Heritage Watch

October half-term is here! ✈️ Discover Spitfire & Hurricane replicas, our interactive Scramble Experience, our new Merlin Mk XII engine exhibit, plus cake & views at the Cockpit Café. Open daily 10am - 4pm | Entry free | Parking £2+ 📍 Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone

Work With Us - Cathedral Archaeologist. We are seeking to appoint a Cathedral Archaeologist as a consultant on a five-year term, with the potential to extend. Deadline 17th November rochestercathedral.org/job-vacancy-in…

📢 Our Annual Public Meeting will be starting at 2.30pm today. Watch it live here: utm.io/uje8O Don’t worry if you can’t join us – the meeting will be recorded and available to watch any time our website.

Heritage crime at its worst, an assault on France's heritage. On October 19, thieves stole heritage jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris. This is why preventing heritage crime and protecting our past is so important across Kent. @HistoricEngland @matthewinkent @HeritageCrime

Thank you to @KPoliceMuseum and @KentPoliceRural for hosting today’s #HeritageWatch Committee Meeting. Interesting discussions on remaining vigilant to protect heritage assets, engaging stakeholders and communities.

⚠️ #LocationManager #LocationScout @kentheritage Networking Fam Trip this Wednesday in Medway & Canterbury. Breakfast, lunch and shuttle vehicles provided and some hidden gems to discover during the day 🏰 RSVP via email below ⬇️ Final spaces available

Kent Heritage Watch welcomes @FortAmherstuk to Heritage Watch. In January Chair Kelvin Wood and Vice Chair Sam Williams met with Victoria Winslade GM at the Fort for a behind the scenes tour of the fort and to discuss the challenges of preserving heritage at visitor attractions.

Kent Heritage Watch welcomes the Royal Engineers Museum to Heritage Watch. Today Chair Kelvin Wood and Vice Chair Sam Williams met with Matt Thomas Ops Manager @REMuseum to discuss preserving heritage, security, salvage, location filming and networking with heritage sites.

Adrian Harper, CEO @PCCKent closing remarks @kentheritage conference: “Today’s programme has been a fascinating balance of intrigue and education. I genuinely have learnt something. If we don’t protect our heritage it will be gone. We need to encourage the next generation.”

Mark Harrison, Head of Heritage Crime Strategy @HistoricEngland discusses latest developments to prevent & protect heritage from crime. “The Alliance to Reduce Crime against Heritage (ARCH) now has 200 organisations and bodies to bring expertise, knowledge, resources & powers.”

Harvey Edgington, Head of Filming @nationaltrust “Creative industries is worth £101.5bn to the UK economy.” The filming team consists of film officers, project conservators and ecologists to protect their sites with on avg 3 film crews per day nationwide.

Paul Barnard, Deputy Chief Executive @DockyardChatham presents on Funding and Innovation projects. “Success across our property portfolio, museums and visitor attractions, ropemaking and trading businesses has been achieved through grants and funding.”

Paul Lopez from the Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre @EasternCRC talks about the current threats to SMEs with #Cybercrime from phishing to fraud. Beware of Urgency, Authority, Mimicry, Curiosity. “If it’s too good to be true it most likely is!”

Fiona Pollard of Heritage Events organiser of @LCConcert advises the key to event success at heritage sites: “Know your venue, know your audience, emotionally connect by creating a sense of community.” Network with event organisers @NOEAnews @alva_uk @VisitKent

Superintendent Peter Steenhuis, Head of Command, Strategic Prevention @kent_police discusses community policing successes through engagement, presence and early intervention.

Duncan Leslie, CEO of @hevercastle opens the conference sharing learnings from diversifying to generate revenue. 1. Immersive events to engage its 400k visitors per year. 2. Location filming success has brought screen tourism. 3. Planning restoration works to “future proof”.

60 delegates gather today @hevercastle for the #HeritageWatchKentConference to discuss diversifying to generate revenue and share knowledge with the latest heritage crime prevention and protection methods.

Thank you to our host @hevercastle sponsors and exhibitors @KentPoliceRural @KentPoliceCyber @SDC_newsdesk @Brook_Security @Ecclesiastical @SQRgroup @WardSecurity #GTFilmTransport

Attend the 2024 Kent Heritage Watch Conference on 20 February at @hevercastle for networking, sharing knowledge and best practices for generating additional revenue and the latest news in the historic environment sector RSVP info below 👇

We're on the board 🎩🎲 We are very excited to be among the local businesses and landmarks featured on the Faversham #Monopoly board. A limited number of games are available to purchase from the Favopoly website, priced at £35.00 shorturl.at/bmHK3