The Millennium Commission, a United Kingdom public body, was set up to celebrate the turn of the millennium. It used funding raised through the UK National...
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The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major...
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of the stadium was £121 million, of which the Millennium Commission funded £46 million. The Millennium Stadium opened in June 1999 and its first major...
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being awarded a Millennium Commission grant in 1995, the project commenced in 1996, and is now housed in the Wellcome Trust Millennium Building situated...
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The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in...
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by the Commission on the Thames (the others being Blackfriars Millennium Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Millennium Pier and Millbank Millennium Pier). Its...
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Lanarkshire Council West Dunbartonshire Council West Lothian Council Millennium Commission Millennium Forest for Scotland British Waterways Scottish Natural Heritage...
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the Commission on the Thames (the others being Blackfriars Millennium Pier, London Eye Pier, Westminster Millennium Pier and Millbank Millennium Pier)...
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Heather Couper (section Millennium Commission)
Professor in perpetuity at Gresham College, London. She served on the Millennium Commission, for which she was appointed a CBE in 2007. Asteroid 3922 Heather...
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The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne between Gateshead arts quarter on the south bank and Newcastle...
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Falkirk Wheel (category Buildings and structures celebrating the third millennium)
Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission. Planners decided early to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark...
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However, the project failed to win financial support from the Millennium Commission, the body which distributed funds from the UK National Lottery....
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In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the Anno Domini or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January...
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Wales Millennium Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru) (WMC) is Wales' national arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales. The site...
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built as part of the millennium celebrations and funded by the Millennium Commission. The Bridge links the SEC Centre with the Glasgow Science Centre...
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Nations, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 created following the Millennium Summit, following...
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The Millennium Forest for Scotland project was an initiative created by the Millennium Commission and funded by the National Lottery of the United Kingdom...
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one of several buildings funded by the Millennium Commission to celebrate the turn of the millennium Millennium Hall (Addis Ababa), a multi-purpose venue...
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A Millennium stamp is a postage stamp issued by a postal administration commemorating a millennium associated with that country's history but several countries...
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Peninsula, a new science and learning centre was planned in 2000 by the Millennium Commission, to celebrate the history of invention and inventors. An estimated...
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Cool Cymru (section World Cup and Millennium Stadium)
partially funded by £46 million from the Millennium Commission, as such the new development was named the Millennium Stadium. The project was completed by...
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1979–1990 and London Transport 1984–1986. He was a member of the Millennium Commission from February 1994 to December 2000, and has also sat on the board...
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sold worldwide. In 2013, Norstedts Förlag commissioned Swedish author David Lagercrantz to continue the Millennium series with Larsson's characters. The Girl...
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any of them to the events in the song. Nevertheless, the Dublin Millennium Commission in 1988 endorsed claims made for a Mary Malone who died on 13 June...
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al-Qaeda were planned to occur on or near January 1, 2000, in the context of millennium celebrations, including bombing plots against four tourist sites in Jordan...
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with the Charity Commission. The Trust was established between the Millennium Stadium plc and the Millennium Commission when the Millennium Stadium was built...
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year 2000, and was jointly funded by Leeds City Council and the Millennium Commission. Total cost of production was £12 million. It is an L-shaped pedestrian...
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London River Services (section Millennium Piers)
of the Millennium Commission (13 July 2000). "Ken Livingstone Opens New Millennium Commission Funded Pier". The Millennium Commission. Archived from the...
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maintenance of new parks. The Millennium Greens scheme was one of many UK projects funded by the Millennium Commission using National Lottery money. It...
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which £31 million (equivalent to £65 million in 2023) was from the Millennium Commission. The library has been named one of the most popular in the country...
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