Astronomy Jodrell Bank nominated as Unesco world heritage site Government puts forward earliest surviving radio astronomy observatory for 2019 honour The Lovell Telescope, just under 90 metres tall, was the first of its kind in the world, and is still the third largest. Photograph: Loop Images/UIG via Getty ImagesThe giant telescopes of Jodrell Bank, and the scruffy buildings surrounding them in which discoveries were made that helped change the understanding of the universe, have been nominated by the British government as a Unesco world heritage site. Professor Teresa Anderson, director of the discovery centre at Jodrell Bank, said they had been working on the case for nomination for several years. Professor Tim O’Brien, associate director of Jodrell Bank, said it was an significant site not just in the north-west of England but to people across the world. It’s important that we protect its rich heritage as we celebrate its current and future work.”Jodrell Bank will be put forward to become the UK’s 32nd world heritage site in 2019, the first since the Lake District joined the list last year.

Source: The Guardian January 30, 2018 16:41 UTC