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Properties and events in Nottingham 2018

Properties and events in Nottingham 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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A self guided walk around Strelley Village

All Saints Church, Main Street, Strelley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 6PE

This self guide walk uses a leaflet that has been prepared for Heritage Open Days by Strelley Hall. It takes visitors around the village and tells…

Take a slow walk around the village and find out about its history going back to medieval times.

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 1000 - 1700
  • Fri 7 Sept: 1000 - 1700
  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000 - 1800
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1200 - 1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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All Hallows Church Gedling

All Hallows Church, Arnold Lane, Gedling, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 4BE

Tours of the Historic Church dating back to 13th century, including the mystery surrounding the resting place of Viscount Francis Lovell, Richard…

Tours of the ancient church and graveyard
The Mystery of Viscount Francis Lovell, Richard III's Henchman
Children's Trail
Records on WWI soldiers and local Miners in Gedling and how they died
displays of Artwork and historic photos of the village

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Fri 7 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000-1600 Tours: Church 1030 & 1400; Graves 1130 & 1500
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1100-1600 Tours: Church 1100 &1400; Graves 1200 & 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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All Saints Church Strelley

All Saints Church, Main Street, Strelley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 9PE

All Saints Church is medieval with many interesting features including two alabaster tombs of the Strelley family, a well preserved 15th century…

Fantastic church dating back to medieval times.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000 - 1800
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1200 - 1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Bagthorpe Gardens

Hucknall Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 1DA

Tours of historic cottage gardens with Grade II* listing, dating from 1840s with original hedging and restored bothies, including a new bothy…

Enjoy a guided walk through these interesting historical allotments created in the 1840s.

Opening Times

  • Sun 9 Sept: 1200-1600, Talk and tour 1230 & 1430

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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BARTONS PLC

Bartons plc, Barton House, 61 High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

The site of what was one of the largest private bus and coach operators in Europe in the 1960/70s. Many of the events for heritage Open Days take…

Bus and transport nostalgia in the East Midlands from a bygone age. There are many other HODs related displays in the builds on site.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Beeston & District Civic Society Open Meeting

The Pearson Centre For Young People, 2 Nuart Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 2NH

The first Talk of the 2018/19 Season starts with a Talk by Keiran Lee about the Bennerley Viaduct.

A Talk about the Bennerley Viaduct by Keiran Lee







Keiran Lee

Opening Times

  • Fri 7 Sept: 1900 for talk at 19.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Beeston and Chilwell Quakers at Bartons

Bartons PLC, Barton House, High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

Quakers or the Religious Society of Friends, have a long history of peacework and involvement with poverty, with prisoners, and with other areas…

A chance to find out what Quakers do today.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Beeston and District Local History Society at Bartons.

Bartons plc, Barton House, 61 High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

Beeston and District Local History Society has been an active group since 1972, promoting the history of the localityaround. This year new…

New displays of our local past.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Beeston Camera Club at BARTONS

Bartons plc, Barton House, 61 High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

A display from Beeston Camera Club members in both monochrome and colour, highlighting a whole range of subject matter including natural history,…

A display of members work.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Beeston Fields Golf Club Clubhouse Tour

Old Drive, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3DA

Rebuilt in 1837 by Alfred Fellows of the Nottingham banking family, this prestigious building has been owned by Sir Albert Ball, father of the WW1…

A rare chance to find out the history of this house and the family that built it. One of Victorian Beeston's richest famlies

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 10.30 - 12.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Beeston U3A @ Bartons

Bartons plc, Barton House, 61 High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

Hear about educational, creative and leisure activities for retired people. We have nearly 60 interest groups which range from Art History to…

A wide range of educational and recreational activities to find out about.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Boots UK - Tour of D10 Factory

Boots UK, D10 Factory, Boots site., Thane Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG90 4XY

Boots Archives are opening the doors to their architecturally renowned D10 'Wets' Factory. Visitors will be taken on a guided tour around the…

Boots Archives are opening the doors to their architecturally renowned D10 'Wets' Factory.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: Tours 9.am, 11,am, 1.pm and 3,pm
  • Sun 9 Sept: Tours 9.00.am, 11.00am. 1.00pm and 3.00pm.

