Hello Heritage 2025 - a month long festival celebrating our heritage and its all FREE!

We are delighted to be bringing you an exciting Hello Heritage programme this year that contains a number of guided walks, talks and open events. You could visit a 17th century house and garden, take your teddy to the mill at Swannington, or take a heritage bus ride.  2025 sees the centenary year of the Midlands Red Garage, celebrated on 7 September with free bus rides, static bus displays and food and drink stalls. You can find out all about our rich industrial heritage in Snibston Colliery Park at the same time by going on one of the guided tours. There really is something for everyone. Remember, it is all free and many venues will be serving tea, coffee and cake to round off a perfect day out.

Download this year's programme to find out about all the events planned across the district in September.

2025 Hello Heritage Festival Programme (PDF Document, 2.16 Mb)

What is Hello Heritage?

It’s a fun free month long festival for all the family to enjoy. This year the festival runs from 1 September to 28 September.

Hello Heritage is a celebration of the heritage and rich culture within and across North West Leicestershire. Heritage sites and groups have come together to provide a varied collection of opportunities for you to visit, see, and experience. A number of sites will be open and there will be tours and guided walks available as well as the popular board trails around many villages. You can still access our taster films to find out stories of some of our wonderful sites.

We have come a long way from our original pilot in 2017, in 2023 Hello Heritage received recognition at the Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Forum annual awards, winning the 'Surviving and Thriving' category. Hello Heritage continues to go from strength to strength.

We hope that you enjoy visiting your local area and experiencing the wonderful heritage we have all around us. Enjoy your days out and let us know what you discovered.

We are very grateful to of all the local organisations and volunteers who make this fabulous event possible. They are true custodians of our heritage.

Look out for the Hello Heritage logo on socials and when you are out and about!