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A Self-Guided Walk for all the family which incorporates a treasure hunt spotting decorative and unusual features on City buildings. Prizes for completed entries

A chance for members of the public, normally busy in the week, to visit the museum and view research into Whitchurch women running their own businesses during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

'Ruins and Monuments' is an ongoing project that combines photography with graphic work and paintings

Robert Curphey, archivist at Vickers Oils, tells the story of this 200 year old Leeds family business.

Join Dr Julia Paul to discover the oral histories of those involved with Southport's local newspapers, both past and present, and learn more about the difference local news reporting makes to towns like ours..

Art Exhibition.

A walk around Pontefract town centre with local historian Eric Jackson, highlighting the history of Pontefract.

Find out what's happening as part of Aylesbury's Heritage Open Days programme for 2026 or join one of the tours of the building to see how it has been transformed.

Explore the people, places, and stories that have shaped Aldershot and Farnborough over the past five decades at the Rushmoor 50 Exhibition.

Gosport has many connections with the sea and with sail training, tall ships, and the races that they take part in. 2026 sees many important anniversaries with the number 6 in them...

A new exhibition marking 75 years since Basil Spence’s new design was first unveiled, Towards a New Cathedral tells the story of the famous and controversial 1951 competition that helped open a modernist chapter for church architecture.

An ordinary terraced house, transformed by the Glaswegian architect, artist and designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, for patron WJ Bassett-Lowke, a local businessman and model engineer. The only house in England with Mackintosh interiors.

Join us at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery for a brief talk about the everyday lives of the people who make up Warrington Wolves - past and present.

A guided tour of Romsey Abbey including a visit to the Ringing Chamber. Explore this beautiful building and learn about its 1000-year hisitory with its links to royalty. Discover the fundamental part it played in the development of Romsey.

Join local walking group Walkers are Welcome and learn something of Keynsham's History.

The talk will mainly focus on The Fleming family, Richard Searle who rebuilt St. Denys Church in Chilworth at his own expense and the Victorian Sculptor Richard Cockle-Lucas.

Lowestoft Railway Station offers another chance to see the critically acclaimed exhibition, A Thousand Kisses, telling the story of the Kindertransport through the experiences of eight children as part of Heritage Open Day’s 2026.

A virtual tour of 26 High Street in Chelmsford - Dr Benjamin Pugh's Mansion House.

Join us for this virtual tour of the old place station in New Street, Chelmsford.

A Virtual Tour of Saracens Head Hotel revisits the history of this centuries old building which was one of many coach houses in Chelmsford.

A display of historic pictures displayed in Felixstowe shops showing how they looked in the past.

A selection of items from the collection can be seen on a guided tour of about 1 1/2 hours at 1000 on 11th and 14th September. Numbers are limited to 6 on each tour so entry is by pre-booked tickets only and ID must be provided.

Discover one of the largest baptisteries in England, a wonderful collection of stained glass and wood carving, displays of historical vestments and historic photos

A guided tour of the Pump House Theatre & Arts Centre. This tour will look at the heritage of the building as a pump station and then as its development into a theatre and arts centre.

The Lower Don Valley was the powerhouse of Sheffield's heavy steel industry and Attercliffe was where its workers lived. Though many buildings have disappeared what remains is a fascinating insight into the life of a once-thriving community.

Join us as Abbey House nears 100 years as a museum to celebrate people's everyday memories of this unique space, from the building and its displays to the people who worked & visited here. A talk with a chance to contribute your own memories for 2027

Ordinary lives, ordinary people? What were the lives of Accrington residents like in times past.

Ackworth School is a collection of Grade I, II* & II listed buildings.

Guided tours of Aizlewood's Mill and much of the historical flour milling equipment on show.

Grade One Listed building.

A rare opportunity to see inside one of Bedfordshire’s premier landmarks and places of worship. Rich in history and architectural splendour.

Visitors can enjoy the grandeur and beauty of the only elliptical church in England, whilst being guided through its history.

Grade 11* Listed. Come and explore All Saints Ryde. We'll be opening our doors to welcome you to take a look at the space after our Phase One of building works. Learn about the history of the site, the work that we have done and our future plans.

A week of Open Days of this important Dorset church.

Grade 11* Listed Church

Grade 1 Listed Church

Not Listed

Grade 1 Listed Church

Alternative Music in Leeds is a self-guided city centre audio trail exploring the major moments of Leeds' alternative music heritage. Discover passwords and codes to unlock stories at each location.

Join our guides from the Shipwreck Museum who will lead visitors on a tour of the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman, the Amsterdam (1749), the coastline, the 4000 year old prehistoric forest and the Cretaceous rocks from the age of the dinosaurs.

Anna Sewell House in Great Yarmouth is the birthplace of the Black Beauty Author Anna Sewell. Redwings Horse Sanctuary took on guardianship of this special building in 2022.

Enjoy an insight into Tudor and Elizabethan life at Anne of Cleves House in Lewes. This stunning timber-framed medieval house dates back to the 15th century.

Explore a rare surviving WWII air raid shelter, built in the grounds of this former clinic.

Join us for a walking tour exploring the design and history of a selection of the University's architectural gems dating from the 18th Century to the present day.

This walk and talk will explore the more interesting architectural aspects of the small coastal harbour of Langstone, gateway to Hayling Island.

Join us for a unique architectural tour of the iconic Sainsbury Centre and the surrounding Sculpture Park, including a behind-the-scenes exclusive look at the famous Crescent Wing corridor!

Have you ever wondered how we look after your history? Come visit Buckinghamshire Archives where we'll take you behind the scenes to see our strongrooms in this guided tour. From gossiping priests to royal charters, who knows what you'll discover?

Join us for free entry to Arlington Court as part of the Heritage Open Days and take part in one of free outdoor history walk and talks or cellar tours (which are not usually open to the public).

A free art trail map distributed around Leeds, indicating local art and crafter's work in shop venues within the architecturally rich and diverse heritage arcades and shopping malls of Leeds City Centre.

A specially curated exhibition for Heritage Open Days 2026 showing unseen works by Anthony Hobson, Roy Wilson, Helen Lohmann, Dame Ellen Terry, Frederick Lanchester, Alice Cobert and Peter Eugene Ball.