Hello Heritage 2024

Hello Heritage 2024 - a month long festival celebrating our heritage and its all FREE!

We are delighted to be bringing you an exciting Hello Heritage programme this year that contains a number of guided walks, talks and open events. You could visit a medieval garden, take your teddy to the mill at Swannington, visit our museums in Castle Donington, Kegworth, Swannington, Ashby de la Zouch, Measham, Moira Furnace and Appleby Magna.  2024 sees the centenary year of New Lount Colliery, celebrated on 14 Spetember with exhibitions, talks and characters bringing history to life!  You can find out all about our rich industrial heritage in Snibston Colliery Park. There really is something for everyone. Remember, it is all FREE and many venues will be serving tea, coffee and cake to round off a perfect day out. 

Take a look at this year's programme to find out about all the events planned across the district in September - Hello Heritage 2024 programme (PDF Document, 0.9 Mb)

What is Hello Heritage?

It’s a fun FREE month long festival for all the family to enjoy. This year the festival runs from 1 September to 29 September.

Hello Heritage is a celebration of the heritage and rich culture within and across North West Leicestershire. Heritage sites and groups have come together to provide a varied collection of opportunities for you to visit, see, and experience. A number of sites will be open and there will be tours and guided walks available as well as the popular board trails around many villages. You can still access our taster films to find out stories of some of our wonderful sites.  

We have come a long way from our original pilot in 2017, in 2023 Hello Heritage received recognition at the Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Forum annual awards, winning the 'Surving and Thriving' category. Hello Heritage continues to go from strength to strength.

We hope that you enjoy visiting your local area and experiencing the wonderful heritage we have all around us. Enjoy your days out and let us know what you discovered.

We are very grateful to of all the local organisations and volunteers who make this fabulous event possible. They are true custodians of our heritage.

You can whet your appetite and view 200 years of Coalville's history, by clicking on the Coalville heritage timeline.

We also have a selection of short films (Lights, camera, heritage) to view. These showcase just a few of our many heritage sites that have some very interesting stories to tell.

Look out for the Hello Heritage logo on socials and when you are out and about!