'A House of Magic' - Parham is in the Top 20 of Simon Jenkin's 'England's Thousand Best Houses'

Set within an ancient deer park below the South Downs, Parham is one of the country’s finest Elizabethan Houses. Parham has always been a well-loved family home, and only three families have lived here since its foundation stone was laid in 1577.  Its tranquillity and timeless beauty have changed little over the centuries.

Visit the House 
Discover a rare and precious collection of paintings, furniture and needlework with a guided tour of the house*

*Please note, the First and Second Floors of the House are inaccessible for wheelchair users and people with mobility issues who cannot use stairs. 

Enjoy the Gardens 
The romantic four-acre Walled Garden has been cultivated for hundreds of years and celebrates the best traditions of English Walled Gardens, including vegetable patches, cut flower beds and an orchard. Note: Work is taking place to tackle a pernicious weed problem in the Walled Garden. Some borders will remain fallow in 2026 as part of the Garden team’s strategy to tackle this problem. 

Garden Shop and Gift Shop 
The Garden Shop, open from 12 noon, offers an exciting range of perennial plants, as well as excess fruit and vegetables from the Gardens (subject to season and availability). The Gift Shop, open from 1pm, offers a wonderful selection of homeware, stationery and gifts, including products from Parham and the local area. 

The visit is set out as follows:
• Meet at Arlebury Park at 9.00am
• Arrive Parham House ~ welcome refreshments
• Guided tour of the house* 
• Salad Lunch in the Kitchen, main house
• Free time to explore the gardens and gift shop
• Arrive back to Alresford at approx. 5.00pm

35 spaces available

Tickets £59 to include welcome refreshments, entry and guided tour of the house, salad lunch, entry to gardens and transport

HOW DO I PURCHASE A TICKET?

If you would like to visit Parham House and Gardens please CONFIRM YOUR PLACE WITH LUCY by emailing lucyajames@icloud.com and advising Lucy of your INTENDED METHOD OF PAYMENT from the options below. This is really helpful in assisiting with our administration.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: PARHAM/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the April & May Lecture 

Numbers must be confirmed by Wednesday 18th June

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

SOLD OUT ~ A visit to the William Nicholson Exhibition at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester to include a talk and an opportunity to explore Chichester or visit the Cathedral.

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Spanning Nicholson’s entire career, this landmark show reveals the breadth of his artistic vision – from world-renowned still lifes, insightful portraits and evocative landscapes to his poster designs and playful book illustrations.

Highlights include the bold posters he produced with his brother-in-law James Pryde as ‘J. & W. Beggarstaff’, his celebrated woodcuts from An Alphabet (1898), original illustrations for The Velveteen Rabbit, works created during travels to India, and poignant wartime paintings, as well as his glittering still lifes, which showcase his mastery of light and texture.

Visitors can view rarely seen works, and intimate depictions of family and friends – including a newly displayed portrait of his son, artist Ben Nicholson.

The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to rediscover one of Modern British art’s most beloved and versatile figures.

The visit is set out as follows:
• Meet at Arlebury Park at 9.15am
• Arrive Pallant House at 10.15am ~ welcome refreshments
• Talk on William Nicholson Exhibition (1 hour)
• Visit the William Nicholson Exhibition and Gallery
• Free time for lunch (own expense)
• Explore Chichester and / or Cathedral
• Arrive back to Alresford at approx. 5.00pm

30 spaces available

Tickets £43 to include welcome refreshments, gallery entrance and talk on William Nicholson Exhibition (lunch is not provided)

HOW DO I PURCHASE A TICKET?

If you would like to visit the Pallant House Gallery, please CONFIRM YOUR PLACE WITH LUCY by emailing lucyajames@icloud.com and advising Lucy of your INTENDED METHOD OF PAYMENT from the options below. This is really helpful in assisiting with our administration.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: PALLANT/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the February Lecture 

Numbers must be confirmed by Wednesday 25th March

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

A unique opportunity to visit the former home of Jane Austen

6.00pm-7.15pm

Jane Austen spent the final weeks of her life at No. 8 College Street, Winchester, and died there on the 18th July 1817. This summer, Winchester College will open the house to the public for the first time, as part of a worldwide celebration of the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth. Through displays and artefacts, visitors will learn about Jane's connections with Winchester and the story of her last days.

