Experience your community like never before ✨ Heritage Open Days is here (11-20 Sept) — free events, tours & talks across Chester. Spaces are filling fast, so grab your spot! heritagechester.co.uk/heritage-ope... #HeritageOpenDays #Chester

Heritage Chester | Heritage Open Days

From 11 - 20 September we hosted Heritage Open Days, England's largest festival of history and culture! A chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore.

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You asked, we have delivered! 💪 Two much-requested hidden gems are reopening for Heritage Open Days: 🏭 The Shot Tower — Sat 12 Sept, 11am-3pm 🌊 The Water Tower — Sun 20 Sept, 11am-3pm Both free, drop-in, no booking needed. 👉️ heritagechester.co.uk/heritage-open-days #HeritageOpenDays #Chester

Bookings are now open for Heritage Open Days 11–20 Sept! 🗝️ This year: Everyday History Heroes. Plus the return of two favourites - the Shot Tower & Water Tower. Book your free spot now 👇 heritagechester.co.uk/heritage-open-days #HeritageOpenDays #EverydayHistoryHeroes #Chester #FreeEvents

🔭🏰 Two towers open in Chester this week! Bonewaldesthorne's Tower & Camera Obscura: 📅 TODAY 2–4pm, Thu 27th 11am–1pm, Sat 29th 2:15–4:15pm, Sun 30th 11am–1pm King Charles Tower: 📅 Sat 29th 1:45–3:45pm, Sun 30th 11am–1pm Free, drop-in, City Walls 🏰 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups

Heritage Open Days returns to Chester 11–20 Sept! This year: Everyday History Heroes 🏛️ Free events, tours & talks across the city, plus the much-requested return of the Shot Tower & Water Tower. Booking opens tomorrow, 12 noon. heritagechester.co.uk/heritage-open-days #HeritageOpenDays

🌿 A full week of FREE heritage fun in Chester! ☀️ 📖 Storytelling with Jason Buck: Tue 25th, 11:30am–4pm (3 sessions) 🔭 Bonewaldesthorne's Tower: Tue 25th, Thu 27th, Sat 29th, Sun 30th 🕵️ Spycraft Experience: Thu 27th, 11am–3pm 🏰 King Charles Tower: Sat 29th & Sun 30th Find out more 👉 buff.ly/IaserM1

💙 Just 9 weeks left! If you're a Co-op member, please choose Heritage Chester as your cause it helps fund our free heritage events across Chester. Not a member yet? Join and pick us as your cause from the start! 🛒 👉 membership.coop.co.uk/causes/99152 #HeritageChester #CoopCommunityFund

🏰 Still time for a family tour of Chester! Kids go FREE with a paying adult 🎟️ ⏳ Time Travel Tour — Fri 21st Aug, 4:30pm 🌙 Dark Chester Tour — Fri 28th Aug, 2pm ⏳ Time Travel Tour — Fri 28th Aug, 4:30pm Booking essential 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups #FreeFamilyFun #FamilyDayOut

☀️ Low-cost family day out in Chester tomorrow! 🔭 Bonewaldesthorne's Tower: 11am–1pm, City Walls 🩹 Medieval Surgery Experience: 2–4pm, New Chester Market 🧱 LEGO Hide and Seek trail: pick up a sheet at any of our activities or Picturehouse! All FREE, all drop-in 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups

📖 A day of storytelling with Jason Buck - Tue 25th Aug! 🧌 Terrible Trolls 11:30am, Storyhouse 🧚 Fairytales (Juicy Bits Left In) 12:30pm, Storyhouse 📖 Folk Tales for Grown Ups 3pm, Chester Cathedral All FREE, booking essential 🎟️ 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups

🩸 We caught up with Godfrey Garland - his lovely leeches are thirsty and ready for surgery tomorrow! Are you brave enough to give him your arm? Will it hurt? No, you won't feel a thing... he promises! Medieval Medicine, FREE family event 📅 Thu 20th, 2–4pm 📍 New Chester Market 👉 buff.ly/IaserM1

🛡️🏺 Double the fun at Chester Picturehouse this Tuesday! Craft Your Own Viking Brooch with Clare Owens + Summer Themed Object Handling & Dress Up with the Grosvenor Museum - both FREE, drop-in, side by side! 📅 Tue 18th Aug 1–4pm 📍 Chester Picturehouse cafe ☕ 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups

What a week!💜 Little hands crafting greetings cards, codebreakers cracking spy secrets, & families getting hands-on withthe museum. Thank you all for joining in! But there's more to come, Viking brooches, medieval surgery, storytelling, spycraft & tours 👉 www.heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups

🏰 Bonewaldesthorne's Tower opens Sunday! Climb to the darkened chamber and see the camera obscura in action - a live image of Chester projected onto a table below! Heritage Chester volunteers on hand throughout. 📅 Sun 16th, 2–4pm, FREE & drop-in 📍Chester, City Walls 👉 buff.ly/2kZs2l9

🌿 FREE Chester activities this week! 🎨 TODAY, 1–4pm: Greetings Cards Workshop with Clare Owens, Chester Picturehouse 🕵️ 🏺TOMORROW, 11am–3pm: Spycraft Experience and 1–3pm: Object Handling & Dress Up in Chester Roman Gardens All drop-in, FREE! 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups #FreeFamilyFun

