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Heritage Open Days in Norwich

• Heritage Open Days
  • HODs facts
  • Brochure and booking form
  • Event registration
  • Spot the building competition answers

Heritage Open Days for 2009 is now sadly over. The dates for next year are Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th September 2010, so pop them in your diary!

A big thank you to the hundreds of fantastic volunteers who helped make the events such a success with their enthusiasm and dedication.

You can still download the full events brochure to see what events took place in 2009.

If you are interested in organising an event for 2010 click here for more information.

About Heritage Open Days 

Heritage Open Days (HODs) is England‘s largest and most popular voluntary cultural event, celebrating all of its fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to events and interesting properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission.

The HODs programme involves open buildings, guided tours, exhibitions, talks, family activities, window displays, music recitals and dance performances. Participating venues include museums and tourist attractions; private homes; churches and cathedrals; city centre shops, restaurants and pubs; and offices and workplaces.

Nationally HODs is co-ordinated by English Heritage and attracts one million visitors annually. In Norwich HEART has co-ordinated HODs since 2005, with the programme growing year on year.

As in previous years, Norwich was the 2008 number one city hot spot for HODs events, followed by Guildford, Gloucester, Bristol and Leeds. HEART remains the largest single organiser registered.

Supported by HM Treasury's Invest to Save Budget