The visit is set out as follows:
• Meet at the Porters' Lodge, College Street
• Tour begins at 6.00pm and will last 1.5 hours

15 spaces available

Tickets £12.50 to include guided tour

Note: There are no toilets at the house - nearest public toilets are in Abbey Gardens. Due to the historic nature of the house, some areas can only be accessed via steps or stairs. Photography is permitted but please do not take pictures with people. No food or drink allowed in the house.

HOW DO I PURCHASE A TICKET?

If you would like to visit No.8 College Street, please CONFIRM YOUR PLACE WITH LUCY by emailing lucyajames@icloud.com and advising Lucy of your INTENDED METHOD OF PAYMENT from the options below. This is really helpful in assisiting with our administration.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: AUSTEN/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the April Lecture but due to the limited number of tickets we advise you reserve your place with Lucy at the earliest opportunity

Numbers must be confirmed by Wednesday 28th May

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

Our next visit will be to Stratfield Saye House, home to the Dukes of Wellington since 1818.

After the Battle of Waterloo the First Duke of Wellington or the Great Duke as he was universally known, was regarded as the saviour of his country and of Europe. A grateful nation voted a substantial sum of money to enable him to buy a house and an estate worthy of a great national hero. After considering many far grander properties, he chose Stratfield Saye.

The House today is lived in by the 9th Duke of Wellington and his family. Whilst the Great Duke’s wonderful collection of pictures are at Apsley House, which was given to the nation by the 7th Duke in 1947, Stratfield Saye House contains a fascinating collection of paintings and furniture purchased by the Great Duke with many mementos of his occupation of his modest country home.

We will leave Arlebury Park (Long Term Car Park) Alresford SO24 9EP at 9.30am and return at approx. 4.00pm

The day will include:
• Welcome coffee/tea
• A tour of the house
• Light lunch
• Transport to/from Arlebury Park

34 spaces available

Tickets £43 to include coach, welcome refreshments, lunch and guided tour of the house and access to the grounds.

HOW DO I PURCHASE A TICKET?

If you would like to visit Stratfield Saye House, please CONFIRM YOUR PLACE WITH LUCY by emailing lucyajames@icloud.com and advising Lucy of your INTENDED METHOD OF PAYMENT from the options below. This is really helpful in assisiting with our administration.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: STRATFIELD/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the February Lecture

Numbers must be confirmed by Monday 17th March

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

Departing Arlebury Park at 9am and returning at 4.30pm

We will be visiting Stonor Park, home to the Stonor family for over 850 years and one of the oldest family homes still lived in today. 

As well as being architecturally fascinating each room contains a lifetime of experience and anecdote. Discover art and treasures collected from across the globe and view historic maps and documents that reveal generations of service to the country. A stroll through this house is a vivid walk through history. Set in beautiful parkland with three formal gardens to explore, including the Old Kitchen Garden and Italianate Pleasure Garden.

Behind the warm red brick facade, Stonor is actually a collection of much older buildings. In fact its origins date back to Medieval times.

Within the grounds is the original Chapel of the Holy Trinity built in the late 13th Century on the site of a prehistoric Stone Circle.

St. Edmund Campion, martyred in 1581, was a Londoner and leading Oxford academic of the day, ordained a Catholic Priest and Jesuit on the Continent. He was known to the Stoner family and given refuge at the house to print in great secrecy, a pamphlet, describing 'Ten Reasons' why the historical Catholic faith should be preferred over the teachings of the newly Established Church.

Tickets £50 to include coach, welcome refreshments, lunch and guided tour of the house and access to the gardens.

