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Name Town Opening Pre-Booking Required
Sudbury Hall and the Museum of Childhood Ashbourne

Saturday: 1300-1700 (last entry 1630)

No
Ashby de la Zouch Museum Ashby de la Zouch

Thursday: 1000-1600

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Staunton Harold Church Ashby de la Zouch

Saturday: 1300-1630

No
'A Famous Monastery in the Kingdom of Lindsey' Talk Bardney

Thursday: Talk 1930-2100

Yes
Bartons PLC Beeston

Saturday: 0900-1300

No
Beeston Heritage Trail Beeston

Sunday: Walk 1430

No
Beeston Library Beeston

Friday: Tour 1030 & 1430

Yes
Beeston Parish Church Beeston

Thursday: 1130-1330

Friday: 1130-1330

Saturday: 1000-1600 (subject to any weddings taking place)

No
Beeston Parish Church Bell Tower Beeston

Saturday: 1000-1200

No
Bramcote Old Church Tower (aka The Sunken Church) Beeston

Saturday: 1200-1600

Sunday: 1200-1600

No
Chilwell Depot Beeston

Friday: FULLY SUBSCRIBED

No
Chilwell Road Methodist Church Beeston

Saturday: 1000-1500

No
G H Hurt & Son Ltd 'The Shawl Factory' Beeston

Saturday: 0900-1300

No
Girl Guiding Beeston Division HQ Beeston

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Inham Nook Allotments Beeston

Saturday: 1000-1200

No
John Clifford Primary School Beeston

Saturday: 1000-1200

No
Notts Fire & Rescue Service Beeston

Thursday: 1000-1200

No
St Mary's Church Beeston

Saturday: 1000-1800

Sunday: 1430-1630

No
St Michael's & All Angels' Church Beeston

Sunday: 1400-1700, Presentation 1400, 1500, 1600

No
Traditional Morris & Sword Dancing Beeston

Saturday: The Hope Pole Inn & Victoria Hotel: 1330-1630; Main Square: 1430

No
Wollaton Road Allotments Beeston

Saturday: 1200-1600

No
'Flags of the Allies' Blyton

Saturday: 1000-1800

No
Boston Guildhall - Life as a British Restaurant Boston

Thursday: 1100-1500 (Last admission 1430)

Friday: 1100-1500 (Last admission 1430)

Saturday: 1100-1500 (Last admission 1430)

No
Freiston Shore Coast Artillery Battery Walk Boston

Friday: Walk 1400 & 1530

Sunday: Walk 1200 & 1400

Yes
From Sluice Bridge to Swing Bridge Boston

Saturday: Walk 1100-1400

Sunday: Walk 1100-1400

No
Lade Bank Pumping Station Open Day Boston

Saturday: 1100-1600

No
'Lincs Through the Ages' at Baldocks Mill Bourne

Thursday: 1400-1600

Friday: 1400-1600

Saturday: 1400-1600

Sunday: 1400-1600

No
Back in Time with Bucknall Primary School Bucknall

Thursday: 1000-1200

Friday: 1000-1200

Saturday: 1000-1200

No
Burgh Le Marsh 5 Sail Windmill Burgh Le Marsh

Saturday: 1300-1700

No
'Caistor Markets and Businesses' Caistor

Thursday: Walk 1400

Friday: Walk 1400

Saturday: Walk 1400

Sunday: Walk 1400

Yes
Caythorpe Arnhem Memories Caythorpe

Saturday: 1000-1400

Sunday: 1000-1400

No
25 Brookside Glen Chesterfield

Sunday: 1000-1700

No
36 Whitecotes Lane Chesterfield

Saturday: 1000-1200 & 1400-1600

No
48 Sunny Springs Chesterfield

Saturday: 1000-1200 & 1400-1600

Sunday: 1300-1500

No
Hardwick Hall Chesterfield

Saturday: 1200-1630

No
Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield Chesterfield

Thursday: 1000-1800

Friday: 1000-1800

Saturday: 1000-1800

Sunday: 1400-1800

No
Solar Electricity, Water and Heat Chesterfield

Saturday: 1000-1300 & 1400-1600

No
St Leonard's Parish Church, Scarcliffe Chesterfield

Thursday: 1400-1600

Friday: 1400-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1400-1600

No
Stainsby Mill: Hardwick Estate Chesterfield

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
The Meadows Community School Chesterfield

