Areas, buildings and monuments
![People walking up steps to a castle with turret](/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_desktop/public/media/imgs/Lincoln%20Castle%20%C2%A9CMPhotography-4252%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=dKOfHkvT)
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.
![Heritage Emergency Fund lifeline for Insole Court A large mansion with lawn in front](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/Insole-Court-south-entrance.jpg.webp?itok=if4lmoZT)
Stories
Heritage Emergency Fund lifeline for Insole Court
![Glastonbury Abbey reopens thanks to emergency funding Glastonbury Abbey with a lawn foregrounded](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/Glastonbury-Abbey-lawn.jpg.webp?itok=BgzX2TvZ)
Stories
Glastonbury Abbey reopens thanks to emergency funding
![Making heritage websites accessible to all Alistair McNaught smiling in nature](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/Alistair-McNaught-National-Lottery-Heritage-Fund-Online-Accessibility.jpg.webp?itok=iFd8B4vt)
Blogs
Making heritage websites accessible to all
![Partners and pioneers – building back after the pandemic Matthew Mckeague, CEO of the Architectural Heritage Fund](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/Matthew%20Mckeague%20web.jpg.webp?itok=wGYcmxNM)
Blogs
Partners and pioneers – building back after the pandemic
![Digital "lifeline" for Belfast's Clifton House Exterior view of Clifton House](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/Clifton-House-2019_for%20web.jpg.webp?itok=oePGV6bw)
News
Digital "lifeline" for Belfast's Clifton House
!["Huge" investment for Northern Ireland's heritage Binevenagh mountains](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/Bienevenagh.jpg.webp?itok=vXzanDcc)
News
"Huge" investment for Northern Ireland's heritage
![Living and working in a threatened landscape Ironbridge flooded](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/floods-ironbridge.jpg.webp?itok=nl6uevZ4)
Blogs
Living and working in a threatened landscape
![The power of the photo Michael Maggs](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/Michael-Maggs.jpg.webp?itok=JpA7OwzT)
Stories
How sharing photos can help promote your heritage site
![And the winner is... celebrating heritage awards season People at Art Fund ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/St-Fagans-wins-Art-Fund-Museum.jpg.webp?itok=jBcOWIjp)
Stories
And the winner is... we celebrate awards season
![New funding for Aberystwyth's Old College Students at Aberyswyth University](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/aberystwyth-students%20.jpg.webp?itok=IhqMFwWE)
News
New funding for Aberystwyth's Old College
![Inside a cathedral](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_large/public/media/imgs/landing-blocks/Durham-Cathedral-main-image_0.jpg.webp?itok=vPvPvLxB)
Programme
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage – Emergency Resource Support
![Free offers across the UK for National Lottery players Illuminated Biomes at the Eden Project celebrate 25 years of the National Lottery](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/imgs/TTY_TNL25th_Eden_Project-lasers.jpg.webp?itok=P1yr0Ii4)
Stories