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After a very busy weekend of Heritage Trust activities, there has been a huge spike in ticket sales for this years ticketed events Heritage Open Days 2026 is now only a few weeks away, and our programme of talks, walks, tours and family activities are proving very popular indeed. It looks like all ticketed events will be FULL before the festival starts on September 11th. There will still be plenty to do and see if you can't secure tickets for limited number events. PLEASE BO

What connects an Anglo-Saxon queen, a Victorian police superintendent, a medieval gilded stone, a hidden cemetery chapel, a pair of shoes, a group of apprentice young stonemasons and the scaffolding currently surrounding Betsy Grimbal’s Tower? They are all part of the story we will be telling during Tavistock Heritage Open Days 2026, and you can discover much more in our special new Heritage Open Days Newsletter, out now. Running from 11–20 September, this year’s festival is

What can a pair of shoes tell us about life in West Devon more than two centuries ago? Quite a lot, as it turns out. One of the most intriguing talks in this year's Tavistock Heritage Open Days programme comes from Dr Sue Andrew of the Devonshire Association, who will take us away from kings, abbots and great estates and into the lives of the people who much more rarely appear in our history books. Her wonderfully evocatively titled talk, A Pair of Shoes for a Poor Child, tra