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Strawberry Hill’s forever 24/09/2010 Horace Walpole’s magnificent Gothic castle, Strawberry Hill, will re-open to the public on Saturday 2 October. The site in Twickenham has undergone a £9million, two-year long restoration programme which was partly …

Park Life: ‘Rollerbladers’ photo wins Lottery competition 03/09/2010 Today, Mat Ricardo’s eye-catching photo taken in Battersea Park, London, has been chosen as the winner of the UK-wide ‘Postcards from the Park’ photo competition. The competition has …

Heritage Lottery Fund statement on conflict of interest 01/08/2010 Carole Souter, Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: "Trustees and Committee Members who declare a conflict of interest take no part in the decision-making process on that …

DCMS' review of arm's length bodies 26/07/2010 Commenting on today’s DCMS statement, Carole Souter, Chief Executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), said: "We understand that every Government department is …

Yorkshire towns regenerated 23/02/2011 Keighley and Pontefract – both featuring buildings of significant historical interest and importance - can now look forward to a brighter future. Fiona Spiers, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund for Yorkshire and the …

Town centres win £14m Heritage Lottery regeneration boost 17/05/2010 This investment is part of the HLF’s Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) which has invested nearly £200m since 1998 into regenerating towns that have suffered serious social and economic …

Loving our landscapes! 20/05/2010 Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced 10 earmarked first-round passes* totalling £17m made through its Landscape Partnership (LP) programme. This programme helps conserve areas of distinctive landscape …

£7million to help repair England's historic places of worship 24/05/2010 English Heritage (EH) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) have today (Monday 24 May 2010) announced funding of £7million to help restore 68 historic Grade II listed places of worship …

Historic Places of Worship 18/02/2010 English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) today (Thursday 18 February) announced more than £15.7million to support urgent repair work to 154 Grade I and II listed places of worship across England. The …

People’s History Museum 04/03/2010 Friday 5 March sees the official opening of the People’s History Museum in Manchester with the Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP. The museum is a unique centre which explores many of the world-changing ideas fought for by the …