Saturday: 1300-1500

No
Classic Motorcycle, Farm and Wartime Memorabilia Museum Coningsby Moorside

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Quarry Railway Heritage Day Cottesmore

Sunday: 1100-1700

No
Gilbraltar Point at War Croft

Saturday: Walk 1400

Yes
Canons Ashby House Daventry

Saturday: House 1300-1700, Tours 1100-1300

No
Shuckburgh Hall Daventry

Saturday: 1000-1100

Yes
Buildings of Derby Derby

Thursday: 0900-1700

Friday: 0900-1700

Saturday: 0900-1700

Sunday: 0900-1700 except during services

No
Calke Abbey Derby

Saturday: 1230–1700 (Last admission 1630)

No
Kedleston Hall Derby

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Leylands Estate Derby

Thursday: 0900-1700

Friday: 0900-1700

No
Melbourne Hall Gardens Derby

Saturday: 1330-1730

No
St John's Church Derby

Saturday: 1000-1600, Walk 1400

No
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Open Day Derby

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
'Looking at Rectories' Talk & Dowsby Hall Tour Dowsby

Saturday: 1430-1730 (Talk 1430, Tea & Tour 1530)

Yes
Fiskerton Airfield - War and Cold War Fiskerton

Saturday: 1030-1630

Sunday: 1030-1630

No
Fulbeck Manor - 400 Years of Portraits Fulbeck

Saturday: Tour 1030 & 1430

Yes
Special Opening of St Gilbert and St Hugh Gosberton Clough

Saturday: 1030-1630

Sunday: 1030-1630

No
A Guided Walk of the Prince William of Gloucester Barracks Grantham

Thursday: Tours 1000 & 1200 & 1430

Friday: Tours 1000 & 1200 & 1430

Saturday: Tours 1200 & 1430

Yes
Belton House Grantham

Saturday: House 1230-1700, Basement 1100-1230

No
Harlaxton Manor Tours Grantham

Sunday: Tours 1300 & 1400 & 1500 & 1600

Yes
The Cranwell and Belton Park Military Railways Grantham

Friday: Talk 1930-2100

No
Woolsthorpe Manor Grantham

Saturday: 1100-1700

No
North Lees Hall Hathersage

Thursday: 1000-1600 (booking required)

Friday: 1000-1600 (booking required)

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

Yes
Writing about War Heckington

Friday: Workshop 1000-1230

Yes
Open Day at Thomas Garrett Heritage Rooms Heighington

Saturday: 1030-1600

No
Barton-in-the-Beans Baptist Church Hinckley

Saturday: 1030-1630

No
Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel, Hinckley Hinckley

Saturday: 1000-1800

No
Hinckley and District Museum Hinckley

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1400-1700

No
St Peter's Church, Higham on the Hill Hinckley

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
The Air Cadets at Holbeach Royal Observer Corps Bunker Holbeach

Saturday: 1000-1600, Tours 1100 & 1200 & 1300 & 1400

Yes
St Clement's Church, Horsley Horsley

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Sacheverell-Bateman Mausoleum Ilkeston

Thursday: 1400-1600

Friday: 1400-1600

Sunday: 1400-1600

No
Ashfield Heritage Bus Tour Kirkby in Ashfield

Thursday: 1000-1530

Friday: 1000-1530

Saturday: 1000-1530

Yes
600 Whiskies Unplugged: Songs of Lincolnshire at War Leadenham

Thursday: 2015 until late

No
A Walk Round the Park Leicester

Friday: Walk 1400

Yes
All Saints' Church Leicester

Thursday: 1100-1800

Friday: 1100-1800

Saturday: 1000-1800

Sunday: 1430-1730

No
All Saints' Church, Thurcaston Leicester

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Bishop Street Methodist Church Leicester

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel Leicester

Saturday: 1000-1700

Sunday: 1030-1230

No
Leicester Synagogue Leicester

Sunday: 1000-1600

Yes
Leicester Town Hall Guided Tours Leicester

Thursday: Tour 1400

Friday: Tour 1400

Yes
St James's Church, Newbold Verdon Leicester

Saturday: 1000-1700

No
St Margaret's Church, Leicester Leicester

Saturday: 1000-1330

No
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Peckleton Leicester

Saturday: 1000-1800

No
The City Rooms Leicester

Friday: 1000-1400

No
The Empire Banqueting and Conference Hall (formerly St Mark's Church) Leicester

