Regeneration

Restoring and arranging for the permanent exhibition of the Lanercost Priory Dossal wall hanging.

Following a £7million refurbishment Preston Hall is able to display a wider range of the 90,000-plus items in the Stockton Museum Services' collection.

Sandycombe Lodge, the home of painter JMW Turner, has been fully restored thanks to National Lottery funding.

Blyth Tall Ship is establishing itself as a nationally significant maritime centre, leading the field in traditional maritime skills training.

Forming the boundary between Scotland and England, the River Tweed provides a common thread to the natural, built and cultural heritage of the Borders as it meanders across 97 miles of scenic countryside.

The graves at Welford Road Cemetery, the third oldest cemetery in the country, have been conserved and better interpreted for new visitors.

Holy Cross Church, one of the most significant historic buildings in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, has been restored and saved from deterioration.

Major works were required to save this building, a rare surviving example of Romantic architecture which was damaged by fire in the 1960s.

Wheal Martyn is home to the UK’s only china clay mining museum. A fully accredited museum, Wheal Martyn cares for and presents a collection of industry-related objects, machinery, photographs and archives.

This ambitious restoration project helped return the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds to its original glory.