Heritage Counts 2014 confirms that the positive impact of heritage on individuals’ wellbeing learning and identity can translate into benefits for communities. Heritage Counts, published by English Heritage is an annual survey of the state of England’s historic...
Last winter Bolsover Castle was the focus of a significant £1.3m project to restore, re-imagine and re-interpret the site as the home of one of the 17th century’s most flamboyant characters; the playwright, author, courtier, and horseman William Cavendish, Duke of...
One of the most popular tourist attractions in the East Midlands is celebrating after being successful in applying for a £2 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Oakham Castle has been awarded the money that will be used to carry out extensive...
Woolsthorpe Manor takes a place in England’s ultimate Hall of Fame to go on display in a one-off exhibition to mark St George’s Day (23rd April). The National Trust’s Woolsthorpe Manor, birthplace of Isaac Newton has been revealed as part of England’s Hall of Fame to...
English Heritage is helping to co-ordinate the first volunteer crowd-sourcing project to tackle heritage at risk at a local level. Over the next year or so, English Heritage will be working with local councils and other bodies in the heritage sector, to set up a...