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Lovell State Party A4 or A3 size map(s) of world. Constructed between 1952 the nominated property, and 1957, its first act was to track the carrier rocket for , the first 0 0 0 0 0 0

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ever launched into orbit and 7 7 State, Province or Region buffer zone (if present) humanity’s first step into space. The 3 3 Telescope was the largest of its kind England ( East administrative See maps enclosed in dossier. in the world for 15 years and inspired Square Kilometre authority) Array Headquarters the construction of many other Criteria under which instruments worldwide. Name of Property property is nominated The property encompasses a number Jodrell Bank (itemize criteria) of other , including Geographical Coordinates (i), (ii), (iv), (vi) the Mark II Telescope, and functional Bridge Farm 0 0

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to the nearest second 0 0 Draft Statement of of these are original structures and 7 7 3 3 instruments, while remnants of earlier N 53° 14’ 05” W 2° 18’ 18” Outstanding Universal Value structures also persist, some of them Textual description of the a. Brief Synthesis below ground. boundary of the nominated is the earliest The character of the Observatory has property radio observatory in the been determined by the evolution of world that is still in existence. . Scientists first arrived The boundary of the nominated property at the southern boundary of the site in has been drawn so that it encompasses It is the one remaining site, worldwide, 1945, and then moved northwards as

all of the areas and attributes that are that includes evidence of every stage 0 0 they made new discoveries, creating 0 5 0 6 53 6 of the post-1945 emergence of radio 0 A 0 a direct and tangible expression of its new equipment and experiments, 7 7 3 3 Outstanding Universal Value. astronomy, and, as such, played a thereby imprinting the development of pioneering role in a revolution in our the on the landscape of the site. The property is 17.38 hectares in understanding of the Universe. size and encompasses the site of The Observatory is not solely a the Jodrell Bank Observatory, which Radio astronomy showed that there is scientific monument as it still carries B 5 r 3 far more to the Universe than meets id 5 is wholly owned by the University of out world-leading research. It currently g A e B5 L 3 a 92 the human eye, and that entirely new n . The University owns hosts the UK’s national array of 7 radio e further land around the boundary of information can be obtained by using telescopes, and collaborates with many the nominated property, which allows it radio – a revolution exemplified other radio telescopes worldwide.

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The scientific importance of the 0 0 The Buffer Zone has been established 7 7 Located in rural Cheshire in northwest 3 0 35 70 140 Meters 3 using the pre-existing radio silence property is demonstrated by the England, the Observatory, which is zone (similar to a ‘dark night sky’ zone influence of its work, evidenced by the part of the , 379400 379600 379800 380000 around an optical observatory), which data and scientific publications in its is dominated by the iconic Lovell is an area of 18569.22 hectares around archive, and its continuing research. Telescope, the first very large fully- Coordinate System: British National Grid KEY: Map of the Nominated Property the property. Projection: Transverse Mercator steerable in the Datum: OSGB 1936 Nominated Property Boundary Scale: 1 : 3 , 0 0 0 at A3 © Crown copyright and database rights 2017 Figure 2 - Jodrell Bank Observatory Ordnance Survey 0100031673 Nominated Property Boundary

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b. Justification for Criteria unique technological and landscape new information can be obtained by ensemble, globally, that exemplifies, using ‘invisible’ , beyond the usual Criterion (i) represents a masterpiece through its surviving physical evidence, ‘rainbow’ of visible colours. Modern

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Jodrell Bank Observatory is an 6 6 optical astronomy to modern multi- light’ as a matter of course, to examine 3 3 outstanding example of supreme astrophysics that took the Universe, but the first major scientific and technical achievement, place during the 1940s and the years step towards this was taken by radio which revolutionised our understanding that followed. Developments at all astronomy. of the Universe. The post-1945 stages of this history took place within emergence of the science of radio its boundaries, with many of the earliest c. Statement of Integrity astronomy was a turning point in the features, or their locations, extant and All the tangible attributes of progress of 20th century astronomy. At 0 0 recognisable. This was a significant 0 0 0 0 4 4

