Outings programme 2010

Times and venues vary. After renewing your membership, members must book in advance with the the Programme Secretary. Numbers are strictly limited so you will receive a ticket if your application is successful. A charge [indicated *] will be made for some visits and events.

March

*Wednesday 17th at 11am St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum, London. A guided tour of the museum, historic rooms and Hogarth wall paintings [limited to 20 members]

April

*Tuesday 13th at 1 pm. The Paper Trail, Hemel Hempstead, by arrangement with the Paper Trail Project. BY COACH to Frogmore Mill, the world's first mechanised paper mill, which still has a working mill [limited to 25 members]

Tuesday 20th at 7.30pm. Fig Tree Cottage, Hitchin, by kind permission of Gerry Sugars. A delightful early 19th century cottage and garden [limited to 10 members]

May

*Thursday 6th at 2.15pm. Southill Park, Southill - by kind permission of Charles Whitbread. Country mansion remodelled by Henry Holland in the Regency period [limited to 50 members]

*Wednesday 19th at 9.30am. Forty Hall, Enfield and Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. A visit BY COACH to a Jacobean house and an early industrial site and conservation area [limited to 25 members]

Tuesday 25th at 7.30pm. Maydencroft Manor, Gosmore - by kind permission of Robert and Frances Williams. A beautiful home, connected with King Henry VIII, and "Bunyan's Barn" [limited to 20 members]

June

*Tuesday 1st at 7.30pm. Woodhall Park, Watton-at-Stone - by kind permission of the Abel Smith Charitable Trust. An 18th century house with highly decorated interiors, owned for over 200 years by the Abel Smith family [limited to 20 members]

Tuesday 22nd at 7.30pm. Wymondley Priory, Little Wymondley - by kind permission of John Hope. A fascinating medieval house and impressive tithe barn [limited to 25 members]

July

*Friday 16th at 7.30pm. Hitchin Lavender, Ickleford - by arrangement with Alec and Zoë Hunter. To hear the story of lavender and to see the fields in full colour [limited to 20 members].

August

*Thursday 5th at 2.00pm. Woburn Abbey, Woburn - by kind permission of the Duke of Bedford. A special "The Ladies of Woburn" guided tour of the Abbey [limited to 24 members]

*Thursday 12th at 2.00pm. Cromer Windmill, Ardeley - by arrangement with the Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust. A windmill originally built in 1681, in use until the 1920s and now restored to working order [limited to 20 members]

September

Sunday 5th at 2pm. Archaeological walk around Hitchin - by Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Archaeology Officer. Keith has a wealth of knowledge about the town's archaeology (limited to 20 members).

Wednesday 22nd at 7.30 pm. Hitchin Museum - by arrangement with the Curator, David Hodges. A behind-the-scenes visit to see the extensive collection (limited to 15 members).