The Cause, 42 The Causeway
Open: 10.00-3.30
No booking required
Visit this unique music & arts venue dating from the 1700s. Enjoy impromptu music throughout the day. From 12.00-12.30 join a fun singalong at the Singing Café, or hear more about how a community choir works from 2.00-3.00 with ‘An introduction to Singing in a Choir’.
Kings Head House, 35 Market Place
Tours: 2.00 & 4.00
Pre-booking is advisable
Take a guided tour of the former King’s Head House now home to Bargammon's Tavern & Platinum House. See how Bargammon's Tavern has taken the first floor of the building back to its original roots & visit Rae Melody's art studio in Platinum House.
The Arc, Westmead Lane
Tours: Every 20 minutes 11.00-2.00
No booking required
Explore Chippenham’s most striking new building, one of the UK’s 1st purpose-built climbing centres. The Arc combines modern materials with lots of wood, natural light and connected spaces in which the community can climb, skate and meet.
Hidden on the High Street
Town Hall & Neeld Hall
Tours: 10.00 & 12.00
Pre-booking is required
Explore areas of the Neeld and Town Hall which are usually off-limits in these tours. Learn about the buildings fascinating history, discover behind-the-scenes areas & look around the recent foyer and bar refurbishment.
2&3 Victoria Place
Tours: 10.00, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.45, 1.15 & 1.45
Pre-booking is advisable
An opportunity to see inside this modernist house and annex. Built in 2006/7 its sculptural form provides unique living spaces and unusual views. The development has recently benefitted from a novel reconfiguration of the ground floor.
Chippenham Museum
Store Tours: 10.30 & 11.30
Guided Walk: 1.00
Pre-booking is advisable
Explore behind the scenes at Chippenham Museum with a guided tour of our stores. Explore Chippenham’s history from King Alfred to the present day, with this tour of Chippenham’s Heritage Quarter.
Chippenham & District Artists Exhibition
Yelde Hall, Market Place
Open: 10.30-3.30
No booking required
Visit Chippenham’s beautiful medieval Yelde Hall, featuring a display of artworks by this local art group & explore the historic council chamber.
The Forbidden Carnival Gallery
64a Market Place
Open: 10.00-3.00
No booking required
Visit Si Griffiths’ new art gallery and view the exhibition ‘Frolicking in the Circles of Madness’ showcasing works of two Dark, Lowbrow artists Si Griffiths & Montague Tott.
2&3 Victoria Place
The Town Hall & Neeld
Chippenham Museum
Heritage Open Day Central
The Arc
The Cause Music & Arts
35 Market Place
King ’ s Head House,
The Yelde Hall Chippenham & District Artists
Forbidden Carnival Gallery
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Charter and its legacy for the people of the
Chippenham, her granting of a Royal
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No booking required
PopUp Pedestal
Performances: 11.00, 12.00, 1.30 & 2.30
Buttercross Market Place
Queen Mary I
Queen Mary I PopUp Pedestal