Heritage Wardens

The Heritage Warden network is made up of volunteers who help monitor and conserve the rich heritage of Leicestershire & Rutland’s countryside and landscape.

A Heritage Warden is not expected to be an expert. The Heritage Wardens’ Guidance Pack, (pdf document, 4.08mb) and the information sessions provided by the CHI should provide all the information wardens need to carry out surveys and projects in their parish. Heritage Wardens’ most essential qualification is that they genuinely care for their local environment and its heritage and cultural distinctiveness.

The network currently covers over 46% of parishes in Leicestershire and Rutland.

A Heritage Warden might gather information from local people about areas of the environment that are important to them; co-ordinate the mapping of different wildlife habitats and heritage features; act as a voice on heritage protection in each parish; liaise and network with various interested groups and bodies; bring a natural heritage slant to Village Appraisals or Village Design Statements; be a source of information and assist with community education in natural heritage issues.

Wardens have access to:

comprehensive training via the Natural History and Heritage Information Sessions programmemonthly newsletters informing them of current surveys, relevant training courses and opportunities for funding
the opportunity to borrow field equipment
records about their parish held in the Leicestershire Biological Records Centre at Holly Hayes

To find out more about the Heritage Warden network, contact the CHI team.

Heritage Wardens

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