THE Lake District is on the British shortlist to be submitted to UNESCO for potential world heritage status.
The national park is among 11 sites across the UK and its overseas territories which will be considered for prestigious designation.
Other sites on the list announced today by Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose include Chatham Dockyard, Kent; Creswell Crags, Derbyshire; Gorham’s Cave Complex, Gibralter; the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic; Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire; and the Forth Rail Bridge, Scotland.
The ultimately successful locations will join sites such as the Sydney Opera House, the Canadian Rockies and the Great Wall of China as international top spots.
The shortlisted locations will be considered by the World Heritage Committee in 2012.
The new Tentative List will now be submitted to UNESCO with the aim of nominating new sites from 2012.
There will not necessarily be a new nomination every year.
A total of 38 applications were considered by Tourism and Heritage Minister.
A full list of submissions and shortlisted locations can be found at the website below.
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