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We know it’s not Christmas just yet but we’re still very excited to be bringing you this Christmas inspired calligraphy workshop! Would you like to learn something creative and make [...]

  LOCKDOWN 2 – November 2020   Axminster Heritage Centre will unfortunately be closing to the public in accordance with the new lockdown measures from Monday 2 November 2020. We [...]

On this day in history in 1860 Axminster Railway Station opened, officially linking the town up to Exeter as part of the London and South Western Railway’s (LSWR) main line between London [...]

WHAT DO THESE TWO BUILDINGS IN AXMINSTER AND OTTERY ST. MARY HAVE IN COMMON?  Image: Axminster Heritage Centre Image courtesy of Sands of Time Consultancy ANSWER:  Bidwell Brothers.   In [...]

Axminster Heritage Centre has lost one of its longest-serving supporters with the death, on 25 May 2020, of Douglas Hull after a short illness. Douglas was extremely well-known locally for his [...]

  Quite apart from its health impacts, Covid-19 is dramatically re-shaping the social and economic components of our lives. Now is the time to record these changes, because when restrictions [...]

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 [...]

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT – CORONAVIRUS (COVID–19) Axminster Heritage Centre will unfortunately be closing to the public as a precautionary measure from FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2020.  We have not had any cases [...]

How well do you know Axminster? Do you know where this door is? Put your knowledge to the test and you could end up winning £30 by taking part in our new AXMINSTER DOORS COMPETITION! Entry forms [...]