Hello Heritage... 7 Sept - 22 Sept FREE • Historic Buildings • Tours • Activities Sharpe’S Pottery, Swadlincote • Walks • Open Days
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Hello Heritage... 7 Sept - 22 Sept FREE •Historicbuildings •Tours •Activities Sharpe’sPottery, Swadlincote •Walks •Opendays MoiraFurance, Formoreinformationvisit Moira www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Hello Heritage... 2019 Welcome Hello Heritage is a celebration of the heritage and rich culture within the wider National Forest in North West Leicestershire and South Derbyshire. Heritage sites and groups have come together to provide a varied collection of opportunities for you to see and experience what they have to offer. It’s a fun, free fortnight for all the family to enjoy. Every venue or experience is free of charge during Hello Heritage from Saturday 7 – Sunday 22 September. We hope you enjoy Hello Heritage, please share your experiences with us @NWleics @This is NWLeics @SwadlicoteTIC @VisitSouthDerbyshire Contact details Ashby Tourist Information Centre 01530 411767 Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre 01283 222848 Key Car park (charges may apply) Children welcome Dogs welcome on leads Wheelchair / pushchair access The organisers of this event accept no responsibility for any loss, damage, liability, or injury incurred or suffered by anyone taking part in Hello Heritage related activities. Please take care when taking part in walks, events or site visits at participating venues. Programme subject to change. 2 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage|www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Ashbourne Mickleover Uttoxeter www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage 25 39 Willington 4 Kegworth 1 Castle 2 Donington 18 22 Melbourne Burton upon Trent 35 Swadlincote Woodville 27 Shepshed Loughborough 8 | 20 www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 31 Barton- 6 19 17 under- 23 34 33 11 Needwood 5 28 15 13 36 7 Overseal Ashby-de-la-Zouch Alrewas 9 12 14 Moira 13 Coalville 10 21 26 40 38 32 29 24 30 3 Measham Ibstock Markfield LICHFIELD 37 Tamworth to BIRMINGHAM 3 SATURDAY7SEPTEMBER Measham Museum Exhibition: Memorabilia belonging Repton History Group to David Nish Exhibition: Repton through the ages Between: 10am - 12 noon The Old Station, Off Manning’s Terrace, Between: 9am - 4pm High Street, Measham, DE12 7HU St Wystan’s Church, Willington Road, Contact: Mary Buckley 07779 230083 Repton, DE65 6FH Contact: 01283 222848 Memorabilia belonging to David Nish, former Leicester City, Derby, and A display by Repton History Group. England footballer. Please note that St Wystan’s Church holds services on Sunday and 3 Wednesday mornings; there may also be weddings and funerals on at any time. Castle Donington Museum 1 Exhibition: Schools - now and then Between: 10am - 12.30pm St Wystan’s Church The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, DE74 2JA Open day Contact: Between: 9am - 4pm [email protected] Willington Road, Repton, DE65 6FH Schools – now and then - the Contact: Church Warden 01283 703079 development of education in Castle The Anglo-Saxon crypt is one of the Donington through the years. oldest and most important examples 4 of Anglo-Saxon architecture to survive intact. Sir John Betjeman described it as: “Holy air encased in stone” - The crypt was constructed in the first half of the 8th century. Please note that there are church services on Sunday and Wednesday mornings, there may also be weddings and funerals on at any time. 2 4 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage|www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Ashby de la Zouch Museum Whitwick Historical Group Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Exhibition and open day Statutes (1219 – 2019) Between: 10am - 12 noon Exhibition open: Monday to Friday The Old Station, North Street, Whitwick 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm and LE67 5HA Saturday 10am to 3pm Unique Victorian former railway station. North Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Display related to Charnwood Forest LE65 1HU Railway. Visitors are welcome to look Contact: 01530 560090 around the building, browse the archive [email protected] of over 6,000 photographs, see artefacts An exhibition celebrating 800 years and chat to our volunteers. Whitwick of Ashby Statutes 1219 to 2019. The Historical Group holds a wealth of exhibition is located within the foyer resources for family history research and of Ashby de la Zouch Museum which local history studies. Visitors are always is free entry, why not extend your visit welcome for either casual reminisces into the museum to discover exciting or more serious investigations. Light displays and artefacts, a small charge refreshments available. applies: adults £1, concessions 50p. 7 5 The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s Ashby de la Zouch Town Pottery Museum Centre Open day Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Between: 10am - 1pm Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Contact: 01283 819020 Building on the success of the Ashby de la Zouch Arts Festival outdoor The Magic Attic aims to preserve the gallery, buildings in Ashby de la Zouch history and heritage of this important town centre host an interesting mix industrial area; holding records mainly of images portraying Ashby Statutes for South Derbyshire, North West through the ages. If you fancy a whirl Leicestershire and East Staffordshire. on the waltzers, a go on the gallopers The archive is also an invaluable source or would like to try your luck on ‘hook of information for research students, a duck’ then Ashby Statutes will be in family historians and history groups, Ashby de la Zouch from Friday 13 to you can view some of their 30,000 Tuesday 17 September. images from the digitised library! 