Blackpool Winter Gardens Plaque photo by Alison McCandlish
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded six historic properties in England a share of £72 million funding.
HLF writes:
Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced earmarked funding worth £72million for six major sites in England:
- Canterbury Cathedral, Mother Church of the Anglican Communion and a World Heritage Site
- Nottingham Castle, backdrop to some of England’s most powerful folk stories
- Bath Abbey, one of the UK’s most remarkable parish churches
- Beamish: The North of England’s Open Air Museum, a showcase for the very best of North-East heritage
- Blackpool Museum, a new venue at the Winter Gardens designed to celebrate the story of the world’s first working-class seaside resort
- Plymouth’s History Centre, a new one-stop shop uniting a number of archives and collections into one building in the heart of Britain’s ‘Ocean City’
Carole Souter, Chief Executive of HLF, said: ‘These projects will enhance and re-energise some of England’s best-loved places. They will build on the stories of the past and offer new opportunities for the future.
‘Every year the Heritage Lottery Fund looks at a number of applications for major projects requesting £5m or more of our money. Demand for 2014 was higher than ever. We’ll be working closely with all six of our successful applicants as they develop their plans.’
