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The historic buildings at the Berwick Barracks site on a sunny day
The project will reconnect the historic landmark with the local community and create a new visitor experience. Photo: The Living Barracks.

Projects

Berwick Barracks: The Living Barracks

This project will transform the Grade I listed historic landmark into a thriving cultural hub and visitor destination.

A group of people outside a heritage building featuring a clock tower at Hopetown Darlington.
Staff from Darlington Borough Council and Hopetown.Darlington at the new visitor attraction. Photo: Ellen Hunter.

Projects

Hopetown: celebrating the North East’s railway heritage

A state-of-the-art visitor attraction and community engagement scheme celebrates the historic Stockton and Darlington railway line.

Dr Ruth Starr-Keddle carrying out a meadow survey in Upper Swaledale
Dr Ruth Starr-Keddle carrying out a meadow survey in Upper Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park. Credit: North Pennines partnership.

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Tees-Swale: Naturally Connected

A £5.7million Heritage Fund delivery grant is helping to reverse the decline of some of the UK’s most important natural landscapes in the north of England.

Staff outside The Story, a new history centre in Durham.
Staff outside The Story. Photo: Durham County Council.

Projects

A new home for County Durham’s historic collections

Mount Oswald, a Grade II Listed manor house, has been transformed into The Story, a new visitor attraction celebrating the heritage of County Durham.

A black and white image of children playing in an industrial area.
A photograph from the AmberSide Collection. Photo: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen.

Projects

Transforming Amber: Building a Resilient Future

This project will safeguard an industrial heritage archive by developing new ways for the Amber Film & Photography Collective to become financially sustainable.

Two people sit at a desk with a laptop and microphone to record the interview
Composer and sound artist Kate Halsall interviews a staff member from Northumberland National Park. Photo: Green Croft Arts.

Projects

Exploring the life of Delia Derbyshire and her connection to Cumbria

This project looks at electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire’s time in Gilsland and her influence on the community during the 1970s.

A visitor listens through an exhibition headset in front of a display of information about faith
The Faith Museum, Bishop Auckland.

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Restoring and reinterpreting Auckland Castle

This bold heritage-led regeneration project aims to create inspiring experiences and learnings on faith for visitors to County Durham.

a group of people look at objects from a historical archive laid out on a long table
The Natural History Society of Northumbria holds over 16,000 items related to wildlife and nature in the north east of England. Photo: NHSN.

Projects

New Voices for North East Nature

The Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN) are collecting and sharing new stories about how a connection with nature has helped people in times of need in the north east of England.

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