Projects

Our projects create new ways to explore our history and discover some of the most important heritage sites in England.

From Stonehenge in Wiltshire to Berwick Barracks in Northumberland, we are making art, developing new plays, films, soundscapes, and exhibitions all inspired by England’s rich heritage.

We are transforming how we tell England’s stories.

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illustration of lord beauchamp and his family with walmer castle in the background bearing the Pride rainbow flag

Drawn From History

This project celebrates the work of young volunteers at English Heritage, who perform a variety of roles at sites across the country. We asked them to share with us their favourite stories and experiences which were turned into amazing illustrations by four talented young artists.

History Markers graphic - Cut outs of various historical figures including Dido Belle and Virginia Woolf

History Makers

History makers is not a project in a traditional sense, but an ongoing digital collection of stories from our site, monuments and plaques that we select to celebrate memorial days and history months with. This page provides a hub to learn more about all the history makers we highlight.

York Cold War Bunker, View of control room showing monitoring and communications equipment.

Sounds of the Cold War

Between November 2020 and February 2021, we worked on the ‘Sounds of the Cold War’ project with Grimm &. Co., a literacy and creative writing charity based in Rotherham. This online project focused on uncovering the hidden stories of York’s elusive Cold War Bunker.

Sculpture at Portchester castle of a ship wreck

Freedom and Revolution

Together with the National Youth Theatre and the University of Warwick, we are creating 'Freedom and Revolution' a play and project that will shine a new light on the lives of these prisoners and will offer an important window into England’s story.

Stonehenge Stargazing

Since September 2020, we have been working with young people from the local Army Welfare Service, on a project that explores Stonehenge, its history and its relationship to the sun, stars and sky.

Reverberate

Grassroots organisations ran small, locally-based projects at the end of 2020 that enabled and empowered young people aged 11-25 to re-discover, re-imagine and re-create their local heritage through creativity, and share that vision with their communities.