Heritage Open Day 2024
Enjoy a free fun family day out as part of Heritage Open Day, here at Gawthorpe Hall on Saturday 14 September.
- Booking not needed
- Free event
Join the team on 14 September for a family day out amongst nature. Take part in a nature trail, follow the secret winding paths and see what animals you can find. Try your hand at leaf printing in the yurt and discover interesting facts about the wildlife that calls here home.
There’s also picnic tables dotted around, and plenty of space for you to roll out a blanket and enjoy some lunch surrounded by the sights and sounds of the precious wildlife.
The Hall will also be free to visit on this day, so make sure you have a wander around the magnificent historic house.
Times
The basics
- Suitability
Family friendly event.
- Meeting point
Walled Garden. Follow the signs from outside the Hall.
- What to bring and wear
Comfy footwear and long sleeved trousers and tops as there may be thistles and nettles present.
Upcoming events
An Account of Life: Gawthorpe Hall in the 1600s
An exhibition bringing the household of Gawthorpe Hall in the 1600s to life, through the original account books of the Shuttleworth Family.
Women's Lives in seventeenth-century England
A fascinating talk about women’s lives in England during the 1600s, based around diaries written in the 1660s by Alice Thornton.
Cuthbert The Bad & The Lancashire Witches
Why was there a spectacular witchcraft trial in Lancashire in 1612? This question has never been properly answered, until now in this talk based on original research by Dr Colin Penny.