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Coastal heritage sites around the Great British Coast will be saved as 23 projects are to receive a share of almost 拢1 million from the Coastal Revival Fund.

The projects, from Blackpool to the Isle of Wight, have today (23 January 2019) been awarded up to 拢50,000 each to help restore local community assets and landmarks to their former glory.

These include Banksy鈥檚 Pinwheel in Weston-super-Mare, a community project in a derelict smugglers鈥� inn in Cornwall, and the preservation of Blackpool鈥檚 3 historic piers.

The Coastal Revival Fund provides grants to coastal heritage sites to fund repairs, restoration and bring economic growth to coastal communities. It also supports large scale projects which are important to local communities but have not yet reached their full economic potential or are facing neglect.

Coastal Communities Minister Jake Berry MP, said:

I鈥檓 proud to support these 23 magnificent projects from Ryde to Runcorn with investment from the government鈥檚 Coastal Revival Fund. Putting heritage at the heart of our coastal towns is an important way of attracting visitors and boosting our local economies.

We鈥檙e determined to save these historic landmarks for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations while delivering on our promise to invest over a quarter of a billion pounds into the Great British Coast by 2020.

Duncan Wilson, Chief Executive of Historic England, said:

Our seaside towns are rich with unique historic buildings and places, from the grand Lytham Hall to the Victorian public pleasure grounds of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

We鈥檙e delighted that this further round of funding will help secure the future of these 2 important sites on our Heritage at Risk Register so that they can be used and enjoyed by generations to come.

Successful coastal projects include:

Banksy@Pinwheel Corner Project

A total of 拢50,000 from the Coastal Revival Fund has been awarded to North Somerset council to refurbish and provide a permanent home for Banksy鈥檚 Pinwheel in Weston-super-Mare鈥檚 Italian Gardens in the town centre. The exhibit, which was donated by the graffiti artist following the globally successful 鈥楧ismaland鈥� exhibition in 2015, is set to provide a focal point to link the seafront and the town centre.

Ice-cream and Science in the Bay

A total of 拢30,000 has been awarded to a feasibility project in Sandown on the Isle of Wight, which would revitalise the country鈥檚 first Henry Cotton-designed 1930s public golf course and further work at a former ice-cream factory which has been repurposed as a hub for environmental science.

Great Yarmouth Rows Project

A total of 拢50,000 has been awarded to a project to revive, enhance and celebrate the Rows 鈥� a medieval street pattern made up of 150 narrow alleyways confined within the town wall of Great Yarmouth.

Lytham Hall and Historic Parkland (Phase II) Project

A total of 拢42,500 has been awarded to a restoration project for the exterior of the Georgian Grade I Lytham Hall, an 鈥榓t-risk鈥� building on the Fylde coast. The project is set to create a sustainable heritage attraction of regional significance vested in community ownership; and to release the potential to play a major part in the life and economy of Lytham and the Fylde coast.

Saltburn Valleys Conservation

A total of 拢40,000 will see the production of a Conservation Management Plan for the 鈥榓t risk鈥� Saltburn Valleys to gain a better understanding of the heritage significance of the site and to identify management policies and actions that will ensure the sustainable future for this historical landscape. Saltburn is a key Victorian tourist town in the heart of Redcar and Cleveland. On the Yorkshire coast and with the North York Moors National Park on the doorstep, Saltburn is the jewel in the tourism crown for the Redcar and Cleveland Borough.

The Old Ship Inn 鈥� back from the ashes

A total of 拢50,000 has been awarded for a long-term project to fully rebuild the derelict Old Ship Inn, in Cornwall which was completely destroyed by fire in 2013. The Grade II pub which was once a key central point in the Cornish smuggling trade, and is said to have been visited by Admiral Lord Nelson, is one of the oldest buildings in Cawsand village and an iconic location at the heart of the community. The project will create permanent, local jobs; provide low-cost rented housing; and create a major new community space.

Further information

Download the full details of all 23 projects.

This funding builds on the 25 coastal projects awarded a share of nearly 拢1 million through the Coastal Revival Fund in November 2018 including Withernsea Pier Towers and the iconic Rock Gardens of Ramsgate.

The renovations to these much-loved venues, and the jobs and opportunity they create, are part of the wider government work to rebalance the economy and help all areas of the country thrive.

Through the Coastal Communities Fund over 拢180 million has been invested across the UK in the last 5 years, protecting or creating over 18,000 UK jobs and 拢363 million in new visitor spend. Analysis has shown that the money is well spent, with every 拢1 invested having the potential to create an up to 拢8 boost to our coastal economies.

The Coastal Revival Fund was introduced in 2015-16 to help coastal areas bring at risk heritage and community assets back into economic use.

Each project was able to bid for up to 拢50,000 of funding to help identify a new role for iconic buildings and structures in need of restoration.