International World Heritage Day - 18 April 2010

International World Heritage Day is celebrated at WHSs across the world every year on 18th April, to raise awareness of the diversity of the world's cultural and natural heritage and the steps that are being made to protect it, conserve it and promote understanding of it.  At its meeting in Quebec in 2008, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) decided that the theme for International World Heritage Day 2009 is Heritage and Science.

ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) has decided that the theme for International World Heritage Day 2010 is the Heritage of Agriculture. Whilst Liverpool has no significant agricultural heritage, its role as the supreme example of an international seaport has resulted in an outstanding heritage in the storage and transportation of agricultural produce. Liverpool City Council has therefore organised five free guided tours of different areas of the World Heritage Site, looking at the agricultural exchanges, headquarters of insurance companies, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the Triangular Trade across the Atlantic and the merchants' activities around Duke Street. The tours will be led by qualified tour guides.

For further information and for details on how to book, view the Liverpool International World Heritage Day 2010 Leaflet (PDF [418.4Kb]. Download time 1 minutes 37 seconds based on a 56k modem. Will open a new browser window.)