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It has now been a week since we announced the closure of Axminster Heritage Centre. A lot has happened and we are now looking for ways to keep entertained during the enforced social distancing [...]

There was a party atmosphere in the centre of Axminster for the opening celebrations of the new Axminster Heritage Centre. Several hundred visitors enjoyed their first exploration of the extended [...]

Axminster will soon have a new, modern Heritage Centre attraction designed to appeal to residents and tourist visitors of all ages. After several years of planning and fund raising, the final [...]

The Making It Local team visited Axminster Heritage in October to see how our project was progressing. They toured the facilities and were impressed with what they saw. Axe Valley projects have [...]

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a National Lottery grant of £520,000 to Axminster Heritage Limited for the final phase of their restoration to Thomas Whitty House and the creation of [...]

Over 4200 leading retailers have signed up to the Give As You Live scheme. The shops include M&S, Waitrose, Amazon, John Lewis, Tesco, Expedia, Ebay, Boots, Trainline and thousands of others. [...]

Derelict for many years, the Dye House has been transformed over the Spring to provide additional space for the Centre to host displays, workshops and other events. Brick-built with a [...]

Axminster Heritage can begin the next exciting stage of restoration to their Centre thanks to a grant from Making it Local for LEADER funding. The work will restore the Dye House of Thomas [...]

Record visitor numbers, major building renovations and significant grant funding secured were just some of the achievements of Axminster Heritage Ltd. over the last year. Speaking at the AGM, [...]

A group of enthusiastic weavers and spinners meet in an informal atmosphere at the Heritage Centre on the last Friday of each month between 10am and 1pm.  Producing Peg Rugs or Spinning wool, [...]