If you would like to visit Stonor Park, please CONFIRM YOUR PLACE WITH LUCY by emailing lucyajames@icloud.com and advising Lucy of your INTENDED METHOD OF PAYMENT from the options below. This is really helpful in assisiting with our administration.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: STONOR/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the June Lecture

Numbers must be confirmed by Tuesday 20th August

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

A wonderful opportunity to visit this private house which is only available to National Gallery members and small groups such as The Arts Society.

Longford Castle on the banks of the River Avon is one of the grandest stately homes in Britain and has been the residence of one family for over 300 years. It was originally built in the late 16th century by the Gorges family to an unusual triangular plan. In the 18th century the 2nd Earl of Radnor, employed the architect James Wyatt to transform it into a hexagonal palace; a project which was abandoned. It was left to the 4th Earl of Radnor and Victorian architect Anthony Calvin to complete Longford. 

During the 18th century the house acquired an outstanding collection of contemporary portraits and Old Master paintings enjoyed by visiting artists such as Thomas Gainsborough in 1773 who was there to study works by David Teniers and to paint portraits for the family. Some of the works in the Longford collection have since been acquired by the National Gallery.

The morning will be spent on a private tour of Longford followed by a cold buffet lunch at the Radnor Arms and a visit to Houghton Lodge Gardens before returning home.

The day is set out as follows:

8.45am - Meet at Arlebury Park for prompt departure at 9am
Short comfort break at service station
10.15am - Longford Castle Tour
12.45pm - Tour ends
1.00pm - Cold buffet lunch at The Radnor Arms
3.00pm - Visit to Houghton Lodge Gardens
5.00pm - Arrive back at Arlebury Park 

Tickets £60 for TASA Members to include travel, Longford Castle entry and private tour, buffet lunch and Houghton Gardens entrance fee.

If you would like to visit Longford Castle, please confirm your place with Lucy by emailing lucyajames@icloud.com and advising Lucy of your intended method of payment from the options below.

• TicketTailor - secure online ticket purchase using the link here

or by

• BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460  Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: LONGFORD/your surname

or by 

• Cheque payable to: 
The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer at Robinia House, 23 Rosebery Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9HQ

• Members can also purchase tickets at the April Lecture

Numbers must be confirmed by Friday 12th July

Terms and Conditions
Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable. 
Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.
Purchasers buying via TicketTailor will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions).
For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.
If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

Described as 'Heaven on earth' by William Morris, Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott in West Oxfordshire.  It dates from around 1570 with a late 17th century wing and is listed Grade 1. Visitors can still experience the beauty and seclusion that inspired many of William Morris's most important designs and writings as well as influencing his ideas on conservation for both the built and natural environments.

We will have a guided tour in the morning after a welcome coffee/tea. Then time to enjoy the gardens and surroundings, tearoom and shop with a delicious buffet lunch included.

Departing Arlebury Park at approximately 8.15am
Arrival at Kelmscott at 10.00am 
Returning to Alresford at about 5.00pm

£55 per person to include entrance fee, refreshments, guided tour, buffet lunch and coach transport

If you would like to join this trip please email lucyajames@icloud.com 
35 spaces available
Numbers to be confirmed by 19th June

Payment by TicketSouce using the link on the homepage or via BACS (quoting KELMSCOTT/your surname) or by Cheque and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer

We will visit the Castle by coach leaving Arlebury Park, The Avenue, Alresford at 8.45am to arrive at the Castle at 10.30am for coffee/tea followed by a guided tour of the castle at 11am.

Afterwards you will have time to enjoy the Castle and gardens at your leisure with marvellous displays of tulips. You can also visit the nearby town if you wish. 

Lunch is not included in the price but can be enjoyed in the Castle café or in town. We will return to Alresford by approx 5.30pm.

Price to include: Entrance Fee (including guided tour and visit to garden tulip festival), coach and coffee/tea on arrival. 
£55 per person

Please email Lucy if interested in joining us at
lucyajames@icloud.com as soon as possible.
Numbers must be confirmed by 22nd March.

