Tag Archives: National Lottery Heritage Fund

Crystal Palace’s Jurassic perk offers kids holiday adventures

Posted on April 7, 2026 by insidecroydon

Crystal Palace Park’s dinosaur playground has roared into action. The playground is now open to all park visitors. “It’s already buzzing with energy and adventure,” says te Crystal Palace Park Trust. Designed to be welcoming and inclusive, the playground features … Continue reading →

Posted in Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A year after centenary, Ashburton Park gets £1.6m Lottery grant

Posted on April 10, 2025 by insidecroydon

No mention of the former ‘home for inebriates’ in council’s restoration plans for public park in Addiscombe, KEN LEE reports The National Heritage Lottery Fund has provided a £1.6million grant to Croydon Council to upgrade Ashburton Park to celebrate its … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe East, Ashburton, Ashburton Park, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Ashburton Park, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Victorian-era dinosaurs win £5m from Heritage Lottery Fund

Posted on October 10, 2024 by insidecroydon

Crystal Palace Park’s regeneration plan has been handed a £5million grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to ensure that the historic dinosaurs and other Victorian features in the park don’t become… well, history. Planning approval for £17.75million of regeneration … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Education, Environment, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Victoria Pinnington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

£250 per day fees paid to lead on borough’s Heritage Trail

Posted on August 9, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: One arts company in the borough appears to have won the Lottery for its role in the less-than-inspiring flagship project for the Borough of Culture. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The project lead working on the Music Heritage … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Croydon Council, Education, Museum of Croydon, Music, Queens Gardens | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

£108,000 Lottery grant helps to ‘reunite’ Great North Wood

Posted on June 5, 2023 by insidecroydon

Two of the last surviving fragments of the ancient Great North Wood are to be “reunited” in an exciting and innovative project led by the London Wildlife Trust, funded by cash from the National Lottery, which aims to preserve and … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Environment, Southwark Council, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dinosaur sculptures get help from Heritage Lottery Fund

Posted on March 30, 2023 by insidecroydon

Crystal Palace Park has received £304,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help with the improvements and restoration of its “dinosaur island”. The Lottery grant is part of a wider £5million regeneration project being undertaken in the park by … Continue reading →

Posted in Bromley Council, Charity, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, History | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment