Cheltenham Civic Society has launched the programme for this year’s Heritage Open Days festival of events from 12th to 21st September and reservations will open for the pre-bookable events on Monday 4th August via hods@cheltcivicsoc.org.
With the support and sponsorship of Cheltenham Borough Council, the Civic Society’s team of volunteers have organised a programme of 55 open buildings, plays, walks and talks during the 10-day festival.
All the event details are contained in a downloadable PDF from our Heritage Open Days page and printed copies of the programme can be picked up from the Heritage Open Days’ stall in the Farmers’ Market on the Prom on Friday 8th August between 9am and 1pm.
Heritage Open Days enable you to see behind the doors of some of our town’s finest and most interesting buildings, as well as to learn about Cheltenham’s rich history.
Civic Society trustee and Heritage Open Days co-ordinator, Sarah Harvey, said: “We’re delighted to welcome you to explore Cheltenham Heritage Open Days to discover more about our beautiful town – and it’s all free to explore. Thank you to all the volunteers, whose efforts have produced such a full and varied programme of events over 10 days in September.”
One of the new attractions amongst the 22 open buildings this year is the Friends (Quaker) Meeting house, which will be hosting an exhibition – A Stitch in Time – of full-size reproductions of some of the famous Quaker tapestries normally housed in Cumbria. Other buildings hosting new events include Lodge Park near Sherborne, Naunton Lane Church in Leckhampton, and Pate’s Grammar School.
New guided walks include: “Cleeve Hill – the Cotswold Health Resort” led by David Aldred; and “Pittville – the first five years, 1825-1830” led by Dr Steven Blake.
New amongst the talks are: “The Minster Architecture Down the Years” by Dr Steve Jones; and “Founders, Flags and Fields – Americans on Gloucestershire and Gloucestarians in America” by Neela Mann.
