It's September, and from the 6th to the 15th, it's Heritage Open Days!
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Here's a shout-out for Heritage Open Days!
It's England's largest community-led festival of history and culture, and thousands of local volunteers and organisations are involved.
The festival celebrates heritage, culture and history - so there are stories to hear, traditions to explore and histories brought to life! And it's all FREE!
Amongst the events, there are walks and tours, exhibitions, workshops and talks. They cover all sorts of categories: local history, faith, outdoors and nature, living history and re-enactment, traditional skills, sport and leisure, eco/green living and geneaology, to name a few. Many need you to pre-book.
Organisations taking part (not at every venue they look after, by the way), include the National Trust, the Churches Conservation Trust, the Woodland Trust, English Heritage Historic Houses and Friends of Friendless Churches.
There's a search facility so that you can find out what's on in your area, which makes life easier - or perhaps next year, you could think of volunteering yourself!
Find an event near you here.
Volunteering is a great way to meet people and make new friends amongst people who also want to do things for their local community (or further afield!).
In 2024, the Heritage Open Days run from the 6th to the 15th September.