Welcome to Kegworth Heritage Centre

Building the connections between our past, our present, and the future


If you're interested in Volunteering at KHC please do get in touch with us either by email, message us via our FB page or by popping in when we're open or on Wednesday afternoon when we have our volunteering day. We'd love to speak with you!

Here's a glimpse of some of the new and revamped displays on show this year!

The Heritage Centre will next be open on June 29th 2025 from 14:00 until 17:00

KHC : Working Towards Accrediation

We’re proud to announce that Kegworth Heritage Centre is in the final stages of applying for Museum Accreditation with Arts Council England – the national quality standard for UK museums. Accreditation recognises our commitment to caring for collections, engaging with visitors, and operating sustainably as a small, volunteer-led museum. Achieving this status will strengthen our reputation, unlock new funding opportunities, and help secure the future of the museum for generations to come.

👉 Learn more about the benefits of Accreditation and our journey so far:
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Thank You to The Great Rempstone Steam and Country Show

A huge thank you to the Rempstone Traction Engine Company for their incredibly generous donation to the Heritage Centre. Members of the organisation joined some of our volunteers on June 4th at KHC for the handover of the cheque, which was gratefully received by Melina, our secretary.
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We hope everybody involved in the Great Rempstone Steam and Country Show has another huge success this year, their 69th Anniversary.

Donating Items for the KHC Collection

We’re incredibly grateful for the support our community shows the Heritage Centre. However, we kindly ask everyone to remember that we are a museum, not a local tip or a drop-off point for house clearances.

Unannounced or inappropriate donations—especially items left outside the museum—can unfortunately cause more harm than good. They take up valuable space, create unnecessary work for our volunteers, and may not meet the Centre’s collecting criteria - and may even end up costing us money that we can ill-afford.

If you believe you have an item of genuine historical interest to Kegworth or the surrounding area, please get in touch with us first. We’d be happy to advise whether it’s something we can accept or suggest a more appropriate home.

Please be aware that unsolicited items left without prior agreement may be disposed of at our discretion, as we are unable to store or assess everything that is left for us.

For more information on how to donate items to KHC please click here.

The next NWL Community Lottery draw is on Saturday 21st June! Get your tickets and support KHC! This month there is a chance to win a Nintendo Switch 2 mega gaming bundle* (or £1,000 in cash!) in the Super Draw

The North West Leicestershire Community Lottery is now live and you can support KHC by purchasing your tickets and choosing us as your Good Cause. So far, we have raised over £415 since the lottery started late last year! Thank you! We have also had 25 winning tickets in the draws to date, including 12 this year.

For more details see our page about the lottery here or go straight to our Lottery page and buy your tickets today!
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* This mega gaming bundle contains everything you need to enjoy Mario Kart World and other amazing games on the new Nintendo Switch 2 - play on the go, or connect to your new 50" 4k UHD smart TV and play with friends and family, with 4 Joy-Cons and a Pro Controller. It also includes expandable memory, and a 1-year subscription to Nintendo Online!

Kegworth Heritage Plaques

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We are proud to announce our involvement in the new Kegworth Heritage Plaque Trail by updating our web site with photos and historical information behind each of the buildings or sites in the trail. This information can be accessed via the QR codes on the plaques or using this link. Each location has a special place in the history of Kegworth and in the hearts of our community. Some of the buildings are still in use, some even maintaining their original purpose in the village. Others have been repurposed many times, and one or two, mere shadows from history.

A map of the trail is available on the One Kegworth Walks page (opens in new page)

LATEST UPDATE - The Plaques Index page is now fully integrated into the rest of the KHC website which means you can now visit any of our pages and get back to the Plaques page via the menu (2025-06-09)

LATEST UPDATE - We've found an additional photo of Australia Yard taken from High Street looking down towards the primary school! (31-03-25)

TripAdvisor Updated


We recently updated our entry on TripAdvisor to represent our reopening last year. There are a few new photos - the old photos are from a visitor review from 2015 and can't currently be removed.

