
12,610 List Entries Enriched
18,051 contributions with images
28,888 images in total

10. Wrest Park Case Study

11. Wrest Park Case Study

12. Wrest Park Case Study

13. Kew Gardens

14. Highgate Cemetery

15. Highgate Cemetery

16. © Phil Hurd

17. www.historicengland.org.uk/etl martin.newman@historicengland.org.uk
@MartinInfoMan
© Phil Hurd