Industrial, maritime and transport
![two people pulling a rope on a historic ship, with a river estuary in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/main_image_desktop/public/media/imgs/pioneer_sailing_trust_14_credit_megan_taylor_2.jpg.webp?itok=k48z6blU)
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.
![Inside the SS Nomadic Inside the SS Nomadic](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/projects/ni-nomadic-opening-event-may2013-resized.jpg.webp?itok=iQzZT2yS)
Projects
SS Nomadic & Hamilton dock development
SS Nomadic, the tender vessel to the Titanic and the last remaining White Star Line ship in the world, was restored and opened as a visitor attraction in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.
Projects
Creating a new museum for the Mary Rose warship
A new museum for the Mary Rose has been built at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, forming an important part of the major regional tourist attraction.
![Pobl ifanc y Cwm yn achub eu treftadaeth glofaol Roedd Dyffryn Ogwr yn cael ei adnabod fel cymuned fwyngloddio ar un adeg](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/2015-05-16_11.07.50.jpg.webp?itok=lk9xdLg_)
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Valley youngsters save their mining heritage
![Mining Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/hall_side_view_1_edit.jpg.webp?itok=CCvuU34F)
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Mining Institute hits gold
![Golwg fanylach ar hanes Cymru yn Amgueddfa Werin Sain Ffagan Ros a Richard Bellamy yn cynorthwyo wrth gwblhau arddangosfa newydd.](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/richard_and_ros.jpg.webp?itok=_Rq2bPHW)
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Getting up close and personal with Welsh history at St Fagans
![Aelodau o Geidiad De Cymru Aelodau o Geidiad De Cymru](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/rangers_0.jpg.webp?itok=lG9CXb1G)
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Newport Gun Girls and Girl Guides' film goes international
![Hen Dŵr Gwylio Porthcawl yn bwrw carreg filltir nodedig Gwirfoddolwyr Hen Dŵr Gwylio Porthcawl](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/coastwatch_1_4.jpg.webp?itok=KjkmpKUN)
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Porthcawl’s Old Pilot’s Lookout Tower restored thanks to National Lottery support
![Hen Dŵr Gwylio Porthcawl yn bwrw carreg filltir nodedig Gwirfoddolwyr Hen Dŵr Gwylio Porthcawl](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/coastwatch_1.jpg.webp?itok=t0IsvEBQ)
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Porthcawl’s Old Pilot’s Lookout Tower hits search and rescue milestone
![Newid bywydau: Rhoi hyder i bobl ifanc Port Talbot Y myfyrwyr yn dathlu canlyniadau eu gwaith caled](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/burton_changing_lives-12.jpg.webp?itok=DEJGEa3Y)
Stories
Changing lives: instilling confidence in Port Talbot teens
![Dyfodol newydd i weithfeydd ‘Iron Mad Jack’s’ yng Nghymru Gweithfeydd Dur a Haearn Brymbo yn ystod y 19fed ganrif](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/brymbo_iron_steelworks_1890s.jpg.webp?itok=GH7KvQrp)
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A new horizon for ‘Iron Mad Jack’s’ Welsh ironworks
![Gwaith dur y diwydiannwr arloesol o Gymru John ‘Iron Mad Jack’ Wilkinson yn cymryd cam mawr ymlaen at adfywio Gweithwyr dur Brymbo yn y 19ed ganrif](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/19th_century_iron_workd_staff.jpg.webp?itok=woeN26FV)
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Ironworks of pioneer industrialist ‘Iron Mad Jack’ move closer towards regeneration
![Thumbs up for restoration of rare D-Day landing craft German prisoners await passage to England in a Landing Craft Tank](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/hg-16-03403_57074dday.jpg.webp?itok=3_TEV6r0)
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