{"id":90089,"date":"2025-08-24T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/90089\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:56:10","slug":"buildings-ancient-and-modern-open-their-doors-for-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/90089\/","title":{"rendered":"Buildings ancient and modern open their doors for Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UNESCO world heritage site: Westminster Abbey is among the many highlights of this year\u2019s Open House London<\/p>\n

The London Open House Festival takes place this year from September 13 to 21, and as well as the always fascinating and revealing opportunities it presents with buildings around the capital, there\u2019s also a better-than-usual programme arranged in and around Croydon this year.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s even a chance to visit the Gigglemugs who inhabit Croydon Town Hall\u2026<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s London Open House line up will be the biggest and boldest edition yet, set across 32 London boroughs and the City of London, the festival is set to include more than 800 free open days and events to highlight landmark architectural projects, government buildings, local communities, towering skyscrapers, and the city\u2019s most interesting homes.<\/p>\n

Bookings opened earlier this week, and you do need to register on the Open House website to book your places, which are mostly free.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s confirmed highlights include:<\/p>\n

Venues in the Olympic Park, including the London Aquatics Centre, Sadler\u2019s Wells East, The Loop (a circular economy hub at Hackney Wick), and a park-wide tour with architects from Allies and Morrison
\nWestminster Abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage site, dating from the 11th century and including stunning examples of Gothic and Medieval architecture
\nThe Museum of Homelessness, which occupies a 1869 former park keepers\u2019 lodge, created from scratch by people with experience of homelessness
\nThe first Lewisham self-build houses designed by Walter Segal at 11 Elstree Hill
\nThe popular Golden Key Academy walking tours this year include the first tour for joggers \u2013 south of the river at speed!, Bricks of Brick Lane and Belgravia\u2019s 200 years of glory: from swamp to splendour
\nLeadenhall Market, a covered market with roots in Roman Londinium, now home to 40 retail and restaurant brands<\/p>\n

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Fascinating tour: Leadenhall Market, on the site of Roman Londinium\u2019s forum, is steeped in history.<\/p>\n

The festival will once again run its coveted Building by Public Ballot collection, giving visitors a once-in-a-lifetime chance to step inside some of London\u2019s most remarkable and protected buildings.<\/p>\n

The ballot system presents a free and fair way to allocate tickets to some of the most high-profile buildings in the Festival.<\/p>\n

London\u2019s deputy mayor Justine Simons, a guest curator for the 2025 festival, sais: \u201cCulture is bringing us together, building real life, human connections. Culture is supporting our health and wellbeing, offering our young people a positive life path and revitalising our neighbourhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Croydon Open House highlights include\u2026<\/p>\n

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Rare opportunity: get to delve inside the ancient Almshouses<\/p>\n

Croydon Almshouses, <\/a>with guided tours around and inside one of the most historic buildings in the borough, which dates back to 1596. David Morgan, Croydon Minster archivist and Inside Croydon\u2019s resident historian, will be leading some of the tours.<\/p>\n

And those Gigglemugs?<\/p>\n

Award-winning storyteller Bernadette Russell leads a tour of the Town Hall for five- to eight-year-olds (siblings and grown-ups welcome).<\/p>\n

Visit the festival website to see the full programme preview and register to book: click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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