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Enjoy all Coughton Court has to offer, including the more than 600 year old Throckmorton family home, award winning gardens, and Catholic and Anglican churches.

An outstanding, post Great Fire of Warwick, Georgian building, completed in 1695, retaining many original features and a lovely garden. Once the home of Lord and Lady Ilkeston, it is now the meeting place for the Freemasons of Warwick.

Astley Church is a Grade I listed building and a fascinating medieval Church. It still holds many historic treasures, including medieval misericords, post-reformation wall paintings and alabaster figures of The Grey Family (Lady Jane Grey).

Roman Alcester Museum will be open over the weekend of 13th & 14th September 2025 when visitors will be able to view an impressive display of Roman era artefacts that have all been found in the town of Alcester.

Discover Upton House and Gardens, the country house and weekend retreat, where 2nd Viscount Bearsted, Walter Samuel, created one of the finest art collections in twentieth-century Britain.

Visit this historic real tennis court built in 1905 to see the game that has been played for over 700 years. This is the father of lawn tennis, squash and padel. It is a dynamic game with novel ways to out-fox your opponent.

Charlecote Park, a family home for more than 900 years, was transformed in the 1800s into one of the finest examples of Elizabethan Revival style by its owners Mary Elizabeth and George Hammond Lucy. Welcome to Charlecote Park!

The Baptist community in Alcester first met in 1640, one of the earliest Baptist meetings in the country. Take a walk around the original meeting house from 1735, and the later chapel dating from 1860. You can also visit the old burial ground.

Explore one of Alcester's Grade II listed timber-framed former dwellings, refurbished to provide modern facilities of hall, meeting rooms, kitchen and toilets for St Nicholas parish Church. A local history exhibition may be on view.

Find out more about the history of Marvin's Royal Blue Coaches company.

Ahead of it's redevelopment, discover St Michaels Place, in the heart of Warwick.

A ground-breaking conversion of rugged ruins for modern living on a historic moated site, combining the thrill of contemporary architecture with the atmosphere of an ancient place. Free author's talk on Saturday 13 September with Sarah Jane Downing.

A showcase of a remarkable building, celebrating the stories of its uses and users. There will be exhibitions of its changing life and structure, the chance to go backstage and live performances, including a vintage vocalist, throughout the day.

Get creative with eco-activities, enjoy local music, discover local sustainable crafters, and learn about how we can do out bit for a brighter future.

Join our volunteer Town Guides on a special Heritage Open Days Town Tour, departing from Rugby Visitor Centre.

Grade I listed timber framed town hall.

St Peter's Church is a historic medieval church standing in an isolated position in the civil parish of Wolfhampcote, Warwickshire. Since 1960 the church and its attached mausoleum has been designated as Grade II* listed building.

Join our volunteer Town Guides on a special Heritage Open Days Sporting Heritage Town Tour, departing from Rugby Visitor Centre.

The Mayor of Rugby, Cllr. Barbara Brown, welcomes visitors to a tour of the Council Chamber on Monday 15 September, followed by tea in the Mayor's Parlour.

The library will be showing a small display about the Home front in Rugby and the surrounding area during the Second World War including photographs and other material from the local studies collection.

Visit Stratford-upon-Avon Library’s historic building and see our special local history display on life during the Second World War

We will have a number of volunteer run stalls appropriate to the theme. We will have all areas of the church open with personnel on hand to assist with information and help.

Historic Georgian Hall, working home of the Town Council and containing interesting exhibits, including the Council Chamber. The elegant Ball Room and Ante Room on the first floor can also be viewed. Councillors will be available for questions.

The Heritage Centre is a museum of the town’s history from the Norman Conquest to the present day. An Exhibition on Henley in Arden's Architecture will be on during this period.

Self guided walks around this Victorian site with riverside chalets situated on the banks of the River Leam. A haven of birds, butterflies, bees, diverse allotments, sheds and water baths reclaimed from a Victorian Hospital.

Explore St Nicholas Church with its restored stonework and redecorated interior with many historic artefacts. Of special interest is the unique 17th Century Alcester Benefaction Board, rehung after major conservation work.

Rags to Riches the second exhibition of vintage & modern quilts from the Jane Cobbett Collection of Historical Textiles, displayed in the Library Garden at Avondale Nursery, Baginton, Warwickshire. CV8 3AG

A fascinating guided walk around Brunswick Street Cemetery taking in some of the most notable Leamington ‘residents’ and their tombs.

Discover this small Catholic church dedicated to St Anne in the tranquil hamlet of Wappenbury.

Opportunity to visit St John's House, a stunning Jacobean mansion located in Warwick, with a history spanning almost 900 years.

A chance to visit a rare example of a Church with its associated Presbytery designed in the 13th Century Lombardic style.

The Percival Guildhouse is celebrating 100 years of being an Independent Adult Education Centre. It has historic links to Rugby School and the building was built in the 1840's and originally the family home of Matthew Bloxam, an antiquarian.

Visitors will be able to see all areas, including backstage, on stage - with a set in place - our lighting booth, sound desk, scenic area, wardrobe and rehearsal space - as well as also enjoy refreshments in our bar!

A walking tour with Sidney Syson from the Leamington History Group to discover the associations of famous characters from history with Leamington Spa.

Come and find out more about this historic site and take a guide of the Abbey ruins led by members of the Kenilworth History & Archaeology Society.

Take a guided tour of the station and award winning gardens.

This stunning Grade I listed medieval church with box pews is located in an idyllic setting close to Warwick.

A museum of local rural artefacts developed from the collection made over many decades by George Tims, a village resident, who died in January 2005.

A tour that gives you the chance to visit Warwick's stunning Court House designed and built in 1725 by Francis Smith.

Discover this fascinating regimental museum.

An opportunity to view a temporary exhibition exploring the role of football in the army with stories about local footballers and teams linked to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and professional players who went to war.

A chance to take a tour of one of the largest parish churches in England dating back nearly 900 years.

With a church on this site recorded in the Doomsday Book and a stone tower dating from the 14th century pockmarked with shots from the civil war period, this church is truly steeped in history.

Take a guided walk around Christchurch Gardens led by the Leamington History Group and learn more about its 200 year history.

Take a look around this interesting Kenilworth church.

Take a tour of Royal Leamington Spa's Town Hall with historian Paula Fletcher through some of its spectacular rooms.

Come and see Leamington's first town hall and the centre of the Polish Community.

Come and discover rocks and fossils, stunning stained glass, a photo exhibition on "architecture" and see how tall a spire you can build using a few sheets of paper.

A fascinating group of recently restored Victorian detached gardens with summer houses.

Find out how we care for Warwickshire's precious documents at the County Record Office.