About

The centre is situated on Mansfield Road, at Eastwood, on the corner of the junction with Greenhills Road, it is only a short walk from D.H. Lawrence's birthplace, and Eastwood's town centre.

Durban House was built in 1896, for The Barber Walker mining company, and was once the wages offices for Brinsley Colliery, the colliery where D.H. Lawrence's father worked. This is where young Bert Lawrence would call and collect his fathers pay packet. The house was then turned into a mining officials institute, with a concert hall, billiard table, and library, before being converted into flats, after the flats were closed down, the house stood derelict for several years.

Durban House has been fully renovated, reopening in 1998, and now contains 'talking' exhibits of the life and times of Lawrence, and also the original court copies of Lawrence's most controversial novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover.

The Exhibition 
 
The Heritage Centre Exhibition is now open with a host of attractions. These include a school area with blackboards and desks, clothes to try on, and two walk-through coal areas. Visitors can also enjoy four audio tapes, a video, and a touch-screen information computer.

Admission prices: Adults £1.75, Concessions £1.00, Family £6.50.

Joint ticket (includes admission to The Birthplace Museum)
Adults £3.00, Concessions £1.50

Open daily: 10:00 until 17:00.

For opening times, admission charges, and further details, tel. 01773 717353

Meeting Rooms

Three meeting rooms of the highest standard are available for both daytime and evening hire.
The rooms are available for hire by the hour. Prices start at £5.00 per hour for community use and £10.00 per hour for other organisations. TV and video, flip charts, slides or overhead projector and screen are all available for hire at a total charge of £3.50. A wide range of refreshments can be provided with tea or coffee at 75p per head (average 2 cups) or with biscuits at £1.10 per head.