Emma Squire and Claudia Kenyatta

Key takeaways from Claudia & Emma’s speech: • Heritage fuels growth 📈 • Shapes industrial strategy 🏭 • Boosts creative industries & skills 🎨 • Supports wellbeing ❤️ • Revitalises high streets 🛍️ • Builds belonging 🏘️ • Drives levelling up ⚖️ • Promotes sustainability🌱

A morning with the forum of church funders, heritage colleagues, and heritage minister Baroness Twycross exploring joint challenges and opportunities for collaboration. Thanks to @CofE_Churchcare @NatChurchTrust

General release tickets for 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 are now live! Join us on 𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 to explore how 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 – building bridges between communities, people and places. 🎟️ 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: bit.ly/HeritageDay2026

Delighted to be invited to give evidence to the @CommonsCMS today, as part of the Committee's inquiry on Protecting built heritage. Thank you to Committee Chair Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, and Committee members for their insightful questions on @HistoricEngland's work.

199 sites were added to the National Heritage List for England in 2025, protecting them for future generations. ✨ 173 listings. 🏛️ 21 scheduled monuments. 🏰 5 parks and gardens. 🌳 And a further 129 amendments were made to existing listings.

This morning we had our introductory meeting with Heritage Minister @fionatwycross @DCMS in our new role as Co-CEOs of @HistoricEngland. Great opportunity to discuss and test our refreshed priorities for HE - focusing on growth, strong places, and supporting the sector.

This is a great example of the policy promoted by @HistoricEngland to restore heritage buildings to homes. The heritage body estimates that between 560,000 & 670,000 homes can be created in England by repairing and repurposing existing historic buildings. That also saves carbon.

Yesterday at @HistoricEngland's #HeritageAtRisk drop-in session for MPs and peers at the Houses of Parliament. It was great to have so many MPs and peers drop by to discuss plans for sites on this year's register. We're very grateful to @BayoAlaba MP for sponsoring the event.

Great visit to Chester with @catherine_dewar to meet @LGAcomms Chair Cllr Louise Gittins. Many shared priorities between @HistoricEngland & @LGAcomms - housing, growth, pride, neighbourhoods & local reform. Exciting opportunities to work together supporting local authorities.

The best way to protect our buildings is to reuse them, turning them into places of local connection and joy. The sites saved and removed from @HistoricEngland's Heritage at Risk Register this year show how partnership and community action can create positive, sustainable change.

We are delighted to start today as Co-CEOs of @HistoricEngland. We feel privileged to be in this role in a brilliant organisation. Heritage is central to our national identity and prosperity and we're here to unlock its potential.

Tomorrow I retire as Chief Executive of @HistoricEngland. I’m so proud of all that we have achieved over the past 10 years. This account will now be run by @SquireKenyatta, and I’m confident that under Emma and Claudia’s leadership, the organisation will continue to thrive.

At the amazing Chatham Ropery with Sir Trevor Soar and Lord Neil Mendoza, to celebrate topping out of Commissioner’s House, fabulous Queen Anne building with great potential.

Visiting Titanic Hotel Liverpool and Stanley Dock to see remarkable regeneration of these iconic Victorian warehouses by Harcourt Developments with ⁦@HistoricEngland⁩ Commission

At Visit Britain annual report launch. Heritage so important to international and domestic tourism, and tourism to heritage. Good to see this message highlighted.

Today, we will unveil a national blue plaque to the Reverend Awdry, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, at his former home in Stroud. Loved around the world, it’s an honour to remember him and the happiness he brought to so many childhoods.

@nationaltrust @DCMS We are very grateful to the @IronbridgeGMT for all the work and care they have put into keeping the site safe for the nation over the years, and look forward to helping play our part in helping it to thrive in the future.

I am delighted that the @nationaltrust is stepping up, with support from @DCMS, to take on Ironbridge, the cradle of the industrial revolution, with many remarkable survivals from the late eighteenth century onwards.

Celebrating the re-opening of beautifully restored North Wing at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Great Hall and iconic Hogarth Stair have been brought back to life by @bartsheritage. Look out for the series of wellbeing events here, linking heritage to good health

To Apethorpe Palace for show round by Baron Von Pfetten and his wife who have completed conservation works to this remarkable place to a very high standard.