University academics and students contribute their expertise and enthusiasm to the Winchester Heritage Open Days, part of the annual national Heritage Open Days.

Explore our Winchester Heritage Open Days 2024 events, from talks to themed guided tours.

The new book Stanford in the Vale, the hidden past revealed, by David Ashby, provides a fascinating insight into the unknown history and archaeology of the village, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age and Roman fort to the Saxon and medieval town and on to the present village. The book will be half-price at this launch event and the author, who has spent many years excavating the site, will give a free talk.

Sunday 8 Sept 2024, Village Hall, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire. Doors open at 3.45pm for talk at 4.00pm.

30 October 2024, Winchester Theatre Royal Café, 19.30 - ca 21.30.

In print since its publication in 1897 and subsequently adapted into numerous stage plays, television shows, operas, graphic novels and films, Bram Stoker's Dracula simply refuses to die.

Timed to coincide with Halloween, this will be an interactive evening of short talks and discussion. Join  academics from across our Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences who will bring their psychological, sociological, philosophical, historical and literary expertise to bear to explore the original text and get under the skin of the world's most infamous vampire.

Tickets £5. Book your tickets here.

The West Downs Gallery is sited within the West Downs Centre, our flagship campus building. Hosting a programme of exhibitions across the year, we aim to show creative work to inspire debate and participation between creative professionals, academics, students and the public.

Find out more about the West Downs Gallery and our current and forthcoming exhibitions.