Friday: 1400-1630

No
Thurcaston Methodist Church Leicester

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Tours of The Magazine Gateway Leicester

Sunday: Tours 1300 & 1400 & 1500

Yes
'Feeding the City' Lincoln

Saturday: 1400-1700

Sunday: 1400-1700

No
'Into the Valley of Death...' Tennyson: People's Poet of War Lincoln

Thursday: 1230-1330

Friday: 1230-1330

Yes
A Guided Tour of Uphill Lincoln Exploring Lincoln at War, Through the Ages Lincoln

Friday: Walk 1030

Sunday: Walk 1030

No
Explore Lincolnshire's Military Heritage Lincoln

Saturday: 1000-1600 (last admission 1530)

Sunday: 1000-1600 (last admission 1530)

No
Hartsholme History Walk Lincoln

Friday: Walk 1030

Yes
Illustrated Talk by Peter Robinson: The Heavens Reflect our Labours Lincoln

Thursday: Talk 1930-2100

No
Lincoln Jewish Heritage Trail Lincoln

Sunday: Walk 1330

Yes
Lincolnshire's Highway Laboratory Lincoln

Saturday: Tour 1400-1600

Sunday: Tour 1400-1600

Yes
Open Day at Lincoln Cathedral with visits to Bishop Edward King's chapel in the Old Palace next door Lincoln

Saturday: 0900-1600

No
St Katherine's - 900 Years of History Lincoln

Thursday: 1000-1600

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1300-1600

No
Take a Tour of Lincoln Castle Lincoln

Saturday: 1000-1700, Tours 1100 & 1200 & 1300 & 1400

Sunday: 1000-1700, Tours 1100 & 1200 & 1300 & 1400

No
Tours around the exterior of Doddington Hall Lincoln

Sunday: Gardens 1100-1700, House 1300-1700, Tours of Hall exterior only 1300, 1400, 1500 & 1600

No
An Exhibition of Military Use 1939-45 Long Sutton

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Long Sutton During WWII Long Sutton

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Brackenborough Medieval Village & Farm Walk Louth

Sunday: Tours 1030 & 1400

Yes
Guided Tours of St Botolph's Church, Skidbrooke Louth

Sunday: 1400-1600

No
Lincoln's Industries in Peace and War: a Lecture by Peter Robinson Louth

Saturday: Talk 1930

Yes
Louth Museum Open Day Louth

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Riverhead Amble Louth

Sunday: Walk 1400

No
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway: North Thoresby/ Fulstow 1940s Weekend Ludborough

Saturday: 1000-1700

Sunday: 1000-1700

No
Cotesbach Hall Lutterworth

Friday: 1100-1600

Saturday: 1100-1600, Tour 1115

Sunday: 1100-1600, Tour 1115

No
A Walking Tour of RAF Manby Manby

Saturday: Tour 1000-1100

Yes
The Old Meeting House, Mansfield Mansfield

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1200-1400

No
Shackerstone Station Market Bosworth

Saturday: 1100-1600

Sunday: 1100-1600

No
St Peter's Church, Shackerstone Market Bosworth

Friday: 1100-1630

Saturday: 1100-1630

Sunday: 1200-1630

No
Open Day at the Methodist Chapel Market Rasen

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Waltham on the Wolds Melton Mowbray

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Metheringham Airfield and Visitor Centre Tours Metheringham

Saturday: 1100-1600

No
Metheringham WWII Airfield - Special Tours Metheringham

Friday: Tour 1100 & 1400

Sunday: Tour 1100 & 1400

Yes
The Prebendal Manor Nassington

Sunday: 1300-1700

No
St James the Less Church and Arts Centre New Mills

Friday: 1100-1700

No
Highfields School Newark

Saturday: 0900-1200

Sunday: 0900-1200

No
Newark Town Hall Museum Newark

Thursday: 1030-1530

Friday: 1030-1530

Saturday: 1030-1530

No
78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House & Galleries Northampton

Friday: Guided Tours 1330 & 1500

Yes
All Saints' Church Northampton

Thursday: 0900-1800

Friday: 0900-1800

Saturday: 0900-1800

Sunday: 0745-1930

Yes
Christ Church Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Church of Holy Trinity with St Paul Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1800

No
Church of St John the Baptist Northampton

Friday: 1400-1700

Saturday: 1400-1700

Sunday: 1400-1700

No
Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Great Houghton Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1800

