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How was the draft strategy developed?

The draft strategy is community-led and has been developed through a yearlong series of events, interviews, and conversations across Cheshire West and Chester these included:

  • public workshops in historic venues around the borough where communities participated in activities about their history and heritage.
  • Pop-up events hosted at various markets and welcomed stall holders, residents, and visitors to the conversation.
  • In-person events held throughout the year, at varying times, in various locations to encourage as wide participation as possible.
  • Online engagement including an online survey, social media, and the opportunity to share photography through the My Cheshire Exhibition.

The engagement exercise resulted in over 3,000 interactions, the feedback from which has all fed into the draft strategy.

The draft strategy demonstrates the scale of community recognition of, and support for, heritage in Cheshire West. It presents a collaborative effort to recognise what is valuable in Cheshire West and to work towards its future, recognising that it will take many stakeholders and partners, including Cheshire West and Chester Council, to deliver it.

This strategy will be entirely led by you – the people of Cheshire West and Chester. It is intended as a road map to work together to safeguard, promote, and protect our shared heritage now and in the future.

What is Heritage?

Below are some of the ways heritage can be thought of:

  • Heritage – anything from the past and present which you value and want to preserve for future generations.
  • Built Heritage – Buildings and human made structures which are significant culturally, architecturally and historically.
  • Natural Heritage – Designed landscapes, natural habitats, geology and environments which are important to people.
  • Cultural Heritage – Places, traditions, languages, archives and other tangible and intangible things inherited and passed on to new generations.
  • History – The human past studied through written records.
  • Archaeology – How we understand what people of the past were like and how they lived. This is done through the study of material remains.


What is the vision for the strategy?

The Council understands that heritage has a broad meaning and is experienced and appreciated in many different ways. The strategy seeks to capture these experiences, thoughts, feelings, and memories from people all around the borough, and present them as the collective story of Cheshire West and Chester and its people. The strategy sets out how we can work together to achieve the following vision:

To work in partnership with people and communities to safeguard, enhance and celebrate heritage in all its forms for the future.

How was the draft strategy developed?

The draft strategy is community-led and has been developed through a yearlong series of events, interviews, and conversations across Cheshire West and Chester these included:

  • public workshops in historic venues around the borough where communities participated in activities about their history and heritage.
  • Pop-up events hosted at various markets and welcomed stall holders, residents, and visitors to the conversation.
  • In-person events held throughout the year, at varying times, in various locations to encourage as wide participation as possible.
  • Online engagement including an online survey, social media, and the opportunity to share photography through the My Cheshire Exhibition.

The engagement exercise resulted in over 3,000 interactions, the feedback from which has all fed into the draft strategy.

The draft strategy demonstrates the scale of community recognition of, and support for, heritage in Cheshire West. It presents a collaborative effort to recognise what is valuable in Cheshire West and to work towards its future, recognising that it will take many stakeholders and partners, including Cheshire West and Chester Council, to deliver it.

This strategy will be entirely led by you – the people of Cheshire West and Chester. It is intended as a road map to work together to safeguard, promote, and protect our shared heritage now and in the future.

What is Heritage?

Below are some of the ways heritage can be thought of:

  • Heritage – anything from the past and present which you value and want to preserve for future generations.
  • Built Heritage – Buildings and human made structures which are significant culturally, architecturally and historically.
  • Natural Heritage – Designed landscapes, natural habitats, geology and environments which are important to people.
  • Cultural Heritage – Places, traditions, languages, archives and other tangible and intangible things inherited and passed on to new generations.
  • History – The human past studied through written records.
  • Archaeology – How we understand what people of the past were like and how they lived. This is done through the study of material remains.


What is the vision for the strategy?

The Council understands that heritage has a broad meaning and is experienced and appreciated in many different ways. The strategy seeks to capture these experiences, thoughts, feelings, and memories from people all around the borough, and present them as the collective story of Cheshire West and Chester and its people. The strategy sets out how we can work together to achieve the following vision:

To work in partnership with people and communities to safeguard, enhance and celebrate heritage in all its forms for the future.