Come and hear about the different ways Nidderdale’s unique heritage is being celebrated by the Upper Nidderdale Landscape Partnership and local heritage groups. Detailed presentations from heritage experts and local groups including farm heritage, Iron Age settlements, lead mines and smelt mills. A day of exciting archaeological discoveries, photographic presentations and a field trip to a lead mine.
Date and venue
Saturday 7th October, 10:00am – 4:30pm, at Pateley Bridge Methodist Chapel, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5NL
Programme
| 9:30am | Registration and refreshments | |
| 10:00am | Welcome | |
| Heather Garnett, Chair of the AONB Heritage Steering Committee | ||
| 10:10am | Uncovering the story of a Dale’s landscape | |
| Bob Barker and Roger Newman, Our Farm Heritage project / Iron Age Nidderdale | ||
| 10:40am | Late Prehistoric settlement on Nidderdale’s moorland fringe | |
| Jim Brightman, Solstice Heritage | ||
| 11:10am | Refreshments | |
| 11:30am | Cultural heritage projects in and around Upper Nidderdale – A series of short talks from local heritage groups on recent and future projects | |
| 1:00pm | Lunch and opportunity to look at displays | |
| 2:15pm | Guided walk around Prosperous Smelt Mill and Lead Mine | |
| Shirley Everett, Greenhow Local History Club | ||
| 4:30pm | Close |
Booking
£8.00 per adult, (accompanied under 16’s free). Price includes refreshments and a buffet lunch.
Booking is essential. Please book online: Nidderdale AONB website.
Download a flyer here: Heritage Forum 2017
