Tatton Park has received the Sandford Award for excellence in heritage education for the seventh consecutive year.
The historic estate is one of only 37 UK heritage attractions to receive the award, presented by Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln and the Heritage Education Trust.
Winners were recognised at a special ceremony at The Houses of Parliament hosted by Loyd Grossman OBE and the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP.
Tatton Park was represented at the ceremony by Coun Jamie Macrae; Brendan Flanagan, Tatton Park and visitor economy manager, and Lynn Podmore, learning and visitor services manager.
More than 14,000 pupils pass through Tatton Park’s learning department each year.
They enjoy a wide variety of educational programmes set in and inspired by the historic buildings and grounds of the old hall, mansion, farm, gardens and parkland.
Tatton’s education team was observed and assessed before becoming eligible to receive the award.
Judges said the education programme at Tatton Park ‘fully exploits the wide ranging heritage assets of the Egerton estate to provide high quality teaching and learning from Anglo Saxon times to the 1950s.
‘A key strength is Living History and Tatton’s team of talented actors and interpreters continue to inspire both pupils and teachers and help deepen their understanding of both local and national history’.
Brendan Flanagan, Tatton Park and visitor economy manager said: "It was a great tribute to Tatton’s education team to be recognised once again for this prestigious national award, which we will now hold for the next five years.
"The judge was very complimentary about the quality and effectiveness of learning opportunities at Tatton.
"The ceremony itself was in the wonderful setting of parliament, where we rubbed shoulders with Loyd Grossman, the Speaker, and Lady Sandford, the wife of the award’s founder and compared notes with other recipients."