If anyone has any photos from last year please could you send us a copy? Or even better - write a little review and include your photos! There's a link to click on in the box on the right.

Privacy

You can access our latest Privacy Policy here

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The Kegworth Heritage Centre website and email management system is hosted by Krystal.
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At A Glance - Website Changes

  • 2025-06-09 - Added full navigation back to the Plaques index page / updated lottery info
  • 2025-06-07 - Compressed some home page images for faster loading
  • 2025-06-04 - Lottery update. Rempstone donation
  • 2025-06-01 - Added accreditation article, updated opening days, updated MS page
  • 2025-05-26 - Added items for donation policy, updated lottery info and added image to privacy policy
  • 2025-05-17 - Added new material to MS page (Admin)
  • 2025-05-06 - Updated lottery and more files add to Management System page
  • 2025-05-06 - Updated opening info and test mechanism for auto update
  • 2025-05-04 - Updated lottery opening info
  • 2025-05-04 - Added admin only Management Systems page
  • 2025-05-01 - Updated lottery info and added info about volunteer days
  • 2025-04-22 - Redesign of the homepage to include scrolling display of the display and the new opening date indicators
  • 2025-04-20 - Updates for opening and lottery
  • 2025-04-07 - Spring Editorial and update to lottery info
  • 2025-03-31 - Additional photo of Australia Yard cottages added to Plaques. Lottery update
  • 2025-03-27 - Opening dates announcement, lottery update
  • 2025-03-15 - Lottery update; updated events calendar
  • 2025-03-08 - Reset the home page, updated for next lottery draw, added link to Plaques Walk guide
  • 2025-03-08 - Updated the lottery info for March
  • 2025-03-03 - Updated homepage headline for coffee morning
  • 2025-02-26 - Updated the banner on the Home page with new slogan and photo
  • 2025-02-26 - About latest news and add new FoKHC scheme page
  • 2025-02-19 - Removed translation option (temporary?)
  • 2025-02-19 - Updated homepage with Plaques info and the Plaques index is now in the main menu and live
  • 2025-02-17 - Added new scroll indicators on banner based pages (Home, Get in touch, About Us and News)
  • 2025-02-17 - Re-ordered Events to appear above news in News and Events
  • 2025-02-16 - Final preparations for Plaques go-live
  • 2025-02-08 - Added new trustee role description to volunteer page
  • 2025-02-05 - Added TripAdvisor info
  • 2025-01-29 - New updates on the home page and new coffee morning advert
  • 2025-01-29 - BTH tidied up the homepage
  • 2025-01-29 - New lottery update / updated fundraising page
  • 2025-01-24 - Updated Volunteering Page and added 2025 requirements
  • 2025-01-08 - Updated lottery info and replaced Xmas card with Spring message. Switched off snow effect
  • 2024-12-17 - Published the End of Year update and lottery update; tidied up home page
  • 2024-12-13 - Lottery update and St Andrews added to Plaque pages and index
  • 2024-11-15 - Minor home page and plaque index page changes
  • 2024-11-10 - Updated home page ready for closed season
  • 2024-10-31 - Plaques updates
  • 2024-10-29 - Home page updates and final result of the balloon race
  • 2024-10-26 - Six more sites added to the Plaques section and new photos
  • 2024-10-21 - General updates and more Plaques work
  • 2024-10-14 - Extensive work on the Plaques pages
  • 2024-10-13 - Updated home page with latest info / revised Balloon Race page with leaderboard
  • 2024-10-10 - Restyled elements on the home page
  • 2024-10-08 - Restyled the photos flip mechansim on Plaques index page
  • 2024-10-02 - Updated lottery info
  • 2024-09-30 - Updated list of events for remainder of 2024
  • 2024-09-30 - Redesigned the Plaques index to show images only - flip between old and new