Tickets can be purchased either by:

TicketSource
Please use the link 'BOOK EVENTS' on the home page 

or by

BACS
The Arts Society Alresford
Acc Number 65717460
Sort Code 30-99-71
Please quote ref: ARUNDEL/your surname

or by

Cheque
Made payable to The Arts Society Alresford and sent to Michael Kerby, Treasurer
 

Terms and Conditions

Tickets should be regarded as non-transferable.

Anyone wishing to cancel should inform the organiser.

Purchasers buying via TicketSource will have had the opportunity of paying an extra fee for Refund Protection (see Terms and Conditions). For those paying via BACS or with cheques the Society will not make a refund unless it is able to resell the relevant tickets.

If the Society itself needs to cancel an event, all ticket purchases will be refunded.

This is a self-drive visit (offers to share cars encouraged) and the itinerary is as follows.

10.30am Arrive in time for tea/coffee in the Old Kiln Cafe

11.00am-12.45pm Guided Artist Village Tour

12.45-2.00pm Lunch in the Old Kiln (vegetarian quiche and salads)

2.00-4.00pm Free time to explore Watts Gallery, Watts Chapel, Limnerslease, the Contemporary Art Gallery and the shop (10% discount). 

You can do further tours in the afternoon if wished but they must be booked in advance, individually.

Further information about the Village can be found on

www.wattsgallery.org.uk

Cost: £31 pp. to include reduced group entry, welcome tea/coffee, morning guided tour, lunch and entry to other parts of the village.

Art Pass holders £26.25

Please email lucyajames@icloud.com to book your place by 12 noon Friday 22nd April along with your payment.

Payment by BACS account number. 65717460

Sort code. 33-71-99 or cheques to the Alresford Society Alresford (the Treasurer, Robinia House, 23 Rosenberg Road, Alresford SO24 9HQ

 Most regrettably there is no option but to cancel this outing as both venues are unable to take group bookings, with no date at to when this may be possible.

21 SEPTEMBER 2021

Polesdon Lacey, a National Trust property, set in the Surrey Hills, weekend house of Margaret Greville, a renowned Edwardian society hostess and philanthropist, which was bequethed to the National Trust upon her death in 1942. It contains world famous collections of Fabergé, maiolica and Dutch old masters.  Explore Mrs Greville's lavish parties whose guests included Edward VII, Mrs Alice Kepple and where the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, spent their honeymoon.  The beautiful gardens and park provide beauty both in summer and winter.  

Afternoon visit to Watts Gallery, the home, studio and gallery of George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) and his wife designer Mary Watts (1849-1938), champions of Art for All.  The permanent collection displays paintings, sculptures, drawings and pottery by George and Mary, as well as the not to be missed Watts chapel, Mary's masterpiece.

Unfortunately because of current lockdown rules and no lectures being able to even be tentatively held in the hall any earlier than our July lecture, we are unable to open bookings for our visit to St Nicholas Church Lower Oddington and Sezincote House scheduled for Wednesday 23 June and for Wilton House and St Mary and St Nicholas Parish Church Wilton in March as stated in our 2021programme

24 March 2021.
Most regrettably this visit has sadly been cancelled as the uncertainty of the on-going pandemic situation makes it impossible to go ahead this year   

St Nicholas Church, well known for its magnificent wall paintings, possesses one of the most notable representations of The Last Judgement now surviving.  The small church is a 400 metre walk from the beautiful village of Lower Oddington.  The coach will park next door to The Fox pub where we shall have coffee on arrival and lunch after visiting the church.

Afternoon visit to Sezincote House built in 1805 for Colonel John Cockerell, a grandson of diarist Samuel Pepys' nephew, who returned from India in 1795 after making his fortune with The East India Company. It is a notable example of Neo-Mughal construction and a mixture of Hindu and Muslim architecture, but the interior is purely classical.  Visited by the Prince Regent in 1807 and influenced  his plans for the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Sir Cyril Kleinwort bought the estate in 1944, after which it was extensively restored, and his grandson Edward Peake and his wife Camilla currently live there. 

