Historic Buildings

People of the Peak: Past, Present, Future

This project will transform the way heritage is protected across the Peak District National Park by increasing volunteer and community involvement in its monitoring and conservation. The Peak District landscape has been shaped by human activity over thousands of years. There are over 473 scheduled monuments and 2848 listed buildings, spread across 555 square miles. The task of caring for heritage sites across a landscape of this scale is vast and existing monitoring and conservation is simply not enough. This project will create an inclusive volunteering programme so more people can get directly involved in monitoring and conserving our national heritage. With more and better-quality monitoring, we will be able to identify risks to heritage. A community heritage grant fund and volunteer supported conservation activities will help to protect heritage found to be at risk and safeguard it for future generations.