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Industrial, maritime and transport

Industrial, maritime and transport

Three people stand inside a factory casting a large bell. Molten metal pours from a container held in the air by a hoist
Casting a bell at Taylor's Bellfoundry. Photo: Katelyn Collins.
Celebrating the innovative buildings, transport and technology that helped shape the modern world.

Since 1994 we have awarded £630million to 1,600 industrial, maritime and transport projects across the UK.

We want to help more people conserve their local industrial heritage and pass on skills to younger generations. 

What do we support?

Projects we fund include:

  • printing presses
  • pumping engines
  • windmills
  • historic ships
  • locomotives
  • natural landscapes transformed by industry

Project ideas

Our funding could help people:

  • uncover and record people’s memories of our industrial past
  • give a disused site a new purpose
  • restore and maintain operating machinery
  • reveal the history of industry in your area
  • explore the nation's network of canals
  • provide staffed visitor facilities and learning resources
  • help young people learn new skills and care for their heritage

See the stories and projects below for more inspiration. 

How to get funding

If you have an idea for a project, we would love to hear from you.

Explore our available funding
German prisoners await passage to England in a Landing Craft Tank
LCT 7074 on Gold Beach on 7 June 1944, the day after D-Day. © Imperial War Museums image record A 23941

News

Thumbs up for restoration of rare D-Day landing craft

Nearly £5m National Lottery investment in restoration of LCT 7074 which will then be displayed at the D-Day Museum in Portsmouth.
Yr actor Michael Sheen a Phennaeth Cymru CDL Richard Bellamy
Yr actor Michael Sheen a Phennaeth Cymru CDL Richard Bellamy

News

Valley’s mining heritage steals the limelight

A new exhibition unveiled this weekend at the South Wales Miners Museum in Port Talbot was visited by locally born Hollywood star Michael Sheen, who went back to his Port Talbot roots to see first hand how the museum is bringing mining history into the 21st century.
A Second World War veteran is interviewed
A Second World War veteran is interviewed

Projects

Keeping Britain Afloat

The memories of Chatham Port Division veterans from the Second World War were recorded and interpreted for future generations.

Abby Wardill, British Horological Institute trainee
Abby Wardill, British Horological Institute trainee

Blogs

Keeping our clocks and watches working

One of the British Horological Institute’s current trainees, 27 year-old Abby Wardill, tells us what life is like as a modern-day horologist as we announced that we’re funding the British Horological Institute to train a new generation in how to restore clocks and watches.
Bwrw gwreiddiau ym Mhenrhyndeudraeth
Cyn Waith Powdwr, Cooke's, ym Mhenrhydeudraeth

News

Putting down roots in Penrhyndeudraeth

This Saturday there’s going to be a party in Penrhyndeudraeth – and there’s certainly plenty to celebrate, as youngsters embark on a new project to learn more about the former local munitions works that was once the largest explosives factory in Europe.
Richard Bellamy, Pennaeth CDL yng Nghyrmu
Richard Bellamy, Pennaeth CDL yng Nghyrmu Patrick Olner

Blogs

Diving in to heritage at Pontypridd Lido

Last week the much-loved Pontypridd Lido re-opened after almost a quarter of a century. Our new Head of HLF Wales, Richard Bellamy, explains why its story is so important to him.

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