Issue 22 - Summer 2016

DAYS OUT
Heritage Lincolnshire
County set for its biggest
Heritage Open Days Festival!
After a successful 23 years, Lincolnshire Heritage
Open Days Festival 2016 is set to wow visitors with more
than 180 FREE events across the county this autumn.
Heritage Lincolnshire, a local
charity based in Heckington, is
urging members of the public
to pick up a free Heritage Open
Days brochure from their local
library, tourist information centre
or heritage site so that visitors can
plan for the festival in September.
The charity is co-ordinating the
festival for the 23d year and
expects to attract thousands
of visitors to over 180 heritage
sites, talks and walks around the
county. Events are predominantly
organised and managed by
volunteers who do a fantastic job
bringing Lincolnshire’s history to
life. This year’s Heritage Open
Days will encompass heritage
sites, buildings, nature reserves,
towns and villages and will feature
all five National Trust properties,
helping to make this the biggest
and best festival yet.
Each year the county’s Heritage
Open Days have a different theme
with many of this year’s events
covering ‘Natural Lincolnshire’.
Events on offer range from tours
of haunted Old King’s Head in
Kirton and a new Heritage Music
Microfestival to a rare opening of
Dowsby Hall and Gardens.
There will be lots of guided walks
and talks to choose from such
as the International Bomber
Command Spire Memorial,
‘Lincolnshire’s Lost River’, Willow
Tree Fen Bat Walk, plus a rare
guided tour of Torksey Castle.
Booking-only favourites such as
tours of Harlaxton Manor are also
back so book early!
Children’s activities will be on offer
at Temple Bruer Knights Templar
Tower, many Lincolnshire Wildlife
Trust reserves, Gainsborough Old
Hall and many more venues.
Beverley Gormley, Heritage
Lincolnshire’s Cultural Events
Officer said “Year after year,
Lincolnshire’s Heritage Open
Days prove a real winner with
local people and visitors as they
provide free, unique opportunities
to go behind the scenes of heritage
venues and discover the region’s
hidden histories.
“The events are a wonderful way
of bringing people together to
learn about their local history,
enabling our local heritage venues,
nature reserves, organisations,
towns and villages to develop a
lasting relationship with people in
the area.”
Pick up your free copy of the
brochure from tourist information
centres, libraries, heritage sites
around the county, or download it
from www.heritagelincolnshire.org
For more information on the schedule of events and venues
E: htladmin@heritagelincolnshire.org www.heritagelincolnshire.org
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