Around 30m (32yds) of the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) track and track bed was damaged in a landslip on 30 January. A section of the track is impassable after the embankment collapsed about 300m (328yds) north of Sterns on the Shropshire section of the line. The affected area lies between SVR’s northern terminus station at…
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Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings to Join English Heritage
Historic England have annoucned that they will be handing over the visitor attraction at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings to the care of English Heritage from the 1st April 2025. The visitor experience at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings will become part of the charity’s 400-strong portfolio of historic attractions, welcoming thousands of potential new visitors. It will sit…
Online Appeal for Funding to Save Worsbrough Mill’s History and Heritage
Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust, a fundraising charity which helps fund and promote Barnsley Museums’ five free heritage attractions, has launched a fundraising campaign to help securee the future of Wosbrough Mill. Funds are required for repairs and to future-proof the history and unique industrial heritage of the mill. This site is one of the…
(Industrial) Heritage on the Brink – New Report From the Heritage Alliance
A new report from The Heritage Alliance highlights the severe financial threats facing the heritage sector. Following 18 months of data gathering, the ‘On the Brink: Heritage in the the Cost of Living Crisis‘ report demonstates how new challenges in energy bills, staffing, public engagement, and funding, have deepened cracks in the foundations of the sector…
CBA ‘Trowel & Error’ Survey Live
The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) is running a survey exploring people’s experiences and understanding of archaeological content and outputs. The aim of ‘Trowel & Error: Figuring out the past together through archaeology’ project is to help the CBA and the archaeological community to better understand what varying audiences hope to gain from archaeology. There are…
Lottery Funding to Highlight Northern England Lead Mining History
The North Pennines National Landscape (NPNL) team has been awarded £2m of lottery funding to chronicle the history of lead mining in Northern England through the ‘Land of Lead and Silver’. Along with the £2m National Lottery funding, the NPNL said a further £576,000 would follow from other funders, including £221,000 from Historic England. The…
Industrial Heritage Support 