Areas, buildings and monuments
Thanks to National Lottery players, since 1994 we have awarded £3.3billion to more than 10,300 area, historic building and monument projects across the UK. See stories from projects we've funded below.
We provide grants for heritage projects from £10,000–£10million to ensure that heritage is valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.
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
How to get funding
Our National Lottery Heritage Grants programme is open for applications.
Projects
Creating the Bishop's Gate Hotel in Derry/Londonderry
The Northern Counties Club building has been restored, and transformed into the four star Bishop's Gate Hotel for Derry/Londonderry.
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Back Green Bunkhouse Project, Portsoy
Neglected 18th-century buildings were given a new lease of life as visitor accommodation.
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Offices of Titanic shipbuilder restored to former glory
The historic Harland and Wolff Drawing Offices in Belfast have been restored, and transformed into a luxury hotel.
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Restoring Sandycombe Lodge
Sandycombe Lodge, the home of painter JMW Turner, has been fully restored thanks to National Lottery funding.
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A heritage horticultural training and plant production facility
The Aberglasney Restoration Trust is restoring and resurrecting The Old Piggeries and Cow Sheds to promote heritage horticultural skills.
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Alexandra Palace: Reclaiming the People's Palace
The project transformed the eastern end of The People’s Palace, following its founders’ original vision to “entertain, inform and educate”.
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Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings, International Heritage site at the heart of the community
The project was a landmark regeneration scheme to restore and redevelop the site of Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings in Shrewsbury.
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Durham Cathedral: Open Treasure - Phase 1
Durham Cathedral is undertaking a project called Open Treasure – a major development that will transform the way in which the cathedral buildings are experienced, understood and used, both as working buildings and to the benefit of those who visit.
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Conservation of the Painted Hall: Phase one the West Wall
Phase I of the conservation of the Painted Hall saw the west wall and upper hall ceiling restored to their former glory.
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Hidden Treasures at St Martin's Church
A neglected medieval parish church was inspired to create a comfortable and welcoming community hub and share their hidden treasures with a new audience.
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Saving Middleport Pottery
The transformation of Middleport Pottery saved traditional skills in danger of being lost and is sparking regeneration of the local area.
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Peterborough 900: Letting it speak for itself
A conservation and community project for Peterborough Cathedral, the oldest and largest building in the city.