RAF Halton Heritage Open Day

This is a rare opportunity to see the interior of Halton House, built by Alfred de Rothschild in 1883, as a ‘party’ and country residence on Sunday 8 September as part of the annual Heritage Open Days festival.

The House was the venue for Rothschild’s opulent weekend parties for the high society of the day and is a lasting reminder of Victorian decorative taste.

Halton House has been used extensively as a location for filming and TV programmes. Examples are The King’s Speech, The Queen, The World is not Enough and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Examples of TV programmes are scenes from The Crown, Downton Abbey and Bridgerton.

Also open will be the Trenchard Museum, which tells the history of the RAF Station from before World War I, including 70 years of the RAF Apprentice Scheme, and the James McCudden Flight Heritage Centre, which illustrates the History of Flight.

Extensive parking is available only at Halton House. Coaches are provided between Halton House and the Trenchard Museum/James McCudden Flight Centre. As RAF Halton is an active Ministry of Defence site, the only access to the Trenchard Museum and the James McCudden Flight Centre is via the official transport.

NB. Halton House has very limited disabled access and no disabled toilets, no dogs (other than assistance), and the entire site is a no-smoking zone.

Tickets are available from www.heritageopendays.org.uk.

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