The Historic Town Forum - TrustNews June 15
The Historic Towns Forum, of which the Trust is a member, is holding two free events in Oxford, which may be of interest to members.
The Historic Towns Forum, the Association of Small Historic Towns and Villages, and Kellogg College are pleased to continue their series of Historic Built Environment Seminars, addressing current and contentious topics within the historic built environment, fostering academic dialogue, professional practice, and providing an arena in which the public, private, civic and academic sectors can engage in heated and healthy debate about all aspects of the topic in hand. The seminar series will be accompanied by published proceedings each following year. Do join us!
2015: Planning for the Historic Environment
11 June Panel debate, on Transport solutions in growth areas - is heritage a help or hindrance?
19 November Jon Rowland, Jon Rowland Urban Design, on Planning for growth - historic towns and the Greenbelt issue.
Venue: Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 60-62 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PN
Time: 7.00pm for drinks and nibbles; seminars start at 7.30pm sharp
Finish: 9.00pm These are free events.
Register at Register here, email Noel.James@kellogg.ox.ac.uk or phone 07947 521567. See you there!
Also on 13 August there is ‘Greening the Historic Environment’ - sustainability, travel and historic towns - 13 August
Civic Society members of HTF £60.
Kellogg College, 60-62 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN
Transport has been a perennial issue for those working in historic towns - Park & Ride, narrow streets, transport emissions and the green agenda are as topical now as always. Join us, and speakers from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles, the British Parking Association, Worcester City Council and many others as we debate the issues and look for 21st century solutions. The full programme is now online: http://www.historictownsforum.org/node/1464.