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Two new UK World Heritage nominations to be put forward

Scotland鈥檚 Forth Bridge and Gorham鈥檚 Cave Complex in Gibraltar invited to prepare formal bids.

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and John Penrose
Published
28 May 2012
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The Forth Bridge near Edinburgh has been invited to prepare a nomination for 2014 and Gorham鈥檚 Cave Complex in Gibraltar will go forward in 2015, in today.

Once the sites鈥� nominations have been submitted, they will undergo a demanding 18 month process of scrutiny and evaluation by and its advisory body, the (ICOMOS).

UNESCO鈥檚 World Heritage Committee is expected to take the final decision on the Forth Bridge in June 2015 and on Gorham鈥檚 Cave Complex in 2016.

The UK currently has , spread across all four nations of the UK, and a number of UK Overseas Territories.

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Published 28 May 2012