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Join the Women's Engineering Society in their Electric Dreams 2024 series of talks as they celebrate the forming of Electrical Association for Women 100 years ago. This talk by Dr Patricia Fara, is organised in conjunction with the Whipple Museum.

Join the Women's Engineering Society in their Electric Dreams series of talks as they celebrate the formation of the Electrical Association for Women 100 years ago. This talk is in collaboration with the Institute of Engineering & Technology.

Join the Women's Engineering Society in their Electric Dreams 2024 series of talks as they celebrate the formation of the Electrical Association for Women 100 years ago. This talk is organised in conjunction with the Pontefract Civic Society

Join the Women's Engineering Society in their Electric Dreams series of talks as they celebrate the formation of the Electrical Association for Women 100 years ago. This event is organised in conjunction with Local Studies (Swindon Libraries).

Join the Women's Engineering Society in their Electric Dreams series of talks as they celebrate the formation of the Electrical Association for Women 100 years ago. This talk is in collaboration with the Institute of Engineering & Technology.

Join the Women's Engineering Society in their Electric Dreams series of talks as they celebrate the formation of the Electrical Association for Women 100 years ago. This talk is in conjunction with the Open University and Bristol Library Service

Join the Women's Engineering Society in their Electric Dreams series of talks as they celebrate the formation of the Electrical Association for Women 100 years ago, a talk with Dr Nina Baker and Dr Eleanor Peters.

British Railways Electrical Control Room. In operation between 1936 and 1997. Contain several Art Deco features.

Enjoy the peace and tranquillity of a short cruise on the Grand Union Canal, on all-electric MK Community Boat Electra. Find out about the first 200 years of canal history in MK – and what the future may hold.

Enjoy an evening of music and words from three electronic music artists with links to Gainsborough.

Built in 1911, the Electric Palace in Harwich is one of the earliest purpose built cinemas to survive in the UK. As well as a stunning building to admire, the cinema still offers regular film screening's at weekends and Monday 's.

This talk by Sarah Yates explores how in the early 20th century, a group of pioneering women campaigned and demonstrated in practical ways how new technology could improve the lives and homes of all women.

Grane Engineering Museum is a work in progress where community volunteers are bringing this Edwardian Steam Mill back to life after decades of neglect. See its mighty 500hp mill engine, looms in the weaving shed and other engineering exhibits.

Built in 1668, Newent’s black and white Market House has been the centre of the town for over 300 years. It houses a display of local history and a large collection of local artefacts plus music history featuring locals Joe Meek and Rutland Boughton.

Come and celebrate Horsforth's links to the HMS Aubietia and Enigma machine with decoding sessions, talks and exhibitions at The Museum on Town Street. Topped off with a tea dance and performance by 'The Hummingbirds' a 1940s close harmony group.

Join us to learn more about waste in Suffolk, as well as taking a guided tour of the facility which will explain the energy from the waste process from start to finish.

Join us for a special exhibition to celebrate Heritage Open Days. Learn more about famous mathematician George Green, view photos of the mill’s restoration and read the many press cuttings.

We will open the church on Saturday, September 7th. On Sunday, September 8th, we will have our usual service from 1100 to 1200, and the building will be open from 1030 to 1300.

Saved for the Nation in 1993 when the Ministry of Defence set out to demolish and sell the former RAE Site, the wind tunnel buildings are now listed and during Heritage Open Days we are able to visit the 24-foot tunnel in Building Q121.

See how sunlight is converted into electricity! Your chance to visit the largest public sector owned solar farm in the North West. See how sunlight is being used to generate electricity and why it is near the waste treatment facilities.

See the best views in Sheffield and hear how a medieval deer park provided materials for industry, a home for workers, a dump for waste and a platform for guns. But now the deer are back and Parkwood Springs is set to be our country park in the city.

An imaginative exhibition exploring some of Great Ellingham’s fascinating history. Displays showing village roads and ancient footways, connected village families and community interaction by way of former clubs, societies & meeting places.

'Otley connected and disconnected'. How a rural Yorkshire town with an ancient crossing point over the River Wharfe made connections with the wider world over the centuries.

