Since September 2022, people across England have been responding to an online callout to submit photographs of high streets on Instagram under the hashtag #PicturingHighStreets. Now more than 200 winning photographs have been selected for inclusion in the Historic England Archive. Picturing High Streets is a partnership between Historic England and Photoworks, helping to build a contemporary picture of England’s high streets through mass public participation and community engagement. It has revealed how important the high street can be as a space for people to come together and connect