the property sit within the site 6 6 Jodrell Bank, evidence of every stage stage in the history of understanding 3 3 boundaries. The nominated property of this is present in the property. This our place in the Universe. includes: the early use of recycled is solely owned by the University of equipment; the construction in 1947 of It was also a significant stage in the Manchester, and the boundaries of the Transit Telescope (then the world’s peacetime development of ‘Big the site are clearly identifiable in the Deeds of Ownership of the land. largest telescope); and the creation Science’, which followed the Second 0 0.5 1 2 Kilometers of the iconic in 1957 World War, and was characterised by a The property is generally in a good 372000 376000 380000 384000 388000 (superseding the Transit Telescope as leap in the scale of projects, paralleled state of conservation. The integrity the world’s largest). The development by a leap in scale of funding and in of some elements of the property Coordinate System: British National Grid KEY: Map showing the Nominated Property and Buffer Zone Projection: Transverse Mercator Nominated Property Boundary is compromised (for example, only Datum: OSGB 1936 of the Observatory, as a whole, was numbers of collaborating scientists Scale: 1 : 6 0 ,0 0 0 at A3 5-10% of some of the original scientific © Crown copyright and database rights 2017 Buffer Zone driven by the vision, determination and and engineers. While the size of the Ordnance Survey 0100031673 Figure 3 - Jodrell Bank Observatory Buffer Zone creative scientific genius of Sir Telescope means that it is the instruments remain, as traces below Lovell and the team that gathered most obvious feature of the site, it is, in ground). However, most of the around him. fact, the Observatory as an ensemble buildings in the property are in good that is at the heart of the property. The condition and the Grade 1 listing and e. Requirements for Protection and Manchester, which has a robust and Name and Criterion (ii) exhibits an important character of the landscape and the continued research use of the Lovell Management successful management system in Information of official interchange of human values interrelation between buildings and Telescope and the Mark II Telescope place, including a site Governance The Jodrell Bank Observatory structures speaks of the revolutionary has ensured that the integrity and The Lovell Telescope was awarded Group, that takes oversight of all local institution/agency contains numerous examples of developments that took place there, function of the most iconic elements Grade 1 Listed status in 1988 and activities. physical evidence of the international and represent this significant stage in of the property have been retained. therefore enjoys full statutory Organisation: interchange of ideas at a significant human history. protection under this and other A Steering Group including all The University of Manchester time in history, as the new science of d. Statement of Authenticity planning regulations. In 2017, the Mark stakeholders will oversee the radio astronomy and the Criterion (vi) directly or tangibly II Telescope was also Grade I listed and management of the World Heritage Address: Despite the rapid and continuing developed during the 1940s-60s. This associated with events or living five other historical structures at the Site. It is also planned to establish a Professor Teresa Anderson MBE developments at Jodrell Bank, the is epitomised by the structures of the traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, site were also listed at Grade II. deemed strategy of consent with all Director site preserves good evidence for the iconic Lovell Telescope and the Mark with artistic and literary works of relevant stakeholders in 2018/19. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre emergence of the science of Radio II Telescope, which dominate the site outstanding universal significance The Buffer Zone for the property Astronomy and retains a high level The University of Manchester and effectively ‘bracket’ the property. Jodrell Bank Observatory is inextricably (which is 18569.28 hectares in area) The University of Manchester, owner of authenticity due to its function as It is also embodied in the character of linked to the fundamental concept has been set up using the radio of the property, is investing £15million an observatory. The character of the Cheshire the landscape itself and the structures underpinning modern astronomy: that telescope protection zone around the in conservation of the property, in Observatory landscape persists, major SK11 9DL that housed and exemplify the work we live on a orbiting a , one Observatory , which was established order to provide a good basis for future structures are preserved in working UK that was at the heart of this unique in a of several hundred billion by the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope management. order and sites of all the major phases flowering of international cooperation , itself only one of a hundred billion Direction (1973). (This is similar to an of development survive, even if in some The property also benefits from a very Tel: and exchange of values and ideas. in the observable universe. area protecting a ‘dark night sky’ around cases only as archaeological evidence. +44 (0)161 306 9586 These included developments in an optical observatory, and has acted as successful visitor facility, the Jodrell The authenticity of this is supported astronomy, but also extended more When radio telescopes were first a de facto buffer zone since 1973). Bank Discovery Centre, which already by a very strong body of associated E-mail: widely to include, for example, quantum pointed at the sky, it became apparent attracts 185,000 visitors each year, documentation, including many [email protected] optics; ; spacecraft that there were whole aspects of the The Jodrell Bank property is relatively including 26,000 school pupils on Universe, including exotic objects thousands of international research small (17.38 hectares), has clear educational visits. The visitor facility tracking and satellite communications. Web Address: previously unimagined, which ordinary papers, a variety of archives and a huge boundaries and a single owner. All has plans in place for the sustainable Criterion (iv): an outstanding example (optical) telescopes cannot see. number of archived media reports. The elements expressing the OUV of the management of future visitation www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk of a type of building, architectural or contributions of the property to the site sits within the boundaries of the levels and recently secured funding and technological ensemble or landscape Jodrell Bank Observatory is intrinsically science of astronomy are documented property. of £20.5million (from various sources) www.jodrellbank.net which illustrates (a) significant linked to this discovery – that there is extensively in scientific literature from for a new visitor gallery that will be stage(s) in human history far more to the Universe than meets its emergence to the present day. The property benefits from being constructed in the buffer zone. Jodrell Bank Observatory is the the human eye, and that entirely solely owned by The University of

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