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Charing Palace was one of the string of archepiscopal palaces on the route between London and Canterbury. The Trust was formed as a charity in… Read More »Charing Palace Trust

A great deal has been happening in the Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Trust over the past couple of months.  You will remember (I hope) the news… Read More »What’s been happening at the Palace

The Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Trust and the Otford Heritage Centre are delighted to announce that, after lengthy discussions, the two organisations have agreed to merge.   … Read More »Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Trust merges with Otford Heritage Centre

The Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Trust is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, a grant-giving charity funded… Read More »Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Trust receives support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery

Detailed design work As a result of the recent funding awards from the Department of Digital culture Media and Sport, and the Postcode Neighbourhood Trust,… Read More »An update

• More help for heritage in need with £14 million investment in England’s historic sites
• The Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Trust is among 162 organisations receiving lifeline grant from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund
• Culture across the country benefits as 70 per cent of latest Culture Recovery funding awarded outside London

Lifeline grants from the latest round of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund will protect a further 162 heritage sites to ensure that jobs and access to arts, culture and heritage in local communities are protected in the months ahead, the Culture Secretary announced today.

Historic sites including the Archbishop’s Palace in Otford will receive help to meet ongoing costs and support to restart activity when it is possible to do so safely.

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The covid-19 pandemic came at an unfortunate time for the Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Trust.  Both the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England put their… Read More »Otford Palace needs your help

After lengthy discussions, the Archbishop’s Palace Conservation Trust and the Otford Heritage Centre have reached agreement on a programme of close collaboration which, it is… Read More »Heritage collaborates for the future

Two more videos have been added to the Archbishop’s Palace collection – The Story of Becket’s Well, and The Story of the Papal Bulls.  You… Read More »The Story of Becket’s Well and The Story of the Papal Bulls

Except for the Trustees and those who carried out the recent repairs works, relatively few people alive today have seen the interior of the North-West… Read More »Interactive interior