England’s largest festival of history and culture, Heritage Open Days has become a much-anticipated fixture of the calendar for September – and this year is no different!
Top image by Cambridgeshire Collections
Throughout Cambridgeshire, there will be a wealth of opportunities to discover and celebrate local history from 12 to 21 September – all with free admission.
The National Trust’s Anglesey Abbey, for instance, has free tickets available to book to see inside the house, view the new fashion exhibition and wander the gardens (pictured below), while the Open Cambridge festival has a packed programme of around 70 unique events to highlight fascinating aspects of local history and community.
Learn about the experiences of more than 2,000 Cambridgeshire soldiers who were sent by Churchill last-minute to the failed defence of Singapore during World War II. This special talk will be given by Lewis Herbert, former leader of Cambridge City Council, on 12 September. Join the Cambridge Corn Exchange Heritage Project and travel through 150 years to discover the people and events that have passed through the venue (17 September); consider the past, present and future of the Biomedical Campus from the perspective of the people who live around it (17 and 20 September)… and much more!
Visit heritageopendays.org.uk, nationaltrust.org.uk and opencambridge.cam.ac.uk
