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Tuesday 9th February 2010
Brimsham Green/Chipping Sodbury Schools 6th Form Art Display
10.30am-4.30pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

This exhibition runs from 2nd-24th February, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.

Featuring some of the most innovative works from students in the Yate area.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...


Saturday 13th February 2010
Archaeology Finds Day
10.30am-4.30pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

Bring along your historic finds and queries for the experts from Bristol Musuem.

Please contact Yate Heritage Centre for more details on 01454 862200.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...


Wednesday 17th February 2010
Textile Workshops
10.30-12.30 and 2-4pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

Create your own decorated gifts and learn traditional skills. Booking essential. For children aged between 5 and 12.
For more information, please phone 01454 862200.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...


Friday 19th February 2010
Cartoon Drawing Workshops
10.30-12.30 and 2-4pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

Make your own cartoons and learn the tricks of the trade. Booking essential. For children aged between 5 and 12.
For more information, please phone 01454 862200.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...


Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Yate Lecture Series: History of the Normandy WWII Landscape
7.30pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

With David Woodsford. £2 entry fee - free for friends of YHC. Booking essential.
Please contact Yate Heritage Centre for more details on 01454 862200.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...


Wednesday 24th February 2010
The Rise and Fall of Newman Industries
24th February-17th April (Tuesdays-Thursdays and Saturdays only), 10.30-4.30pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

Discover the history of Newmans - a giant of local industry in the 20th Century. Everyone knew someone who worked there.
For more information, please phone 01454 862200.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...


Tuesday 16th March 2010
Spring Quiz
7.30pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

Fun, general knowledge quiz. £6 per team of 4-5. Booking essential.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...


Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Yate Lecture Series: Crime in Georgian Bath
7.30pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

With Dr Steve Poole. £2 admission - free for friends of YHC. Booking essential.
Please contact Yate Heritage Centre for more details on 01454 862200.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...

Yate and District Heritage Centre

The Heritage Centre celebrates Yate’s cultural, historical, social and industrial past.

It does so by staging thought-provoking and varied exhibitions and events, including a regular series of quizzes, historical lectures and other one-off sessions.

See the right hand side of this page for more details.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

Yate and District Art Society

All parts of the community are involved in generating historical information at the Yate Heritage Centre.

Click here to read the Spring 2009 newsletter [.doc, 400Kb].

What you'll discover inside

The Centre contains the two major local history collections and these are available to the public on open days and through appointment.

There are over 3,000 objects in the Centre’s collections acquired since the mid 1990s.

They include: historic 3D objects, maps, photographs and documents, as well as an educational handling collection.

The Centre also houses the Oral History Project Group's collection of photographs, tapes, documents and of course oral history, amounting to 4,000 items.

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Opening Hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday10.30am-4.30pm
Wednesday10.30am-4.30pm
Thursday10.30am-4.30pm
FridayClosed
Saturday10.30am-4.30pm
SundayClosed


How to find the Centre

The address is Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG

You'll find the Heritage Centre between the White Lion Pub and St Mary's Church.

Its location is the site of former stables dating back to the 1840s.

This prestigious building and key location make the Centre accessible to visitors.


Get in touch

Phone with your enquiry on 01454 862200

Email the centre:

Visit www.yateheritage.co.uk for much more information.

Get involved

Yate and District Heritage Centre welcomes volunteers.

If you would like to help with displays or events, or would like to join the Friends Scheme, please contact the Community Heritage Officer, David Hardill.

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Tasting Tudor Food

Hire the Centre

You can hire The Heritage Centre, which has two multi-purpose galleries and welcomes the disabled, through Yate Town Council.



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