Sunday: 1400-1700

No
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Abington Northampton

Thursday: 1100-1600

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1700

Sunday: 1200-1700

No
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Northampton

Thursday: 1000-1600

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1200-1600

No
English Heritage, 44 Derngate Northampton

Friday: 1030-1430, Talks 1030 & 1430

Yes
Fishmarket Art Gallery Northampton

Thursday: 1000-1800

Friday: 1000-1800

Saturday: 1000-1800, Talk 1400

No
Jesus Centre (Former ABC Cinema) Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1700

Sunday: 1400-1600

No
JTrails Jewish Heritage Tour Northampton

Sunday: 1400-1530

No
New Testament Church of God Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Northampton Heritage Fair Northampton

Saturday: 1100-1600

No
Northamptonshire Black History Association Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1300-1700

No
Northamptonshire Central Library Northampton

Thursday: 1000-1200

Friday: 1400-1600

Yes
Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Sessions House Northampton

Saturday: Tours 1030-1500

Sunday: Tours 1030-1500

No
Sikh Gurdwara: Siri Guru Singh Sabha Northampton

Sunday: 1330-1530, Tours every 30 mins.

No
St Edmund's Church, Hardingstone Northampton

Saturday: 1200-1700

No
St Giles's Church, Northampton Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
St Luke's Church, Duston Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1400-1600

No
St Matthew's Church, Northampton Northampton

Friday: 1200-1400

Saturday: 1000-1630

Sunday: 1200-1630

No
St Peter's Church, Northampton Northampton

Thursday: 1045-1600

Friday: 1045-1600

Saturday: 1045-1600

Sunday: 1145-1600

No
The Church Restaurant Northampton

Thursday: 1000-1600

No
The Guildhall, Northampton Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1300-1700

No
The Playhouse Theatre Northampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Thornton Park Northampton

Sunday: 1430-1630

No
Upton Hall (Quinton House School ) Northampton

Sunday: 1100-1600

No
Adams Building, New College Nottingham Nottingham

Saturday: 1100-1500, Tours every 30 mins (prompt) 1100-1400

No
Bagthorpe Gardens Nottingham

Sunday: 1200-1600, Tour 1230 & 1430

No
Behind the Scenes Museum Tour Nottingham

Friday: 1000-1630, Tour 1100 & 1400

Yes
Holy Trinity Church, Kimberley Nottingham

Friday: Local History Talk 1930-2100

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1700

No
Nottingham Arboretum Guided Tour Nottingham

Sunday: Walk 1000-1200

No
Nottingham Council House Nottingham

Friday: Tours 1000 & 1200 & 1400

Saturday: Tours 1000 & 1200 & 1400

Yes
Nottingham Playhouse Tour Nottingham

Friday: Tour 1600

Yes
Nottinghamshire Archives Nottingham

Saturday: Tours 1330 & 1530

Yes
Royal Centre Nottingham

Saturday: Tour 1100

Yes
St Ann's Heritage Gardens Open Day Nottingham

Sunday: 1100-1600, Tours 1130 & 1230 & 1400

No
St Leonard's Church Nottingham

Saturday: 1000-1700

No
St Mary's Church in the Lace Market Nottingham

Friday: 1000-1500

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
St Peter's Church Nottingham

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Fenny Drayton Nuneaton

Thursday: 0900-1700

Friday: 0900-1700

Saturday: 0900-1700

Sunday: 0900-1700

No
Bolingbroke at War Old Bolingbroke

Friday: 1930-2130

Saturday: 1400-1700

Sunday: 1400-1700

No
Osbournby at War Osbournby

Saturday: 1300-1600

Sunday: 1300-1600

No
Lyveden New Bield Oundle

Saturday: 1300-1700, Tours 1100-1300

No
Southwick Hall Oundle

Sunday: 1400-1700

No
Amcott House - Bassetlaw Museum Retford

Saturday: 1000-1600, Guided Tours 1030 & 1130 & 1330 & 1430 & 1530

No
Church of St Michael the Archangel Retford

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Denman Public Library Retford

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Grove Street Methodist Church Retford

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
North Leverton Windmill Open Weekend Retford

Saturday: 1200-1600

Sunday: 1200-1600

No
Retford Magistrates Court Retford

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Retford Railway Station Retford

