Town Top Of Region's Lotto Cash
17 Oct 2006

A Shropshire town has qualified for more lottery funding than anywhere else in the West Midlands, figures show.
Bridgnorth attracted more than £20m between 1995 and 2005, which equates to £437.29 per head of population.

That is 12% more than Warwick and Birmingham, the authorities in second and third place, according to the Lottery Monitor figures.

Bridgnorth District Council has had grants for 243 projects, including a new Cold War exhibition at RAF Cosford.

The town is 43rd in the top 50 areas nationally.

Ben Walker, the council's external funding officer, said: "This is great news for the district and all the good causes that have benefited from lottery funding over the past decade."

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