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Advisory Board

The City of Bath World Heritage Site Steering Group became the City of Bath World Heritage Site Advisory Board in January 2018.  The Advisory Board oversees the production and implementation of the City of Bath World Heritage Site Management Plan. It usually meets three times a year to assess, progress and decide on priorities for action.  Priorities are based on the actions within the Management Plan, on current events and on issues facing the World Heritage Site. The Board is chaired by an independent chairperson, Professor Barry Gilbertson.

The following organisations give their time and expertise to sit on the Board:

  • Historic England
  • Bath & North East Somerset Council
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • ICOMOS UK
  • The National Trust
  • Federation of Bath Residents' Associations
  • Bath Business Improvement District
  • Bath Preservation Trust
  • Mayor of Bath's Corps of Honorary Guides
  • Bathscape
  • University of Bath
  • Bath Spa University
  • Visit Bath
  • Bath Charter Trustees
  • Canal and River Trust
  • Avon Local Councils Association
  • Bath Abbey
  • Bath Natural History Society
  • Bath and Counties Archaeological Society
  • Great Spas of Europe
  • Bath World Heritage Site Enhancement Fund
  • Wessex Water

You can contact the Advisory Board via the Council's World Heritage Manager

Meeting Notes