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The Landmark Trust opens Astley Castle, near Nuneaton as the innovative restoration project is completed

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17/07/2012

… catering holidays for eight people throughout the year, there will be regular Open Days and visits by schools and … holidays then pays for the buildings’ ongoing maintenance. There are 195 Landmarks including castles, towers, forts and … catering holidays for eight people throughout the year, there will be regular Open Days and visits by schools and …

Goole Town Council wins Lottery support for Regeneration of West Park

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20/12/2011

… to its volunteers from a new poly tunnel installation. There will also be an opportunity for volunteers to be … work was undertaken by unemployed men of the town of which there were many due to the Goole Steam Shipping Company … to its volunteers from a new poly tunnel installation. There will also be an opportunity for volunteers to be …

Heritage Lottery Fund grants £2.37million to Enniskillen Castle

Drawing of Enniskillen Castle from Augustus I ii 39 The British Library Board

News

05/11/2014

… county and become a true gateway to the entire region.” There are plans to develop a new History Hub facility … library, oral histories and digital film archive. There will also be four new galleries creating additional … walled rampart amongst the blue hillocks.’ At the castle there were ‘poets and minstrels, satin-clad maidens weaving …

Milton Abbey Church and Brown-designed landscape to be restored

Milton Abbey in Dorset

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12/07/2016

… of interest in the work of England’s greatest gardener. So there’s no better time to be embarking on this ambitious … of interest in the work of England’s greatest gardener. So there’s no better time to be embarking on this ambitious …

Bomber Command Centre gets wings with £3.1million from Heritage Lottery Fund

Bomber Command Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust

News

14/10/2014

… Dan Snow, Historian and ambassador of the project, said: “There are few more deserving projects in the UK than the … as they did their bit to liberate Europe from fascism. There is no other centre in Britain or any other country … should be captured and preserved for future generations. There is so much to learn from these stories, about fortitude …

Last surviving operational railway roundhouse gets £1.1m for revamp

Locomotives line up inside the Barrow Hill Roundhouse Paul Bigland

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17/03/2016

… the story of the UK’s evocative transport heritage. “There’s no better way to learn about this history than … the story of the UK’s evocative transport heritage. “There’s no better way to learn about this history than …

Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum wins Heritage Lottery Fund award

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12/03/2010

… and Paul corrugated iron bungalow will be extended. There will be improved opportunities for community learning, … and Paul corrugated iron bungalow will be extended. There will be improved opportunities for community learning, …

Future of HMS Warrior secured

HMS Warrior 1860 at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

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25/03/2015

… symbol of the UK's immense naval prowess[/quote] However, there is good news ahoy. Lottery funding is enabling … symbol of the UK's immense naval prowess[/quote] However, there is good news ahoy. Lottery funding is enabling …

Changing lives: theatre archive directs Matthew to a new career

Matthew with a play script in the Peter Brook archive

Stories

22/11/2016

… lovingly put together of his famous son’s press cuttings. There were also dozens of theatre programmes: “He would write … director notoriously fell out with Laurence Olivier and there were a few “stern letters between these two”. “It is … lovingly put together of his famous son’s press cuttings. There were also dozens of theatre programmes: “He would write …

Gainsborough’s genius to be celebrated

Announcement of £4.5m of National Lottery players' money to Gainsborough's House, Sudbury

The new centre will tell the story of Gainsborough’s meteoric rise from merchant’s son to high society portraitist Gainsborough's House

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06/07/2018

… focusing particularly on the Cornward Wood area. There will be regular clubs for children – Artsmart – and … groups, prisoners, young offenders and their families. There will be a community gallery and free visiting … focusing particularly on the Cornward Wood area. There will be regular clubs for children – Artsmart – and …

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