The Heritage Trust may be a small, volunteer run charity but it is very busy preserving the heritage of Swannington for benefit of current and future generations.
Whether you want to know the dates of mill openings, family heritage events, archives evenings, walks, talks, volunteer sessions they are here.
Contact Katrina our Trust Chair and Events Coordinator via our Contact Page to find out more.
April 2019
Wednesday 3rd – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 5th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Sunday 7th – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm, open Sundays until the end September see Visit Page for more information.
Tuesday 9th – Califat Excavation – 9.30am Califat Spinney, led by our partners Leicestershire Industrial History Society see LIHS Website for more information
Wednesday 10th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 12th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Sunday 14th – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm
Wednesday 17th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 19th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Saturday 20th – Last day to book for Easter at the Mill on Monday 22nd
Sunday 21st – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm
Monday 22nd – Easter at the Mill – 2pm, book your place via Eventbrite to ensure your Easter Egg and read more on our Easter Download
Wednesday 24th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 26th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Sunday 28th – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm
May 2019
Wednesday 1st – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 3rd – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Sunday 7th – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm
Wednesday 8th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 10th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Saturday 11th – Weekend Volunteers – 10am Snibston No 3, Spring Lane
Sunday 12th – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm
Tuesday 14th – Califat Excavation – 9.30am Califat Spinney, led by our partners Leicestershire Industrial History Society see LIHS Website for more information
Wednesday 15th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 17th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Saturday 18th – Jessop’s Tramway and the Coleorton Railway, Guided Walk – 10.30am Hough Mill, 6.5 miles, part of the National Forest Walking Festival – Booking essential
Sunday 19th – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm
Wednesday 22nd – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Thursday 23rd – Ancient Coal Mines to New Woodland, Guided Walk – 7pm Hough Mill, 2 miles, part of the National Forest Walking Festival – Booking essential
Friday 24th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Saturday 25th – A circular walk from Swannington, Guided Walk – 10am Hough Mill, 10 miles, part of the National Forest Walking Festival – Booking essential
Sunday 26th – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm
Monday 27th – Hough Mill Open – 2-5pm
Wednesday 29th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Thursday 30th – Woodlands around Swannington – 2.30pm Snibston No 3, 4.5 miles, part of the National Forest Walking Festival – Booking essential
Friday 31st – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
June 2019
Sunday 2nd – Hough Mill Open 2pm-5pm
Wednesday 5th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 7th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Sunday 9th – Hough Mill Open 2pm-5pm
Wednesday 12th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 14th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Sunday 16th – Hough Mill Open 2pm-5pm
Wednesday 19th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 21st – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Sunday 23rd – Hough Mill Open 2pm-5pm
Wednesday 26th – Land Management – 9am Hough Mill
Friday 28th – Land Management and Mill Maintenance – 9am Hough Mill
Sunday 30th – Hough Mill Open 2pm-5pm
Sunday 30th June – Swannington Open Gardens (run by the Swannington Open Gardens)
July and Longer Term
Saturday 6th July – Califat Coal Mine Excavation – Join Leicestershire Industrial History Society and Swannington Heritage Trust for a tour of the 1855-1873 Califat coal mine. Booking not required. Download more information
Sunday 7th July – Strawberry Fayre at Swannington village hall from 2pm
Tuesday 9th July – Historic Main Street Historical Walk – from Swannington School at 7pm. Find out more about the former farms, the poverty of the Tan Yard, the life of Lady Beaumont and the lost pubs. Download more information Limited to 20 places, book via Eventbrite
Saturday 13th July – Walk The Swannington Incline – from Snibston No 3 Coal Mine, Spring Lane at 10.30am. Walk in the footsteps of Robert Stephenson on a guided tour of the Swannington Incline at the western end of his 1832 Leicester and Swannington Railway. Booking essential, limited to 20 places. Download more information
Saturday 13th July – A Stroll To A Nature Reserve In “Old Swannington” – from Snibston No 3 Coal Mine, Spring Lane at 1pm. Walk in the footsteps of Robert Stephenson on a historical walk that follows his 1832 Leicester and Swannington Railway south towards Coalville. Booking essential, limited to 20 places. Download more information
Sunday 21st July – Califat Coal Mine Excavation – Join Leicestershire Industrial History Society and Swannington Heritage Trust for a tour of the 1855-1873 Califat coal mine. Booking not required. Download more information
Tuesday 23rd July – Hidden Treasures of St George’s Hill Historical Walk – from Hough Mill at 7pm. Join us for a fact filled stroll around the area and find out more about the post mill with a lady miller, the secrets of St George’s graveyard, the Coleorton Railway tunnel, the isolation hospital and other hidden treasures. Download more information Limited to 20 places, book via Eventbrite
Sunday 29th September – Take Teddy To The Mill – from 2pm, what will brave teddies do this year?