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Properties and events in Vale of White Horse 2018

Properties and events in Vale of White Horse 2018

Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes.

Heritage Open Days 2018 will be 6-9 & 13-16 September.

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Abingdon Heritage Walks

Market Place, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3HG

Tours leave the Market Place at 10:30 am - numbers are limited so book in from 10 am. The Boundary Walk follows the Town Boundary as it was when…

Explore historic Abingdon-on-Thames on one of three free guided tours - or do your own thing with our photo quiz sheets.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Bringing the Abbey Buildings Alive

Abingdon Abbey Buildings, Checker Walk, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3JB

The Abbey Buildings were once part of a Benedictine monastery at Abingdon: they were support buildings, so were not destroyed with the rest of the…

Visit the medieval Abingdon Abbey Buildings and find out about our exciting plans for their future.

Opening Times

  • Fri 7 Sept: 19.30 - 21.00
  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 -16.30
  • Sun 9 Sept: 10.00 - 16.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Hospital Hall Open Day

Long Alley Almshouses, St. Helens Churchyard, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5EJ

This is a rare opportunity to enter the ancient Hospital Hall situated in the centre of the Long Alley Almshouses. It is still used today for…

The exhibition in the Hospital Hall will focus on The Almshouses which Christ's Hospital have officially administered since being given a royal charter in 1553. The Hall also has beautiful paintings and artefacts rarely seen by the public.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Faringdon Heritage Day: Corn Exchange

Corn Market, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7JA

Town Mayor to Open the event at 10am followed by rural crafts and community stalls A fun filled day for all the family, highlighting Faringdon's…

This Grade II listed building will be open to the public with Rural Craft and Community stalls.

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000 - 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Faringdon Heritage Day: Faringdon Library

The Elms, Gloucester Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7HY

A fun filled day for all the family, highlighting Faringdon's vibrant history. Many of Faringdon's historical buildings will be open to the public.

Special display of photographs and history of Faringdon County Grammar school for Girls

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 0930 - 1300

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Faringdon Heritage Day: Fire Station

Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue, Fire Station, 6 Station Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7BN

A fun filled day for all the family, highlighting Faringdon's vibrant history. Many of Faringdon's historical buildings will be open to the public.

Come along and have guided tours of the Fire station and hear about its history

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000 - 1300

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Faringdon Heritage Day: Guided History Tours by Mike Wise

Faringdon Community & Tourist Information Centre, 5 Market Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7HL

A fun filled day for all the family, highlighting Faringdon's vibrant history. Many of Faringdon's historical buildings will be open to the public.

Join Mike Wise on his tours around the town. Running throughout the day from the Information Centre

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000-1400

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Faringdon Heritage Day: Masonic Hall

Gloucester Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7HY

A fun filled day for all the family, highlighting Faringdon's vibrant history. Many of Faringdon's historical buildings will be open to the public.

Learn more about the history of the Masonic Hall on a special guided tour.

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000 - 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Faringdon Heritage Day: Old Town Hall

Old Town Hall, Market Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7HL

- Faringdon and District History and Archaeological Society display of the changing shops - Oxfordshire Geology Trust display - Refreshments…

This central 17th Century building will be open to the public with special displays.

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000 - 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Faringdon Heritage Day: The Pump House

5 Market Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7HL

This exhibition highlights how the Pump House was once a World War I Hospital. A fun filled day for all the family, highlighting Faringdon's…

The Information Centre and the Jubilee room will be open with an exhibition of the World War I Hospital.

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000 - 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Historic Quaker Meeting House

4 Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8AQ

It is also one of the oldest buildings in Faringdon. Built of local ragstone with roof of local stone slates. Internal panelling. Pretty garden at…

See the 17th-century meeting house, the oldest in Oxfordshire.

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000 - 1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Ashdown House

Ashdown House, Ashdown Park, Lambourn, Hungerford, Oxfordshire, RG17 8RE

Hear about the Craven family, the paintings that adorn our staircase on the staircase tour.

Explore Ashdown House on one of our afternoon staircase tours to discover more about its history, who's lived there and the wider estate.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1400-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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