Award Winners

Holders of The Sandford Award for Heritage Education.

The full list of properties is available at the bottom of this page and shows when they received Sandford Awards (the years in brackets after their names). The award is granted in recognition of the excellence of their educational services and facilities and their outstanding contribution to Heritage Education. Two or more dates indicate that the property has been reviewed and received further recognition under the system of Quinquennial review introduced by the Heritage Education Trust in 1986. Any property which wishes to retain its listing must apply for review of its educational services and facilities five years after the date of its last award.


This current year's winners were honoured at the Presentation of the 2008 Sandford Awards being hosted by The Historic Royal Palaces at one of the year's winning sites, Hampton Court Palace


Sandford Award Winners 2009


Apsley House
English Heritage website
Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum
Arbeia website
Beeston Castle
English Heritage website
Benjamin Franklin Museum
Benjamin Franklin Museum website
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Schools Liasison website
Bowhill House
Bowhill House website
Bramall Hall
Bramall Hall website
Cannon Hall
Cannon Hall website
Carisbrooke Castle
English Heritage website
Castell Henllys
Castell Henllys website
Chester Cathedral
Chester Cathedral website
Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo website
Chiltern Open Air Museum
Chiltern Open Air Museum website
Chirk Castle
National Trust website
City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol (including Blaise Castle)
City Museum & Art Gallery website
Combe Sydenham
Combe Sydenham website
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre website
Culzean Castle
Culzean Castle website
Dunster Castle
National Trust website
Fishbourne Roman Palace
Fishbourne Roman Palace website
Gainsborough Old Hall
Gainsborough Old Hall website
Hatfield House
Hatfield House website
HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast website
Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Queen's Gallery
Palace of Holyroodhouse website
Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral website
Linley Sambourne House
Linley Sambourne House website
Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Llancaiach Fawr Manor website
London Metropolitan Archives
London Metropolitan Archives website
Lullingstone Roman Villa
English Heritage website
Manchester Jewish Museum
Manchester Jewish Museum website
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre website

Moseley Old Hall
National Trust website
Mount Stewart
National Trust website
National Army Museum
National Army Museum website
National Galleries of Scotland
National Galleries of Scotland
National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum website
National Museum of Ireland
National Museum of Ireland website
National Roman Legion Museum
National Roman Legion Museum website
National Waterfront Museum
National Waterfront Museum website
National Slate Museum
National Slate Museum website
National Wool Museum
National Wool Museum website
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum website
New Lanark
New Lanark website
Orford Castle
English Heritage website
Portland Castle
English Heritage website
Roman Baths
Roman Baths website
Science Museum
Science Museum website
Segedunum
Segedunum website
Sir John Soane's Museum
Sir John Soane's Museum website
South Shields Museum
South Shields Museum website
Stanley Mills
Historic Scotland website
National Museum of Childhood, Sudbury Hall
National Museum of Childhood website
Sutton House
National Trust website
Tate Modern
Tate Modern website
Thackray House Museum
Thackray House Museum website
The National Archives
The National Archives website
The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum website
Ufton Court
Ufton Court website
V&A Museum of Childhood
V&A Museum of Childhood website
Walsall Leather Museum
Walsall Leather Museum website
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle website
St. George's Chapel website

Download List of 2009 Sandford Award holders - Microsoft Word Format
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Chairman: John Hamer
Chief Executive: Dr Tracy Borman

The Heritage Education Trust, Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln, LN1 3DY
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