Open House Festivals provide the perfect platform that helps local businesses and community organisations to show off what they do, why it is important and to reach new audiences.

Everywhere in the UK there are remarkable spaces and places that reflect the heritage of our country and communities. Open House Festivals help connect diverse audiences with this built heritage.

A huge number of young architects and urban designers say they first thought about pursuing a career in city-making after visiting an Open House Festival as a child.

Thousands of people of all ages volunteer as stewards, contributors, curators and tour guides for Open House Festivals. Many make lifelong friends and feel more connected to their communities as a result.

Over half of those who come to Open House Festivals say they visit neighbourhoods they have never been to before as a result of taking part in the festival.

Connect to and learn from a global network of Open House Festival spanning Lagos to Taipei and Santiago to New York City.

Open House Festivals empower residents to tell the stories of their communities and help better celebrate places that have been historically under-celebrated.

Much of Britain’s best architecture is never open to the general public. Open House Festivals help throw open the doors of famous landmarks from skyscrapers to social housing estates for unforgettable tours.

Open House Festivals can help to explore, explain and debate urban change – opening up new neighbourhoods to visitors and facilitating debate about the future of development.