Jane Austen’s House, Chawton
The 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth falls on 16 December 2025. Jane Austen’s House, Chawton, will celebrate throughout the year with brand new exhibitionsand a special events programme. Admission tickets for the entire year have beenreleased. The anniversary programme will launch in October 2024 with the opening of a brand-new permanent exhibition, Jane Austen and […]
Volunteers and staff at the much-loved Watercress Line have received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service from HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mr Nigel Atkinson. The Lord-Lieutenant paid tribute to the heritage railway during a special presentation of the prestigious crystal award and certificate at Alresford Station on Monday 27 February. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary […]
Built using experimental archaeology and traditional Anglo Saxon building techniques – A unique reconstruction of a traditional Anglo-Saxon Hall house, based on Archaeological remains from Chalton, Hampshire,
In pictures – the official opening of the reconstructed roundhouse at Butser Ancient Farm
A unique reconstruction of a traditional Bronze Age Roundhouse, based on archaeological remains uncovered at Dunch Hill on Salisbury Plain, was officially unveiled on 9 October at experimental archaeology site, Butser Ancient Farm, by TV Presenter and archaeologist Professor Alice Roberts. The project is a collaboration between archaeologists from Butser Ancient Farm together with wounded, […]
