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Turning the pages of history 24/07/2009 From 24 July, visitors to the National Trust’s Lyme Park in Cheshire will be able to turn the pages of a remarkable 15th century book using the latest digital technology – and to enjoy reading and relaxing in the …

Picture Perfect: North East's 'Postcards from the Park' winner is snap happy! 26/08/2009 The photo, entitled, 'Fly Away', impressed the judges who included celebrated photographer Mike McCartney (brother of Paul), Angela Nicholson from Amateur …

Stewart Park 15/10/2009 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG) have announced that much-loved Stewart Park in central Middlesbrough has been awarded a grant of just under £4.4 million. The park, which currently attracts 400,000 …

Save our Stones 28/04/2009 Historical boundary stones are to be excavated and preserved for future generations thanks to an award of over £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The project focuses on the area surrounding Dipton in Co. Durham and is …

Major autumn lottery boost confirmed for Lordship ‘Rec’ 01/10/2010 The 23-hectare park, known by locals as 'The Rec', was opened in 1932 and is one of the few open spaces serving a densely populated inner urban area that includes the Broadwater Farm …

East End’s Three Mills site gets restoration ‘green light’ in time for Olympics 22/11/2010 A development grant of £248,000 has been awarded to help the River Lea Tidal Mill Trust progress their plans, which include restoring the mill, its neighbour …

Plans progress to transform historic church into mental wellbeing centre 27/07/2010 The development funding enables the East Suffolk Mind, the charity committed to improving the lives of people with mental health issues and the Churches Conservation …

Future of magnificent garden secured 27/07/2010 The HLF grant, gives the green light to the plans by English Heritage to restore one of Britain’s finest landscape gardens to its original splendour. Wrest Park is one of the country’s largest ‘secret …

£570,000 to open up Cotesbach’s heritage 17/03/2011 Once conserved, the buildings will provide a new home for the important estate archive, which contains records dating back to the early 15th century. Alongside this new learning spaces will be created, …