Welcome to Hampshire HistBites

We love how Heritage Open Days is a festival for all ages. It stretches across all generations but links us together with what we share in common. Young can learn from old and vice versa but unless that history is brought to life it can remain just words and dates in a text book.

That’s why Heritage Open Days is so brilliant. It encourages us to explore our past, to ask questions, to look more closely. This year, partly in response to Covid-19, we decided we wanted to feature interviews with some of the organisers and local people of Hampshire, asking them to share their fascinating stories about local and national history. So with the help of some amazing volunteers we have created ‘Hampshire HistBites’, a brand new history and heritage podcast.

We are really only just at the start of this exciting project but with your help we are sure it will go on to prove to be a fascinating journey of discovery.

Launched 17th August 2020, you can join us every Wednesday as we delve into the past and go on a journey to discover some Hampshire's best, and occasionally unknown, history.

We'll be speaking to experts and enthusiasts and asking them to reveal some of our hidden heritage as well as share with you fascinating untold tales.