Blarney Castle & Gardens – visitor experience planning Client: Blarney Castle Estate Blarney Castle and Gardens is a leading visitor attraction located to the north west of Cork in the Republic of Ireland. The site is home to the Blarney Stone, world-famous...
Heritage and Museums
Vale of Neath Strategic Framework: Vale of Neath Heritage Corridor
Vale of Neath Strategic Framework: Vale of Neath Heritage Corridor Client: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Planning Solutions Consulting Limited (PSC) was appointed by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to develop a Heritage Destination Development...
Forty Hall Estate – heritage business plan
Forty Hall Estate – heritage business development plan Client: Enfield Council Forty Hall Estate consists of a number of key elements: Forty Hall; the grounds including a walled garden and wider parkland; Forty Hall Farm; an organic vineyard; café and banqueting...
Kirkleatham Walled Garden business plan review, governance options appraisal and soft market testing
Client: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Kirkleatham Walled Garden is a £9.8m restoration project bringing the Grade II-listed historic Walled Garden back into use after 30 years. The restoration of Kirkleatham Walled Garden complements the wider Kirkleatham...
New National Cultural District in Kuwait, Operational Management Considerations
Working with HSD PSC were commissioned to advise on operational management considerations for the £1 billion New National Cultural District in Kuwait. The project incorporates the Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre and the Al Salam Palace. The Cultural District...
Business Sustainability Plan Cambridge Museum of Technology
Client: Cambridge Museum of Technology Cambridge Museum of Technology is based in an original Victorian sewage pumping station, which is a scheduled monument. Between 2015 and 2019, a project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic England and others...
Heritage visitor attraction café feasibility study
We were appointed by a local authority to identify and evaluate development options for an existing café at a heritage site managed by the local authority. The work included carrying out a review of the existing operation, a module of primary research with visitors,...
Preparing the ground – Rebuilding Hastings Castle into a ‘must-see’ attraction
Rebuilding Hastings Castle into a ‘must-see’ attraction Client: Hastings Borough Council Hastings Borough Council is undertaking a project to transform Hastings Castle into a must-see attraction. This project sits at the heart of the Hastings Town Investment Plan and...
Strategic Review of Five Cultural Venues in Torfaen
Strategic Review of Five Cultural Venues in Torfaen Client: Torfaen County Borough Council In order to determine how best to re-set the operational relationships between Torfaen Council and the cultural venues/organisations in the borough, an independent strategic...
Governance evaluation and location assessment: Tenby Museum and Art Gallery
Client: Tenby Museum and Art Gallery Tenby Museum and Art Gallery is an independent charitable incorporated organisation. Originally established in 1878 by 19th century antiquarians, the museum and art gallery has continued to acquire and invest in materials which...
Heritage masterplan, Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
Client: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to work with the Council to secure the future of Cefn Coed Colliery Museum by exploring how the historical features can be...
Heritage consultancy project – business planning
Heritage consultancy project – business planning Client: Southampton City Council PSC worked alongside conservation architects Pritchard Architecture at 22 heritage assets managed by Southampton City Council. The heritage sites ranged from medieval wine vaults...
Heritage Visitor Centre Feasibility Study
Heritage Visitor Centre Feasibility Study Client: Kent Thameside Working alongside landscape architects and archaeologists we were commissioned to carry out a feasibility study for a heritage visitor centre based on on the links to the Roman and Anglo Saxon heritage...
Heritage visitor centre business plan, Bennerley Viaduct
Client: Friends of Bennerley Viaduct Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned to co-produce a business plan for Bennerley Viaduct, which is the longest of only two surviving Victorian “lattice work” wrought iron...
Rhondda Tunnel Visitor Attraction Business Case and Penetration Rate Analysis
Client: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Planning Solutions Consulting was commissioned to work closely with the Council to prepare a business case to assess the viability of reopening the Rhondda Tunnel, a former railway tunnel, as a flagship visitor...
Funicular railway consultancy: Saltburn Cliff Tramway
Client: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council The Saltburn Cliff Tramway is a historic funicular railway located in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire. The award-winning visitor attraction opened in 1884 and connects Saltburn’s upper promenade with the lower...
George Eliot Visitor Centre Business Plan
Client: Warwickshire County Council We were commissioned by Warwickshire County Council to work with Council Officers, volunteers from the George Eliot Fellowship and Griff House Preservation Trust to carry out a feasibility study and prepare the supporting business...
Tourist accommodation feasibility study – Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Client: Caerphilly County Borough Council Llancaiach Fawr Manor is an established Grade I listed visitor attraction. The heritage visitor attraction is centred upon a ‘heritage’ experience which includes an interpretative offer, guide tours, a gift shop, café and...