Areas, buildings and monuments
Since 1994 we have awarded £3.3billion to more than 10,300 area, historic building and monument projects across the UK.
These projects can help to sustain jobs, support economic growth and protect heritage at risk. They can also bolster local pride, nurture traditional craft skills and help communities enjoy and make use of the places they care about.
What do we support?
Projects we fund include:
- investment in places of worship
- conservation and repairs to historic buildings and places
- finding appropriate new uses for historic buildings
- community archaeology projects
Places of worship
Places of worship are among the UK’s oldest and most cherished historic buildings. We want to help congregations become truly resilient and their buildings genuinely sustainable.
Project ideas
Our funding could help people:
- repair and transform a historic building at the heart of their community
- help volunteers learn building conservation skills
- rescue a building on a Buildings at Risk register
- undertake a community archaeology project
- regenerate a historic town centre or high street
- look after and learn about a local war memorial
For more inspiration, see the stories below or browse projects we've funded.
How to get funding
Our National Lottery Heritage Grants programme is open for applications.
Projects
Belong Heritage Gallery
A former Grade-II listed pottery-turned-nightclub had been derelict in Newcastle-under-Lyme since 2006.
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Preserving the town heritage of Dolgellau
This project contributed to safeguarding the future of Dolgellau, a unique town in the heart of Snowdonia National Park.
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Darlington Civic Theatre - New Hippodrome & Palace Theatre of Varieties
The Grade II-listed Darlington Civic Theatre has been restored to its former glory as an Edwardian variety theatre.
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Finsley Gate Restoration
A historic, disused canal wharf in Burnley’s Weavers Triangle conservation area is being rescued and restored by the Canal & River Trust.
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Diss Heritage Triangle & Diss Corn Hall
Diss Town Council led on a project to regenerate the town’s Heritage Triangle, with the historic Corn Hall at its centre.
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Restoration of a Victorian stained glass window
Restoration of a stained glass window destroyed during the Second World War bombing of Liverpool.
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The Restoration of the Plaza Stockport
The Stockport Plaza Super Cinema and Variety Theatre has been painstakingly restored to its exact opening day condition.
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Binham Priory Access and Conservation Project
Binham Priory, one of Norfolk’s most impressive monastic ruins, has been conserved and repaired, with increased access for the public.
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BURNS BIRTHPLACE: An International Museum
Voted Scotland ‘s Greatest Scot and known in his home country simply as ‘the Bard’, it is thanks to National Lottery funding that Robert Burns now has a museum worthy of his international status.
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John Clare's Cottage: Opening a Door into the Countryside
Funding to acquire and preserve a 17th-centure Grade II listed cottage in Helpston near Peterborough, where the poet John Clare was born.
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Derby College - The Roundhouse
The distinctive Roundhouse is an iconic landmark building in Derby. The site has now been converted for use by Derby College, to provide a central, easily accessible campus.
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Scotland's Rural Past (SRP)
Raising awareness of Scotland’s rural heritage by encouraging and enabling people to discover, explore, share and help protect their local heritage through learning and volunteering.