Join us at Brinkburn St Brewery for hands-on activities exploring the everyday histories of Ballast Hills Burial Ground, with archive material, family-history prompts, family trees, and stories of people buried at this important Ouseburn Valley site.
Explore Ballast Hills Burial Ground at dusk, with project guides stationed along the pathway to share stories, site history, and moments for reflection and memory in this hidden Ouseburn burial space.
Pick up a Ballast Hills Burial Ground "Explorer’s Guide" for a self-guided visit, and/or speak with project guides on site to ask questions, hear stories, and explore its everyday histories.
Join us at Ballast Hills Burial Ground for "Beneath This Ground," a moving performance of poetry and fiddle music inspired by the lives of the 40,000 people buried here, bringing their stories to life in this atmospheric historic setting.
Take a tour of Brinkburn St Brewery and enjoy a a small display on the brewing-related occupations of people buried at Ballast Hills Burial Ground, including brewers, publicans, coopers, maltsters, labourers, and merchants.
