Place and memory · data story

The layers London keeps

Culture, listed buildings, heritage at risk and tree registers preserve four very different versions of place.

The layers London keeps

The evidence

What the current releases show

Updated 31 Jul 2026

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Recorded cultural venues · Camden

Highest published value in this view

154 cultural venues

Camden

Hackney: 150 cultural venues

Cultural venues in the GLA inventory aggregated by borough.

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02

Listed heritage · Westminster

Highest published value in this view

4,014 listed buildings

Westminster

Camden: 1,968 listed buildings

Nationally listed entries aggregated by borough.

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03

Heritage at risk · Hillingdon

Highest published value in this view

45 entries on the register

Hillingdon

Kensington and Chelsea: 43 entries on the register

Published at-risk entries aggregated by borough.

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04

Recorded trees · Enfield

Highest published value in this view

109,897 trees maintained

Enfield

Ealing: 67,328 trees maintained

Trees present in contributing local registers, not a canopy census.

Caveat: Register coverage differs sharply between boroughs.

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