Glastonbury Town Council is beginning the process of achieving the status with a drop-in for locals
Glastonbury Town Council has announced its intention to see UNESCO World Heritage status, which if successful would put the town among the likes of the Lake District, Giant’s Causeway, and Stonehenge.
The council said the town “is known throughout the world” and should therefore be “granted the international recognition that many believe it already has; that of UNESCO’s World Heritage status.”
It will begin the process with a a series of public consultation exercises that will take place over the next two years.
The first will be a drop-in event with experts, to explain what World Heritage status means, the lengthy process necessary to achieve the status.
A document promoting the drop-in reads: “We would like to know what you think is important
in the fabulous heritage of Glastonbury. Is it the history of the Town and its Abbey? Is it the exceptional landscape with the extraordinary Tor or the mysterious Levels? Is it romantic stories, myths and legends?”.
There are currently 35 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List in the UK, with more on its ‘tentative’ list including the City of York and Birkenhead Park.
