23 coastal projects are to receive a share of nearly £1 million from the Government’s Coastal Revival Fund. Two sites on Historic England’s ‘at-risk’ register are to receive over £80,000.
These include Banksy’s Pinwheel in Weston-super-Mare, a community project in a derelict smugglers’ inn in Cornwall, and the preservation of Blackpool’s 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.