Listings

Brighton & Hove Open Door 2012

September 6, 7, 8 and 9

Please note, some events must be pre-booked 24-48 hours prior to their being staged, while others require no pre-booking at all, as is indicated below.

Bookings, where they are required, can be made here, online, as of 2000hrs on 17 August, just click on the red links below, or by telephoning: 01273 206306.

General Category (17 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (9 listings)

Red Tape and the Rise and Fall of the Joke Shop! Thursday 6 and Friday 7 September at 1930 ENDED

Sussex Masonic Centre  Sunday, 9 September at 0900 and 1100

The Dome Tour Saturday 8 September 1130, 1300 and 1430 SOLD OUT

The Extraordinary 'First Base' Thursday 6 September 1830 and Saturday 8 September, 1400

The Old Market  Sunday, 9 September, 1100 SOLD OUT, BUT SEE: http://www.theoldmarket.com/heritage-open-days-2012

Theatre Royal Brighton Tour Friday, 7 September, 1030 and Saturday, 8 September, 1130 SOLD OUT

BBC Studio Tours Thursday, 6 September, 1400 and Friday, 7 September, 1300 and 1400 SOLD OUT

Brighton Old Police Cells Thursday, 6 September, 1200, 1400, 1600, Friday, 7 September, 1200, 1400, 1600 and Saturday, 8 September, 1200 and 1400 SOLD OUT

Brighton Town Hall and Environs Saturday, 8 September, 1100 and 1300 SOLD OUT

NO BOOKING NEEDED (8 listings)

Saddlescombe Farm Tour Sunday 9th September 1030-1530

Bardsley's of Baker Street, Max Miller Room Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th September, 12:30-15:00 & 17:00-20:30

The Pepperpot Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September, 1100-1600

New Historic Views of Brighton Thursday 6 September, 1800-1900

Rituals: Fabrica Thursday 6 September, Events 1300-1600; Film 1800-2000

Blind Veterans UK Artwave Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September, 1100-1700

Blind Veterans UK Vintage Carnival Saturday 8 September, 1100-1730

Ashcombe Toll House Saturday 8 September: 1000-1700 and Sunday 9 September: 1000-1630

Black History Exhibitions (5 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (1 listing)

Brighton & Hove Black History Walk Saturday, 8 September, 1100 SOLD OUT

NO BOOKING NEEDED (4 listings)

Sake Dean Mahomed mini-exhibition Thursday 6 September, 1000-1600

Miss Sarah Forbes Bonetta mini-exhibition Thursday 6 September, 1000-1600

Time and Place mini-exhibition Thursday 6 September, 1000-1600

George Polgreen Bridgetower mini-exhibition Thursday 6 September, 1000-1600

Swimming and Sea Heritage (6 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (5 lisitings)

Floating Memories - Aquatic Audio Heritage Experience Sunday 9 September, 1200, 1220, 1240, 1300, 1320, 1340

Healthy or Hazardous: The scientific method in the madness of sea swimming Thursday 6 September, 1900 ENDED

Photographing Brighton Swimming Club 2004 - 2012 Thursday 6 September, 1800 ENDED

Pleasure on the Edge: Brighton’s architecture for seaside bathing and swimming Friday 7 September, 1800 ENDED

Swimming in Top Hats Friday 7 September, 1900 ENDED

NO BOOKING NEEDED (1 listing)

Floating Memories Exhibition Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 September, 1000-1700

Learning, Education and Training (3 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (2 listings)

Roedean Then and Now - Roedean School Tour Thursday 6, Friday, 7 and Saturday 8 September, at 1030 SOLD OUT

Brighton College Tour Thursday 6 September, 1130 SOLD OUT

NO BOOKING NEEDED (1 listing)

Falmer Village Hall  Friday, 7, Saturday 8 September and Sunday 9 September, 1100-1700

My House My Street (17 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (9 listings)

MyHouseMyStreet - Charles Street Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1100

MyHouseMyStreet - Gardner Street Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1230 and 1330

MyHouseMyStreet - North Place Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1400

MyHouseMyStreet - Over Street Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1230

MyHouseMyStreet - Pelham Square Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1430

MyHouseMyStreet - Queen's Gardens Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1130

MyHouseMyStreet - Robert Street Guided Walk Sunday, 9 September, 1100 and 1430

MyHouseMyStreet - Sydney Street Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1030

MyHouseMyStreet - Tidy Street Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1500

NO BOOKING NEEDED (8 listings)

MyHouseMyStreet - Gardner Street Exhibition Sunday 9th September, 1000-1600

MyHouseMyStreet - Gloucester Street Exhibition Sunday 9th September, 1000-1600

MyHouseMyStreet - North Place Exhibition Sunday 9th September, 1000-1600

MyHouseMyStreet - Trafalgar Street Exhibition Sunday 9th September, 1000-1600

MyHouseMyStreet - U and L Market Street Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1330-1400

MyHouseMyStreet - Waterloo Street Guided Walk Sunday 9 September, 1300-1330

MyHouseMyStreet-  Kemp Street Exhibition Sunday 9th September, 1000-1600

MyHouseMyStreet - George Street, Brighton Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 September, 0900-1700

Industrial & Craft Heritage (6 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (3 listings)

England's Ornamental Plastering Saturday 8 September, 1000 SOLD OUT

Plaster Ornament in Period Houses Thursday 6 September, 1400 ENDED

The Fascinating Mr Ranger and Early British Concrete Heritage Thursday 6 September, 1500 ENDED

NO BOOKING NEEDED (3 listings)

