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30/07/2013
HLF Invest £47m In UK Heritage Sites
Six heritage tourism projects in England and Wales are to share a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) investment of £47 million, aimed at enhancing and promoting, " a better understanding of our heritage".
With UK heritage tourism reportedly contributing £26bn to the ecomony, HLF said: "These projects all offer the public the chance to explore and enjoy our rich and complex history."
The sites will including Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire and the Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery, Powys.
The largest share of the money, £12.8 million, has been allocated to Fax Mill Maltings in Shropshire and will be used to develop a complex of 18th and 19th Century industrial buildings in Shrewsbury.
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With UK heritage tourism reportedly contributing £26bn to the ecomony, HLF said: "These projects all offer the public the chance to explore and enjoy our rich and complex history."
The sites will including Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire and the Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery, Powys.
The largest share of the money, £12.8 million, has been allocated to Fax Mill Maltings in Shropshire and will be used to develop a complex of 18th and 19th Century industrial buildings in Shrewsbury.
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