October 2024 Nottinghamshire Heritage Events

There will be some exciting heritage events this October, here is a list of some of our favourites:

1st October: Join the director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, Dr Lindy Crewe, for a fascinating talk ‘Beef and Beer: Working and Feasting on Bronze Age Cyprus’, about the ongoing excavations at Kissonerga-Skalia in western Cyprus. The site ‘a number of pyrotechnical installations and associated finds within a ‘monumental’ complex dating to around 1650 BC’. Located at the Djanogly Theatre, booking is required, and tickets are £3 per person. Book your place here.

3rd October: Opening this Thursday, Lakeside Arts is hosting the ‘Tales from the Caves: Exploring Nottingham’s Underground Stories’ exhibition until March 2025. The exhibition allows you to ‘delve beneath the surface and discover the many-layered history of Nottingham's famous caves and the people who have carved out a life within their walls for over a thousand years’. Booking is not required and entry is free. For more information about the exhibition, visit the event page here.

6th October: The Nottingham Industrial Museum will be hosting a Live Steaming Event this Sunday. During this event, you can watch their ‘extensive collection of working static and portable engines and enjoy the magnificent Basford Beam Engine in steam’. Booking is not required, tickets cost £6 per adult, children under 16 go free. Visit the event page for information here.

9th October: ‘Enjoy a deeper look at the food on the tables of the elite and ordinary people of Stuart England’ with Dr Mark Dawson with his ‘Evening Talk: Food In Seventeenth Century England’, at the National Civil War Centre in Newark. Booking is required and tickets cost £10 per person. Book your place here.

18th October: In another evening talk ‘Newark in the British Civil Wars’ at the National Civil War Centre, ‘meet local historian Stuart Jennings and discover what it was like to live through Newark’s sieges’. Booking is required and tickets cost £10 per person. Book your place here.

18th October: ‘A gin tasting experience with a difference will be on offer’ at D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum on October 18th. The Gin and Gaslight event ‘will give guests a taste of Victorian decadence, with a chance to learn about and sample several gins, whilst experiencing this award-winning museum at night. On arrival guests will be greeted by their Victorian hosts with an aperitif, before taking in the magic of the museum and its historic rooms and exhibitions by gas light.’ Booking is required and tickets cost £17.50. Book your place here.

26th October: Southwell’s annual Bramley Apple Festival of Food and Drink returns this October at Southwell Minster. ‘Dozens of stallholders offering all manner of food and drink including pies, chocolates, jams, chutneys, pickles, sausages and much much more’. Booking is not required, suggested entry fee of £3 (donation). For more information, visit the event page here.

26th October: Also celebrating Southwell’s Bramley Apple Day, the Workhouse and Infirmary will be hosting festival activities ‘with the longest apple peel competition. There will be multiple apple themed prizes throughout the day. Apple printing will also be available’. Booking is not required and the activities are free, however the fee for access to the property is still in place. For more event information, visit their event page here.

Above: Bramley apples. (By Red58bill - Own work, CC BY 3.0)