It won't be long until the annual Heritage Open Days are here. It used to be just 1 weekend in September but now it seems it has spread to 2 weekends and some days in between. There are lots of historic buildings opening for free on the weekends of 8th/9th September and 15th/16th September and some properties are open throughout the intervening week or on the Thursday and Friday before those weekends. Almost all the properties participating are not usually open to the public or not usually open for free, so it is well worth checking what is going on in your area.
If you go to the website www.heritageopendays.org.uk and click on the VISIT button you can do a search to find out what is on in your area based on postcode and dates you are interested in. I was delighted to discover that Bletchley Park (in the picture above), the World War II code breaking centre is included in the days this year. Instead of paying nearly £20 each to get in I was able to order 3 free tickets for Sunday 9th September and we are really looking forward to going. MasterShoestring is very interested in code breaking and has just finished writing a code computer programme for fun, so it was a great find.
Do check what is on as free tickets for properties like Bletchley Park are likely to go quickly !
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