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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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City Discovery Centre – Bradwell Abbey

City Discovery Centre has been based at the ancient site of Bradwell Abbey in Milton Keynes since 1992. Bradwell Abbey is the site and remains of a ...

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Filed Under: Buckinghamshire Tagged With: Medieval, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Chirk Castle

Completed in 1310, Chirk is the last Welsh castle from the reign of Edward I still lived in today. Features from its 700 years include the medieval ...

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

Chiltern Open Air Museum

Chiltern Open Air Museum preserves and interprets the built heritage of the Chilterns that would otherwise be lost. The Museum was founded in 1976, ...

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

Chester Zoo

The UK’s number one Zoo, close to the historic city of Chester, is set in 110 acres of award-winning gardens. In this spectacular setting are over ...

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Filed Under: Cheshire Tagged With: Sandford Award Winners, Zoos And Wildlife Parks

Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral has a rich and fascinating heritage. It is a living community of prayer and worship, a centre of excellence in Church Music, and ...

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Filed Under: Cheshire Tagged With: Cathedrals - Ecclesiastical, Sandford Award Winners

Chedworth Roman Villa

The remains of one of the largest Roman villas in Britain provide a fascinating insight into the period. The site was discovered in 1864 by a local ...

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Filed Under: Gloucestershire Tagged With: National Trust, Roman, Sandford Award Winners

Charleston

Charleston was the home and country meeting place for the writers, painters and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group. The interior was painted ...

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Filed Under: Sussex Tagged With: Art Galleries, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Ceramica

Ceramica revitalises the Old Town Hall of Burslem into a unique visitor attraction exploring the past and future of the pottery industry in ...

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

Cathedral & Abbey Church Of St. Alban

This is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain. It stands over the place where Alban, the first martyr, was buried after giving ...

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Filed Under: Hertfordshire Tagged With: Cathedrals - Ecclesiastical, Sandford Award Winners

Cathedral Church Of St. Peter

Founded in 1050, the Cathedral building, dedicated to Peter, one of Jesus' earliest followers and the model for all subsequent bishops, is the finest ...

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Filed Under: Devon Tagged With: Cathedrals - Ecclesiastical, Sandford Award Winners

Castle Ward

Explore this exceptional 332-hectare (820-acre) walled demesne dramatically set overlooking Strangford Lough and marvel at the quirky mid Georgian ...

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Filed Under: County Down Tagged With: Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort

What makes this site particularly important is that archaeologists have been excavating here for over twenty years and thatched Iron Age buildings ...

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Filed Under: Dyfed Tagged With: Iron Age, Sandford Award Winners

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