On Friday 17 December, the third round of funding from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund was announced. 

Torr Vale Mills Limited has been awarded £131,100 and the Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust £58,900. 

This comes after the Buxton Crescent received £23.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help it reopen last October, after 17 years of work to restore the site. 

Torr Vale Mill was also awarded £205,000 in the first round of funding from the Culture Recovery Fund in October last year. 

The Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage is funded by the Government and delivered by heritage experts - the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England – to support organisations in the heritage industry who have fallen on hard times due to the pandemic. 

Nearly 140 heritage organisations will share £15.5 million from the Government’s third round of the Culture Recovery Fund. 126 organisations caring for historic sites will receive £14.8 million in continuity support grants, and 12 organisations will receive almost £1 million in emergency grants. 

Mr Largan has warmly welcomed the news, after campaigning hard for more funding for both sites to cope with the cost of the pandemic. 

Robert Largan, MP for High Peak, commented: 

“Both Torr Vale Mill and the Buxton Crescent are integral to the character of High Peak. I am thrilled that this funding will protect both sites for future generations to come.

“Not only can we learn so much from our shared heritage, but both sites provide valuable jobs and boost the local economy. 

“I am grateful to the Government for this invaluable support.”