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Olympic Re-launch for Chesil Beach Centre 31/01/2011 This gives the go-ahead for the £1m redevelopment of the existing interpretation room, kiosk and public toilets to provide exciting new interpretation facilities, education space, indoor café, forecourt …

The Walronds to be saved thanks to £1.746million 27/07/2010 The project will enable full restoration of the house and ensure the ground floor and gardens are available for wider community use. The upper floors will be converted into holiday accommodation …

£2.8m to Torre Abbey 25/01/2011 This award will fund the second phase of the Torre Abbey’s restoration programme, which will extensively conserve the medieval ruins, cloister wall and other key parts of the building - essential to prevent further …

Heritage Lottery Fund award gives Trenance Cottages a new lease of life! 06/10/2010 Trenance Cottages were built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and provided homes for local families until the 1960s. From the late 1970s the building was turned …

The Sky's The Limit 18/01/2011 The Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) has been successful in its first-round* bid to restore the Devonport Column as part of the continued regeneration of the Devonport area. RIO has been awarded £21,000 by the Heritage Lottery …

More than £2.4million for south east historic 17/02/2011 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and English Heritage are today announcing more than £2.4million to Grade I and II* listed places of worship across the South East - including just over £66,000 to the …

Bid to reveal importance of New Forest in World War II 02/02/2011 Now the New Forest National Park is hoping a widespread archaeological project to discover and record the crucial role the area played in World War II will capture people’s imaginations and …

Funding for Exeter Cathedral 19/10/2010 Through the proposed project new learning spaces will be created in the Bishops palace so that more people can explore the historic library. There will also be a new space for music development and participation. …

What did you do in the war Brighton? 26/08/2009 It was turned into a hospital for Indian soldiers during the First World War and its wine cellars were used as air raid shelters during the Second. Such stories involving the Royal Pavilion will feature in a …

HLF announce grant to establish flagship museum for Scotland’s ancient capital 22/11/2010 Dunfermline has one of the best surviving medieval townscapes in Scotland. The Abbey and Palace were founded in the 11th century when Malcolm III established it as a …