  • 2024-09-29 - Removed Hello Heritage references and updated October opening info.
  • 2024-09-26 - Added rotational check and advice for Plaques Index
  • 2024-09-21 - Updated lottery news
  • 2024-09-19 - Added Coffee Morning info - fundraising page unpdate and coffee morning page
  • 2024-09-17 - Added final 6 properties to the Plaques index page (placeholders, titles and one liners)
  • 2024-09-16 - Reset previous highlights and added next opening
  • 2024-09-15 - Highlighted Hello Heritage article, added new lottery text and adjusted next opening
  • 2024-09-05 - Further behind the scenes work on heritage plaques
  • 2024-09-04 - Updated the home page with new opening days; updated lottery message
  • 2024-08-30 - Began the develop new heritage plaques pages (behind the scenes)
  • 2024-08-26 - Updated the Fundrasing page to include the Balloon Race and tidied tup the BR page. Reinstated the info bar
  • 2024-08-25 - Updates on Hello Heritage, New Summer Message, Tidied up home page stacks into Archives
  • 2024-08-21 - Updates for opening days and Lottery Info
  • 2024-08-09 - Updated next opening info
  • 2024-08-05 - Udated next opening and published the closeup photos solution
  • 2024-08-03 - Updated next opening info
  • 2024-07-28 - Updated next opening info
  • 2024-07-16 - Lottery go live updates
  • 2024-07-15 - Added new lottery info to home page and logo to lottery page
  • 2024-07-09 - Updated next opening info
  • 2024-07-03 - Added new fundraising page and subpages for each initiatve
  • 2024-06-27 - Added Wednesday afternoon opening announcement
  • 2024-06-26 - Home page updated to Kegworth HC…Not The Kegworth HC..
  • 2024-06-24 - Updated Next opening information
  • 2024-06-10 - Updated the home page with next opening date - removed Fundraising page temporarily as it shouldn't have been published yet
  • 2024-05-28 - Updated the home page with next opening date
  • 2024-05-14 - Updated the home page with next opening date and added new Info about fundraising activities
  • 2024-05-02 - Updated the home page with next opening date
  • 2024-04-14 - Updated the home page with next opening date
  • 2024-04-04 - Updated the home page with new opening date and short report
  • 2024-03-29 - Fixed the countdown clock
  • 2024-03-24 - Updated the opening info with Gordon's knitting demo times
  • 2024-03-20 - Added the photo teasers to the opening announcement
  • 2024-02-22 - Updates to the opening announcement
  • 2024-02-16 - Added Countdown timer to opening
  • 2024-02-13 - New opening hours on the About Use page
  • 2024-02-11 - Reopening announcement
  • 2024-02-10 - 3rd Kaggi announcement
  • 2024-02-08 - Added 2nd Kaggi announcement / change volunteer 2023 to 2024
  • 2024-02-06 - Added new announcement
  • 2024-02-06 - Replaced Duck Duck Go search with Live Search 2
  • 2024-02-06 - Created new Christmas 2023 message page
  • 2024-02-06 - Archived news items from home page (or prevented publishing)
  • 2024-01-02 - Added New Year Greeting
  • 2023-12-24 - Added 2023 Christmas Message
  • 2023-11-27 - Added 2023 Advent Calendar and info about it on home page
  • 2023-10-30 - Replaced some of the Sweet Buttons with Slide Message stacks
  • 2023-10-18 - Autumn update 2023
  • 2023-09-05 - Announcement about filled volunteer positions
  • 2023-08-30 - Published Open Letter and moved previous home page items to News
  • 2023-05-26 - Redesigned KHC admin section and files/download page
  • 2023-05-23 - Updated with latest news and message from chairman
  • 2023-05-23 - Updates to volunteer page contents and design
  • 2023-04-16 - Added Griswold story to News & Events and Home pages
  • 2023-04-13 - Disabled the FoKHC page - needs a rethink and the Sitelok database has a problem
  • 2023-04-12 - Added 60-day plan graphic to volunteer files
  • 2023-04-10 - Replaced volunteer open day with KHC Poster
