Heritage Open Days
South Derbyshire is a place of hidden histories just waiting to be discove
red.
- Home to Vikings and the resting place of Mercian Kings;
- A place of industry since the 12c, through the mining of coal and scouring of clay pits, its pots and pipes brought sanitation to the world, and blue and white striped pottery to the domestic household;
- Timber-framed manor houses and neglected stately homes tell their own tales of extreme wealth and striking poverty;
- The invention of flushing toilets, steam trains and racing cars have left their own inescapable legacies.
South Derbyshire and our Heritage Trails are open all year round, but for Heritage Open Days we have some very special places and collections for you to discover:
The Architecture of Barrow upon Trent
Saturday 13 September: Church open: 10.30am-4pm. Tours: 11am & 2pm
Sunday 14 September: Church open: 12 noon to 4pm
St Wilfrid’s Church, Church Lane, Barrow on Trent, Derbyshire, DE73 7HB
Saturday 13 September: 10am – 4pm
Church Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 7ER
Sunday 14th September 2025 at 10am
Swadlincote District (Church Gresley) Cemetery, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 9QQ
Saturday 20 September, usual opening hours
Ticknall, Derbyshire, DE73 7JF
Tel: 01332 863822
Saturday 20 September: 11am to 4pm and Sunday 21 September: 12 noon to 4pm
Marston Lane, Marston on Dove, Derbyshire DE65 5GB
Tel: 07977 067585
Saturday 20 September: Doors open at 1.30pm; tours from 2pm until 5pm
10 Main Street, Hartshorne, Swadlincote DE11 7ES
Tel: 01283 222797 – Pre booking essential
Magic Attic Heritage Walk – Daniel Hayes, Several Wood and Sharp’s Bottom
Wednesday 17th September 1.30 pm
Meet at Dethick Hall Car Park, Hartshorne, DE11 7BE
September 13th and 14th 11am to 4.30pm both days
Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG
Join us for a weekend of fun, music and all things Heritage!
Tel: 01283 222600
Heritage talk – ‘Derbyshire Born & Bred’ with Shirley Haughton
September 18th at 10.30am
Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG
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