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Weoley Castle facelift completed 14/10/2010 Weoley Castle Ruins is one of ten scheduled monuments in Birmingham, Grade II listed, and currently on English Heritage’s ‘At Risk’ register. The two-year project safeguards the future of the ruins, which date …

Olympic Re-launch for Chesil Beach Centre 31/01/2011 This gives the go-ahead for the £1m redevelopment of the existing interpretation room, kiosk and public toilets to provide exciting new interpretation facilities, education space, indoor café, forecourt …

Heritage Lottery Fund helps canal tunnel project set sail 04/10/2010 Development funding of £118,000 has been awarded by HLF to help progress the plans. The first-round pass* means that the trust can now progress to the second stage of the HLF application …

Glasshouse to realise vision for the future with HLF grant 04/11/2010 The money will restore the Lower Glasshouse, a key part of the Glasshouse site - an old crystal glass making factory with a continuous history of glasswork dating back to 1691 – and …

More than £2.4m for South East historic places of worship 17/02/2011 The grants were awarded under the organisations’ joint Repair Grants for Places of Worship scheme.* Nationally, since 2002, almost £140 million of grants have been awarded for more than …

Heritage Lottery Fund award gives Trenance Cottages a new lease of life! 06/10/2010 Trenance Cottages were built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and provided homes for local families until the 1960s. From the late 1970s the building was turned …

Bid to reveal importance of New Forest in World War II 02/02/2011 Now the New Forest National Park is hoping a widespread archaeological project to discover and record the crucial role the area played in World War II will capture people’s imaginations and …

Plans to save Castle Drogo a step closer thanks to funding 22/11/2010 This first-round pass award means that the National Trust can progress to the second stage of the HLF application process, where they will be seeking £2.5million of HLF support towards …

Funding for Exeter Cathedral 19/10/2010 Through the proposed project new learning spaces will be created in the Bishops palace so that more people can explore the historic library. There will also be a new space for music development and participation. …

More than £2.4million for south east historic 17/02/2011 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and English Heritage are today announcing more than £2.4million to Grade I and II* listed places of worship across the South East - including just over £66,000 to the …