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Carrington Street Heritage @ #38

38 Carrington Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 7FG

We are opening up 38 Carrington Street for an exhibition about the Carrington Street Townscape Heritage Scheme and the history of this once…

Heritage Exhibition about the Carrington Street area including the history of the street and the current Townscape Heritage scheme including a talk and self-guide walk at 12pm each day

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 1000-1600,Tour 1200
  • Fri 7 Sept: 1000-1600,Tour 1200
  • Thurs 13 Sept: 1000-1600,Tour 1200
  • Fri 14 Sept: 1000-1600,Tour 1200

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Debbbie Bryan: Introduction to Beauty and Craft in Japanese Culture

Debbie Bryan, 18 St. Mary's Gate, Lace Market, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1PF

An introduction to Beauty and Crafts in Japanese Culture presented by Ian James Kidd: Philosopher and Assistant Professor at the Department of…

Presented by Philosopher and Assistant Professor Ian James Kidd. Bring an item of knackered, battered, past-its-best crockery and learn to see new sorts of beauty using lessons from Japanese culture, includes free mini gilding and illustration class.

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Fri 7 Sept: 1100-1700; Talk 1800-1930
  • Sat 8 Sept: 1100-1700; Poetry 1700-2000
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1200-1600; Tour 1100-1200
  • Thurs 13 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Fri 14 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Sat 15 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Sun 16 Sept: 1200-1600; Tour 1100-1200

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Debbie Bryan

Debbie Bryan, 18 St. Mary's Gate, Lace Market, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1PF

The Debbie Bryan shop and tea room is adorned with textile nostalgia and authentic industrial fixture and fittings from Nottingham’s Lace…

The Debbie Bryan shop and tea room is adorned with textile nostalgia and authentic industrial fixture and fittings from Nottingham’s Lace industry. The team will be available for questions about the shop’s heritage collections.

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Fri 7 Sept: 1100-1700; Talk 1800-1930
  • Sat 8 Sept: 1100-1700; Poetry 1700-2000
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1200-1600; Tour 1100-1200
  • Thurs 13 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Fri 14 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Sat 15 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Sun 16 Sept: 1200-1600; Tour 1100-1200

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Debbie Bryan: Beauty in the Details: Guided Lace Market Tour

Debbie Bryan, 18 St. Mary's Gate, Lace Market, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1PF

Explore the hidden architectural gems around St Mary’s Gate and learn about the Lace Market on this short guided walk with Lucy Brouwer of The…

Explore the hidden architectural gems around St Mary’s Gate with Lucy Brouwer of The Watson Fothergill Walk.

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Fri 7 Sept: 1100-1700; Talk 1800-1930
  • Sat 8 Sept: 1100-1700; Poetry 1700-2000
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1200-1600; Tour 1100-1200
  • Thurs 13 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Fri 14 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Sat 15 Sept: 1100-1700
  • Sun 16 Sept: 1200-1600; Tour 1100-1200

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Discover the William Booth Birthplace Museum

10-14 Notintone Place, Sneinton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 4QG

Explore the birthplace of Nottingham's most famous preacher and social reformer - William Booth - co-founder of The Salvation Army. Explore the…

Explore the birthplace of an extraordinary man who helped millions

Opening Times

  • Fri 7 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Friends of University Park, Heritage and Garden walks

University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2RD

Join us for a guided heritage tour around the exterior of some of Nottingham University Park's Historic Houses. Discover more of the rich history…

The University Park is part of our heritage and the rich legacy left by Sir Jesse Boot.

