Areas, buildings and monuments

Repairing the Grade I Church of St Nicholas, and restoring and relocating a 17th century monument, provided the impetus for a new interpretation and activity programme. This involved many young people and adults from the village and further afield.

This project is exploring the options available for bringing the Central Plaza Hotel in Carlisle back to life.

Turton Tower Trust used their grant to assess the options for renovating Turton Tower stables in Lancashire.

The Three Solway Churches Development Project used a Your Heritage grant to complete a series of capital works to St Michael's Church, Burgh-by-Sands.

Volunteers developed skills to help them maintain their historic places of worship into the future without relying on professional contractors.

Hundreds of local people took part in a community archaeology project at Polesworth Abbey, near Tamworth.

This project aimed to increase understanding of the historic environment of Peterborough’s City Centre Conservation Area.

A project bringing the herbaceous border of Rotten Row, Southport, back to life.

Longstone Local History Group carried out further archaeological work on an Iron Age Hill Fort near Bakewell, covering the full extent of Fin Cop.

The Parish Church Council (PCC) of the Grade I St Swithun’s Church has made better use of the space beneath the 17th-century gallery by converting it into a heritage and community room.

Bedford High Street is in a designated conservation area, but before our grant for the restoration of some of its historic buildings, it was looking shabby and unloved.

The Pontypool Townscape Heritage Initiative is contributing to Torfaen County Borough Council’s regeneration strategy and vision for Pontypool town centre.