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The Purbeck Heritage Network brings together stakeholders from a wide range of heritage sectors to identify priorities and to encourage partnership working in conserving and enhancing Purbeck’s diverse heritage.
The heritage priorities presented in this paper provide a framework for action by partners over the next 5 years.
Working together is vital if we are to address these priorities.
The Purbeck Heritage Network aims to help partners build on an outstanding record of joint working by identifying new opportunities for conserving and enhancing the heritage and helping to improve local prosperity without having an adverse impact on the special nature of the area.
Purbeck’s heritage makes a huge contribution to the local economy and the quality of life experienced by local communities.
The Purbeck Heritage Network works with a range of local stakeholders and provides links with:
and many others to identify and raise awareness of priorities for conserving the area’s outstanding heritage.
Heritage priorities have been identified within seven categories:
Purbeck’s landscape is a vital part of the local heritage and is a key factor in attracting visitors to the area.
However, the landscape faces a number of threats from the decline of the characteristic dry stone walls to the encroachment of scrub due to lack of grazing:
The diverse range of habitats and species found in a relatively small area make Purbeck a national biodiversity hotspot.
Conserving and enhancing the area’s outstanding biodiversity is a key priority for the area:
The rich and varied geology of the area, including the Jurassic Coast, are an important resource for tourism, education and science.
Generations of human activity and interaction with the natural environment have left a rich archaeological and historical legacy that is still strongly linked to the areas social and cultural identity:
Purbeck has a stunning coastline and a marine environment that is rich in wildlife. Most of the coastline lies within the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site:
Farming, fishing, quarrying and nature conservation are important activities that play a key role in land management:
Ensuring access to Purbeck’s heritage for people of all backgrounds an abilities is vital if we are to realise its potential as a resource for the local economy, for learning and for recreation:
This policy was last reviewed in 2017.
The next expected review date is 2024.