If you like nosing around other people’s pads then you won’t want to miss the Heritage Open Days. For nine days in September, heaps of buildings in the city, many of which aren’t usually fully accessible to the public, swing open their doors and let you have a look around.
England’s largest festival of history and culture is back for 2022 and the programme is packed with good stuff, including walking tours, workshops, guided tours and a whole host of buildings open for a peek inside.
Highlights of the programme this year include tours of beautiful public school Brighton College, Thomas Kemp’s ‘Regency’ seaside estate (you’ll get to see the private enclosures and the secret tunnel down to the beach), the Sussex Masonic Centre with its pretty impressive staircase, the Downs Junior School air raid shelter, the chance to see inside (and climb to the top of) Rottingdean Windmill, and a look behind the scenes at Sussex County Cricket Club.
There’s also an immersive soundwalk around Regency Hove, and a talk on why the city’s most maligned building material – bungaroosh – isn’t so bad after all.
And as ever, everything is totally FREE, so go exploring.
Friday 9th – Sunday 18th September, 2022
Various locations and times
heritageopendays.org.uk
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