Award Winners

Holders of The Sandford Award for Heritage Education.

The following properties received Sandford Awards in the years in brackets after their names 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.


For more details of the 2007 national ceremony please see the bulletin board


Sandford Award Winners 2007


Attingham Park, Shropshire
National Trust website
Audley End House and Gardens, Essex
English Heritage website
Bagshw Museum, West Yorkshire
Bagshaw Museum website
The Barber Institue of Fine Arts, Birmingham
Barber Institue of Fine Arts website
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace website
Blists Hill Victorian Town, Telford
Ironbridge Trust website
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens, South Yorkshire
English Heritage website
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Cardiff Castle website
Ceramica, Staffs
Ceramica website
Coalport China Museum, Telford
Ironbridge Trust website
Crathes Castle, Scotland
Crathes Castle website
Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo website
Englefield Estate, Berkshire
Englefield Estate website
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Ripon
National Trust website
Geevor Tin Mine and Heritage Centre, Cornwall,
Geevor Tin Mine website
The Geffrye Museum, London
Geffrye Museum website
Gloucester Cathedral Education Centre, Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral website
Ightham Mote, Kent
National Trust website

Jane Austen's House & Chawton House Library, Hampshire
Jane Austen's House website
Chawton House Library website
Knole, Kent
National Trust website

Leeds Castle, Kent
Leeds Castle website
Morwellam Quay
Morwellham Quay website
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
National Maritime Museum Cornwall website
Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, Cheshire
Norton Priory Museum website
The Palace Stables Heritage Centre, Armagh
Visit Armagh website
Pendennus Castle, Cornwall
English Heritage website
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford,Shropshire
Host for the 2007 ceremony
RAF Museum Cosford website
River & Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames
River & Rowing Museum website

Sentry Hill Historic House and Visitor Centre,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Sentry Hill website
St. Fagans: National History Museum,Cardiff
Museum Wales website
Sunlight Vision Museum, Wirral
Sunlight Vision Museum website
Tunbridge Wells Museum & Art Gallery, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells Museum website
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum website
Weston Park, Shropshire
Weston Park website
Witley Court, Worcestershire
English Heritage website


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Heritage Education Trust
Chairman: Wilf Weeks
Chief Executive: Gareth Fitzpatrick

The Heritage Education Trust, Boughton House, Kettering, Northamptonshire,
Telephone:01536 515731

e-mail: het@boughtonhouse.org.uk
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