A brand-new history festival is coming to Cirencester this October half term (26 October–3 November)!
The inaugural Cirencester History Festival has a packed and exciting programme of local, national and global history for all ages. Events will reflect on the past, challenge the present and explore the future via topics ranging from the Romans to revolutions, the Anglo-Saxons to archaeology and from the Tudors to today's global challenges.
Download the full programme of events
Organised in association with the established Gloucester History Festival and Corinium Museum, there will be flagship talks from some of the country's top historians, authors, thinkers & broadcasters alongside family events, including crafting, feasts, cookery classes, workshops & dressing up – all with a historical theme.
Season (26 Oct 2024 - 3 Nov 2024) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Sunday | 10:00 | - 20:00 |
Now Abbey House Gardens is famous worldwide Alan Titchmarsh was right to say, '' The WOW…
Whittington Court is a small Tudor manor house with Jacobean and later additions, set in…
Kelmscott Manor was the iconic country home of William Morris; poet, designer, craftsman,…
'As perfect and pretty a Cotswold manor house as anyone is likely to see' (Fodor's Great …
Sezincote is a unique and extraordinary Indian house set amidst the Cotswold Hills. The…
Kingston Bagpuize House is open to the public on selected days and for group visits, by…
Acton Court is believed to be the most ‘original’ Tudor house in Britain. In order to…
Mysterious trapdoors, buried Sarsen stones and ancient yew trees
Three generations of women gardeners have designed, planted and sustained this garden. …
Blenheim Palace is only 8 miles from Oxford, and boasts more than 300 years of history to…
Located in a Grade I listed building, the American Museum and Gardens features…
Prior's Hall, C. 1480, of former Benedictine Monastery. Library, Religious Vestments,…
Medieval Manor House later transformed into a Tudor Mansion, surrounded by a wide moat…
A small Palladian mansion designed by James Wyatt. Park and grounds by Humphrey Repton…
The Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site is internationally…