Open House Festival 2024

A variety of guided tours and drop-in activities are available at the locations listed below. Please find booking details through the provided links:

Croydon Minster 

Drop-in activities: Fri 20 Sep, Sun 22 Sep

Guided tours: Sat 21 Sep

Medieval style church rebuilt by Sir George Gilbert Scott after 1867 fire. Tower & south porch are 15C. Large nave with open timber-work roof leads to chancel dominated by superb stained glass window & rich alabaster reredos.

Whitgift Almshouses

Guided tours: Sat 14 Sep

Tudor almshouses dating from 1596 and founded by the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift. Chapel and Courtyard with original 16C clock.

Museum of Croydon

Guided tours: Sat 14 Sep, Thu 19 Sep, Sat 21 Sep

We propose to open the Museum of Croydon stores for an intimate guided tour of our stored collections. This activity will take approximately 1hr and can cater for a maximum of 8 people.

Croydon Town Hall

Guided tours: Sat 14 Sep

Croydon Town Hall will be opened for a limited number of guided tours, providing rare access to this unique Victorian-style, Grade II listed building. Croydon Town Hall was designed by local architect Charles Henman and opened in 1896.

Croydon Central Library

Drop-in activities: Sat 14 Sep, Mon 16 Sep, Tue 17 Sep, Wed 18 Sep, Fri 20 Sep, Sat 21 Sep

Walking tour: Sat 21 Sep

A series of events celebrating Croydon’s Central Library building and its unique design. Croydon’s first central library was moved to the Clocktower buildings when they first opened in May 1896. It was one of the first public libraries with open access shelves and offered one of the UK’s first Children’s Libraries.

To find the full Croydon Open House Festival programme, please visit https://programme.openhouse.org.uk/calendar