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Volunteering Opportunities with Axminster Heritage. Interested in local history, community  and developing new skills while making new friends? If you answered yes to any of these questions then [...]

  Saturday 14th August 2021, 1:00am – 4:00pm Learn how to cut and piece patchwork for beginners  Bradshaw Meeting Room at the Axminster Heritage Centre. Details to follow soon    

Axminster Heritage, Heritage Alive Presents ‘Iron Age Hill Forts of Devon and Dorset’ A Zoom talk by Maggie Davidson   What do we really know about the Iron Age Hillforts around [...]

Coach trip to Greenway and Coleton Fishacre Friday 6 August 2021 Situated on the picturesque River Dart, Greenway was the beloved holiday home of author Agatha Christie who once described it as [...]

Great News Axminster Heritage Centre will reopen on Tuesday 18th May 2021 at 10:00am Axminster is more than just Carpets. Even though Axminster is famous for its carpets there has been a much [...]

Below is a link to Axminster Town Map produced by TotallyLocally Axminster. axmap1 Axminster Heritage Centre (Not clearly signposted on the map) is the building with the Tourist information logo. [...]

To mark International Women’s Day today we would like to introduce you to a remarkable woman – Margaret Tomlinson. Margaret Tomlinson Née Tansley, was born on 20 September 1905 at [...]

East Devon Residents’ Experience of the First Wave of Covid-19, Spring and Summer 2020 (Written in mid-July 2020)   covid-19-in-east-devon28095   covid-19-first-wave-oct-202015235 [...]

Unfortunately, due to concerns about Coronavirus, we have decided to cancel the April Movies on Monday. Many apologies. Thank you  

Free entry with a wide range of local stallholders selling their homemade crafts. Refreshments and food available.