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Sandford Award Winners

The Sandford Award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the British Isles.

More than 350 sites - including historic houses, museums, galleries, places of worship, gardens, landscapes and collections – have received an Award since the scheme began in 1978. They include Hampton Court Palace, Brunel’s ss Great Britain in Bristol, Fota Wildlife Park in Eire, Edinburgh Castle, and Big Pit - the National Mining Museum of Wales.

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Culzean Castle

What you see at Culzean Castle today is a result of many years of careful restoration by the National Trust for Scotland, that has united the ...

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Filed Under: Ayrshire Tagged With: Castles, Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre

Culloden was the last hand-to-hand battle fought on British soil. Part of a wider European religious and political conflict, the short but bloody ...

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Filed Under: Invernessshire Tagged With: Attraction, Battlefield, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Croxteth Hall And Country Park

Historic Hall, Victorian walled garden, home farm and country park. Croxteth Hall and Country Park is one of Liverpool's most important heritage ...

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Filed Under: Merseyside Tagged With: Country Park, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Crathes Castle

One of the most beautiful and best preserved castles in Scotland occupied by the Burnetts of Leys for over 350 years and set against a magnificent ...

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Filed Under: Kincardineshire Tagged With: Castles, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle

One of Britain's most majestic ruins and once a controlling gateway through the Purbeck Hills, the castle boasts breathtaking views and several ...

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Filed Under: Dorset Tagged With: Castles, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

The Commandery

The building which exists today has undergone many changes over the centuries, with parts re-built to suit the style and needs of each period. The ...

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Filed Under: Worcestershire Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Combe Sydenham

Tudor E-plan house built in 1580 for Sir George Sydenham with earlier defensive gatehouse, and rebuilt following the Restoration in 1660. Deer park ...

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Filed Under: Somerset Tagged With: Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Coldharbour Mill

A 200 year old spinning mill set in the tranquil Devon village of Uffculme. Built by Thomas Fox to spin woollen and later worsted yarns in 1799, ...

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Filed Under: Devon Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Colchester Castle

Colchester Castle Museum

A visit to Colchester Castle Museum takes you through 2000 years of some of the most important events in British history. Once capital of Roman ...

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Filed Under: Essex Tagged With: Castles, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Coalport China Museum

National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china in the magnificent old Coalport China works. Rich colours, bright glazes and exquisite ...

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Filed Under: Shropshire Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Clarke Hall Educational Museum

Clarke Hall is a late 17th century gentleman farmer's house, primarily used by schools as an educational resource. Clarke Hall is known locally and ...

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Filed Under: Yorkshire Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

City Museum & Art Gallery, Blaise Castle

Explore hundreds of weird and wonderful objects inside the museum that show how people used to live in the past. Gaze out of this 18th century ...

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Filed Under: Avon Tagged With: Houses, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

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