Image: Sarah Nichols (Wiltshire Council)
Appointment marks start of new governance structure developed through National Lottery Heritage Fund project.
A new chair has been appointed at the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS).
Sarah Nichols will lead the executive board for the World heritage Site partnership in Wiltshire, which covers the Neolithic and Bronze Age landscapes of Stonehenge in the south and Avebury about 25 miles to the north.
The WHS partnership works to protect, conserve and share the WHS through individual and collective action.
Nichols previously participated in the partnership as a Parish Council Chair, and brings experience from the defence and aerospace industry.
The new appointment said: “I am hugely excited to be supporting this internationally recognised World Heritage Site as it moves forward with a new governance arrangement. I hope that my experience, knowledge and skills can add value as we move forward together in this transition period, and I look forward to working with the WHS’s local and national partners over the coming years.”
Wiltshire Council said the new appointment marks the start of a new governance structure for the WHS partnership, developed as part of a project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The executive board is the partnership decision-making body for the implementation of the WHS Management Plan. The Board is informed and advised by an Expert & Stakeholder Group of local and national organisations and representatives.
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites WHS was inscribed by UNESCO in 1986 for its unique and dense concentration of outstanding prehistoric monuments and sites which together form a landscape without parallel.
