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Membership Details
The Walled Towns Friendship Circle (WTFC) is the international association for the sustainable development of walled towns, walled cities and fortified historic towns.
The Walled Towns Friendship Circle was established in 1989, partly in response to the European Year of Tourism as a forum to consider the many mutual interests shared by walled towns. Membership of the WTFC currently includes 140 historic walled towns, walled cities and fortified towns in Europe and beyond.
Countries represented include:
| Austria |
Belgium |
China |
| Croatia |
Cyprus |
Czech
Republic |
| England |
France |
Germany |
| Greece |
Holland |
Hungary |
| Ireland |
Italy |
Luxembourg |
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Malta |
Northern
Ireland |
| Norway |
Portugal |
Romania |
| Scotland |
Slovakia |
Slovenia |
| Spain |
Sweden |
Wales |
Contact details and addresses for
members are available from j.bourhill@chester.gov.uk
The aims of the Walled Towns Friendship Circle are;
• To encourage friendship between the inhabitants of all ages in walled towns’ communities and to foster the interchange of visits by individuals, associations, schools and colleges.
• To enrich each others lives through the appreciation of each others historic, traditional, cultural and artistic inheritance.
• To promote tourism whilst considering the challenges of cars, pedestrianisation, access to homes and businesses, building and road maintenance; grants and assistance for preservation work and the burdens of conservation.
•To establish links with other walled towns an to develop joint marketing strategies to increase world-wide awareness of walled towns as historic treasures and tourist attractions.
• To convene regular symposia in member towns to address topics of key importance and to organise study tours.
FULL MEMBERSHIP is open to historic towns with surviving
walls (or enclosing fortification) that are both valued by their
residents and of interest to visitors.
Associate Membership is open to all (both individuals and associations)
with a commitment to the support of historic Walled Towns.
You can download an application form and details of membership fees from
here (338kb) 
Details of Membership Fees can
be found here
For
more information on membership, activities, etc of the Walled Towns
Friendship Circle, use the details listed on our contacts
page.
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