WELCOME TO LOCAL HISTORY HUB
Teacher-led, grassroots, and rooted in belonging.
Connecting schools and communities through local history.
Who We Are
At Local History Hub, we believe local history belongs in every classroom.
We are a teacher-led, grassroots initiative with a clear ambition: to improve how local history is taught and celebrated in primary schools across the United Kingdom. We bring educators together to collaborate, share practice and build stronger connections with their communities.
Each Local History Hub is shaped by a local working party of educators, working alongside heritage partners and community organisations to develop meaningful, place-based approaches rooted in their area.
These hubs work together as a national network, sharing expertise to raise the profile of local history and improve the quality of teaching in classrooms across the country.
Learn more by watching the video below…
What We Do
At Local History Hub, we believe that history is most powerful when it starts close to home. That’s why every Hub is built by teachers, shaped by local stories, and sustained through real collaboration.
What a Local History Hub Does
Each Local History Hub brings together schools, heritage organisations, and communities to explore their local past.
Every Hub is led by educators and developed through a working party of local teachers, ensuring it responds to the needs of real classrooms and reflects the unique heritage of the area.
Together, Hubs:
Help schools embed local history in the curriculum in meaningful, creative ways
Build partnerships with museums, archives, and community groups
Celebrate local identity through shared projects and events
Share ideas, tools, and best practice across a growing UK-wide network
Through these Hubs, we:
Support Schools & Educators
We support teachers to lead the way - encouraging them share curriculum-linked resources, collaborating as a working party, and partaking in school-based projects like Our Homes, Our Stories.
Connect Communities & Heritage
We help schools build partnerships with local museums, archives, and heritage groups - ensuring that local stories are preserved and passed on to the next generation.
Host Inspiring Events
From Local History Day to collaborative projects and workshops, we create opportunities for schools and communities to come together to explore the past in new and exciting ways.
Our Hubs
Use the map to explore Local History Hubs across the UK. Click on a pin to find out more about each location and follow the link to its webpage.
Map key:
🟢 Green pins – Live Hubs
🟠 Amber pins – Launching September 2026
🟣 Purple pins – Developing areas
You can zoom in to your area or move around the map to discover hubs near you.
Get Involved
Whether you're a teacher, historian, academy trust, heritage organisation, or local authority, there’s a role for you in Local History Hub.
Teachers
Join or start a Local History Hub in your area. Share your expertise, high-quality resources, and connect with others bringing local history to life in their classrooms. Find out more.
Community Leaders
Collaborate with your local Hub to share stories, host events, and support schools to explore the history of your area. Find out more.
Academy Trusts
Support your schools to engage with local history in powerful, place-based ways. Work with Local History Hub to embed local heritage across the curriculum, develop your teachers, and connect with your communities. Find out more.
Local Authorities
Partner with Hubs to strengthen civic pride, support schools, and showcase the rich heritage of your region. Find out more.
Historical Sites
Partner with a Local History Hub to connect your site with local schools. Support learning through visits, workshops, or shared resources, and help bring your community’s stories into the classroom. Find out more.
News & Updates
Upcoming Events
Local History Hub Info Sessions – Summer 2026
Over the coming months we are hosting a series of short online information sessions for Local Authorities, Multi-Academy Trusts, schools and heritage organisations. Come along to find out more about how Local History Hub works and how your organisation can get involved.
Sign up here
Hub Lead Info Sessions – Summer 2026
Over the coming months we are hosting a series of short online information sessions for teachers, heritage professionals and community partners interested in becoming Hub Leads. Come along to find out more about the role, how hubs run, and the support available as you prepare for a September 2026 launch.
Sign up here
Welcome Sessions – July 2026
Throughout July we are hosting a series of short online welcome sessions for anyone new to the Local History Hub network. These sessions are an opportunity to hear more about how the network fits together nationally, meet others involved, and celebrate the growing community of schools, heritage partners and Hub Leads.
Sign up here
Local History Day 2027 – Wednesday 21st April
Plan ahead and save the date for our second nationwide celebration.
Find out more here
Join Local History Hub
We’re building something new and we’d love you to be part of it.
Whether you're an educator ready to lead a Hub, a heritage partner with stories to share, or simply curious to learn more, we want to hear from you.
Get in touch:
enquiries@localhistoryhub.org.uk
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