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A guided tour explaining how the people if Northchurch rebelled against the Church and State from the turbulent years of the English Civil War to the modern day.

Amersfort, a fine Arts and Craft House and garden, designed by Ernest Willmott and planted by Gertrude Jekyll. Both house and garden are adapted to the surrounding landscape.

A detailed tour of the church, pointing out important architectural and historical features. Visit also to Tudor Court House, a much-altered building which has had many uses over the years.

A trip down memory lane of Berkhamsted Railway.

Former pupils of the Foundling Hospital will tell us what life was like for the children in Berkhamsted Foundling Hospital 1935-55. Walking around the present Ashlyns School they will recall memories and feelings of those days.

A Walk in the Past: Berkhamsted Place A successor to the castle. Tour includes the surviving servants quarter, kitchen garden with Victorian vinery and the awesome Great Barn, the largest in Herts!

Visitors will have the opportunity of seeing the original schoolhouse built in 1544 (Grade I listed), to learn something about the history of the school (founded in 1541) and see the beautiful little Victorian chapel.

Dacorum Heritage opens its doors this September. Take a guided tour around the museum store and enjoy a small display of Everyday Heroes.

A photographic exhibition of daily working life through the ages. Looking at the ordinary lives, trades, and routines of everyday people.

A guided tour of the cemetery highlighting long-forgotten trades of Berkhamsted's forebears

Free guided tour for families of the ruins of this fine motte and bailey castle, with many royal associations, led by experienced volunteers from Berkhamsted Castle Trust.

Free guided tour of the ruins of this fine motte and bailey castle, with many royal associations, led by experienced volunteers from Berkhamsted Castle Trust.

A pop-up museum for the day at Berkhamsted Civic Centre shares some of the everyday heroes from around the borough of Dacorum.

A guided tour of Berkhamsted's historic town centre, pointing out strategic places of interest.

This guided tour identifies the sites and stories behind the many wharves which once existed along the banks of the canal and led to the growth of Berkhamsted in Victorian times. Visitors will learn of the importance of the canals to Berkhamsted.

Jobs in Berkhamsted included the good, the bad and the ugly - from mixing arsenic, to whipping 'sturdy beggars', via running the pesthouse, catching dogs with tongs, and removing the body of the murdered school usher. Discover more with Dan Parry.