HARROGATE
Civic Society
Heritage Open Days (HODS)
HODS 2026
September 2026
Heritage Open Days (HODs) is England’s largest festival of history and culture. Running for 10 days every September, it offers free access to heritage events and activities across England.
All of the HODs events and places for the Harrogate district will be shown below.
For information on each event / venue, including dates and times, please visit the National HODs website and search for Harrogate.
IMPORTANT: Please check the National HODs website for any last-minute changes before attending any event.
A downloadable summary sheet of the events / places in the Harrogate Area is available here:
The Harrogate HODS 2025 Locations & Events
Click on the photographs below to link to the National HODs website entry for that event.
CWGC Stonefall Cemetery War Graves Tours
Harrogate Theatre
Nidderdale Museum, Pateley Bridge
Pateley Bridge Playhouse
St Joseph's Catholic Church Bilton
St Wilfrid's Parish Hall Harrogate
Claude Verity Exhibition-Inventor: Movies with Sound
How Stean Gorge, Lofthouse
Odeon Cinema
Ripley Village Heritage Walk CANCELLED
St Peter's Church
The Harrogate Club
Duchy Estate Walk (Fully booked)
New Park Heritage Centre
Old Magnesia Well Pump Room
Second World War Bilton
St Robert's RC Church
Valley Gardens Guided Walk: Wells, History & Horticulture
Harrogate Baptist Church
New Park Walk
Pannal Heritage Walk
Spofforth, All Saint's Church
St Wilfrid's Church, South Stainley
Wesley Chapel
Previous year's HODs festivals:
The events brochures from previous years are below:
HODS events brochure 2024
HODS events brochure 2023
HODS events brochure 2022