The English Heritage Trust
English Heritage is a charity that manages the Government owned National Heritage Collection of over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites; including Stonehenge, Dover Castle, Tintagel Castle and parts of
Hadrian's Wall. 




English Heritage was formed in 2015, when a government body (also known as "English Heritage") was split into two. The previous incarnation of "English Heritage" was a non-departmental public body that was created in 1983 and had various responsibilities for heritage protection and management. In 2015, the property/site management functions of this body were split off into a new charity the "English Heritage Trust", which continued to use the name "English Heritage".  The various various statutory listing and protection functions remained with the non-departmental public body which retained its official name "The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England" but re-branded itself as "Historic England".




The English Heritage Trust considers itself subject to the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations but it is not clear if the organisation is a public body formally subject to these laws.