The Future Conservation of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
The World Heritage Site on your doorstep, Fountains
Abbey and Studley Royal, is in the final stages of its management
plan update which will guide the conservation and care
of the estate for the next six years, as well as providing guidance
on access. The final plan will be
ready to be implemented from the autumn and now is the time to have
your say!
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation) is the World Heritage Site designating body
and recommends that all World Heritage
Sites have management plans. The draft version
of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal's new management plan for
2008-13 has been compiled following 12 months of public
consultation, during which they asked for your ideas to help
update the plan. It is hoped that the
draft has captured all your thoughts and observations so
far.
The National Trust and English Heritage would like to invite
local people to take part in the final consultation period from
July until the end of September 2008. They
would like you to read the draft version of the management plan and
tell them what you think. This can be found at
http://www.fountainsabbey.org.uk/html/the-estate-today/world-heritage-site/final-consultation-have-your-say/ along
with more information about the management plan.
Alternatively hard copies of the plan and a shorter summary
document are available to view at various locations including
Fountains Abbey, Ripon Library, Harrogate Library, the North
Yorkshire County Council mobile library service and the Nidderdale
AONB office, during normal opening hours.