Projects we’ve funded

Roberts Park was opened in 1871, as an integral element of the model village created by Sir Titus Salt for his mill workers.

Funding was granted towards this integrated management and action programme for the South Pennine Moors Natural Area.

Improvements to visitor and workshop facilities at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm have helped to improve visitor access and provide training in traditional skills.

The long-term future of Shrewsbury Drapers Hall was secured in 1999 when Shrewsbury Drapers Hall Preservation Trust was able to purchase it as part of this project.

A previous HLF grant, awarded to British Waterways, resulted in the creation of a Conservation Management Strategy for Montgomery Canal.

Snailbeach Lead Mine is one of a series of mines that make up South Shropshire Orefield.

The Lilleshall Project secured public ownership of, and transformed access to, the records of the Lilleshall estate, one of the most important of Shropshire’s estate collections.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum has undergone major refurbishment to relaunch the site as a world-class facility.

This project helped to transform the iconic A-listed building of the Glasgow School of Art, which is internationally recognised as Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece.

HLF awarded its largest ever grant in Scotland for the creation of a new Riverside Museum and a second phase of the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.

Kibble Palace is a Victorian glasshouse in Glasgow Botanic Gardens. It was restored as part of this project, allowing it to continue to serve as a centre for botanical excellence.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Lighthouse building in Glasgow was refurbished to create a Centre for Architecture and Design.