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Trinity House Beams as Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre re-opens on 6th April
31/03/2009
Mainland UKﾒs most southerly tourist attraction will re-open its doors to the public on 6th April after an extensive updating and refurbishment programme. As well as being the location of a vital aid to navigation guiding ships safely through the English Channel, the Lizard Lighthouse is also home to an exciting new Heritage Centre.Thanks to the award of a significant grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Trinity House has carried out a major refurbishment of its Visitor Centre and incorporated new, inter-active displays that demonstrate the importance of lighthouses to the safety of shipping around our coasts, the critical role that lighthouses and lighthouse keepers have played through the years and how Trinity House carries out its vital role both now and into the future.
The new Visitor Centre is designed to appeal to people of all ages and interests. An education programme has also been prepared to support this initiative which, through relating associated activities to the National Curriculum, will provide teachers and educational establishments with a valuable tool for their pupils. Lighthouses and aids to navigation correlate to education across a number of topics including, science, geography, history and mathematics.
Among the many things for everyone to see and do at the Lizard are:
ﾕ The history of the Lighthouse;
ﾕ How lighthouse keepers lived and carried out their duties and the impact on their families;
ﾕ The evolution of lighthouses and other marine aids to navigation;
ﾕ The workings of the old air driven fog signal (which will be sounded from time to time);
ﾕ The history of Trinity House;
ﾕ How modern aids to navigation now work alongside more traditional lighthouses and buoys
A series of interactive and audio-visual displays take visitors through an interesting and informative route, before offering the opportunity to have a guided tour of the operational lighthouse tower.
Both the external and internal fabric of the Engine Room, a Listed Building like the rest of the site, have been refurbished and a new Welsh Slate roof has been laid preserving this important site for generations to come.
The main exhibition area has been imaginatively re-designed to give flexibility to the room. It can be made available to the local residential and business community for a range of activities, presentations, meetings, etc.
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Further information is available from Trinity House by calling Marketing via 01255 245000 or emailing enquiries@thls.org Alternatively visit www.lizardlighthouse.co.uk or www.trinityhouse.co.uk1. 2009 Opening Times
April 12 – 4 pm Sat – Weds + Good Friday (Closed Thurs, Fri)
May 11am – 4pm Sat – Weds (Closed Thurs, Fri)
June 11am – 5pm Sat – Weds (Closed Thurs, Fri)
July 11am – 6pm Daily
August 11am – 7pm Daily
September 11am – 5pm Sat – Weds (Closed Thurs, Fri)
October 11am – 4pm Sun – Weds (Closed Thurs, Fri, Sat)
November & December 12 – 4pm Sun – Weds (Closed Thurs, Fri, Sat)
Admission Charges
Heritage Centre
Adult £4.00
Children (to age 16) £2.00
Concessions (Students/Senior Citizens) £3.50
Family (2 adults & up to 3 children) £10.00
Heritage Centre & Lighthouse Tour
Adult £5.00
Children (to age 16) £2.50
Concessions (Students/Senior Citizens) £4.50
Family (2 adults & up to 3 children) £12.50
2. Trinity House
Trinity House is the General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for England and Wales, with responsibility for nearly 600 Aids to Navigation, from traditional aids such as lighthouses, buoys and beacons to the latest satellite navigation technology. In addition it inspects over 10,000 local Aids to Navigation provided by port and harbour authorities, and those positioned on offshore structures.
Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1514, the Corporation is also a major maritime charity, wholly funded by its endowments. The Corporation spends around £3m each year on its charitable activities including welfare of mariners, education and training, the promotion of safety at sea, and its role as a Deep Sea Pilotage Authority.
More information can be found at www.trinityhouse.co.uk
3. Heritage Lottery Fund
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) was set up by Parliament in 1994 to give grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom. We distribute a share of the money raised by the National Lottery for Good Causes.
This year, we will allocate around £220 million to projects in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Since 1994 HLF has awarded over £4.3 billion to more than 28,800 projects across the UK.
We are officially known as a ‘non-departmental public body’. This means that, although we are not a government department, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport issues financial and policy directions to us and we report to Parliament through the department. Our decisions about individual applications and policies are entirely independent.
HLF is administered by the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) which allocates around £10 million per annum to our national heritage, acting as a fund of ‘last resort’. More information can be found at www.hlf.org.uk
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