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Properties and events in Warrington 2023
Properties and events in Warrington 2023
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes.
Heritage Open Days 2023 will be 8-17 September.
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Lymm Hall: from Elizabethan manor house to research hub for low energy retrofit.
Lymm Heritage Centre, Legh Street, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0DA
Lymm Hall, once the home of the village’s founding family, is now the offices of Ecospheric - one of the UK’s leading sustainability…
An illustrated talk on the history of Lymm Hall followed by a site visit to learn about Ecospheric's case study to find solutions for sensitive low energy retrofit for historic buildings, + landscape project to restore Edward Kemp's original design.
Event Times
- Thursday 14 September: 1500 & 1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
A historical ecclesiastical collection and local archaeological finds at St Oswald’s Church
St. Oswalds Church, Golborne Road, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8LF
There will be an extensive collection of James Balme’s ecclesiastical items. There will be a small display of ancient local archaeological finds…
Join us and discover historical collections of ecclesiastical and archaeological artefacts along with documents and photos of our link with the Titanic disaster. Local authors with books for sale and displayed artwork of local children.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1100-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Artisanal Baking Demonstration
Mamars at The Old Bank, 78 Bridge Street, Warrington Town Centre, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2RF
In support of this year's Heritage Open Days 2023 is Creativity Unwrapped theme Mamars are offering a demonstration and talk on bread making.…
In support of Heritage Open Days, Mamars are hosting a demonstration and talk on artisanal baking on Tuesday 12th September at 2 pm. Watch as we shape and then bake artisanal bread for you to taste!
Event Times
- Tuesday 12 September: 1400-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
Cairo Street Chapel
4 Cairo Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1ED
The earliest dissenting chapel in Warrington, part of the 1662 ejection. Monuments to pupils of Warrington Academy and prominent families of the…
An oasis of calm, peace and beauty in the centre of Warrington.
300 years of the history of Warrington and how the Chapel was instrumental in the development of the town.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Classic Cars - Veterans and Heroes
Burtonwood Heritage Centre, Old Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 9YZ
Over 250 vehicles are on display, most of which are cars but including buses, motorcycles, emergency vehicles and some military vehicles ... all…
On Sunday 10th September RAF Burtonwood welcomes the North West Casual Classic’s Car Club to the Heritage Centre for Heritage Open Days.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 0930-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Creative Crafternoons at the Museum
Museum & Art Gallery, Bold Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1JG
Craft activities will take place between 1 pm and 3 pm every Saturday during Heritage Open Days 2023 with different, exciting themes: - 9th…
Get creative with free craft activities for children in honour of Creativity Unwrapped at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday 9th and Saturday 16th September 2023.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1300 - 1500
- Saturday 16 September: 1300-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Cultural Quarter Heritage Trail
Central Library, Museum & Library, Bold Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1JG
What are the stories behind some of Warrington's iconic buildings? What is missing from the front of the Museum & Library? Whose initials are…
Join us for a heritage walk around Warrington's Cultural Quarter and learn about local history. There will be refreshments afterwards and our Heritage & Archives Officer will be available to answer your questions.
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 1100
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Guided Walks to Warrington Transporter Bridge
Dunkys Day Nursery, 47 Old Liverpool Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 1AF
Walk to the bridge, approximately half a mile each way, past two signal boxes alongside a small branch line and then through the works to the…
Visit the world's only rail transporter bridge. It crosses the River Mersey, tucked away behind Warrington Bank Quay station on the West Coast Mainline.
Saturday 9 September and Sunday 17 September
Booking advised via Eventbrite
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000, 1130, 1300,1430,1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1000, 1130, 1300,1430,1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Little Nell and the Clobber Clinic at New Art Spaces
24 Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1TH
Heritage Open Days 2023 is all about Creativity Unwrapped and so join us in a converted 1970s retail space for a display and sale of upcycled,…
Little Nell will be throwing the doors open of the New Art Spaces in the former M&S building for a sustainable sale of upcycled reworked artwear, vintage and thrift on 16th & 17th September 1200-1600.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1200-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Museum of Policing in Cheshire Open Day 2023
Arpley Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LR
The Museum in Cheshire, found on Arpley Street in Warrington, is home to a huge collection of historical police artefacts, including handcuffs and…
Take a tour of policing through the ages as the Museum of Policing in Cheshire hosts its 2023 Open Day - featuring museum tours, armed response and other police vehicles, police dogs, the police band and the new police drone unit!
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Mystery of the Willow Skeletons
Warrington Borough Council, Museum & Art Gallery, Bold Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1JG
These beautiful willow sculptural figures reflecting the three skeletons unearthed on the Warrington Youth Zone site were first exhibited at New…
Produced by a group of talented young people at Warrington Youth Zone, these willow figures take inspiration from the mysterious story of the three skeletons discovered on the site!