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 14.30
  • Sun 16 Sept: 14.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Green’s Windmill and Science Centre

Greens Mill Science Centre, Windmill Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 4QB

Green's Windmill is a restored 19th Century tower mill, once home to mathematical physicist George Green. Turning again since 1986, climb to the…

As part of Heritage Open Days there will be an exhibition detailing the mill's history and hidden gems from our archive will be on show, including press cuttings and photographs.

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Fri 7 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Thurs 13 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Fri 14 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Sun 16 Sept: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Greening Beeston at Bartons

Bartons plc, Barton House, 61 High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

At Greening Beeston we collect and share ways of living lightly on the planet, including using tricks our grannies knew before plastic. Visit our…

Avoid single use plastic!

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Home Farm Barn

17 Main Street, Keyworth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 5AA

HISTORIC ENGLAND LIST ENTRY Barn and outbuildings. Late Cl7 and early C19. Late Cl7 barn of red brick with fragment of timber frame. Some rubble.…

Grade 2 Listed barn restored during 2016-17.
There will be a display and bookstall by the Keyworth Conservation Area Advisory Group.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Lifelines at BARTONS

Bartons plc, Barton House, 61 High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

Lifelines is a local history group with an interest in Nottinghamshire during the Great War. The group has produced a book about their research.…

Lifelines is a local history group with an interest in local WW1 stories.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 - 15.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity - Buses to War ...from public service to active service!

Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity, Portland Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7SF

Red London Buses on the frontline of battle in rural France. . . surely not! Women working as engineers, drivers and conductors (!) keeping the…

We commemorate Armistice 100 with our event 'Buses to War - from public service to active service.' Telling the story with our 'Ole Bill' type bus, we encourage you to join us on this journey.

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000-1600
  • Sun 16 Sept: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Nottingham Industrial Museum. Wollaton Park Nottingham.

Nottingham Industrial Museum, Wollaton Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 2AD

The volunteer run museum, now a registered charity, boasts a treasure trove of stories and objects from Nottingham's industrial heritage. Spend a…

Go back in time to see Nottingham's industrial past.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 11.00 - 17.00
  • Sun 9 Sept: 11.00 - 17.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Nuthall Church Bellringers - Tower Open Day

St Patrick’s Church, Kimberley Road, Nuthall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 1DA

Come and have a go at church bellringing! The tower will be open to visitors to see what Bellringing is all about. Let us show you the ropes! …

Tower Open Day to demonstrate the church bells and the English art of bellringing, including handbells.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1030-1230

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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Royal British Legion (Beeston Branch) at Bartons

Bartons plc, Barton House, 61 High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

The Royal British Legion provides financial, social and emotional support to the millions who have served or are serving with the Armed Forces for…

Lest we forget.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 10.00 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Squire Performing Arts Centre (the space)

9 Arboretum Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 4JB

We are thrilled to be one of this year’s brand-new additions to ‘Heritage Open Days’, and are opening our doors to the public for a day of…

If you’ve always dreamed of being on stage, here’s your chance! We are offering guided backstage tours, dance and drama classes and technical workshops, as well as the opportunity to glimpse into our future plans for the space.

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000 - 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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St Anns Allotments Open Day

St. Anns Allotments Visitor Centre, 121 Ransom Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG3 3LH

St Anns Allotments in Nottingham is a very special and unique allotment site. It is the oldest and largest area of Victorian detached town gardens…

Guided tours, open gardens, activities for kids, and most importantly - tea and cake!
Our open days are FREE and everyone is welcome
Come along , plenty to do and see! Open 11 - 4

Opening Times

  • Sun 16 Sept: 1100-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St Leonard’s Church Wollaton

St Leonard's Church, Wollaton Road, Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 2AF

Tours of the medieval parish church of Wollaton, with its memorials to the Willoughby family and Robert Smythson, Elizabethan architect to nearby…

Wollaton Parish Church , so much to see.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000-1700
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1200-1700
  • Sat 15 Sept: 1000 - 1700
  • Sun 16 Sept: 1200 - 1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St Mary the Virgin Church, The Lacemarket, Nottingham

40 High Pavement, Lace Market, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1HN

Once again we are pleased to welcome visitors to this historic church. Situated in the famous Lace Market area of the city of Nottingham. The…

St Mary's is the Civic Church of the City of Nottingham.

