OLD NEWCASTLE - WHERE THE STORY BEGINS PROJECT

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The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today awarded a confirmed grant¹ of £1.4m to The Heart of the City Partnership for an exciting restoration project. Old Newcastle: ‘Where the Story Begins'.

Thursday 19th May; talk by Sara Rushton of English Heritage entitled " Heritage at Risk; the Management of Heritage sites in Northumberland".

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to The Heart of the City Partnership to work up plans for Old Newcastle: ‘Where the Story Begins’ a major heritage project aimed at revitalising the City’s 13th-century, grade I listed ‘Black Gate’, bringing it back into public use as a heritage, education and community resource.

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced confirmed funding¹ for four projects in Scotland, Wales and England: Sir Walter Scott’s home, ‘Abbotsford’, in the Borders; Newbridge Memorial Hall in Caerphilly; a Tudor dwelling house known as ‘The Walronds’ in Devon; and the 18th-century Wrest Park in Bedfordshire.  Initial support² has also been awarded for projects in Staffordshire, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Suffolk and Worcestershire.

21st June 2010 saw Thomas Spence the utopian writer, land reformer and courageous pioneering campaigner for the rights of men and women, honoured when the Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne unveiled a commemorative plaque at Fenwick's Entry, the entrance to Broad Garth.

Registration forms for TWHODs 2010 are now available by visiting the TWHODs website

2010 marks the bicentenary of William Armstrong of Cragside. Newcastle and the north east celebrate it with events throughout the year. Find out more...

Grey Street has been voted the third most picturesque street in Britain in the recently announced Google Street Awards.

Design Awards held at The Mansion House on 9th December 2009.

Charles Avison was again commemorated by the raising of a Heritage Plaque on Rosemary Lane, Newcastle on Tuesday 17th November 2009.

Voting has now closed. Over 1500 votes were cast. Thanks to all who voted.

For the first time since its launch in 1994 The Lord Mayor’s Design Awards will invite the public to vote for their favourite shortlisted entry in “The People’s Choice” category in a bid to let the public celebrate the best projects which have enhanced how Newcastle looks and feels. Have Your Say!

The 150th Anniversary of Robert Stephenson's death was commemorated today at the Stephenson monument.