ENGLAND’s biggest festival of heritage and culture will take place across two weekends for the first time.
From September 6 to 9 and 13 to 16, there will be free Heritage Open Days events in towns, villages and countryside across the North-East, along with ‘Extraordinary Women’ talks, walks and exhibitions to mark the centenary of the Universal Suffrage Act.
Extraordinary Women events venues confirmed include Lady Waterford Hall in Northumberland on September 8, 9, 15 and 16, from 11am to 5pm, and Ferguson Hall in Northumberland on September 9 from 11am to 4pm.
Families can also enjoy a special tour of Binchester Roman Fort near Bishop Auckland on all festival days from 10.30am to 4.30pm, and can get up close to locomotives at Locomotion in Shildon each day from 10am to 5pm.
There will also be an opportunity to talk to marine experts and watch marine life at Newcastle University’s Dove Marine Laboratory in North Shields on September 16 from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.
A full list of venues will be published in July on heritageopendays.org.uk
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