Charnwood
Properties and events in Charnwood
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries for last-minute changes.
531 years of Loughborough Grammar School - Tower Opening and Exhibitions
The 1852 Building will be open including the tower, which is accessed by 59 steps up a spiral staircase, giving a great view of Loughborough and surrounding districts. Items from the School's archives will be available to view in adjacent rooms
All Saints with Holy Trinity, Historic Parish Church, Loughborough
Visit Loughborough's only Grade 1 listed building and learn more about the history of the church building and it's significance to Loughborough over many centuries, with the earliest parts of the building going back to the 12th century.
Anstey Wallpaper Company Factory Tour
We invite you to join us to tour the Anstey Wallpaper Company to explore the inner workings of our renowned wallpaper factory. Since 2000 we have been printing luxurious wallpaper, each piece rich with history.
Architects of Loughborough
A guided walk around Loughborough town centre, to consider the work of a variety of architects, through some of the town's interesting buildings.
Art Deco Walks
We are offering two Loughborough Art Deco Trail Walks led by an accredited Leicestershire Tour Guide
Garendon Park - Guided Walks
Garendon is a Registered Historic Park which, at one time, straddled what is now the M1. Information will be shared about the Park’s history including the 12th Century Monastery, Palladian Hall, Parkland, 18th Century Follies and Wartime use.
Garendon Park and St Botolph's Church
Visit St Botolph Church, Shepshed. See the impressive Phillips family memorials. There will be information about Garendon Park on display. Enjoy light refreshments.
Historical Overview of Unity House
Historical documents will be available tracing Unity House's history from its inception as a medical aid centre in 1889, its use as a British restaurant in the war, and its current use after being purchased by Mont Follick MP in 1945.
Loughborough Central Station Tours
Explore Loughborough Central on the 19th and 20th September. Station is open to visitors between 0900 and 16:00 Guided Tours at 13:10 - Tour Tickets are limited and can be obtained on the day from the Station Masters office at Loughborough Central.
Loughborough Heritage Open Weekend Apple Pressing
Bring along your surplus apples and we will press them for juice using traditional methods.
Make Your Mark on Bradgate Park's Heritage
Local artist Mary Yaffie is leading a free creative workshop, inviting a small group of people to tap into their unconscious and respond emotionally to Bradgate Park's heritage through the surrealist technique of automatic drawing.
Military museum within Loughborough's War Memorial
Loughborough Carillon and War Memorial Museum as undergone a complete make over. The newly refurbished as the theme, 'The Human Cost' and tells the stories of the men who lost their lives in the Great War and the widow left grieving.
Queen's Park Perambulation
A guided walk around Loughborough's Victorian enclosed park, created to provide factory workers and others with fresh air, and an opportunity to exercise.
Rectory Wildlife Garden
A beautiful community garden in the heart of the town, linking the grade 2* listed Rectory Museum, with the Grade 1 listed All Saints Parish church. A calm, peaceful heritage corridor through the oldest part of Loughborough.
St Mary's Church Wymeswold, Exhibition and Lecture on Lace, and church open day.
St Mary's grade I listed church will be open 10am to 4pm. There will be an exhibition of lace and lace making, and at 2pm a talk on 'Lace Stories', by Lorraine Ellison.
The Alexandra Bedspread: A Community Story at the Generator
Unravel the story of Alexandra's Bedspread a stunning WW1-era quilted textile that helped to fund Loughborough's Carillon. Featuring 500+ signatures from Churchill to Queen Alexandra, Explore this masterpiece at the Generator 19th & 20th September.