An urban heritage park is an unofficial designation for an inner-city area considered worthy of preservation because of its architectural or historic interest. The term was first used to describe

Castlefield Castlefield is an inner-city conservation area in Manchester, North West England. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the River Irwell, Quay Street, Deansgate and Chester Road. It was the site of the Roman era fort of Mam ...

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

in 1982, inspired by examples of similar areas in Lowell,

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observed in 1975. After

conservation area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

status was obtained for the area in Castlefield, a conservation committee representing the area's stakeholders was formed three years later, with three objectives: *To preserve and interpret the area's history *To influence future planning applications *To attract allocations of funds for improvements specially related to recreation and tourism The group declared the area an "urban heritage park" later that year, and the term was heavily marketed. 25 years later, the term has become accepted, and appears in titles of academic courses.Wilmslow Guild Lectures 2010
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;Notes ;Bibliography *{{cite journal, last=Schofield, first=Peter, editor1=Mazanec G. I. Crouch , editor2=Arch G. Woodside, year=2001, title=Evaluating Heritage Visitor Attraction from the Consumer Perspective:Focus on Castlefield Urban Heritage Park, journal=Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure, publisher=CABI, volume=2, isbn=978-0-85199-535-9, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tqmmiKCK5PcC&q=Urban+Heritage+Park&pg=PA285, accessdate=2010-07-01

External links

Planning Policy Guidance Note 15: Planning and the Historic Environment
Archaeology of the United Kingdom Architecture in the United Kingdom Town and country planning in the United Kingdom