This is everything you need to know about Heritage Open Days taking place in the Grantham area
There is the chance for visitors to explore places of historical significance which are not often open to the public this weekend and next week.
The free family events are part of the Lincolnshire Heritage Week, and allow people to visit places of important historical, architectural and cultural significance.
Among those places open to the public in Grantham will be St Wulfram’s Church and its Trigge Library, the hidden cemetery on Manthorpe Road and Grantham House.
St Wulfram’s will be open on Saturday from 10am to 4pm, with a coffee shop and bookstall available.
The Grantham Freemasons’ Hall, in Chambers Street, will open to the public for just the third time in its 85-year history on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm.
St Lawrence Church, in Sedgebrook, will host a creativity-themed day on Saturday, which includes a visit from crime writer Helen Golden.
ChristChurch Crafts will be held at the Finkin Street church on Saturday from 10am to 4pm.
There will also be a craft exhibition at Whitegates Farmhouse, in Long Street, Foston, on Saturday, 10am to 4pm.
St John the Evangelist Church, in Station Road East, will be open on Saturday from 10am to 3pm and St Andrew’s Church, in Boothby Pagnell, is open on Sunday from 10am to 4pm.
Grantham’s Hidden Graveyard, accessed from Manthorpe Road, will be open on Sunday between 1pm and 3pm.
Sunday Afternoon at Grantham House and Gardens is 2pm to 4.30pm.
The Host of Angels Art Exhibition will be held at St Peter’s Church, in Lenton, on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm.
Londonthorpe Woods Art Exhibition is accessible throughout the week.
At Fulbeck Manor, a history of the Fane family will be on display on Tuesday September 12, at 10.30-noon and 2pm to 3.30pm.
There will be tours of Grantham Cemetery, in Harrowby Road, which goes through the graves of those who contributed to the town’s history, including a victim of the Grantham railway crash in 1906. These 90-minute sessions take place at 3.30pm on Friday, September 15, and at 9.45am and 11.15am on Saturday, September 16. They must be pre-booked by contacting John Manterfield on 01476 565782 or jbmanterfield1955@gmail.com
Guided walks of Bellmount Tower will leave from Londonthorpe Woods car park on Sunday, September 17, between 10am and 2pm.
Mr Manterfield, who is the chairman of Grantham Civic Society, said: “I would urge everyone to come to our Heritage Open Days in and around Grantham.
“These days are opportunities to visit places that are rarely open to the public.
“Each September, we are struck by people saying they did not know this particular site existed and had been in or around Grantham for so many years.
“The Manthorpe Road burial ground or the Trigge Liibrary at St Wulfram’s are such amazing places and there are stewards on hand to share their knowledge and enthusiasm.
“So come along to these free events and see for yourself.”
The interior of the old King’s School in Church Street, where Sir Isaac Newton studied, will not be open this year because of work on the school roof.