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Fri 06 Sep 2024 - Sun 15 Sep 2024 at 12:00 am


๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’: 

We are excited to announce nine venues participating in this yearโ€™s Heritage Open Days.    

Sites available to explore include Warminster Maltings, Minister Church, St Johnโ€™s Church, Chapel of St Lawrence, The United Church, Warminster Masonic Hall, Warminster School, Malaby Biodigester, as well as The Athenaeum Centre.

Heritage Open Days will run from Friday 6th to Sunday 15th September and residents and visitors are invited to explore unseen parts of Warminster by signing up for the FREE tours and visits. Itโ€™s a great opportunity to learn more about our local heritage.

See below for further details on participating Warminster locations. For more details on Heritage Open Days visit heritageopendays.org.uk.

๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ—๐€๐
The tour will include the Chapel, Tower: Clock and Bell room. (Due to health and safety concerns, it will not include the tower roof).
โ€ข Timings & Tours: Saturday 7th September, 10am to 4pm. Sunday 8th September, 10am to 4pm. Pre-booking not required.

๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐, ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–๐๐ƒ
The Biodigester is an important โ€˜greenโ€™ addition to Warminsterโ€™s infrastructure that creates electricity out of food waste.
โ€ข Timings & Tours: Wednesday 11th September, 5pm
โ€ข To book contact Warminster Town Council on 01985 214847 or admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk

๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ญ๐, ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ— ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–๐๐
Visitors will receive an expert-led guided tour of Britain’s only surviving commercial ‘floor’ maltings, explaining how malt is made and why Warminster is the historical centre of the industry.
โ€ข Timings & Tours: Friday 11th October, 11am and 2pm.
โ€ข To book contact Warminster Town Council on 01985 214847 or admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–๐๐
A Guided Tour of The Minster Church of St Denys and Bell Tower.
โ€ข Timings & Tours: Saturday 7th September, 12pm and 1pm. Wednesday 11th September 11am and 12pm.
โ€ข To book email the church office churchofstdenys@btconnect.com or phone 01985 215460.

๐๐ซ๐ž-๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐’๐ญ. ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐, ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–๐‹๐
View and learn about the stunning Opus Sectile Mosaics in this Victorian church.
โ€ข Timings & Tours: Sunday 8th September, 2pm to 3pm.
โ€ข To book contact Warminster Town Council on 01985 214847 or admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk

FULLY BOOKED: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐š๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ—๐€๐„
A historic tour around the 350-year-old buildings, showing the various parts of the building in their current use as a showcase of today’s Athenaeum.
โ€ข Timings & Tours: Sunday 15th September, 2pm to 3pm
โ€ข To book contact Warminster Town Council on 01985 214847 or admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk 

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก – ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง-๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–๐๐€
Built as a Methodist Chapel in 1804, the 1774 records show that โ€œon account of the great wickedness of the place they could no longer preach the Gospel at Warminster.โ€ Discover how Warminster improved & how we handled the riotous mob!
โ€ข Timings & Tours: Sunday 8th September, 2pm to 5pm. Monday 9th September 2pm to 5pm. Tuesday 10th September, 2pm to 5pm. Pre-booking not required.

Warminster Masonic Hall, Market Place, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 9AZ

Visitors will receive an expert-led guided tour of the Masonic Hall, in which the history of the building and the ‘craft’ of Masonry are explained

  • Saturday 7th, 13:30 & 16:00
  • Booking required: Warminster Town Council – 01985 214847 or admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk

FULLY BOOKED: ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ–๐๐‰
Warminster School dates back to 1707, the tour is of some of their historical buildings and behind the scenes of their hidden treasures, ranging from a chapel, the Five Courts and the WW2 Italian Prisoner of War Pinocchio Paintings.

 

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