Welcome to Kegworth Heritage Centre

We are constantly looking for ways to improve this website, especially as the amount of content increases. The latest update is our blog page which can found here.

For quite a few years you will have seen (mostly) quarterly updates from the Chairman appearing on the home page. We hope you find them useful. They are intended to serve as communication devices to our audience to let you know what's going on with KHC beyond the normal events and activities but they have a secondary purpose in creating a reference archive for the heritage centre.

Until now, these editorials have usually been copied into the news and events page but they become difficult to find and they aren't indexed anywhere, so from an archivist's perspective they aren't very helpful. This is also a time consuming activity and it's easy to make mistakes as it is a mechanical process of cutting and pasting. Because the original material is kept on the website servers, they also consume valuable space and a better solution is required to manage them.

In future the we will use this blog page to serve as the definitive archive for KHC editorials and other articles. The first few items are in place and we will bring older articles into the library over the next few months.

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.

We hope everybody involved in the Great Rempstone Steam and Country Show has another huge success this year, their 69th Anniversary.

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.

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