Tuesday, 13 April 2021

Historic England Culture Recovery Funding 2021

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced details of over 2,700 organisations that have been offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover



A lengthy list of transport related organisations is shown below.



Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust South Gloucestershire South West £97,400




Bluebell Railway PLC Lewes South East £272,400

Bodmin & Wenford Railway PLC Cornwall South West £144,800

Bure Valley Railway (1991) Limited Broadland East of England £188,000

Cambrian Heritage Railways Limited Shropshire West Midlands £12,000

Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Company Limited South Oxfordshire South East £70,000

Churnet Valley Railway (1992) PLC Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands £283,300

Colne Valley Railway Preservation Ltd. Braintree East of England £34,000

East Somerset Railway Company Ltd Mendip South West £160,700

Epping Ongar Railway Holdings Limited Epping Forest East of England £61,900

Forest of Dean Railway Limited Forest of Dean South West £115,800

Foxfield Light Railway Society Ltd Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands £24,700

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway plc Tewkesbury South West £71,800



Great Central Railway PLC Charnwood East Midlands £515,700

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society Limited Bradford Yorkshire and The Humber £346,600

Lake District estates t/a Ullswater Steamers Limited Eden North West £425,000

Lavender Line Ltd Wealden South East £7,900

Mayflower Locomotive Company Ltd Ealing London £64,300


Mid Hants Railway Ltd & Mid Hants Railway Preservation Society Ltd Winchester South East £496,200

Mid Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust Limited Breckland East of England £401,800

Middleton Railway Trust Ltd Leeds Yorkshire and The Humber £36,300

Modern Electric Tramways Ltd East Devon South West £217,500

Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust North Norfolk East of England £28,400
North Norfolk Railway plc North Norfolk East of England £397,500

Northampton Steam Railway Ltd Daventry East Midlands £17,600


Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity Ashfield East Midlands £15,300




Peak Rail plc Derbyshire Dales East Midlands £114,000

Pennine Heritage Calderdale Yorkshire and The Humber £29,700

Plym Valley Railway Company Ltd Plymouth South West £13,900

Riley & Son (E) Ltd Rochdale North West £281,900




Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Public Limited Company Folkestone and Hythe South East £210,400

South Devon Railway Trust Teignbridge South West £423,700

South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society Eden North West £33,100

Stainmore Railway Company Limited Eden North West £16,900

Swanage Railway Company Dorset South West £189,200

Tanat Valley Light Railway Company Ltd. Shropshire West Midlands £6,000

Tanfield Railway Company Limited Gateshead North East £65,400

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust Darlington North East £11,100




The East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited Bury North West £100,000

The Kent & East Sussex Railway Co Ltd Ashford South East £250,700

Vintage Trains Charitable Trust Birmingham West Midlands £97,400

Wensleydale Railway Plc Hambleton Yorkshire and The Humber £45,000

West Lancashire Light Railway Trust West Lancashire North West £18,900

West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust Ltd Somerset West and Taunton South West £13,100

WyvernRail plc Derbyshire Dales East Midlands £42,300

Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust (Holdings) Limited Craven Yorkshire and The Humber £169,400