Guildford Castle is a missed opportunity Article 1: Guildford Castle Series I feel Guildford could do much more with the castle and use it to promote the town. Over the next few weeks in a series of articles you can discover why I believe this. Guildford Castle may not be on the scale of Windsor…
Category: Heritage Open Days
Heritage Open Days 2023 Festival Review
Festival Review 2023 Posted on 2nd November 2023 by Heritage Open Days This year’s festival began in unexpected Summer heat and ended in Autumn rain, but the odd weather didn’t wilt or dampen festival spirits. Our largest community of local organisers ever set up 5,282 events; ranging from big open days at sites like the BFI National…
Get involved with Guildford’s Heritage Open Days – 12th-21st Sept 2025
Why not get involved in next year’s Heritage Open Days 12-21 Sept 2025 (across borough) and 20th Sept (Guildford Town Centre) Planning is underway for Guildford’s 2025 Heritage Open Days part of the nation Heritage Open Days event, Britain’s largest history festival providing opportunities to visit rarely seen buildings and discover the history of where…
Guildford Heritage Service
Guildford Museum opened in 1898 (see history of Museum to 2015) For a detailed history read Notes on the History of Guildford Museum. Further information is available in the Friends of Guildford Museum Newlestters. For links to local heritage groups included the Guildford Guides and Friends visit the GHF Members page. For information on the collection read the collections management…
Can Britain avoid a battle over its history?
The Black Lives Matter campaigns of 2020 following the appalling murder of George Floyd highlighted serious issues with the traditional view of Britain’s past. The idea that Britain spread democracy around the world and benevolently transformed the Empire into the Commonwealth came under fire. Suddenly history was in the spotlight and in the middle of…
Guildhall
Guildford High Street is truly unique with some very distinctive buildings. There is a red brick church, a gate house looking like it comes from Hampton Court, a Greek arch but pride of place must be the Guildhall with its famous clock The clock is beautiful and you can see the date 1683. The story…
Conservation Areas and Listed Building
Guidford Borough Council has a lot of information on listed buildings and the Conservation Areas set up. Here are some useful linked Reports on conservations areas – there are excellent reports on each area which provide some fascinating local history see also Maps of Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings
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