D.H. Lawrence attraction set to re-open

In Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, the D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre in Mansfield Road re-opens to the public on Tuesday 28th January after a period of closure from Christmas Eve which allowed staff to do essential cleaning and maintenance work.

The D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre houses exhibitions and artefacts about the writer's life, and hosts an annual programme of events. The venue is a faithful recreation of the birthplace and early home of the writer D.H. Lawrence.

David Herbert Lawrence was born here in 1885, and was the fourth child of Arthur Lawrence and Lydia Beardsall.

After attending Beauvale Board School he won a scholarship to Nottingham High School. On leaving school in 1901 he was employed for a short time as a clerk at the Nottingham firm of Hayward’s, manufacturers of surgical appliances, and from 1902 as a pupil teacher at the British School in Eastwood.

Lawrence was a prolific writer - of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, essays, and criticism. His works are heavily autobiographical and the experiences of his early years in Nottinghamshire continued to exert a profound influence throughout his life.

During his last years Lawrence spent much of his time in Italy making only brief visits to England, the last in 1926. He died on 2 March 1930 at Venice in the south of France.

.Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday, October to March 10am - 4pm. April to September 10am - 5pm (closed Mondays, Bank Holidays). The entrance fee is £5.

For more information contact the Heritage Centre; Tel 01773 717353