10.30am: ‘The Holiday’ Exhibition (Tue-Thu and Sat)
Yate Heritage Centre
This exhibition runs 3 December to 31 January on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Learn about the rhythm of celebrations in ‘The Holiday’ exhibition and find out about how they shape the seasons and bring communities together.
From January’s Wassail to March’s Holi, Ramadan and Eid to Diwali and Christmas, each festival adds its own colour, light, and joy to our calendar and together, they create a continuous circle of renewal - a living expression of diversity and warmth.
Whatever you celebrate, holidays are a story of community and connection; and people from many places and generations have woven their traditions into our town’s shared life.
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Winter Glow
Yate Heritage Centre
Yate Heritage Centre invites you to ‘Winter Glow’ - a magical evening of community spirit for all to enjoy! With pop classics and performances from St Mary’s CE Primary School choir, sing-alongside the sparkling Christmas Dubs - back with their illuminated VW bugs and campers. In the season of generosity, pop some coins in their buckets and help them to raise funds for Bristol Children’s Hospital.
Please contact Yate Heritage Centre for more details on 01454 862200 or click below.
Yate Heritage Centre
Yate and District 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.
All parts of the community are involved in generating historical information at the Yate Heritage Centre. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 10am-4pm |
| Wednesday | 10am-4pm |
| Thursday | 10am-4pm |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 10am-1pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
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.
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 get in touch.
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.
