{"id":5920,"date":"2013-05-31T17:37:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T17:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2013-05-31T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T17:37:12","slug":"experts-told-new-era-for-peterboroughs-heritage-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5920","title":{"rendered":"Experts told new era for Peterborough\u2019s heritage \u2018essential\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The BBC has reported on an \u2018ambitious campaign to propel Peterborough towards national and international renown as a heritage hotspot has been launched [as] tourism bodies English Heritage and Visit England are backing the bid, which aims to attract thousands more sightseers into the city and create \u2018a true sense of place\u2019 for residents\u2019<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The BBC writes<\/span>:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">City luminary Peter Boizot joined representatives from dozens of attractions, including Peterborough Cathedral, Burghley House and Flag Fen, at a conference held at the Key Theatre on Tuesday (21 May).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chair of English Heritage, Baroness Andrews, described the gathering as a \u2018powerful step\u2019 in the history of the city, telling delegates \u2018what Peterborough is doing is extraordinary and essential\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u2018It\u2019s time to change the perception of the city \u2013 recovering, and revealing its history; the richness and wealth of your history is exactly what you should be known for.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A Strategic Heritage Board is being drawn up, spearheaded by councillor Matthew Lee and drawing on expertise from groups including fast-growing performance company Eastern Angles Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Peterborough City Council said: \u2018The Peterborough Heritage ambition will be driven and supported collectively by a number of organisations around the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is not about new spend, but about making the very best use of existing budgets. So far, around \u00a315,000 has been allocated to support the development and launch of the ambition, with generous donations of \u00a36,000 from Viridor and Serco helping to fund this.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Peterborough Today<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk\/what-s-on\/leisure-lifestyle\/experts-told-new-era-for-peterborough-s-heritage-essential-1-5117615\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has reported on an \u2018ambitious campaign to propel Peterborough towards national and international renown as a heritage hotspot has been launched [as] tourism bodies English Heritage and Visit England are backing the bid, which aims to attract thousands &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5920\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5921,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions\/5921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}