🎨 FREE Greetings Cards Workshop with artist Clare Owens! Design your own card inspired by Chester's black & white buildings ✂️ 📅 Wed 12th Aug, 1–4pm 📍 Chester Picturehouse (cafe) Drop-in, FREE! Plus Spycraft & Museum Dress Up on later this week! 🕵️ 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups

We're getting ready for another packed week of FREE heritage fun in Chester! ☀️ We've got FREE crafts, sypcraft experiences, a Museum handling session and tower openings! Do not miss out! 👉 Full details & tour bookings: heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups #SummerPopUps #FreeFamilyFun

🗡️ Our Roman Surgeon had an amazing time at Chester Market yesterday! But no rest for the wicked — the Medieval Surgeon is already sharpening his instruments for his patients... err, victims! 😈 🩹 Medieval Surgery - Thu 20 Aug, 2–4pm. Drop-in, FREE! Plus loads more free summer fun 👉 buff.ly/J8oh4vI

"Aha! A new batch of gladiator sweat just obtained... but why?" 🏺 Our Roman Surgeon wants YOU to find out! Join him TODAY for the Roman Surgery Experience - strange tools, stranger remedies. 🕑 2–4pm 📍 New Chester Market Drop-in, FREE! 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups #FreeFamilyFun

Summer Pop ups the week ahead! ☀️ Drop-in & FREE: 🩺 6th, 2–4pm: Roman Surgery 🔭 10th & 11th: Bonewaldesthorne's Tower 🎨 12th: Greetings Cards Workshop 🕵️ 13th: Spycraft & Object Handling Paid, booking req, kids go FREE: 🏰⏳14th: Dark Chester Tour & Time Travel Tour 👉 buff.ly/J8oh4vI

🏰 Time Travel Tour of Chester - Fri 7th Aug, 4:30–5:30pm Two thousand years of history, told by a Tudor! Join Robert Mason on this interactive walk through Chester's past. Kids go FREE with a paying adult 🎟️ 📍 Meet at Chester Town Hall Square 👉 buff.ly/EIYGziG #ChesterSummer

🌈 FREE craft TODAY! Stained Glass Craft Workshop with Clare Owens — 1–4pm, Chester Picturehouse. Drop-in, no booking! ✂️ 👉 buff.ly/TJLLnTp More free family fun all summer 🏰 buff.ly/J8oh4vI #ChesterSummer

FREE Family Fun in Chester this week! ☀️ 🪟 Mon 3rd, 1–4pm: Stained Glass Craft Workshop, Chester Picturehouse. Drop-in! 🩺 Thu 6th, 2–4pm: Roman Surgery Experience, New Chester Market. Drop-in! ⏳ Fri 7th: Time Travel Tour — kids go free! 👉 heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups #SummerInChester

🌈 FREE craft tomorrow! Join artist Clare Owens for a Stained Glass Craft Workshop 📆 Mon 3rd Aug, 1–4pm, Chester Picturehouse. Drop in, no booking! ✂️ More free summer fun 🏰 👉️ buff.ly/Nd1ngKX #HeritageChester

Two tours, one Friday, and KIDS GO FREE both times! 🗺️ Chester's been keeping secrets for two thousand years - this Friday, you can uncover them on foot. 🌑 2:00pm Dark Chester: The Family Tour 🎟️ buff.ly/VxnZzmy ⏳ 4:30pm — Time Travel Tour of Chester 🎟️ buff.ly/Zub88sf #Chester #SummerInChester

Two tours, one Friday, and KIDS GO FREE both times! 🗺️ Chester's been keeping secrets for two thousand years - you can uncover them on foot. 🌑 2:00pm Dark Chester: The Family Tour 🎟️ buff.ly/VxnZzmy ⏳ 4:30pm Time Travel Tour of Chester 🎟️ buff.ly/Zub88sf #Chester #SummerInChester #FreeForKids

Two tours, one Friday, and KIDS GO FREE both times! 🗺️ Chester's been keeping secrets for two thousand years - you can uncover them on foot. 🌑 2:00pm Dark Chester: The Family Tour 🎟️ buff.ly/VxnZzmy ⏳ 4:30pm Time Travel Tour of Chester 🎟️ buff.ly/Zub88sf #Chester #SummerInChester #FreeForKids

☀️ Summer Pop-Ups: 2 tours this Friday, KIDS GO FREE on both! 👻 2pm Dark Chester: The Family Tour w/ David Atkinson 🔗 buff.ly/VxnZzmy ⏳ 4:30pm Time Travel Tour w/ Tudor Robert Mason 🔗 buff.ly/Zub88sf #Chester #SummerInChester

☀️ Summer Pop-Ups are here! A season of FREE heritage fun for the whole family across the school holidays. Spycraft missions, Roman Surgery, storytelling & more! Every event is free for kids. Even our paid guided tours are free for kids! 🔗 www.heritagechester.co.uk/summerpopups

🏰 Tower Opening Day in Chester! Two of Chester's historic towers are open today. Free, drop-in, all welcome! 🏰 King Charles Tower — open today, 11am–1pm 🔭 Bonewaldesthorne's Tower and catch the camera obscura in action. — open today, 11:30am–1:30pm #ChesterWalls #ThingsToDoInChester #FreeToday