Heritage Open Day
Come and enjoy Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse as part of Heritage Open Days, the country's largest community heritage festival. For Heritage Open Day 2024, visitors can see temporary exhibition 'Making the Rounds: Stories of Workhouse Nurses told in Textiles' as well as a pop up trail as part of writer Daisy Henwood's project, FOUND. The Conservation Lab will be open at select times to show conservation in action, and Union Farm will offer tractor trailer rides, rare breed animals and historic farming demonstrations, as well as a walk along the Wendling Beck, a rare UK chalk-fed waterway. Visitors can see the 1899 Panhard and 1922 Farmers Foundry engine in steam, explore Village Row, Cherry Tree Cottage and the museum galleries, wander in the woodlands or the beautiful gardens, and pop into the Mardler's Rest café or playground cabin (cash only), giftshop and Friends of Gressenhall's secondhand bookshop. The entire site is free to access (assistance dogs only) - no booking necessar
Price
Free admission, advanced booking is not required
Description
Come and enjoy Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse as part of Heritage Open Days, the country's largest community heritage festival.
For Heritage Open Day 2024, visitors can see temporary exhibition 'Making the Rounds: Stories of Workhouse Nurses told in Textiles' as well as a pop up trail as part of writer Daisy Henwood's project, FOUND. The Conservation Lab will be open at select times to show conservation in action, and Union Farm will offer tractor trailer rides, rare breed animals and historic farming demonstrations, as well as a walk along the Wendling Beck, a rare UK chalk-fed waterway. Visitors can see the 1899 Panhard and 1922 Farmers Foundry engine in steam, explore Village Row, Cherry Tree Cottage and the museum galleries, wander in the woodlands or the beautiful gardens, and pop into the Mardler's Rest café or playground cabin (cash only), giftshop and Friends of Gressenhall's secondhand bookshop.
The entire site is free to access (assistance dogs only) - no booking necessary.
Dates
Sunday, 8 September 2024 • 10:00 - 17:00
Other Information
Please note: the site will close to new visitors if event parking reaches capacity.
Plan Your Visit
Find out more about visiting the museum - including how to get here, opening times and accessibility
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
Dereham
NR20 4DR
Other times on Sunday 8 September
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