Exhibition: "Work & Play: The Factory Way" (Tue-Thu and Sat)
Yate Heritage Centre
This exhibition runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 3rd December 2024 - 2nd February 2025
This December, Yate Heritage Centre presents ‘Work and Play: The Factory Way’, a new exhibition that celebrates the rich social lives of the Station Road factory workforce.
Currently known as Beko Europe, the site in Yate opened in 1917 as No 3 Western Aircraft Repair Depot, and has since been known as Parnalls, Jacksons, Creda, GDA, Indesit, Merloni and Whirlpool.
The exhibition at Yate Heritage Centre will run from 3rd December 2024 – 2nd February 2025, featuring a range of photographs, artefacts and oral history recordings, that tell the stories of the people who worked and socialised at the factory, alongside their... Read more >>
Yate Heritage Centre
Yate and District Heritage Centre celebrates Yate’s cultural, historical, social and industrial past.
It does so by staging thought-provoking and varied exhibitions and events, including a regular series of quizzes, historical lectures and other one-off sessions - see the right hand side of this page for more details.
All parts of the community are involved in generating historical information at the Yate Heritage Centre. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 10am-4pm |
| Wednesday | 10am-4pm |
| Thursday | 10am-4pm |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 10am-3pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
The Centre contains the two major local history collections and these are available to the public on open days and through appointment.
There are over 3,000 objects in the Centre’s collections acquired since the mid 1990s.
They include: historic 3D objects, maps, photographs and documents, as well as an educational handling collection.
The Centre also houses the Oral History Project Group's collection of photographs, tapes, documents and of course oral history, amounting to 4,000 items.
Yate and District Heritage Centre welcomes volunteers.
If you would like to help with displays or events, or would like to join the Friends Scheme, please contact the Community Heritage Officer, David Hardill.
The address is Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG
You'll find the Heritage Centre between the White Lion Pub and St Mary's Church.
Its location is the site of former stables dating back to the 1840s.
This prestigious building and key location make the Centre accessible to visitors.
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