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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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Stanley Mills

Stanley Mills is one the best-preserved relics of the 18th-century Industrial Revolution. It was established as a cotton mill by local merchants, with ...

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

Staircase House

The buidling is a grade 2* listed medieval town house dating back to around 1460. Very little is known of the house’s early history, though it is ...

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

Springhill

Experience the beguiling spirit of this inimitable 17th-century 'Plantation' home, with its walled gardens and parkland, full of tempting waymarked ...

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Filed Under: Co. Londonderry Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Southwell Minster

A large Roman villa occupied much of the present-day Minster curtilage. A panel of painted plaster, excavated from the bath-house of the villa, is now ...

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

Arbeia Roman Fort

Arbeia Roman Fort housed a garrison and once guarded the entrance to the River Tyne. The excavated remains, stunning reconstructions of original ...

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Filed Under: Tyne & Wear Tagged With: Military, Museums, Roman, Sandford Award Winners

Soho House Museum

The elegant home of industrial pioneer Matthew Boulton, who lived in Soho House from 1766 to 1809. Here, he met with some of the most important ...

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Filed Under: West Midlands Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

The Shugborough Estate

Shugborough is the UK's only Complete Working Historic Estate and a world class visitor attraction. Over a quarter of a million people visit the ...

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Filed Under: Staffordshire Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Industrial History, Sandford Award Winners

Sir John Soane’s Museum

The house and Museum of Sir John Soane, R.A., architect. Soane was born in 1753, the son of a bricklayer, and died after a long and distinguished ...

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

Shakespeare Centre

The libraries were founded in the last half of the 19th century and were amalgamated in 1964 when they were housed in the purpose-built Shakespeare ...

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Filed Under: Warwickshire Tagged With: Documents And Archives, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Sentry Hill Historic House And Visitor Centre

Sentry Hill is a 19th century farmhouse in the Parish of Carnmoney, County Antrim. The house and its contents provide a rare insight into life in ...

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Filed Under: County Antrim Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Segedunum Roman Fort Baths And Museum

Segedunum Roman Fort lies on the banks of the River Tyne, and is the last outpost of Hadrian’s Wall (World Heritage Site). For almost 300 years ...

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Filed Under: Tyne & Wear Tagged With: Military, Museums, Roman, Sandford Award Winners

Scone Palace

Once the crowning place of the Kings of Scots, Scone Palace occupies a unique position in the history of Scotland. A breathtakingly beautiful place of ...

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Filed Under: Perthshire Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

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