Areas, buildings and monuments

The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is pleased to announce today that it has been awarded £4.5m by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), putting delivery of a subterranean ride on Mail Rail – the old Post Office Underground Railway – on track. HLF’s grant is a major vote of confidence in the BPMA

The grant goes towards a £14.1million project which will create ten new galleries displaying National Museums Scotland’s internationally important collections of Science and Technology and Art and Design. The new galleries will open in 2016. Confirmation of this major award means that over

Gloucester Cathedral is excited to announce that it has secured development funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the first phase of a major 10-year capital project. Project Pilgrim Phase One: the Heart of Gloucester aims to celebrate the cathedral’s heritage by revealing stories about

The Kirkwall Townscape Heritage Initiative will run from this autumn for five years until 2019. Under the scheme, grants will be made available within the Kirkwall Conservation Area for: historic repairs and reinstatement to private properties bringing vacant properties back into use for economic

Heritage and literature can often link together powerfully and beautifully. At the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) the synergy between word and place often makes a convincing case for funding projects where buildings or landscapes resonate with the written word to create something really special. Such

One of London’s architectural treasures will be fully restored following today’s announcement of a major grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Pitzhanger Manor House, the personal ‘dream home’ created in the early years of the 19th century by one of Britain’s greatest architects, Sir John Soane, will

Over the past 20 years, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has invested £8m into conserving Barrow’s heritage and helping local people explore their past. Sara Hilton, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund North West, said: “Barrow-in-Furness is packed to the rafters with some wonderful heritage. From

Over the next five years the popular Living Museum that tells the story of everyday working life will be transformed, creating new ways for people to enjoy the heritage of the North East. The centrepiece will be a ‘new’ 1950s Town and Farm, filled with objects and buildings donated by local people

Following a £1.1m renovation project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), English Heritage and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC), the statement castle built by Hamelin de Warenne, half brother to King Henry II, and the inspiration for Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, re-opened its doors

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced earmarked funding worth £72million for six major sites in England: Canterbury Cathedral, Mother Church of the Anglican Communion and a World Heritage Site Nottingham Castle, backdrop to some of England’s most powerful folk stories Bath Abbey, one

Plymouth is celebrating a truly historic moment after scooping earmarked funding of £12.8million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to create a major new historic and cultural attraction at the very heart of the city. The HLF today announced the results of its major grants (applications of £5m and

The bandstand has undergone a major £2.1million transformation by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust in partnership with Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Life, and will proudly be showcased to key stakeholders at Thursday’s launch event. This event will mark the (re)opening of this Glasgow landmark