The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has released a new report that compiles evidence on the budgetary pressures facing England's heritage sector, using a regional case study approach focussing on local and combined authority funding in West Yorkshire. The findings will be familiar to many industrial heritage sites. The report outlines how over a decade of local authority funding cuts, alongside the loss of EU funding and the continuing effects of the pandemic, have placed significant pressure on small to medium-sized heritage organisations. While some have adapted through asset transfers, income diversification, and new governance models, others, particularly organisations in deprived regional areas, reliant on volunteers, or working with rural or intangible heritage, face an increasingly uncertain future.

Campaigners say they will not give up despite demolition plans being approved.

The painting depicts Christ judging all souls going to either heaven or hell and was found in 1891.

My honorary role as Surveyor of the Antiquities of Altrinncham for the town's Court Leet means that I get to check up on the state of archaeology and heritage in the historic town three times a year. For the Michaelmas Assizes in September 2025 this included noting threats to the timber-framed former Orange Tree public house, on the western side of the late medieval marklet place, and Trafford Borough Council's proposed new Heritage Strategy. Timber-framing on the upper floor of The Orange Tree in 2017. Image copyright Dr Michael Nevell.

Seventy-five civic museums across England will share £20m through the UK Government’s Museum Renewal Fund. The monies will be distributed Arts Council England. The funding forms part of the £270 million 'Arts Everywhere Fund' launched in February 2025. The funding will be used by museums to support work towards stabilising their financial situation and building towards sustainable and thriving futures. It must be spent by the end of January 2026.

Historic England’s next free industrial heritage webinar takes place on 23 Oct, from 1300 to1400. This is HE's second webinar to focus on the Stockton and Darlington Railway Heritage Action Zone. They will be exploring the successes and challenges of the different strands of work undertaken, including designation, repair, re-use and community engagement, as well as looking at the project's legacy, and the long-term future of the line. The recording from the first webinar looking at the various research projects is available here - . These webinars form part of Historic England’s contribution to this year’s Stockton and Darlington Railway bicentenary (

Visitors will be able to rediscover engines that powered everything from cotton mills to railways.

People were invited to take part in a two-week dig at Attingham Park in September.

The ground that will be explored was where Jacobite forces advanced on the front line of an opposing government army.

Pa-Sheri, who is 2,300 years old, is restored by students after damage was discovered.

Within the city’s Science and Industry Museum, a whirling, spinning array of engines are still the stars of the show in a fine £18.9m makeover

ICON, the Instute for Conservation, is launching the 4th edition of 'First Aid for Finds', the essential guide for the care of freshly excavated archaeological objects, on 15th October. The session will feature an exclusive lecture from the book’s authors, who will discuss the evolution of First Aid for Finds, highlight the key updates in the new edition, and share insights from decades of experience in archaeological conservation.

There are tough talks ahead on the future of Scotland’s prized historic sites as climate change, costs and rising visitor numbers take their toll

The Old Wye Bridge in Chepstow is shut to all traffic after an inspection

The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester will reopen the Power Hall: The Andrew Law Gallery on October 17

It attracts 125,000 people every year - but bosses need extra funding to stop the damage

An historic broadcast station in Brookmans Park has been rejected for listing, despite recommendations from experts.

Earlier in 2025 the Carnforth Heritage Visitor Centre re-opened under new management. The centre tells not only the story of the making of the 1945 film 'Brief Encounter' but also the history and heritage of Carnforth, its workers, and its families.   In October 2024, the Station Trust, which ran the Visitor Centre, handed back the lease to Network Rail after visitor numbers failed to recover after Covid, and in the face of rising costs. Now the exhibitions at the Visitor Centre are being upgraded, and the Centre is looking for pictures of old Carnforth, the Ironworks, and the Cinema (now the Co-op).

An archaeology team uncovers pottery and well-preserved wooden posts and fencing at a site in the Gallowgate area.

Dr Büster's study will be the first to focus on the lives of older adults in prehistoric Europe.