  • 2023-04-10 - Added FAQ and Download files for Volunteers - Volunteer Portal now active
  • 2023-03-27 - Added initial pages for Volunteer and Admin Portal - not yet active
  • 2023-03-09 - Updated Survey info box on home page and added new page with results and analysis
  • 2023-03-06 - Updated info about Volunteering event
  • 2023-02-21 - Added Brenda Moore Obituary page. Moved older news items to News & Events
  • 2023-02-21 - New announcement about Volunteer event (also on Events page). Cosmetic changes to home page (headings)
  • 2023-01-31 - Added 2023 KHC Community Survey / changed text in the info pop-up on the home page
  • 2023-01-31 - Added new privacy section to the home page rather than having a menu option. Privacy statement is display on click and button returns to homepage
  • 2023-01-29 - Added new privacy statement - replacing old popup (which can also be used in Forms - the URL is encoded into the KHC Azure portal)
  • 2023-01-27 - Added new job descriptions for Creative Director and Collections Manager
  • 2023-01-10 - Updated Krystal hosting to use php 7.4
  • 2023-01-10 - Updated Google Maps stack and implemented other stack updates
  • 2023-01-10 - Added New Year Message, moved previous content to News, removed Admin page
  • 2022-10-06 - Restored original banner, fixed vision file access problem, added alternative if it happens again
  • 2022-09-12 - Temporarily updated home page for QEII homage
  • 2022-08-30 - New statement about vision and development plan
  • 2022-08-30 - Moved previous highlights to news and events page
  • 2022-07-08 - Added volunteering highlight message
  • 2022-07-05 - Added General Volunteer opportunity on volunteering page
  • 2022-06-28 - Added turner stack to force landscape mode on mobile devices for volunteering page. Updated project to Rapid Weaver Classic format
  • 2022-06-22 - Volunteering opportunities page created and advert for Secretary/Admin published
  • 2022-05-11 - New message about KHC from the acting chair
  • 2022-03-17 - Moved front page news to news section, added new item about email support and copied this to the contact us page/disabled existing mail capability
  • 2022-02-02 - Updated Link to KPC and temporary removal of shop from navigation
  • 2021-05-21 - Added Katie intro and changed photo on News section to improve load times
  • 2021-03-26 - Added a Capta to the contact us form to reduce spam
  • 2021-03-15 - Added news item about web hosting change and acknowledgement to Krystal as part of the T&Cs
  • 2021-03-14 - Published on Krystal servers for the first time - updated this log as a test/changed publish date in foster
  • 2021-02-27 - New trustee message. Hidden trustee page temporarily
  • 2021-01-01 - New Year Photo
  • 2020-12-21 - Christmas Messages
  • 2020-08-16 - Added first Lockdown Quiz
  • 2020-08-02 - Provided mechanism for users to send in feedback about the site. Changed the puzzle photo
  • 2020-07-19 - News about heating and new puzzle page (home page, new and events page, puzzle page)
  • 2020-06-20 - Added Duck Duck Go search facility
  • 2020-05-17 - Lockdown message added and other pages updated where necessary
  • 2019-10-15 - Ghost walk info added
  • 2019-09-28 - Significant behind the scenes enhancements. Switched to Stacks4. New toggle mechanism for users to hide content, new data privacy enhancement. Updated news and events sections
  • 2019-08-04 - Modifications to News and Events page - added 2019 Big Village Walk
  • 2019-06-30 - Updated links on about us page to include Kegworth Village Community page and Kegworth Library
  • 2019-06-16 - Thank you message added for Michael Bishop Foundation
  • 2019-05-18 - Users registration for FoKHC now operational
  • 2019-05-12 - FoFHC page now live.
  • 2019-05-12 - Sitelok software integrated into the website hosting system
  • 2019-05-12 - Initial membership page setup ready for proof of concept testing
