Heritage Open Days
HOD 2024 – Rivers & Tales of Boston: Connecting Boston’s Cultural Quarter.
Boston BostonPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Follow the rivers to discover the tales of Boston at our Cultural Quarter Venue Events. Join Fydell House, Boston Guildhall, Blackfriars Theatre and…
HOD 2024 – Grimsby Minster: Cultural Connections
Grimsby Minster St James’ Square, GrimsbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Grimsby Minster and the Minster café will be open throughout the HOD festival, welcoming visitors old and new to explore this fantastic Grade…
HOD 2024 – Road to Waters’ Edge.
Waters' Edge Visitor Centre Maltkiln Road, Barton upon HumberPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Our exhibition ‘The Road to Waters’ Edge’ will enable visitors to discover the history of the site from the 19th century to the…
HOD 2024 – Brigg’s Historic Cartography & Heritage Trail.
Brigg Heritage Centre Above the Library, The Angel, BriggPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Brigg Heritage Centre is proud to present a new pop-up installation illustrating how the historic North Lincolnshire market town of Brigg (and surrounding…
HOD 2024 – St Peter’s Church Calligraphy Workshop.
St Peter's Church Beck Hill, Barton upon HumberPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Join the volunteers at St Peter’s Church for a calligraphy workshop making your own bookmark. Booklet number: 3z Region: NL Address: St Peter’s Church,…
HOD 2024 – Anthony Salvin’s Grantham Church – St John the Evangelist, Spitalgate.
St John the Evangelist Station Road East, GranthamPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Visit Anthony Salvin's church of St John the Evangelist and decide for yourself whether its early critics were fair or just jealous! Built…
HOD 2024 – Art, heritage, and my sketchbooks.
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre Alexandra Dock, GrimsbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Artist Sarah Palmer, of The House with the Blue Door, shows her recent work on the two-wheeled heritage of North East Lincs, plus…
HOD 2024 – Becoming the Beonna
The Beonna the All Saints Main Road, BeningtonPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Reborn in 2019 as The Beonna at All Saints, it combines the splendour of a medieval church with the imposing renovations of the…
HOD 2024 – Awesome Water
Cleethorpes Town Hall Knoll Street, CleethorpesPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Our exhibition explores the essential, the imaginative and the fun ways that water is utilised at the seaside. Come and dip in! Plus,…
HOD 2024 – Crowland Abbey Heritage Day
Crowland Abbey East Street, CrowlandPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Guided tours of historic Crowland Abbey. Climb the Bell Tower to see the bells, tour the Abbey and the Graveyard to hear stories…
HOD 2024 – Peat & Trains – Rail Networks across the moors.
The Old Peatworks Dole Road, CrowlePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 This unique heritage railway, set in the North Lincolnshire countryside, offers a glimpse into the region's rich peat-cutting history on the largest peat…
HOD 2024 – Foston’s Journey: from the Doomsday Book to today, and beyond.
St Peter's Church, Foston Long Street, FostonPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Charles Dickens in Foston? Explore Foston's Heritage Trail to learn about the famous and the locals who have shaped Foston from medieval times…
HOD 2024 – Over Wold & Fen – Horncastle’s Carrier’s Cart Connections.
Sir Joseph Banks Centre Bridge Street, HorncastlePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Come and see our display exploring the network of carrier's carts that once connected Horncastle to the villages and rural communities around it…
HOD 2024 – Explore the Port of Grimsby (Kasbah Qtr)
Grimsby Kasbah Auckland Road, GrimsbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 This year's Heritage Open Day has the theme Routes - Networks - Connections, and what better way to explore this then at a…
HOD 2024 – Stubbs 300
The Ropewalk Maltkiln Lane, Barton upon HumberPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 An exhibition in response to the work of George Stubbs on the 300th anniversary of his birth. Booklet number: 3aa Region: NL Address: The…
HOD 2024 – Hometown Heroes: A celebration of Sport.
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre Alexandra Dock, GrimsbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Celebrate the sporting connections of North East Lincolnshire with a visit to this fun, family friendly exhibition. Explore the stories of local Paralympians,…
HOD 2024 – Heritage Walk: Brigg and the Ancholme
Brigg Library Brigg Library, Market Place, BriggPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Join North Lincolnshire Libraries for a gentle stroll from town, along a stretch of the River Ancholme and back - with plenty of…
HOD 2024 – The Roots of Methodism
Epworth Old Rectory 1 Rectory Street, EpworthPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Discover the childhood home of brothers John and Charles Wesley who founded Methodism. Discover how their upbringing led them to start a religious…
HOD 2024 – The House of Worth in Bourne.
Wake House 41 North Street, BournePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Wake House is the birthplace of Charles Worth, "The Father of Haute Couture". After moving from rural Lincolnshire, he founded his very successful…
HOD 2024 – An Aveland Odyssey – Folkingham Remembers Operation Market Garden.
Folkingham Market Place Market Place, FolkinghamPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 An Aveland Odyssey – Folkingham Remembers Operation Market Garden. Events throughout the village (see i -iv) i- Folkingham St Andrews Church and Market…
HOD 2024 – 204 years of Grantham History: Grantham Freemason Hall
Grantham Masonic Centre 4 Chambers Street, GranthamPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Explore Grantham Freemasons’ Hall: a rare peek into 204 years of Grantham history and Masonic heritage. Visitors are invited to explore the rich…
HOD 2024 – Broadcast Engineering Museum.
Broadcast Engineering Museum 41 capper Avenue, GainsboroughPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Get hands-on experience at our developing Broadcast Engineering Museum. Admire a camera that televised the late Queen’s coronation. Present the weather on TV…
HOD 2024 – The Humber Hovercraft!
Our Big Picture 1 Bethlehem Street, GrimsbyPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Step on-board The Humber Hovercraft! In this interactive event learn about the arts project exploring the forgotten 'lost link': a hovercraft that connected…
HOD 2024 – The start of something BIG.
Immingham Tin Town Heritage Centre 359 Pelham Rd, ImminghamPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 See what it was like to live in a Tin Bungalow and learn about Immingham Dock. Booklet number: 27b Region: NELC Address: Immingham…
HOD 2024 – Part of the Pilgrim Fathers journey to America.
St Andrews Church & Pilgrim Fathers Monument Church Lane, ImminghamPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Immingham is part of the the Pilgrim Fathers journey to America in the early 1600's. Visit the monument celebrating 100 years since it…
HOD 2024 – The Riverside History of Gainsborough.
Trent Bridge Gainsborough Trent Bridge, GainsboroughPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 This exciting and informative walk will talk you through the interesting history of Gainsborough's riverside. You will hear stories of Vikings, famous visitors…
HOD 2024 – Mannakin Hall, RAF Fulbeck.
Mannakin Hall Brant Road Fulbeck Lowfields, GranthamPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Mannakin Hall, home now to over 15,000 shop mannequins, diverted from landfill, is located on what was the Communal Site Number 1 of…
HOD 2024 – Connecting Lincolnshire and beyond – Sir Joseph Banks
Horncastle Community Centre Manor House Street, HorncastlePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 It is well known how Sir Joseph Banks became famous due to his voyage accompanying Captain James Cook on their voyage to Australia…
HOD 2024 – Boston’s Links to the USA
Boston Guildhall South Street, BostonPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Join Neil Wright as he conducts a walking tour of Boston. Discover the buildings, and the sites of lost buildings, that are connected…
HOD 2024 – Explore the working waterwheels and exhibitions at Baldock’s Mill.
Baldocks Mill South Street, BournePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Join us for three floors of attractions at our mill including our water wheels, the Charles Worth gallery with a special Raymond Mays'…