Calne Heritage Centre

Calne Heritage Centre will close for the winter at 4.00 p.m. on Saturday 14 December 2024 and reopen at 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday 5 March 2025. During the closed period visits can be arranged by appointment and the Centre will still be available to hire for meetings. We will also continue to deal with local history queries by phone, letter or email. If you wish to make use of any of these services please ring Sue Boddington on 01380 828851 or email the Centre on email@calneheritage.co.uk

We are pleased to announce that the Calne Community Quilt 2024 has now been installed at the Calne Heritage Centre and is available to view during our standard open hours of Wed-Sat 10am to 4pm. We also have greetings cards of the quilt and a booklet all about the quilt available for purchase. We look forward to seeing you!

As well as restocking two designs, the High Street and Harris pigs, we have a Calne map and Priestley community quilt tea towels available. £10 each or 2 for £16 with payment via cash or card. Thanks to Ann Sartor for providing the use of her Priestley community quilt photograph. The designs in full are shown below.

Check out our collections PDF updated to June 2024, featuring over 2630 items. We are adding to the collection all of the time, so be aware that even if you cannot find what you’re looking for in this version of the index, we may still have items of interest to you. New additions include this  C&T Harris badge for long service buttonhole badge. Along with adding to our collection, we are always increasing the quality of previous accession information, which includes adding images and descriptions to items added previously. With that in mind, if you'd like to help us ensure that our fabulous collections are added to our database, making them accessible to researchers, visitors, and our volunteer staff, please do get in touch. We're always looking for data entry and digitisation volunteers. Check out the very first index of our collections database by downloading it  here .  

  Sending out thanks to all of our past and current volunteers. Your dedication to preserving local history, sharing knowledge, and creating a welcoming space for visitors is truly admirable. We often have volunteering opportunities, both in person at Calne Heritage Centre and from your own home. If this is something you'd be interested in, email us for a chat: email@calneheritage.co.uk #VolunteersWeek