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Heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations.

Explore the inspiring projects we’ve funded and help inform your own application.

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  • discover the breadth of heritage we fund
  • find projects similar to your own application idea
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a historical photograph of sailing boats on a harbourside
Manx Fairy and Manx Beauty being built in Cellardyke in the 1930s. Credit: The Cellardyke Trust.

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Preserving a historic fishing boat and maritime skills in Fife

Our £1.2million funding will help restore Manx Beauty – one of the last surviving boats built in the village of Cellardyke – and create training and learning opportunities for young people.

An ariel image of a red brick 1920s building
Stori Brymbo has restored derelict buildings and given them new purpose. Credit: The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Forging a future at Stori Brymbo

This former iron and steelworks near Wrexham has been brought back to life as a visitor attraction, community hub and business space.

The new exterior of Kresen Kernow with a group of concrete statues
The new Kresen Kernow archive centre has been made possible thanks to a £11.7million National Lottery grant and nearly a decade of work.

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Creating a home for Cornwall’s archives

A derelict brewery has been transformed into the world's largest archive of Cornish history spanning 850 years.

a digital 3D model of a historic timber-framed building
Gainsborough Old Hall was scanned by Historic England to create a digital climate resilient house, which helps people understand how historic buildings will be affected by the climate crisis. Credit: Historic England.

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Old Hall, New Beginnings: reviving Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincolnshire

English Heritage are learning more about the Old Hall, revitalising the garden and hosting a range of activities and volunteering opportunities for the local community.

A young person sits at a round table in a recording studio
Jake, a member of The Beyond Collective: Next Gen group helps to ensure the building remains an inclusive, relevant space for young people.

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Putting young people at the heart of heritage-led regeneration in Grimsby

The Grade II listed West Haven Maltings and Migar House have been transformed into the state-of-the-art Horizon Youth Zone through our Heritage Enterprise programme.

A view looking up at the red brick facade and central clocktower of the Keelmen's Hospital.
More than three centuries since its founding, the Keelmen's Hospital will once again provide housing to the people of Newcastle. Photo: Steve Brock.

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Transforming a historic Newcastle almshouse into affordable housing

Our £5million funding will secure the future of the Grade II* listed Keelmen’s Hospital, the city’s most at-risk building.

A stone chapel in the foreground, a derelict timber-framed building covered in plastic sheeting in the background
The site has been on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register since the first edition in 1998. Credit: Warwick District Council.

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Restoring and reusing historic buildings as affordable housing in Warwick

Grade II* buildings on the site of a medieval leper hospital are being repurposed as affordable rent homes after lying derelict for over 50 years.

A group of seven people are gathered together in front of red signage for a coal sellers. Text reads John Kelly limited. They are smiling at the camera
Credit: CITB NI / Peter O'Hara Photography.

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Building Next Generation Traditional Skills

Addressing a skills gap and building a strong supply chain of skilled craftspeople to repair and maintain heritage buildings is the aim of this four-year project.

A crowd of people in front of The George pub stand behind a red ribbon
Cutting the ribbon at the opening of The George, Wickham Market, 4 September 2025.

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Community effort saves historic Suffolk village pub

Our funding supported hundreds of locals to rescue Wickham Market’s last pub, preserving a valued gathering place.

A young person walks through a moorland landscape
Nature recovery and improved facilities are helping this special place flourish for the benefit of both wildlife and people. Credit: National Trust images/Chris Lacey.

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Reconnecting people and nature at Divis and the Black Mountain

In 2004, National Lottery players’ support helped The National Trust purchase Divis and the Black Mountain. Now our £3million grant is restoring its natural habitat and improving access for local communities.

A group of people celebrating in front of a red brick building with an art-deco sign that says “Welfare Hall”
The building will become a vibrant community hub. Credit: Steve Pope / FotoWales.

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Revitalising Tylorstown Welfare Hall

The historic heart of a community in the Rhondda being restored for the future

A natural water course running alongside farm land.
A natural water course in the Gwent Levels coastal landscape. Credit: Neil Aldridge.

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Supporting nature recovery in Wales

This project will develop practical plans to attract private investment in large-scale nature recovery, creating models that can be used across Wales.

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