Cookies Policy
Cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. Our website uses them to give you the best possible experience and so that you can use certain functions (such as being able to shop online).
Cookies save some information about you when you use the web site. They do not usually identify you directly, just the device that you are using.
About cookies
We use cookies to improve services for you, for example:
- Enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task
- Recognising that you may already have given a username and password, so you don't need to do it for every web page requested
- Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and ensure that there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast
How to manage cookies on your computer
You can manage these small files yourself using your web browser settings. Use the 'help' function in your browser to find out more about managing your cookie settings.
The About Cookies website has more information about cookies and instructions for managing and deleting cookies in different browsers.
Restricting cookies may affect the functionality of the Historic England website.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. We do not need to ask permission to use them.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
ASP.NET_SessionId | Used to maintain anonymous user session by the server. | When you close the browser |
UMB_UCONTEXT_MEM BER | Stores reference to the currently logged in user. | 30 minutes |
__cfduid | Used to detect malicious visitors to and minimizes blocking legitimate users | 30 days |
ai_user | Unique anonymous session identifier cookie | 1 year |
ai_session | Unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time | When you close the browser |
CookieControl | Used to remember user’s consent preferences. | 3 months |
Analytics cookies (optional)
With your permission, we use Google Analytics to collect data about how you use Historic England web sites. This information helps us to improve our service.
Google is not allowed to use or share our analytics data with anyone.
Google Analytics stores anonymised information about:
- how you got to the web site
- the pages you visit and how long you spend on them
- any errors you see while using our site
Name | Purpose | Expires |
_ga | Checks if you’ve visited our website before. This helps us count how many people visit our site. | 2 years |
_gid | Checks if you’ve visited our website before. This helps us count how many people visit our site. | 24 hours |
_gat* | Set by google tag manager to limit the number of requests made to doubleclick.net | 1 minute |
Marketing Cookies (optional)
With your permission, we use Marketing cookies help us to improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive.
Name | Purpose | Expires |
_gs | Used to identify the user’s browser, operating system, IP address and the page on the website they are viewing | 1 hour |
_gu | Used to distinguish users | 1 year |
_gw | Records widgets previously displayed to user | 1 year |
Third party cookies
To make it easy for you to use and share our website we may embed features from other websites such as Facebook, Twitter and maps.
Browsing the Historic England website may place cookies from social media tools or other external applications on your computer.
Historic England has no control over these cookies or when they may change, so we cannot provide a list of them. You should check with the third-party websites for more information.
YouTube sets cookies on some of our pages. Please note YouTube videos will be disabled if this setting is switched to 'off'.
