We want to boost pride in place and connection to heritage across whole places rather than individual projects.

In October 2023 we announced the first nine of up to 20 places across the UK where we’ll invest £200million:

• Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Council Area
• County Durham
• Glasgow
• Leicester
• Medway
• Neath Port Talbot
• North-East Lincolnshire
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Torbay

Considerations for a Heritage Place application

• core project activities must be located in one of our heritage places
• projects should be part of a wider ambition to improve or transform the area, supported by local partners and organisations
• projects should be collaborative and will need to demonstrate evidence of support from local partner(s)

If you are applying from one of our identified Heritage Places

• contact your local team to get advice on your heritage project before applying
• Submit a Project Enquiry (for applications up to £250,000) for additional advice. For applications over £250,000 you must submit an Expression of Interest before applying.
• follow our National Lottery Heritage Grants guidance to prepare and submit your application
• start your project title with the hashtag ‘#HP’ so we can identify it’s a Heritage Places application

Branding and acknowledgement

Projects should use our acknowledgement guidance for Heritage Places.

Find out more about our Heritage Places strategic initiative and explore our Thriving Places hub for place-based case studies, stories and blogs.