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 10000-1630
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1500
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1630
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1630
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1630
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Old Bank Vault Visits
Mamars at The Old Bank, 78 Bridge Street , Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2RF
Built on the southern corner of Bridge Street and Rylands Street in Warrington, the "Old Bank" is a splendid example of the Tudor revival style…
Visit the basement at "The Old Bank", one of Warrington's architectural treasures, and see many aspects included in the building's Grade II listing, including the original Martin's Bank night safe, money lift and bank vault!
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 0900-1600
- Saturday 9 September: 0900-1600
- Monday 11 September: 0900-1600
- Tuesday 12 September: 0900-1600
- Wednesday 13 September: 0900-1600
- Thursday 14 September: 0900-1600
- Friday 15 September: 0900-1600
- Saturday 16 September: 0900-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Padgate and Fearnhead in Old Photos
Padgate Library , Insall Road, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0HD
Members of the Padgate and Fearnhead Heritage group will be there to share some fascinating photographs of the area and explain how you can get…
If you are interested in finding out more about the fascinating story of Padgate and Fearnhead drop into Padgate Library on Saturday 9th September between 1030 to 1230.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1030-1230
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Secrets of the Stained Glass
Newchurch Parish Church, Church Lane, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 5ET
Join us on Saturday 16th September at 1400 when Heritage & Archives Officer Philip Jeffs will take you through the hidden meanings of the stained…
Discover the hidden meanings of the stained glass windows of Newchurch Parish Church in Culcheth.
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: Talk at 1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St John the Evangelist church, Warrington
St. John the Evangelist's Church, Old Chester Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 6TQ
This beautiful Victorian church was consecrated in May 1885 during a snow storm! It was funded by Sir Gilbert Greenall a wealthy brewery owner.…
Located in the conservation village of Walton, Warrington, described as a mini-cathedral, the church is in a gothic style built in 1885 of Cheshire sandstone with richly carved oak fittings, built for the estate workers of Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St.Mary’s Church, Great Sankey
St. Marys Church, Liverpool Road, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 1RE
Come and see our slideshows of our stained glass windows, former Vicars of the parish, and old photos of the church and the churchyard. Plus an…
Visit our 18th century grade II listed church building and learn more about this place of worship and its people over the years. A wonderful mix of old and new elements, the building underwent a major restoration in 2008.
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1200
- Sunday 10 September: 1000-1400
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Thelwall Morris Men 50th Anniversary Display
Warrington Library, Museum Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1JB
The Thelwall Morris Men originated within Thelwall Folk Club - a large black shed behind The Pickering Arms in Thelwall, just outside Warrington…
This small display marks 50 years since the Thelwall Morris Men - Warrington's famous Morris Men side - were formed in 1973. The display features photos, kit and awards including the fabled "Silver Shoes".
Event Times
- Friday 8 September: 10000-1630
- Saturday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 10 September: 1100-1500
- Wednesday 13 September: 1000-1630
- Thursday 14 September: 1000-1630
- Friday 15 September: 1000-1630
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 17 September: 1100-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Walton Hall Open Day
Warrington Borough Council, Walton Hall Gardens, Walton Lea Road, Higher Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 6SN
The Walton Estate was bought by Edward Greenall around 1814 and Walton Hall was probably built, by him, in the mid 1830's. It was extended in the…
Walton Hall will be open from 11am - 4pm so that visitors can look around the Hall and visit an exhibition showing the history of the Hall & Gardens.
Volunteers will be on-hand to answer any questions.
Activity packs will be available for children.
Event Times
- Sunday 10 September: 11.00 - 16.00
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Warrington Museum of Freemasonry
Warrington Museum of Freemasonry, Warrington Masonic Hall , 15 Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1NB
Visit our newly extended Masonic Museum, with unusual masonic and other fraternal society objects. Enjoy tours of the masonic rooms, still…
Visit our extended Museum, tours of the Masonic rooms, new exhibitions Warrington's creative Freemasons, the building of the Masonic Hall and 300yrs of Anderson's Constitutions
Event Times
- Saturday 9 September: 09.30 - 15.30
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Warrington Town Hall
Warrington Borough Council, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 9SD
Everyone is welcome, so come and find out more about this beautiful Georgian building and sample the delicious home-made cakes on sale in the Tea…
Warrington is a place that is steeped in history and there’s so much to discover in Warrington’s most iconic building. Meet the Mayor and discover its fascinating history as a family home!
Event Times
- Saturday 16 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required