Opening Times

  • Thurs 6 Sept: 10am to 3pm
  • Fri 7 Sept: 10am to 3pm
  • Sat 8 Sept: 10am to 3pm
  • Thurs 13 Sept: 10am to 3pm
  • Fri 14 Sept: 10am to 3pm
  • Sat 15 Sept: 10am to 3pm; Tower tours 12.30pm-3pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Stapleford Methodist Church

Stapleford Methodist Church, Eaton Road, Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 7EB

In 1774 John Wesley, founder of Methodism, passed through Stapleford. By 1900 there were 5 Methodist churches in Stapleford. These eventually…

This is the first time that this Church has taken part in Heritage Open Days

Opening Times

  • Sat 15 Sept: 10.00am - 12.00.noon

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Strelley Hall Grounds Guided Tour (Grounds only)

Strelley Hall, Main Street, Strelley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 6PE

Strelley Hall is a mainly Georgian, Grade 2 listed building which includes some medieval rooms and an extensive cellar with a dungeon. The…

Grade 2 listed hall dating back to the 12th century.

Opening Times

  • Fri 7 Sept: Tour at 1400

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Talk Back Viewing Studio. Part of the Former Humber Cycle Works in Beeston.

Talkback Viewing Studios Ltd, 132A Queens Road East, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 2FD

Talk Back is a prestigious office suite used for market research focus groups. It is situated in part of the Humber Cycle Works which moved to…

The site of one of the largest employers in late Victorian/Edwardian Beeston.

Opening Times

  • Sun 16 Sept: 12.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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The D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum

D H Lawrence Birthplace Museum, 8A Victoria Street, Eastwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3AW

Whether you’ve read all of his books, or simply like visiting different historic houses, come and see our hidden gem Museum, where the…

Enjoy a taster tour of the ground floor of the Museum, led by costumed guides, and experience an interactive demonstration of our Victorian Wash house.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: Taster Tours Available 11.00-15.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Trent & Peak Archaeology at BARTONS

Bartons plc, Barton House, 61 High Road, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4AJ

Find out about the work we have been doing since HODs 2017. We will have a display of our recent finds in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. A member…

Displays of recent finds and a talk on highlights of this years digs.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum Open plus guided walk

Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum, Dovecote Drive, Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 2NB

Step over the threshold of this unique building and you step back into Tudor history. Built around 1565 by Sir Francis Willoughby to provide fresh…

16th century dovecote with 1100+ nesting holes, built to provide fresh meat and eggs for the Sir Francis Willoughby and his household. Displays includes recreated Tudor costumes, information about the Willoughby family, and more. Guided walk 1500 hrs

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1400 - 1630
  • Sun 9 Sept: 1400 - 1630
  • Sat 15 Sept: 1400 - 1630
  • Sun 16 Sept: 1400 - 1630

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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‘put her forward’ Unveiling: Natasha Coates

William Booth Birthplace Museum, 14 Notintone Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 4QG

Hundreds of nominations were submitted this summer for ‘put her forward’, Heritage Open Days' Unsung Stories arts commission from 'non zero…

A statue for the 21st century – meet one of today’s Extraordinary Women.

Opening Times

  • Sat 8 Sept: 1100-1200

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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‘put her forward’ Unveiling: Veronica Barnes

Nottinghamshire Archives, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 1AG

Hundreds of nominations were submitted this summer for ‘put her forward’, Heritage Open Days' Unsung Stories arts commission from 'non zero…

A statue for the 21st century – meet one of today’s Extraordinary Women.

Opening Times

  • Fri 14 Sept: 1000-1100

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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