Estimated Cost: £50 ( subject to confirmation - refreshments at own expense)

Update 24 March 2021.  
Most regrettaby this visit has been cancelled for 2021 owing to the continued uncertainty of the current pandemic situation. 

The home of the Earls of Pembroke since the 1540s.  Set in 22 acres of parkland and gardens bordered by the rivers Wylye and Nadder.  The house is currently lived in by the 18th Earl (born 1978) with his wife and young family  The house, with 17th Century interiors, contains a world famous art collection including works by van Dyke, Pieter Bruegal, Rembrandt and Richard Wilson. An excellent cafe is available for coffee on arrival and also for lunch. Guided tour of the house.  There is an exhibition of photographs from The Cecil Beaton Studio at Sotheby's curated by Jasper Conran.  Lord Pembroke's extensive collection of classic cars is also on display.

Afternoon visit to St Mary & St Nicholas Parish Church, Wilton, approximately a 10 minute walk from Wilton House. The wonderful Italianate Church is more like a cathedral than a parish church and was built between 1841-44.  Said to be the wish of the Russian wife of the 11th Earl in the style of churches in her native Russia and includes beautiful mosiacs and other treasures.  Much of the workmanship was imported from Italy including marble columns from the 2nd Century BC temple of Venus at Porto Venere and the 12th and 13th Century stained glass from France

Cost £46 (subject to confirmation) Refreshments at own expense

Hatfield House, is a leading example of a prodigy house (a term for large and showy English country houses built by courtiers and other wealthy families,  "noble palaces of an awesome scale”. Prodigy houses stretch over the periods of Tudor, Elizabethan, and Jacobean architecture, though the term may be restricted to a core period of roughly 1570 to 1620.

Hatfield House was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, chief minister to King James I and it has been in the Cecil family ever since. A short distance from the present house is the Royal Palace of Hatfield, part of which still exists, where Elizabeth I spent her childhood. Hatfield House displays items associated with Elizabeth I and the library boasts a 22-foot long illuminated parchment roll showing the pedigree of Elizabeth I back to Adam and Eve!  . The house has been used as a location for many films and TV programmes, so it may seem very familiar to you.

The gardens, covering, 42 acres, were laid out in the 17th century by John Tradescant the elder. Tradescant brought back from his visits to Europe many trees and shrubs never seen before in England. The East garden is only open on Wednesdays.

8:30am  Leave Arlebury Park car park by coach  - Pay and Display £1.50 per day

Coffee on arrival

11:30   Guided tour of the house

12:30pm    Lunch.  You may buy lunch in the River Cottage Kitchen and Deli or bring your own picnic

1:30  Self guided tour of the East and West gardens and park land

4:00   Leave for return to Alresford

6:00 approximately  Arrive Arlebury Park

(Timings dependent on traffic conditions) 

COST £46 pp includes transport, entrance and tour fees but not refreshments

Bookings taken at Meeting 25th June 2019

or contact Antoinetter Cuming

email: antoinettecuming@hotmail.com

Telephone 01962 422329

Thursday 28 February20109

8:46 am train from Winchester for those wishing escorted travel.

!0:45 Meet at II temple Place for guided tour at 11 am

12:30 Lunch- sourceed by indidviduals 

1:30 Walk to Temle Church 

!6:50 train form Waterloo to Winchester

There are still afew places available for this day out. Please contact Carolyn Bateman or Antoinette Cuming to book.  

Sulgrave Manor is a Tudor and Georgian House originally built for the ancestors of George Washington in the mid 1500s. The garden was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. (No large bags or stiletto heels please )

It is a rare privelege to visit Thenford, the private garden and arboretum created by Lord and Lady Heseltine over the last forty years, which is only open a few days each year.

In the morning we have booked coffee or tea on arival at Sulgrave Manor, a tour of the house, and lunch before we leave for Thenford in the afternoon.(We are required to give the names of those visiting Thenford two weeks before we go.) 

We leave Arlebury park at 8:00am returning by 6:30pm

£64 pp to include refreshments  entrance and tour fees.

