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Heritage Lottery Fund ’
Mar 17th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Today is, of course, St Patrick’s Day. And as the world knows by now, the Irish go out of their way to persuade other destinations to colour themselves green. Once again, Niagara Falls will be illuminated by green light from 9pm until 1am on both the Canadian and American side of the falls. Amongst the other buildings illuminated will be the Sydney Opera House, Empire State Building, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, the London Eye, the Colosseum in Rome and the
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Tags: Clwydian Range and Dee Valley, Cuba, Elan Valley, Gwent Levels, Harry Goodman, Heritage Lottery Fund, ILG, Keukenhof, nervous flyers, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, Rotunda Museum - Scarborough, Scarborough, spain, St Patrick\'s Day, valencia, Zambia
Mar 26th, 2017 |
By The Editor
For nearly thirty years works from the National Portrait Gallery in London have been able to be seen at Bodelwyddan Castle, near Rhyl in North Wales. But no more.
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Tags: Bodelwyddan Castle, Bodelwyddan Castle Trust, Denbighshire County Council., Heritage Lottery Fund, National Portrait Gallery, The Art Fund
Sep 9th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
Many of us go on holiday or take a day trip, marvel at a building or heritage site, talk about it and possibly even become a “friend” but have you thought of doing more?
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Tags: Heritage Lottery Fund
May 29th, 2014 |
By The Editor
Robin Hood might be spinning in his grave now – if he had a grave – because Nottingham castle has received nearly £13 million to redevelop the site. It might make it even more difficult to storm the castle and rescue Maid Marion or one of his merry men.
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Tags: Bath Abbey, Beamish, Blackpool, Canterbury Cathedral, Heritage Lottery Fund, Nottingham Castle, Plymouth, Robin Hood
Dec 3rd, 2013 |
By The Editor
Apart from religious reasons, the attraction of a cathedral is in its age and its architecture.
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Tags: Durham Cathedral, Heritage Lottery Fund, Peterborough Cathedral
Jul 30th, 2013 |
By The Editor
Earlier this month, CD-Traveller reported that new research from the Heritage Lottery Fund showed that attraction of heritage sites was worth much more to the UK economy that had been previously thought –some £26.4 billion. We and overseas visitors are visiting these sites more often than ever before.
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Tags: Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery, Chester Farm, Flax Mill Maltings, Heritage Lottery Fund, Knole, Winchester Cathedral, Windermere Steamboat Museum
Jul 12th, 2013 |
By The Editor
Ask an overseas visitor what they like about the UK and they don’t waste long is saying that it is our castles, our heritage and how well we “do” pomp and ceremony that attracts them. You might say that having jubilees, royal weddings and births, and Downton Abbey bolsters the importance and that the tourism people would like something royal or heritage linked every year and you’d probably be right. Because research just published by the Heritage Lottery Fund suggests that heritage is much more
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Tags: Heritage Lottery Fund
May 28th, 2013 |
By The Editor
Some of us might have spent the drier parts of the bank holiday weekend out walking. So it is welcome that woodland and forest, which we often take for granted, is the recipient of some £1.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Tags: Colwyn Bay, Filton, Headstone Manor, Henry VIII, Heritage Lottery Fund, Piers, Quarry Bank Mill, woodlands
May 9th, 2013 |
By Adrian Lawes
The announcement by the Heritage Lottery Fund of £68 million in support of just six projects today gives an indication of how important these are. Usually many more than six are allotted funds and few are allotted as much as has been given today.
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Tags: Aberdeen, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Alexandra Palace, Auckland Castle, Belfast, Heritage Lottery Fund, HMS Caroline, Kreson Kernow, Silverstone
Dec 17th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Hot on the heels of funding recently announced by the Heritage Lottery Fund to celebrate its eighteenth birthday comes the announcement of nearly £18 million worth of more grants. Coincidence in the number and the anniversary or was it deliberate?
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Tags: Hednesford Park, Heritage Lottery Fund, Margam Country Park, Walker Park, Wilton Lodge Park
Nov 21st, 2012 |
By The Editor
No, its not the anniversary of the pier in Hastings. either its building or its dreadful fire two years ago. Earlier this week the Heritage Lottery Fund celebrated its 18th birthday
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Tags: Bedfordshire, Dorset, Hastings Pier, Heritage Lottery Fund, Hoxton Hall, Ipswich
Mar 30th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
The Lottery Heritage Fund has just announced grants of £10 million towards restoration of some of the UK’s most popular- and not so well known – tourism destinations and attractions.
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Tags: Bath, cambridge, Cardigan, Cardigan Castle, Charleston Barns, Heritage Lottery Fund, Kettle’s Yard, Lewes, Royal Crescent
Apr 21st, 2009 |
By Adrian Lawes
Open spaces like the green belt,the national parks and everyones little local park are highly prized oases of calm away from everyday bustle. Often the smaller ones are taken for granted until sometimes they disappear. So when money is ploughed into improve them it gets little publicity apart from in the places concerned.£14 million pounds has just been allotted by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund’s Parks for People programme. So what is the money used for? The obvious answer is planting
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Tags: Big Lottery Fund, Green Space, Heritage Lottery Fund