This one day conference is the first of its kind for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The aim of the event was to bring together everyone who undertakes heritage activity in these areas to share best practice, hear about new initiatives and network with other...
Since opening its doors to the public way back in 1989 the popular and much loved Foxton Canals Museum closed on 14 December 2014 – but not forever! The reason of the closure is that the Foxton Inclined Plane Trust, the body running the museum, was successful in...
The Leicester City, County & Rutland At Risk War Memorials Project has recently completed the recreation of an impressive war memorial board honouring the names of 216 men who died in World War One. The original board was located in the memorial chapel at St...
Accounts of the men whose names are remembered in the villages of North West Leicestershire. Snibston Discovery Museum hosted the launch on Monday 28 July of three of the five WW1 Memorial books recording the men whose names adorn the village War Memorials in the...
Whitwick Historical Group is celebrating a more secure future thanks to Whitwick Parish Council. The Old Station in North Street, Whitwick has been the home of Whitwick Historical Group since 1987. Ownership of this unique Victorian building in the village’s...