Images are temporarily unavailable

This is because the third-party service which we use to display Archive images on our website, has ceased trading and entered administration.

This means that images are not currently available across Archive records and the Aerial Photo Explorer. Images of England images are also not available on the National Heritage List for England.

We are working to minimise the impact of this disruption.

To maintain service, we will be displaying preview versions of the images, however please note that this is not something we can do automatically and it may take several weeks to make available the full image set due to the volume of images we have in our Archive.

We will continue to post regular updates on this page as more information becomes available.

We would ask that you hold back from contacting our Archive team about this issue as all the up-to-date information is on this page, which we will keep updated.

If you find an item of interest in our catalogue you can arrange to visit to view it or order a copy.

Existing orders are not affected; we are continuing to process them.

Thank you for your patience and support while we work through this issue.