2026 EXHIBITIONS
Our new exhibition this year is an updated and reworked history of Hallaton Castle. Matthew Morris has helped us put together some enthralling new information about the Motte & Bailey. We don’t want to give too much away, but it’s definitely worth a visit to our museum, which may encourage you to visit us during […]
St Morrell’s Round
ST MORRELL’S ROUND – A BRITISH PILGRIMAGE Pilgrimage is for everyone, promoting holisticwellbeing via pilgrim practices and connectingyou with yourself, others, nature andeverything beyond. ST MORRELL’S ROUND – A CIRCULAR PILGRIMAGE OF ABOUT 17MILES. The round is inspired by the medieval pilgrimages made to St Morrell’s Chapel on the hillside near Hallaton. Morrel who died […]
A Tale of Rituals, Relics and Restoration
No quintessential English village would be complete without an annual tradition, and Hallaton is no exception, with its annual Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking Contest, held on Easter Monday. This ancient custom is well-documented in a display at Hallaton’s ‘Tin Tab’ museum, and on the internet, but as a brief introduction, after a series […]
Ale Tales Trail
Ale Tales is an exhibition that tells the history of Hallaton through its pubs. Although we know the Celts were drinking and feasting when they buried the Hallaton Treasure up on Hare Pie bank two thousand years ago, our story starts a bit later when we see that Isabella Wirth and other ‘ale wives’ were […]