South Hams | South Hams District Council

Apprenticeships | South Hams District Council

Recruitment | South Hams District Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

South Hams Climate Change and Biodiversity Emergency | South Hams District Council

Your application | South Hams District Council

South Hams Housing Offer | South Hams District Council

Every page should have a clearly defined heading, known as a "H1" (Heading 1).

A `H1` is the main heading of the page. It helps accessibility by allowing uses to
skip to the main content of the page. It helps all users identify what the page is about. 
It helps SEO by giving special emphasis to the topic of the page.

It is not enough to simply include large text. Headings must be coded 
[semantically](https://html.com/semantic-markup/) as `<h1>` tags, like so:

```html
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
```

Note that headings must contain some machine readable text to be considered valid. 
For example, this heading is not valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png">
</h1>
``` 

But with the addition of `alt` text, this heading is valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png" alt="About Company Inc.">
</h1>
``` 

Generally we recommend you just use plain text for your headings.
See [Technique H42](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H42) for more details.

missing-h1

September 2025

August 2025

South Hams District Council

Title / URL	Issues
South Hams \| South Hams District Councilwww.southhams.gov.uk/	1
Apprenticeships \| South Hams District Councilwww.southhams.gov.uk/recruitment/apprenticeships	1
Recruitment \| South Hams District Councilwww.southhams.gov.uk/recruitment	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.southhams.gov.uk/	1
South Hams Climate Change and Biodiversity Emergency \| South Hams District Councilwww.southhams.gov.uk/climate-change	1
Your application \| South Hams District Councilwww.southhams.gov.uk/recruitment/your-application	1
South Hams Housing Offer \| South Hams District Councilwww.southhams.gov.uk/south-hams-housing-offer	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

South Hams District Council

Where this issue has occurred