Broads scene at Acle Bridge: Holiday haven has missed out on World Heritage Status
Broads loses out in bid to join World Heritage Sites
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
5:18 PM
The Broads has fallen at the first hurdle in its bid to become a World Heritage Site.
The Broads Authority nominated the Broads for the accolade last year, but it has not been included on the UK’s latest tentative list announced by tourism and heritage minister John Penrose.
The 11 sites on the list – which include the Lake District in Cumbria – will now be considered by the United Nations organisation Unesco for adoption as World Heritage Sites.
Broads Authority chairman Stephen Johnson said: “World Heritage Status would have brought international recognition for the Broads as the unique and very special area that it is and we are obviously disappointed not to have made the tentative list on this occasion.
“However, the Authority, working with local tourism businesses, has made great strides this year to put the Broads on the world stage in other ways.
“Our project to brand the Broads as Britain’s Magical Waterland is getting lots of attention and only last week Visit England chose the area to be one of only four Pathfinder destinations in the UK to receive special focus alongside Manchester, the Peak District and Bath.
“We are delighted to see that another member of the family of National Parks – the Lake District – has made the tentative list and we wish them and all the other candidates every success.”
Other sites included on the tentative list include Chatham Dockyards in Kent; Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire; The Forth Bridge in Scotland; The Flow Country, in Scotland; the slate industry of North Wales and Creswell Crags, Derbyshire/ Nottinghamshire.
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7 comments
Agreed Peter. Now if only we can persuade them of responsibilities they have to navigation..... Once again BA, please stop trying to get above yourself!
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Corsair64
Friday, March 25, 2011
Just how much has this predictable failure cost? Many thousands I expect. Good to see that Johnson is no longer calling the Broads a National Park!
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peter waller
Friday, March 25, 2011
Oh dear Eileen.You did not read the news.Everything will be saved.They have got a portable flood barrier to erect at Potter Heigham.
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john kendall
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Would Mr Stephen johnson please inform the toll paying boat owners how much this latest failure has actually cost in man hours and yet resulted in another shambles. Cannot wait for the next high tide then all his problems will be resolved in one as the North sea will have the final say.
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Eileen Dover
Thursday, March 24, 2011
The Broads are not a national park or world heritage site, they never have been. They are there for people to use them and the BA stop pretending that accolade will change its dismal record of late. Its about time it started devising a strategy to elect its board, all of them.
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ingo wagenknecht
Thursday, March 24, 2011
It is time that the B.A accepted that the Broads are what they are.Not a National Park,Magical Waterway or Heritage Site they are purely and simply The Norfolk Broads.It is about time now to let a fully elected accountable body look after them.
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john kendall
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mr Johnson's reaction sounds like it comes through clenched teeth....how embarrassing. Another epic fail by this unelected quango which is to many, holed below the waterline. As for 'Britain's Magical Waterand', it certainly gets lots of attention as Mr Johnson so rightly points out. You can hear the laughter for miles around, that's the sort of attention it gets!
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Nick South
Wednesday, March 23, 2011