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Throughout Covid-19 Axminster Heritage Centre’s priority has been to safeguard its volunteers and visitors. On Monday July 19th the government is set to remove all current restrictions but are [...]

Tomorrow on July 17th Axminster will commemorate the centenary of its war memorial. The memorial which was unveiled in 1921 originally bore the names of 66 men who had lost their lives in the [...]

    The country is now on the path set by the Government of gradual relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. The first happened on April 12th when things like non-essential shops opened and [...]

As the 14th Century proverb by Chaucer states, ‘All good things must come to an end’ and so it was that last week saw the end of our online ‘Axminster Heritage Blue Plaque [...]

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 [...]

As today marks the start of Women’s History Month there was no way we were going to let it pass without celebrating the life of Axminster-born woman Nancy Dawson. Nancy Dawson is believed to have [...]

Interested in ‘Gardening for Wildlife?’ Sign up for our online talk on making your garden more habitable for wildlife on Thursday 25th February at 6:30pm. Cost £3.50 with Axminster [...]

Ever wanted to try your hand at watercolour painting? If the answer is yes, why not join us on Zoom on Saturday 23rd January for our beginners workshop on ‘Painting Robins and [...]

Do you remember at the beginning of December last year we shared a post on Heritage Centre volunteer David Garrod who was taking part in ‘Decembeard’ to raise money for the charity Bowel Cancer [...]

  It’s been a rough year for us like so many other museums and heritage attractions but we got through it thanks to you – our amazing supporters! Wishing everyone out there a [...]