Unesco

[Timbo]

Well done the Lake District on its UNESCO status. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-40547691

Sadly something that won't be occurring on the Broads. 

[Vaughan]

The Canal du Midi is UNESCO and I know they get a lot of grant aid from it.

What's more, it is UN, not just EU.

[Chelsea14Ian]

I think that would be great if the broads could get that status.

[Vaughan]

I think the problem would be that the Broads has been an ever changing landscape and is largely reclaimed land, unlike the Lake District.

The Canal du Midi is pretty well unchanged since it was first built over 330 years ago.

 

[ChrisB]

The Broads did bid for World Heritage Status in 2011 but failed to pass the first step. The BA bid was rejected by John Penrose who was the minister for Tourism and Heritage matters and so never went forward.