6 8 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage|www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 5 Moira Furnace Museum and Charles Booth Centre Country Park Exhibition: Friends of Thringstone Open day Between: 12 noon - 6pm Between: 11am - 4pm The Green, Thringstone, LE67 8NR Furnace Lane, Moira, Swadlincote, Contact: 01530 222337 DE12 6AT Displays and exhibitions relating Contact: 01283 224667 to the various theatrical and panto Take this chance to visit the museum organisations that have used the for free to find out about its rise and centre since the 1920s. Also featuring fall, and how it found a new life as some information on Charles Booth. homes for local residents. Includes Refreshments will be available at a cost. heritage drop in for families that 11 used to live in the Crescent to share memories. Moira Furnace started a failed attempt at a modern blast SUNDAY8SEPTEMBER furnace back in 1806. Its failure led to it being so well preserved. Repton History Group 9 Exhibition: Repton through the ages For further information refer to page 4. Conkers Exhibition: The Development of Coal St Wystan’s Church Mining Open day Between: 11am - 5pm For further information refer to page 4. Discovery Centre, Rawdon Road, Moira, DE12 6GA Ashby de la Zouch Town Booking: Free entry when you book in Centre advance Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Contact: Chris Williamson 01283 Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) 216633 For further information refer to page 5. In collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, Conkers brings you ‘Dealing with the Past: Coal, Community Moira Furnace Museum and and Change (1965-2015)’ Exhibition. Country Park Catering facilities are open on the day of the visit and free admission is available Open day to all who book in advance. For further information refer to page 6. 10 6 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage|www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 1620s House and Garden at Snibston Heritage Group Donington le Heath Snibston open day and guided tours of Open day the Snibston Mine Site Between: 10.30am - 4.30pm Between: 12 noon - 5pm Manor Road, Donington le Heath, Colliery Tours: 12.30pm, 1.15pm, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 2FW 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.15pm Contact: 01455 290429 Snibston Mine, Ashby Road, Coalville Free entry to explore the fully LE67 3LN Booking required: Visit furnished 1620s house aided by www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage our volunteer interpreters. Visit Contact: 01530 833521 the informative and lovely period This special open day offers gardens and the tea room in the visitors the opportunity to join a old barn. An afternoon programme tour of the Snibston historic mine of music and talks in the tea room site. The walking tours are led by in support of National Suicide knowledgeable local volunteers, many Prevention and Awareness (2pm of whom are ex-miners, and there will - 5pm). The licenced tea room will also be the opportunity to enjoy local be selling light refreshments and a history displays, learn about the future range of drinks. plans of this fascinating site and meet the team working to support this. 12 13 Conkers Century Theatre Exhibition: The Development of Coal Open doors and backstage tours Mining Between: 1.30pm - 5pm For further information refer to page 6. Theatre tours: 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 4pm, 5pm Snibston, Ashby Road, Coalville LE67 3LN Contact: 01530 278444 The Century Theatre is Britain’s oldest surviving travelling theatre. Come and enjoy your backstage pass! 14 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage|www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 7 Castle Donington Museum Hough Mill Exhibition: Schools now and then Open day Between: 2pm - 4.30pm Between: 2pm - 5pm The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, DE74 2JA St George’s Hill, Swannington, LE67 8QW For more information refer to page 4 Contact: 07779 275762 In 1994 Swannington Heritage Trust Swannington Heritage Trust bought the derelict shell of a 200 year Tour of the 1855-1873 Califat Coal old tower mill. The restoration has Mine completely transformed the mill and we Start time: 2.30pm hope to add framework sails this year. Meeting point: Califat Coal Mine, 17 near Hough Mill, St George’s Hill, Swannington, LE67 8QW Contact: 07779 275762 MONDAY9SEPTEMBER Join Leicestershire Industrial History Society and Swannington Heritage Repton History Group Trust for a tour of the 1855-1873 Califat Exhibition: Repton through the ages Coal Mine. Explore two engine house complexes, the miners’ cottages and For further information refer to page 4.