Areas, buildings and monuments
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.
Bydd neuadd yn Sefydliad Mwyngloddio, yn cael ei adnewyddu
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Mining Institute hits gold
A total of £8.6million in National Lottery grants will preserve UK’s industrial heritage, from Newcastle’s Mining Institute to Sherwood Forest’s industrial past
Tywysog Cymru yn ymweld â'r tŷ hanesyddol
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HRH The Prince of Wales visits ‘Landmark’ medieval restoration project
HRH The Prince of Wales has visited a medieval house which is being restored thanks to National Lottery players, and has met the craftspeople whose skills have helped saved the building.
Ros a Richard yn paratoi Sain Ffagan ar gyfer y dyfodol
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Getting up close and personal with Welsh history at St Fagans
During a recent visit to St Fagans National Museum of History, HLF Chief Executive Ros Kerslake and the Head of HLF in Wales, Richard Bellamy, helped put some finishing touches to a new display.
Colston Hall is run by Bristol Music Trust
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Music to Bristol’s ears! Historic music hall given the go-ahead for restoration project
It’s the site of a famous Beatles flour-bombing incident, and suffragettes Vera Holme and Elsie Howey once hid here overnight so they could shout ‘votes for women’ during a speech the next day. Now, Colston Hall is set to become one of the country's best arts and learning facilities.
Tŷ’r Meirw Bochrwyd gydag Eglwys Sant Cynog yn y cefndir
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A new lease of life for the Dead House
Wales’s only parish mortuary – or ‘Dead House’ (where bodies were kept in Victorian times before burial) – will be saved from ruin thanks to £50,000 raised by National Lottery players.
Hen Dŵr Gwylio Porthcawl yn bwrw carreg filltir nodedig
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Porthcawl’s Old Pilot’s Lookout Tower restored thanks to National Lottery support
The lively beach, fishing scene and high tidal ranges at popular Welsh tourist destination Porthcawl provide a challenging set of circumstances for emergency and rescue teams.
Gweithfeydd Dur a Haearn Brymbo yn ystod y 19fed ganrif
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A new horizon for ‘Iron Mad Jack’s’ Welsh ironworks
The former Brymbo Iron and Steel Works and Fossil Forest takes its first step towards regeneration, thanks to the National Lottery.
Gweithwyr dur Brymbo yn y 19ed ganrif
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Ironworks of pioneer industrialist ‘Iron Mad Jack’ move closer towards regeneration
The former Brymbo Iron and Steel Works, and Fossil Forest will receive a National Lottery grant to transform it into a major visitor attraction.
Cofio bardd y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf mewn digwyddiad emosiynol
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Iconic First World War poet remembered at emotional event
Thanks to National Lottery players, the former home of one of Wales’s most famous poets is being reopened following extensive redevelopment today.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth
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Aberystwyth's university college given £10million lifeline
More than £10million has been earmarked for a major restoration of Aberystwyth University’s iconic Old College, the birthplace of university education in Wales.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth
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New Life for Old College!
£10million National Lottery support to redevelop Wales’s oldest university college.
Sir Peter Luff, HLF Chair and Ioan Thomas, Harbour Trust Chair
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£3.5million National Lottery boost spells plain sailing for historic north Wales harbour town
HLF has awarded nearly £3.5million to regenerate the former slate quay on Caernarfon waterfront, transforming it into a vibrant shopping and tourist hotspot fit for the craftsmen of today.