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)
Tom Curtis and Simon Whitehouse from The Pioneer Sailing Trust working on the CK18 Pioneer. Credit: Megan Taylor.
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.
![Treftadaeth a Diwylliant yw Calon Lle Arbennig Aberystwyth](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/aberystwyth_view_duskjbax0330a.jpg.webp?itok=tcDVQAes)
Aberystwyth
News
Heritage and culture at the heart of Wales' great places
£1.5million National Lottery investment to promote a partnership approach to regeneration in Wales.
![Treftadaeth lofaol y Cymoedd yn hawlio sylw Yr actor Michael Sheen a Phennaeth Cymru CDL Richard Bellamy](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/m_sheen_and_r_bellamy.jpg.webp?itok=p_QgVePG)
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.
Projects
Keeping Britain Afloat
The memories of Chatham Port Division veterans from the Second World War were recorded and interpreted for future generations.
![Hwb gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri yn rhoi gwynt yn hwyliau tref y Cofis Barwnes Kay Andrews gydag Ioan Thomas, Cadeirydd Ymddiriedolaeth Harbwr Caernarfon, Menna Jones, Prif Weithredwr Antur Waun Fawr, Bryn Williams a Dylan Griffiths, Antur Waun Fawr.](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/1305hlfcaernarfon-7.jpg.webp?itok=UJP9XqHJ)
Barwnes Kay Andrews gydag Ioan Thomas, Cadeirydd Ymddiriedolaeth Harbwr Caernarfon, Menna Jones, Prif Weithredwr Antur Waun Fawr, Bryn Williams a Dylan Griffiths, Antur Waun Fawr.
News
Heritage Lottery boost spells plain sailing for historic north Wales harbour town
Thanks to initial support from National Lottery players, this once bustling industrial hub could be returned to its former glory.
![Bragwyr, baristas a bara: chwa o awyr iach i dref harbwr hanesyddol Argraffiad gan artist o sut bydd y safle'n edrych ar ôl iddi cael ei adfywio](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/caernarfon_island_site_artist_impression.jpg.webp?itok=M4jDh-Zj)
Argraffiad gan artist o sut bydd y safle'n edrych ar ôl iddi cael ei adfywio
News
Bakers, brewers and baristas: breathing new life into a historic Welsh harbour town
HLF has earmarked £3.3million to regenerate the former slate quay on Caernarfon waterfront, transforming it into a vibrant shopping and tourist hotspot fit for the craftsmen of today.
![Cychwyn addawol i 2016 gyda £3.5m i brosiectau Cymru Mae grantîon o Amgueddfa Ceredigion yn Aberystwyth yn dathlu eu grant CDL](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/ceredigion_museum.jpg.webp?itok=sezi_XWH)
Mae grantîon o Amgueddfa Ceredigion yn Aberystwyth yn dathlu eu grant CDL
News
Shedding the January blues with £3.5m for Welsh projects
2016 promises to be a great year for 16 projects across Wales, as HLF announces awards worth over £3.5million.
![Keeping our historic clocks and watches ticking Abby Wardill, British Horological Institute trainee](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/hg-14-08327_abbytrainee.jpg.webp?itok=lNG_uqPe)
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 Bwrw gwreiddiau ym Mhenrhyndeudraeth](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/t1.jpg.webp?itok=sPDdYK33)
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.
![Ail greu hanes Richard Bellamy, Pennaeth CDL yng Nghyrmu](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/biogs/po_140715_bute_park_09.jpg.webp?itok=1M7ydO7u)
Richard Bellamy, Pennaeth CDL yng Nghyrmu
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.
![Gerddi Aberglasney, Sir Gaerfyrddin. Gerddi Aberglasney, Sir Gaerfyrddin.](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/aberglasney_2_0.jpg.webp?itok=A2tTegSW)
Gerddi Aberglasney, Sir Gaerfyrddin.
News
£2.6million Heritage Lottery grants for Wales’ churches, wildlife and wells
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is investing £2.6million in projects across Wales. The National Lottery funding will provide much needed support for Wales’ heritage.
![Ariannir Catalydd Cymru - Codi Arian ar gyfer Treftadaeth gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri Ariannir Catalydd Cymru - Codi Arian ar gyfer Treftadaeth gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/vdfpsykq_400x400.png.webp?itok=BXrRoJ88)
News
Heritage groups offered free coaching to hone fundraising skills
Wales’s museums, libraries and other heritage and environmental organisations are being offered the chance to give their fundraising a major boost.
![Bilingual interpretation boards at the Holyhead Maritime Museum Bilingual interpretation boards at the Holyhead Maritime Museum](/sites/default/files/styles/hlf_xlarge/public/media/pressnews/holyheadexhibiton.jpg.webp?itok=HqQ6rJn8)
Bilingual interpretation boards at the Holyhead Maritime Museum
News
First World War remembered in Anglesey thanks to Lottery funding
HLF has recently awarded over £20,000 to projects in Anglesey, which will ensure the repair of the memorial village clock in Gwalchmai, expand and revitalise Holyhead’s Maritime Museum and fund a programme of commemorative events in Beaumaris. Jennifer Stewart, Head of HLF, Wales said, “We want to