  • 2019-04-17 - New communication items and updates
  • 2019-02-15 - Minor updates to event dates and some behind the scenes updates
  • 2019-01-08 - Rebuilt the advent calendar photo gallery with adaptive grid
  • 2019-01-07 - Reverted to pre-Christmas theme and updated trustee info for next meeting
  • 2019-01-02 - Modified Advent Calendar to photo gallery and updated associated widgets
  • 2018-12-24 - Added Christmas effects
  • 2018-12-17 - Add Social Media “Like” buttons to homepage
  • 2018-12-13 - Replaced stock contact us form with new customised page with Twitter and FB link options included
  • 2018-12-12 - Fixed problem of external links not opening in new tab/window
  • 2018-12-07 - Add new links drawer onto About Us page (connect to other Kegworth sites)
  • 2018-12-05 - Added info bar to home page to highlight new stories on the website
  • 2018-12-05 - Updated main text on homepage and modified building photo gallery for mobile devices
  • 2018-12-04 - Update about the building work in News and Events
  • 2018-12-01 - New special end of year message added
  • 2018-11-26 - Published Advent Calendar page
  • 2018-11-22 - Behind the scenes updates and SEO optimisation
  • 2018-11-17 - Added Google Translate facility with embedded widget
  • 2018-11-16 - Behind the scenes changes - new special page added and populated
  • 2018-11-15 - News update regarding building work on KHC floor
  • 2018-11-14 - General trustee info updates. Added Cloudflare SSL certificate
  • 2018-11-10 - Added preview facility for KHC trustees to view new pages
  • 2018-11-07 - KHC Admin now opens the KHC Samepage site. Local file resources have been removed
  • 2018-11-05 - Updated privacy message to refer to cookies
  • 2018-11-04 - Behind the scenes changes - new special message page in place
  • 2018-11-02 - Trustees page has message for mobile users to use landscape mode
  • 2018-10-31 - Update on Ghost walk. News box now scrollable
  • 2018-10-27 - Restyled Events page and updated content
  • 2018-10-26 - Minor cosmetic changes and inclusion of Reg Charity number in home page footer. Change to welcome message
  • 2018-10-26 - Site transferred to new hosting package and rebuilt. New stats analysis packages added
  • 2018-10-24 - Fixed error in Contact Us page (incorrect email address!)
  • 2018-10-23 - Miscellaneous general content updates. Collection content updated
  • 2018-10-17 - News/events updated. New photos incorporated into site
  • 2018-10-15 - Miscellaneous cosmetic changes
  • 2018-10-12 - Redesigned the Google maps section with private Maps API key
  • 2018-10-05 - Populated the filestore and changed default security
  • 2018-10-03 - Initial implementation of protected access to KHC filestore for trustee access only
  • 2018-10-02 - Added example data to the Collection page to show how information will be displayed
  • 2018-10-02 - Added working links to Facebook pages, groups and to email, modified theme link colours and removed theme default footer
  • 2018-10-02 - Merged News and Events pages. Fixed Google maps problem
  • 2018-10-01 - Changed Events dates from text to calendar icon
  • 2018-10-01 - Added location data to About Us and changed to scrollable content.
  • 2018-10-01 - Added example of how shop may look using Aspects of History - page still under construction
  • 2018-09-30 - New trustees page design allowing photos and biographies of trustees. Some trustee profiles added
  • 2018-09-20 - Added support for Google Analytics to monitor website usage
  • 2018-09-18 - Cosmetic improvements to various pages
  • 2018-09-17 - Modifications to announcements and changes layout. Split events into current and past
  • 2018-09-14 - Updated events and trustee pages
  • 2018-09-13 - Loaded initial content for About Us, Events and Trustees pages . Changes log added (this log)
  • 2018-09-12 - New KHC website published

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