Doors Open Days East Renfrewshire

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across East Renfrewshire! This year's event will be held on September 21st & 22nd.

About Doors Open Days East Renfrewshire

	21st Sep 2024 to 22nd Sep 2024
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	Various Locations East Renfrewshire
	This is a free event
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Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment, new and old. Every September, you can explore hundreds of fascinating buildings across Scotland for free. Some open up once a year, some just once in a lifetime.

Doors Open Days is a national event run by the Scottish Civic Trust. Information about the national programme, including event listings, can be found at www.doorsopendays.org.uk. Doors Open Days, along with Scottish Archaeology Month take place throughout Scotland and are part of European Heritage Days – an initiative which promotes a sense of community and a “common heritage” throughout the continent.

Programme Highlights:

Barrhead Foundry
You are Here: Open Day
Join us to view the You are Here touring exhibition from the National Library of Scotland which explores the ways we use maps to examine and understand our world. On Doors Open Day we will be running a drop in session to accompany the exhibition.

Visitors will be able to browse local maps and other items from the East Renfrewshire Heritage Collection, that show how our own local area has grown and changed over time. We will look at the different influences that have shaped its development and ask the question, what does our local area mean to us?

Clarkston Bowling & Tennis Club
For Doors Open Days there will be an introductory session for bowls and tennis - open to everyone!

Eastwood House, Giffnock
Eastwood House is a beautiful C-listed mansion house in Eastwood Park. It has two suites available for hire and is very popular for wedding ceremonies and receptions, social events, meetings and conferences. It also hosts a growing programme of arts and heritage events and activities.

Join us at Eastwood House to take part in activities organised by our Arts & Heritage Team.

The Carswell Centre, Eaglesham
Volunteers will be on hand to show visitors around the building and highlight the different facilities, the statues and the quilt.

St Joseph's Catholic Church, Clarkston
We are delighted to open our Church outside the usual times of liturgy for anyone to visit for a quiet time of reflection, and to walk round our Church viewing our statues and stained glass (with an accompanying information sheet). Volunteers will be available to assist or answer questions.

Studio Two Six One, Newton mearns
Studio Two Six One is a new creative hub in Newton Mearns. The Gallery comprises of Scottish Artwork , Artisan Gifts (including jewellery, candles, ceramics and diffusers). We also host specialist workshops from local artists and other specialised creatives.

For Doors Open Days there will be free art workshops for both adults and children - there is also a free online download available to do at home.

The art workshops will be inspired by our local heritage and connections in East Renfrewshire and beyond!

Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre
Whitelee is the UK's largest onshore windfarm, located on Eaglesham Moor just 20 minutes from central Glasgow. Its 215 turbines generate up to 539 megawatts of electricity, enough to power just under 300,000 homes. With more than 130 kilometres of trails to explore, on foot, by cycle or by horse, with free parking and free entry to our onsite Visitor Centre, Whitelee is a great destination for a day out with the whole family.

Whitelee Windfarm by it’s nature links to the themes of scientific knowledge and technological innovations. As the UK’s largest onshore windfarm, people will get the chance to explore and learn for themselves how we’re using technology to power the future.

The Exhibition has fantastic hands-on interactive activities. If you were building a windfarm would you know where to place the turbines? Do you know what wind is and why it blows? Feel the power of the wind without even stepping outside, investigate this and much more!

Take a spin on our brand-new electric bus to get up close to our turbines. Want to explore the windfarm and learn more about the turbines and ecology of the site? Then why not join one of our guided tours? The bus tour is wheelchair accessible.

For more information on the participating buildings, events & tours, visit www.doorsopendays.org.uk

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Doors Open Days East Renfrewshire

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across East Renfrewshire! This year's event will be held on September 21st & 22nd.

About Doors Open Days East Renfrewshire

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