West Blatchington Windmill Sunday 9 September, 1100-1700

Jill Windmill Sunday 9 September, 1100-1700

Rottingdean Windmill Event Saturday 8 September, Sunday 9 September, 1200-1630

Fashionable Houses (8 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (6 listings)

Embassy Court, Icon of 20th Century Modernism Saturday 8 September and Sunday 9 September, at 1100 SOLD OUT

Marlborough House Tour Friday 7 September, 0900 ENDED

Montpellier Hall Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 September, times numerous

The Regency Town House Tour Thursday 6 September, 1000 ENDED

Warleigh Road and Environs Sunday 9 September, 1000

Clayton Tunnel North Portal Sunday 9 September, 1400 and 1600 SOLD OUT

NO BOOKING NEEDED (2 listings)

 33 Palmeira Mansions (The English Language Centre) Saturday 8th September, 1100-1600

Building the Denman Legacy Thursday 6th September, 1000-1600

Religious Spaces (17 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (5 listings)

All Saints' Church Guided Tour Saturday, 8 September, 1000

First Church of Christ, Scientist Friday, 7 September, 1245 and Sunday, 9 September, 1445

St Michael's and All Angels' Church Guided Tour Sunday, 9 September, 1500

The Chattri Memorial Thursday, 6 September, 1300 and 1730, Friday, 7 September, 1300 and 1730 ENDED

Bodhisattva Buddhist Centre Guided Tour Friday, 7 September, 1430 and 1600, Saturday, 8 September, 1430 and 1600

NO BOOKING NEEDED (12 listings)

All Saints' Church Thursday 6 September to Saturday 8 September, 0900-1200 and Sunday 9 September 0900-0945 & 1115-1200

Brighton Quakers Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September, 1200-1700

Brighton Unitarian Church Saturday 8 September, 1000-1600 and Sunday 9 September, 1300-1600

Middle Street Synagogue Sunday 9th September, 1400-1630

St Andrew's Chapel, Hove Sunday 9 September, 1400-1600

St Bartholomew's Church Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 September, 1000-1300 & 1400-1630

St Michael's and All Angels' Church Saturday 8 September, 1000-1600 and Sunday 9 September, 1400-1600

St Nicholas' Church, Brighton Friday 7 September, 1300-1500, Saturday 8 September, 1400-1600 and Sunday 9 September, 1300-1500

St Paul's Church Thursday 6 and Friday 7 September, 1030-1500 and Saturday 8 September, 0900-1800

St Paul's Church Guided Tour Sunday, 9 September, 1500

St Peter, Preston Park Saturday 8 September, Sunday 9 September, Guided Tours at 1400, 1500 & 1600

Bodhisattva Buddhist Centre Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 September, 1400-1700

Royal Pavilion, Museums, History Centre & Libraries (7 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (3 listings)

Brighton History Centre Tour Wednesday 12 September, 1200

The Special Collections at the University of Sussex Friday 7th September, 1100 ENDED

Rare Books and Special Collections at the Jubilee Library Thursday 6 September, 1730, Saturday 8 September, 1130, Sunday 9 September, 1500

NO BOOKING NEEDED (4 listings)

Heritage Open Days: Edwardian Gardens from Upstairs to Downstairs Saturday 8th September, 1100-1230 & 1400-1530

Portslade’s Norman Manor House Sunday 9th September, 1300-1400, 1415-1515 & 1530- 1630

The Preston Pump House and other outdoor curiosities Friday 7th September, 1100-1230 & 1400-1530

Royal Palace, Garden and Stables Saturday 8th September, 1030-1130

Trails/Walks – History, Nature and Archaeology (10 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (8 listings)

Beanfields to Bohemia Walk Sunday 9 September, 1400

The Whitehawk Enclosure (Archaeology) Thursday 6 September, 1800 ENDED

Discover Stanmer Village Sunday 9 September, 1415

On the Borderlands, a walk with Geoff Mead Sunday 9 September, 1100

Undercliff Walk Thursday 6 September, 1900 ENDED

Paths of Glory Guided Walk Friday 7 September, 1730 ENDED

The Development of North Laine as Brighton's Industrial and Commercial Suburb Sunday 9 September, 1100 and 1400

Rocky Clump Excavations (Archaeology) Saturday 8 September, 1400

NO BOOKING NEEDED (2 listings)

St Ann's Well Gardens Historical Walk by Park Ranger Saturday 15 September, 1400

Beacon Hill Heritage Walk Sunday 9th September, 1400

Trails/Walks - Art, Literature and Architecture (8 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (8 listings)

A Proposed St Bartholomew's Conservation Area Guided Walk Friday 7 September, 1830 ENDED

The Aubrey Beardsley Tour Sunday 9 September, 1100

Nice Girls Didn’t go to the Academy! Cinema Themed Guided Tour Friday 7 September, 1800 ENDED

The History of Regency Square and its Environs Saturday 8 September, 1440

The Brunswick Town Walk Thursday 6 September, 1145 ENDED

Commemorative Plaque Trail 1 - Sealife Centre to the Marina Friday 7 September, 1000 ENDED

Commemorative Plaque Trail 2 - The Floral Clock Circular Friday 7th September, 1245 ENDED

Commemorative Plaque Trail 3 - The Old Town of Brighton Friday 7th September, 1115 ENDED

Film, Photographic and Audio Visual (3 listings)

PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED (3 listings)

Window on History: Brunswick Square and Terrace Thursday 6 September, 1445 ENDED

The Undercliff Exhibition Thursday 6 September and Saturday 8 September, at 1900

Duke of York's Cinema Friday 7 September, 1000, 1045 and 1130 ENDED

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