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Echoes of Daventry Calling; Borough Hill Architecture and Historic Bus Tours

Daventry Museum, 3 New Street, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4BT

  • 13 Sep 2025
  • In person
  • Pre-booking not required

Discover the historic and current structures on Borough Hill in our Echoes of Daventry Calling exhibition, celebrating 100 years of broadcasting. Themed activities include paper house making, visual displays and photographs and vintage bus rides.

The architectural history of Borough Hill, Daventry dates back to its days as an Iron-age Hill Fort and most recently as the site of BBC Broadcasting station's 5XX and Empire buildings.

Daventry Museum will be open from 10am to 4pm.

Photographs from the 1920s to date will be on display, including the dismantling of the 152 metre tall masts in the 1990s. Special activities will be available to enjoy, all themed around architecture and the Echoes of Daventry Calling exhibition.

Daventry Photographic Society will have a hallway display of architecturally themed photographs taken by their members.

Northampton Transport Heritage buses will be in the town offering free vintage bus rides and tours of the town and surrounds- plenty of opportunity to enjoy the beautiful natural and man made architecture of this Conservation area.
PLUS the town is hosting the annual Foodies market. It's a full day of fun and exploration, come and join us!

Timings & Tours

Saturday 13 September:
10am-4pm

Location & directions

Daventry Museum, 3 New Street, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4BT

Directions:
The museum has accessible step free access via Church Walk. The Foodies market will be on around the whole town with free activities and attractions. The heritage buses can be viewed in Market Square and free tours can be taken from outside the Plume of Feathers on Abbey Street, do consider supporting this wonderful charity by purchasing a programme, but this is not essential in order to ride on the buses.
Contact on day:
Carrie Gardner-Pett
Telephone number:
+441327301246

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Step free access is available via the square entrance-way on Church Walk, What3Words ///neutron.reports.beads Walk to the building at the end and ring the doorbell next to the white door to be let in.

Additional information

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