Saturday: 1000-1700

No
St Swithun's Church Retford

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
The Town Hall Retford

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Trinity Hospital Retford

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Rothwell Market House & Town Tour Rothwell

Saturday: 1400-1600, Tour 1430

Sunday: 1400-1600, Tour 1430

No
Lincolnshire at War Ruckland

Saturday: 1000-1730

Sunday: 1000-1730

No
St Mary's Church, Rushden Rushden

Thursday: 1400-1600

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1400-1600

No
RAF Scampton Museum Open Day Scampton

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Digby Ops Museum Tours Scopwick

Saturday: Tours 1000 & 1400

Sunday: Tours 1000 & 1400

No
'We'll Meet Again' Skegness

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
May Hill's WWII Home Front Diaries and Poetry - Meet the Family Skegness

Saturday: 1000-1600

No
Mayor's Parlour Open Day Skegness

Saturday: 1030-1600

Sunday: 1030-1600

No
Royal Air Force College Cranwell Sleaford

Saturday: Tour 0900-1100

Yes
Sleaford Castle of c.1130 - Part I: Context (a Sleaford History Group event) Sleaford

Sunday: Walk 1000-1200

No
Sleaford Castle of c.1130 - Part II: The Site (a Sleaford History Group event) Sleaford

Sunday: Walk 1400-1530

No
The Workhouse Southwell

Saturday: 1200-1700, Tours 1100-1200

Yes
The Siege of Crowland Abbey 1643 Spalding

Thursday: 0900-1700

Friday: 0900-1700

No
Mill Hill Cottage Spilsby

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
St Helen's Church Stapleford

Saturday: 1000-1630

Sunday: 1430-1630

No
Stickney History Exhibition Stickney

Saturday: 1000-1800

Sunday: 1000-1800

No
Special Opening of St Mary's Church, Stow Stow

Saturday: 0900-1800

Sunday: 1200-1800

No
'Sutton Bridge in WWII' Walk Sutton Bridge

Saturday: Walk 1430-1530

No
A17 Cross Keys Swing Bridge Tour Sutton Bridge

Thursday: Tours 1000 & 1400

Friday: Tours 1000 & 1400

Saturday: Tours 1000 & 1400

Sunday: Tours 1000 & 1400

Yes
St Peter & St Paul's Catholic Church Swadlincote

Thursday: 0930-1600

Friday: 0930-1600

Saturday: 0930-1600

No
Dogdyke Pumping Station Tattershall

Saturday: 1330-1630

No
Tattershall Castle Tattershall

Saturday: 1100-1700

No
Thorpe Camp Visitors Centre Tattershall

Saturday: 1400-1700

Sunday: 1030-1700

Yes
St Mary's Church, Easton Neston Towcester

Saturday: 1000-1800

Sunday: 1100-1600

No
Weston Hall Open Day Towcester

Saturday: Tours 1000 & 1100 & 1400 & 1500

Sunday: Tours 1000 & 1100 & 1400 & 1500

Yes
Creswell Crags Welbeck

Thursday: 1000-1600

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
A Talk on the Royal British Legion Wellingore

Friday: Talk 1100-1200

No
RAF Wellingore Airfield Defences Walk Wellingore

Thursday: Walk 1030 & 1200

Saturday: Walk 1200 & 1400

Yes
The Lincolnshire Rising West Rasen

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Special Opening of St Mary's Church, Whaplode Whaplode

Thursday: 1000-1600

Friday: 1000-1600

Saturday: 1000-1600

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Open Day at the Broadbent Theatre, Wickenby Wickenby

Saturday: 1030-1600

Sunday: 1030-1600

No
Civil War Battle of Winceby - Walk Winceby

Sunday: Walk 1400-1600

Yes
Open Day at Woodhall Junction Woodhall Spa

Sunday: 1000-1600

No
Petwood in Two World Wars Woodhall Spa

Thursday: Talk 1100-1200

No
Tour RAF Strubby - Airfield and Exhibition Woodthorpe

Thursday: Tours 1100 & 1430

Friday: Tours 1100 & 1430

Yes
Mr Straw's House Worksop

Saturday: 1100-1700 (last entry to house 1600)

Yes
'Zeppelins at War over Lincolnshire 1915-1918' Talk Wrangle

Saturday: Talk 1700-1800

No
Wrangle Through the War Years Wrangle

Saturday: 1000-1800

Sunday: 1000-1800

No