This has been a place of Christian worship continuously for over 1300 years, since Osric, an Anglo-Saxon prince, founded a religious house here in 678-9 AD. Little is known for certain about the communities which worshipped here or the buildings they used over the next 400 years although it is believed that the Benedictine Rule […]
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.
Gladstone Museum
Gladstone is the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal-burning ovens made the world’s finest bone china. Explore the cobbled yard, with huge bottle kilns and take part in daily workshops. Stoke-on-Trent is world famous for its pottery and no visit to the city would be complete without experiencing this unique Museum. […]
The Geffrye Museum
The Geffrye Museum is one of London’s best-loved museums. It shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. Winner of Sandford Award 2007.
Geevor Tin Mine And Heritage Centre
Preserved tin mine and museum. Winner of Sandford Award 2007
Gainsborough Old Hall
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and partly timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions, it has a kitchen with an enormous fireplace, a noble great hall, and an imposing lodgings tower. Winner of Sandford Award 1988, 1993,2003, 2009