Booking opens at the April meeting.   

Rodmarton Manor is the supreme example of  a house and all its contents built to Arts and Crafts ideals. Ernest Barnsley and the Cotswold Group were responsible for the revival of many traditional crafts. There is also an eight acre garden designed as a series of outoor rooms. We shall stop for tea and time to browse the delightful town of Tetbury; perhaps visiting the Prince of Wales Highgrove shop and the Antique shops which abound in the town. 

We leave from Arlebury park at 8:00 am returning by 6:30pm.

£49 pp to include coffe or tea on arrival,lunch and guided house tour.

Booking at the March and April  meetings or by contacting Louise Dilloway

ITINERARY

8:00 am Leave Arlebury Park Recreation Centre Car Park

Coffe  on arrival at Rodmarton

One hour guided tour of the house and unguided tour of the garden

Lunch of light salad selsection at Rodamrton (please advise of any gluten free requirements) 

Move from Rodmarton to Tetbury for free flow exploration of the town and its shops, or to take tea.

Return to Alresford 6:30pm

(Timings may be adjusted on the day, depending on circumstances) 

Cancer Research UK has arranged a fund raising concert in St Peter's Church Jewry Street Winchester on 4 April 2018 at 7.00pm.The programme include a capella music, Barber Shop and Sacred songs. 

Tickets £20. Please contact saranangle@hotmail.co for further information and ticket purchase.

Arundells is the home of the former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath KG MBE.It contains his diverse collection of art, photographs, sailing memorabilia and political cartoons. The house brings together six distinct architectural styles beginning in 1291. We have booked guided tours of the house and entry to the garden. Lunch will be sourced individually in Salisbury. Messums is a pioneering multi purpose gallery and arts and crafts centre supporting the promotion of contemporary art. 

We leave from Arlebury Park,Alresford at 8:30 returning by 6:00pm.

£33 pp Booking opens at the January meeting 

We shall have guided tours around two Kent gems on Friday 8 September 2017: Restoration House and Rochester Cathedral. Restoration House was stayed in by Charles II on the eve of the Restoration of the monarchy and boasts some fine English furnuiture and paintings. It is also the houose used by Charles Dickens as the model for Satis House in his novel Great Expectations. Rochester Cathedeal is the second oldest cathedral in England and also its smallest. It has ben aplace of Christian worship since 604 AD and a place of pilgrimmage since the 13th century.

For more information and to book a place please contact Louise Dilloway on louisedilloway.net 

We had guided tours of two Twenteth Century artists' centres: Charleston and the Bloomsbury Group and Farley Farmhouse,the home of the Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose.

Hilary Williams led a bespoke tour round the BM's Grand Tour exhibits. This visit coplemented our lecture by James Bolton in the previous month.

Booking for the outing to Bletchley Park on Tuesday 20 September 2016 will open at the June meeting.

A day exloring the the Second World War code breaking site.Food is available at Bletchley Park. Please be aware this outing will involve much walking.

Following the lecture at our New Members Evening  and to celebrate Capability Brown's tercentenary we visit Cadland his "smallest pleasure ground" created in 1775.  We follow this with a visit to Exbury gardens created by Lional Nathan de Rothschild in the 1920's.  A chance to enjoy the work of two innovative designers and plantsmen.  Please bring a picnic or eat in the restaurant.

On arrival Gilly Drummond will chat to us about the garden for about half an hour THEN we will have coffee.  If you will need a drink before then please bring a flask!

A guided tour of the School seeing thee professional stichers at work and the exhibition Peacocks and Pomegranates.  Optional additional entry to the Royal Palace.  Food available at the Palace.  Leave from Albury Court Car Park at 8.am

Guided tour of the Manor House and free time in fountain gardens where we will take our own picnic lunches. Proceed to Kiftsgate for self-guided walks in a spectacular Cotswold garden landscape.

Please note: this is a change of date from the published Programme.

All day self-guided visit. See the Mary Rose, take a boat round the harbour, visit HMS Victory and more.