Doors Open Days Inverclyde

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Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Inverclyde! This year's event will be held on September 6th & 7th.

About Doors Open Days Inverclyde

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Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment, new and old. Every September, you can explore hundreds of fascinating buildings across Scotland for free. Some open up once a year, some just once in a lifetime.

Doors Open Days is a national event run by the Scottish Civic Trust. Information about the national programme, including event listings, can be found at www.doorsopendays.org.uk.

Programme Highlights:

Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
We are the Beacon, a contemporary theatre and arts centre in the heart of Inverclyde...and a whole lot more besides. We offer a safe and inspiring place to escape into a different world for a while; a place to connect and share new experiences through shows and activities that inspire and delight, sometimes challenge, and always entertain. From staging national productions to showcasing local talent, and from hosting theatre-based workshops to dance classes and a whole host of activities and events, we aim to offer something for everyone.

Esplanade Walk - Guided walk with Inverclyde Tourist Group
Esplanade Walk with Inverclyde Tourist Group, starting at the Royal West of Scotland Amateur Boat Club, a guided walk will review many of the grand houses and their history. The tour will end with a short talk inside the Old West Kirk.

Greenock Burns Club, Custom House
The Club’s historic collection of books, photographs and other memorabilia, has been collected by members and friends over the past 200+ years. Contains videos and some interactive media. Custom House is an architectural jewel in the crown of Greenock. This classically-proportioned building was home to the vigilant excise men who policed Scotland’s burgeoning trade with the world, (Access to the building is limited only to the Exhibition & Archive)

Inverkip Church
Inverkip, Skelmorlie & Wemyss Bay Church of Scotland is a union of Inverkip Church and Skelmorlie & Wemyss Bay Church. Both church buildings continue to host services each Sunday and both church buildings will be open to the public on Sunday, 7 September.

Lodge Doric Kilwinning No.68, Port Glasgow
Masonic Lodge Doric Kilwinning No.68 located in Port Glasgow.

Morton in the Community - Cappielow Park
Cappielow Park is a historic football stadium located in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. It has been the home ground of Greenock Morton FC since 1879, making it one of the oldest football venues in Scotland.

Newark Castle - Guided walk with Inverclyde Tourist Group
Guided walk starting at The Shipbuilders sculpture, at Coronation Park, Port Glasgow there will a short guided walk to Newark Castle highlighting points of interest on the way. The tour will continue inside the Castle providing an historical timeline of and bringing to life, the stories of the previous inhabitants.

Old West Kirk - Inverclyde Heritage Network
Inverclyde Heritage Network exists to share information about Inverclyde’s rich and varied history with individuals and groups and to preserve it for future generations. The Old West Kirk was built in 1591 on a site 0.7 miles to the east of its present site and moved to the Esplanade in the 1920s. This privately owned church is a must see with its history and stained class window collection.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum & Heritage Centre, Greenock
Located in an old fire station, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre holds a wide array of historic fire fighting equipment and displays relating to the history of the fire service.

Skelmorlie & Wemyss Bay Church
On 1st January 2024 Inverkip, Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay became a Union with two church buildings. The original church was built in 1856 - now the church hall, and in 1893 a new church was commissioned.

Skelmorlie Secret Bunker
Fully restored underground Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post and replica above ground Monitoring Post. Small Museum containing Cold War instruments and Equipment with WW2 model aircraft display.

South West Inverclyde - Guided coach tour with Inverclyde Tourist Group
Guided coach tour of South West Inverclyde. Starting with a short talk inside the Old West Kirk on Greenock Esplanade, visitors will then travel by bus to Wemyss Bay Station via the Lyle Hill and past the new Ardgowan Distillery building at Inverkip. The bus will return via the coast road past the Cloch Lighthouse to Gourock Station before returning to the Esplanade.

The Inverclyde Shed, Greenock
The Inverclyde Shed is a 100% volunteer run grassroots organisation with the aim of providing spaces for people to come together, be involved, grow and share their skills & experiences. We operate a community workshop in Greenock and community growing spaces across Inverclyde at Port Glasgow, Greenock & Gourock. We aim to reduce social isolation & loneliness through activities where people can build genuine lasting friendships, improve their physical & mental wellbeing and develop their capacity to share their skills and knowledge with others in the community.

The Wyllieum
The Wyllieum is home to the George Wyllie Foundation 2019, a charity based in Scotland and is a gallery dedicated to one of Scotland’s most beloved artists George Wyllie whose artworks are displayed throughout the building. We are situated within Greenock Ocean Terminal which facilitates cruise ships April to September currently.

Wellpark Mid Kirk, Greenock
Wellpark Mid Kirk is a beautiful 18th Century grade A listed church building at the heart of the town of Greenock in which people have been worshiping for over 260 years. Our iconic portico and steeple were modelled on St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Our interior is adorned with many stained glass windows, memorials and marbles, has galleries on three sides, a pipe organ of 1867 which was fully restored in 2008. The friendliest welcome in the country awaits you in Wellpark Mid Kirk, the church in the heart of the town with the town in its heart.

Wemyss Bay Station
Wemyss Bay Station was completed in 1903 by the Caledonian Railway as an interchange between trains and steamers. Designed by architect James Miller and engineer Donald Matheson it is an outstanding building with its dramatic semi-circular concourse, curved pier and attractive main building. It is listed Category A.

For more information on the participating buildings, events & tours, visit www.doorsopendays.org.uk

Where possible we will update our listings to notify of cancelled, postponed and rescheduled events, however we STRONGLY ADVISE that you check with the venue/organiser in the first instance for updates.

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