Documents & Research

Durham World Heritage Site has been a centre for learning for over 900 years and today remains a place of world leading research.

Explore this research that stretches from how the buildings were constructed and used in the past to how UNESCO World Heritage status can build economies and protect heritage in the developing world.

Durham World Heritage Site Management Documents

• Research Framework 2015
• Management Plan 2017
• Annual Statement 2017
• WHS Boundary Revision proposal 2019
• Annual Statement 2018
• Annual Statement 2019
• Annual Statement 2020

Durham World Heritage Site Research

• Palace Green geophysical survey and historic background (By kind permission of Historic Scotland).
• World Heritage Day 2021: Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures

Archive

• Management Plan 2006
• Management Plan Summary 2006
• Management Plan 2017 consultation