Benefits and Opportunities
Our licensing partners benefit from association with a trusted national brand that stands for quality and authenticity, as well as speaking to our audience of millions. Becoming a licensing partner gives companies the opportunity to draw inspiration from our beautiful sites and collections to create unique ranges, gain access to advice from expert curators, receive bespoke PR and marketing support, and stage exclusive photo shoots and product launches at our stunning properties.
To enable the long-term success of the brand licensing programme at English Heritage, we have appointed a strategic licensing boutique, Golden Goose, to manage our portfolio of licensees across all categories. Golden Goose are experts in their field and they bring a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to create the highest quality heritage-inspired products. If you’re interested in collaborating with English Heritage, get in touch and we will introduce you to our Account Manager at Golden Goose.
Explore a selection of our current Licensing Partnerships below.
Branded Furniture Company
Explore history reimagined with the exclusive English Heritage furniture collection of sofas, armchairs and footstalls. The range is made up of three collections which have each been inspired by iconic sites in English Heritage's care and the influential figures who once lived there. From Belsay Hall's 19th-century Quarry Garden abundant with rhododendrons, aspects of Charles Darwin's life and work at Down House, and romantic and contemporary heritage patterns found at Osborne. These deisgns pay homage to England’s rich legacy and embraces timeless designs, bespoke hand-painted prints, and luxurious fabrics. Available now exclusively at Barker & Stonehouse.
Shop the collectionBedeck
Combing archive patterns with luxurious comfort, Bedeck have created a bespoke bedding collection, which is now exclusively available at Marks & Spencer. The patterns are inspired by rescued wallpaper fragments from various English Heritage sites, as part of conservation works which are now carefully stored at Wrest Park's archives. Each bedding set is crafted from breathable pure cotton and a smooth sateen finish for a luxurious feel, whilst the floral designs offer a statement look for any bedroom and invites a piece of English Heritage into your own home.
Shop the collectionThe White Kitchen Company
The English Heritage kitchen has been developed in close collaboration with our licensee, The White Kitchen Company, who are a leading provider of bespoke cabinetry solutions, renowned for their quality, attention to detail, and commitment to sustainability. The English Heritage kitchen collection celebrates the beauty and craftsmanship of England’s architectural and cultural past. The White Kitchen Company proudly craft English Heritage kitchens in their workshop in England entirely from fully certified sustainable hardwood. The cabinets are painted using The White Kitchen Company’s newly formulated English Heritage furniture paint, which has an extremely low Volatile organic compounds.
Discover the collectionDesigners Guild
Designers Guild is an internationally renowned luxury designer and producer of furnishing fabrics, wallpapers, and furniture with a comprehensive collection of interior accessories. English Heritage fabrics and wallpapers are exclusively produced and distributed by Designers Guild. Inspired by the extensive archive of historic wallpapers held by English Heritage, this collaboration infuses contemporary textile and wallpaper collections with England’s strong design heritage.
The collections have been created using traditional techniques as well as embracing digital printing to capture the fullest of detail held within the designs. Purchasing these collections helps English Heritage keep the story of England alive for future generations.
Discover the collectionDär lighting
English Heritage has partnered with lighting specialists, där lighting, to develop a beautiful range of high-quality lighting that has taken inspiration from the historic properties protected and cared for by English Heritage. From the Utilitarian lighting inspired by Victorian kitchens of Audley End to grand chandeliers at Osborne, all the way to contemporary Art Deco lighting inspired by Eltham Palace, there’s plenty of ways to bring a piece of history into your home. With over 50 years of experience in the lighting industry, där lighting is a trusted designer and manufacturer of quality lighting.
Discover the collectionThe Art File
The Art File is a multi-award-winning independent publisher of cards, gift wrap and stationery. Based in the cultural city of Nottingham, The Art File has established itself as a leading independent publisher, with products being featured in a wide range of leading retail stores across the UK and the world. The Art File have partnered with English Heritage to create a stunning new collection of 16 greeting cards. Every design in this range is inspired by the historic buildings, monuments, and sights that are in English Heritage’s care. The cards are created using sustainable materials and are plastic-free, recyclable, and come with a specially designed corner clasp.
Discover the rangePurity Brewing
The Purity Brewing x English Heritage Collection is made up of three popular and growing beer styles: English Best Bitter, Organic Craft Lager and 0.5% EveryDay Pale, all as rich and characterful in flavour as our country is in history. The beers are all proudly gluten free, vegan and hand crafted in the UK from a variety of English Hops in their award-winning brewery based in Alchester. The company has a strong sustainability ethos with all their cans and bottles using forest film labels as a 100% renewable alternative to plastic.
Purity’s passion for only brewing great tasting pure quality beer with the finest ingredients is brought to life through their modern representation of historic English helmets. The unique label designs combine the three core brewing ingredients: whole cone hops, malted barley and pure water with medieval battle worn helmets from some of English history’s most defining moments including the invasion of English shores by Saxon and Viking warriors, to the enduring conquests of the infamous Knights Templar.
Shop the collectionMade for Drink
Made for Drink are an award-winning premium snack producer we’ve partnered with to create four delicious flavours of crisps. Made for Drink use potatoes grown, picked and hand-cooked in Yorkshire by Yorkshire Crisps.
Both our Dorset Sea Salt and Malt Vinegar & Sea Salt crisps use sea salt harvested by hand from Chesil Beach in Dorset. The aromatic English Truffle crisps are seasoned English Truffles picked by James, his truffle dog Jack and a handful of their friends across the southern English countryside. And our Unseasoned crisps showcase the true quality of this great Yorkshire produce.
Discover the collectionLyme Bay Winery
Lyme Bay Winery is a small, dedicated company of people who are passionate about producing delicious drinks from their home in Devon's beautiful Axe Valley. Being a significant producer of mead in the UK, Lyme Bay Winery have produced English Mead for English Heritage's own retail stores for a number of years, and are delighted to expand that partnership with a line of English Heritage meads they will supply across the UK and beyond. The new range will be created using Lime Bay Winery’s knowledge and love of flavours and ingredients which they will marry with their award-winning wine making skills, tailored to the 21st-century palate. Lime Bay Winery are the only English winery to achieve an A* accreditation for manufacturing quality from the British Retail Consortium, ensuring that all their products have been crafted to the highest standards.
Shop the collectionWentworth
We’ve teamed up with Wentworth to offer premium jigsaw puzzles that celebrate some of England’s greatest historic sites, including Osborne, Stonehenge and Audley End House & Gardens. Each comes in a variety of sizes and features unique ‘whimsy’ pieces themed around the site featured in the puzzle. Wentworth wooden puzzles are made in the heart of the beautiful Wiltshire countryside and represent the very best of British materials and craftsmanship. Much of their puzzle production involves hands-on processes, while the wood used in their products is derived from sustainable sources.
Shop the collectionGardiners
Gardiners is a family-owned British manufacturer of meltingly delicious high-quality handmade fudge and other popular confectionery. With a reputation for the highest of quality, Gardiners family award winning recipes have been handed down through three generations, and Gardiners has been a global brand leader in the confectionery sector for over fifty years.
Gardiners' English Heritage collection of handmade fudges uses clotted cream from Trewithen Dairy in Cornwall, sea salt from The Dorset Sea Salt Company and a rich and plentiful quantity of smooth chocolate for depth and flavour. Gardiners' English Heritage fudges are the ideal indulgent treat, whether you gift them to loved ones or keep them all to yourself.
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