Heritage Open Days, 9-12 Sept, England

Some of England’s top heritage properties and many eco homes will open their doors for a long weekend look-round

Explore more than 4,000 properties of every style, period and function, many of which are normally closed to the public, over four days - for free!

Heritage Open Days offers visitors the chance to look inside some of England's historic, cultural and architectural gems, properties that are either not open to the public or that usually charge an admission fee.

Visitors will be given the opportunity explore everything from medieval cottages and timber-framed Tudor buildings to Gothic temples, Georgian townhouses, Victorian factories, Second World War defences, Art Deco cinemas, Modernist masterpieces and 21st-century eco homes.

There is also an extensive events programme run by local organisers at museums, churches, historic parks and elsewhere, ranging from re-enactments of Roman life to battlefield walks.

For more information see www.heritageopendays.org.uk