Heritage Open Days
HOD 2024 – Discover Heckington Windmill.
Heckington Windmill Hale Road, Heckington, Lincolnshire, United KingdomPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Come and immerse yourself in the history of the mill through our interactive museum, take a climb up the the mill tower, step back into history as you follow the journey of the grain. Worked up an appetite? Take a walk past the cart and engine shed to…
HOD 2024 – Horncastle Inns & Cart Connections Guided Walk
Horncastle Library Wharf Road, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, UkPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Join Horncastle History & Heritage Society for a short guided walk exploring the town's historic inns and their role in the carrier's cart network. Less glamorous than stagecoaches, these carts criss-crossed the countryside and were the lifeblood of market towns. Booklet number: 26a Region: ELDC Address: Horncastle Library,…
HOD 2024 – Heckington Railway Museum Open Day.
Heckington Railway Museum Station Road, Heckington, LincolnshirePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Lincolnshire's unique railway attraction is opening its doors! Please come along and view our railway memorabilia, as well as our three model railway layouts. You will not be disappointed and will be made most welcome. Booklet number: 24a Region: NKDC Address: Heckington Railway Station, NG34 9UJ Time: Sat…
HOD 2024 – The start of something BIG.
Immingham Tin Town Heritage Centre 359 Pelham Rd, Immingham, United KingdomPart 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 Tin Town Heritage Centre, 359 Pelham Rd, Immingham, DN40 1NG Time: Sat 7th & Sat 14th 11.00 - 16.00, Sun 8th & 15th 12.00 -…
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 was built and St Andrew's Church where they sheltered St Andrews Church may be closed at times for weddings on the Saturdays. Walk the trail…
HOD 2024 – Educating Isaac – visiting the Old Tudor Grammar School in which Isaac Newton and many others were taught.
The Old King's School, Grantham Church Street, Grantham, LincolnshirePart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Endowed by Bishop Fox in 1528, the school had some excellent teachers & ushers whose pupils achieved greatness in their future careers in academia, the church or in military service. The Old Grammar School was attended by Newton, Lord Burleigh, poet Colley Cibber & Albert Ball VC. Explore…
HOD 2024 – Explore the working waterwheels and exhibitions at Baldock’s Mill.
Baldocks Mill South Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire, United KingdomPart 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' exhibition and our top floor displays of local history. Please note that some areas are only accessible by stairs. Booklet number: 7b Region: SKDC Address:…
HOD 2024 – Travellers to and from Burgh le Marsh
Burgh le Marsh Heritage Centre Dobson's Mill, High Street, Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire, United KingdomPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Burgh le Marsh has held a prominent position in the local area from pre-Roman times to the present day as it is an outcrop in the local marsh area. Evidence of early occupation has been gathered during building work and excavation. It once enjoyed prominence as a centre…
HOD 2024 – Road to Waters’ Edge.
Waters' Edge Visitor Centre Maltkiln Road, Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire, United KingdomPart 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 present day. Booklet number: 3c Region: NL Address: Waters’ Edge Country Park & Visitor Centre, DN18 5JR Time: Fri 6th - Sun 15th 09.00 - 16.00…
HOD 2024 – St Andrews Church, Boothby Pagnell.
St Andrew's Church, Boothby Pagnell Main Street, Boothby Pagnell, Lincolnshire, United KingdomPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Discover the history of St Andrew’s, Boothby Pagnell and see how important this Romanesque and High Victorian church is within the local environment. Boothby Wilding project team will be onsite to explain how they seek to reconnect the village and surrounding farmland with its natural heritage including the…
HOD 2024 – Black Sluice Pumping Station
Black Sluice Pumping Station London Road, Boston, United KingdomPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Engineering History in the making: Black Sluice Pumping Station. Discover the history of the Black Sluice Site which has had a role in land drainage since 1638 and get up close to the magnificent machines from the 1940's and 1960's which rarely survive in situ. There are several…
HOD 2024 – Explore Boston’s Historic Victorian Cemetery
Boston Cemetary Marian Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, United KingdomPart of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2024 Explore this Historic Park and Garden, with its variety of trees and plants dating from its opening in 1855 and a home to many birds and animals. Join our gravestone tours with relevant exhibition in the cemetery chapel. Stout shoes should be worn as paths off the main…