Areas, buildings and monuments

Areas, buildings and monuments

People walking up steps to a castle with turret
Lincoln Castle. Credit: Colin McLean Photography
Safeguarding our historic buildings, monuments and archaeology for future generations.

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.

Hastings Pier - Edwardian ladies outside the original end of pier pavilion
Hastings Pier in Edwardian times. Credit: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery images

Projects

Hastings Pier

The Hastings local community came together to help restore and transform the historic Hastings Pier.

Corridor linking to the prison cells at Leeds Town Hall. Photo Kippa Matthews
Corridor linking to the prison cells at Leeds Town Hall

Projects

Crime and Punishment - Leeds Town Hall

A £46,600 grant allowed a glimpse into the world of Victorian crime and punishment by breathing new life into the nineteenth century courtroom in historic Leeds Town Hall.

A group of people stand in front of the building during its restoration
Gartnavel Royal Hospital Chapel

Projects

Gartnavel Royal Hospital Chapel

Gartnavel Chapel in Glasgow was repaired and restored to create a cancer support centre where patients and their families can receive free support and care.

Two people in costume stand on a bridge in Painshill Park
Participants in period dress welcoming people to Painshill Park, Cobham

Projects

Grotto Restoration - Education Project

Painshill Park Trust returned a breathtaking crystal cave to its 18th-century glory.

On Top of the World - Bride Stones, Todmorden
On Top of the World - Bride Stones, Todmorden

Projects

Pennine Horizons

The Pennines are known as the 'hills that shaped the modern world' and with their 1,000-year history of rural and industrial heritage, their story has now been documented and preserved forever through a £573,400 project.

A man retiling the roof at Finchingfield
Retiling the roof at Finchingfield

Projects

Finchingfield Guildhall – A Building Story

Finchingfield Guildhall in Essex was on the Buildings at Risk Register until National Lottery funding helped secure its restoration.

Gates of Deane Road Cemetery
Deane Road Cemetery

Projects

Deane Road Cemetery Restoration

Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation restored Deane Road Cemetery to become a self-sustaining learning resource and site of interest.

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