The recently renovated medieval church of Ss Simon & Jude in Castlethorpe has late Norman architecture, an impressive 17th century monument to Sir Thomas Tyrrill and an environmentally-friendly churchyard. We invite you to look around.

Free entry to the REME Museum!

See & hear the North East's only Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ (one of UK's largest). Explore the 'Secret Spaces' that visitors normally don't see as you delve into the workings of this amazing machine and learn how it was used 100 years ago!

Leicester celebrates three significant tramway anniversaries in 2024. Join us to learn more as we open up our vast archive.

Discover an iconic Grade II listed building on the seafront, which is a reminder of the importance of the town to the navy in Georgian times.

A fun, musical demonstration for all ages of our remarkable Klais church organ by our Director of Music and Assistant Organist, followed by the chance to hear a recital (10th Sept only) and see the organ close up on a unique ‘backstage’ tour.

Explore the heyday of the 'Cathedrals of the Movies' lining Southport's Lord Street in the 1930s with Southport-born cinema historian, Stephen Fenerty.

A historic lighthouse overlooking nature-rich clifftop grasslands, coastal park and rugged coastline.

Though not technically ‘heritage’, the Biodigester is an important ‘green’ addition to Warminster’s infrastructure that creates electricity out of food waste. Hopefully it will render other forms of electricity generation historic’.

Follow the development of computing: from the Turing-Welchman Bombe and Colossus of the 1940s through the large systems and mainframes of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, to the rise of personal computing and the rise of mobile computing and the internet.

Join us for traditional English songs this Heritage Open Days.

Cambray Baptist Church is a listed building which was built in 1855. It has been updated and extended over the years, but retains original features. The building is home to a large active church and there will be displays on our history.

A fascinating insight into Poynton's local history, with displays of live historic steam engines.

Step back in time to discover how Victorian engineering harnessed the power of water in this historic mill.

The site provides opportunities for construction of wooden, mechanical & electronic articles as well as social and hobby space.

We invite you to join us at Reading's oldest domestic building. You will hear about its history from the Tudor Period to today , the garden restoration and have the opportunity to meet some of the tenants.

This is the home of the master of the Mayflower, a majority of which is still in original condition.

St Andrew’s Grafham will host our very own Amateur Radio group on Saturday 14 September and combine with CHOTA, Chapels & Historic Churches on the Air. Using call sign GB0HWG we hope to connect with many such groups in the UK & USA .

The Palace Cinema will be opened on Saturday 14th September for an update on the work in hand and progress since 2023.

Celebrate Britain's electronics industry. Join a tour to explore our vast collection of radio and television receivers and historic recordings through which we learn of the contributions the industry has made to UK society.

Heritage Open Morning Saturday 14th September 2024 Come and explore this ancient church dating from 1250 and its extensive churchyard. Take a few minutes to walk our labyrinth. Church open; Churchyard tour; Church history tour; Displays; Refreshments

TVLR is a small local heritage railway charity catering for family visits, lots to see and do including nature walks, quirky railway vehicles including an original BMW Isetta Bubble car with NG railway wheels, Monorails Rides and much more

Burton Mill is a working watermill producing stoneground flour and hydro-electricity. Visitors will see water-powered flour milling and dressing and other heritage machinery. There is a small exhibition of interesting historical artefacts and photos.

Cragside is opening its doors for free for one day only. Step inside Britain's original smart and discover how a pioneering Victorian inventor, William Armstrong, harnessed the power of water to light the House.

A wonderful reminder of Brixton's rural past and inner London's last windmill. Built in 1816 by the Ashby family who produced flour until 1934. Restored 2011. Still producing flour today using a historic modular mill, thanks to our volunteer millers.

Head down to the Hop Pole for an afternoon of music, memories and merriment with local legends 'Wild Willy' Barrett and John Otway!

Passenger Transport transformed since the earliest days of the stagecoach, and this talk will focus on the history of the various routes that link different parts of Gosport, plus the vehicles, their operators and the people behind the wheel.