The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) is to collaborate with Heritage Crafts in the sponsorship of the ‘Emerging Building Craftsperson of the Year Award 2026’. For over 100 years SPAB has trained generations of building craftspeople as well as architectural professionals to shape the repair of old buildings with sensitivity and skill but…
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Historic England Launches Guide to Developing Creative Industry Hubs
Historic England has launched a new guide, ‘Heritage Works for Creative Businesses’. This new publication is designed to help developers who want to transform empty and underused historic buildings into thriving creative industry hubs. Heritage and the creative industries are major sectors of the UK economy. The former is often inspiration for the latter with,…
Historic England – Free Carbon Reduction Training for the Heritage Sector
Historic England – Free Carbon Reduction Training for the Heritage Sector
UK Government Announces Five Year £1.5 Billion Investment in the Cultural Sector
The UK Government has announced that £1.5 billion will be invested in the culture sector (including arts venues, museums, libraries, and heritage buildings) in England over five years in order to prevent closures and address urgent capital needs. The support includes more than £100 million of new monies specifically earmarked for local museums (many of which…
Historic Environment Scotland’ ‘Inform Guide’ to Ceramic Tiled Flooring
Historic Environment Scotland (HES)’s ‘Inform Guide’ on ceramic tiled floors is available to download. Fired clay tiles have been in use since the Middle Ages, and a large manufactruign industry developed in the 18th and 19th centuries. The guide gives a brief overview of the traditional, and often decorative, floor tiles. The Inform Guide explores…
Winners of 2025 National Railway Heritage Awards Announced
The 2025 National Railway Heritage Awards – established in 1979 to recognise best practice in the re-use, restoration and upkeep of historic railway and tramway buildings – were presented on 3 December by the Minister for Rail, Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill. This year’s honours included the restoration of the former Cambrian Railways headquarters…
Inland Waterway Association Publishes Risk Index
Following the Climate Change Committee’s warning to the UK Government to prepare for 2oC warming by 2050, the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has produced a first-of-its-kind map revealing the likely impact of 2oC degrees warming on Britain’s 5,000-mile network of canals and navigable rivers, as well as other risks. IWA has examined the risks facing…
Traditional Cornmillers Guild Mill Owners Insurance Survey Looking for More Responses
The Traditional Cornmillers Guild launched an Insurance Survey earlier this year to assess the how the sector is coping. It has already received over 40 responses from water and wind mill owners providing information about their insurance cover, the costs, and the issues they face. The survey is still live. The Mills Archive Trust reports…
HE Webinar on Stockton & Darlington Railway Heritage Now Available On-line
The recording of Historic England’s industrial heritage webinar looking at the various research projects undertaken as part of Stockton and Darlington Railway Heritage Action Zone is now available online. The Stockton & Darlington Railway opened on September 27, 1825, connecting places, people, communities and ideas and ultimately transforming the world. The Stockton & Darlington Railway…
Cromford Mills, Long Shop Museum, & Dockyard Museum Receive Grants to Upgrade their Sites
Three industrial heritage sites have received grants this summer that will help upgrade and presevre their sites. Cromford Mills, the Dockyard Museum in Bristol, and the Long Shop in Leisten, have benefitted from a variety of grants that will help improve their futures. The Arkwright Society has secured £1.3 million for Cromford Mills from The…
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