Heritage Festival
Visit to Tring Police Station and Museum
Tring Police Station 63 High Street, Tring, Herts£7.50 Adult SORRY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Please note that income from this event is coming to the Chiltern Society as a charity to cover the overheads of the Festival. Herts Police’s oldest functioning police station is throwing open its doors to Chiltern Society guests as part of the 2023 Chiltern society Heritage […]
Stamp Collecting & Mike Consden
White Hill Centre, White Hill, Chesham, Bucks, HP5 1AG£10 Adult Milk bottle tops, beer mats, match boxes, coins – as children, nearly all of us collected one (or some) of these, but far and away the most popular collectable item was stamps. Stamp shops, approvals, school clubs, local societies, stamp fairs, kindly relatives, parents, neighbours, all made stamp collecting so easy […]
Guided Walk Around Ewelme Village
Ewelme Recreation Ground Car Park High Street, Ewelme, OX10 6PG£5 Adult You will be guided around Ewelme, which is a beautiful Oxfordshire village steeped in history. It houses a unique cluster of 15th century buildings comprising a church, almshouses and school, as well as the now-restored watercress beds. There are close connections with Henry VIII, the Chaucer family and other nobility. The walk will […]
A Fun Cheese and Wine Tasting at No 2 Pound Street, Wendover
No2 Pound Street 2 Pound St, Wendover, Aylesbury£25 Adult SORRY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Come along to No2 Pound Street, for a fun and informative evening of cheese and wine tasting. You will be led through the tasting by one of their experts, learning the stories behind the cheeses, the different styles of wines and the way to taste and […]
Organised Walks – Ashley Green, Bucks
Meet outside the Ashley Green Memorial Hall, Two Dells Lane (near to and opposite the church), Ashley Green, HP5 3RB. Free parking, and WC / refreshments at the popular Glebe Café (rear of the hall) before or after the walk. We head downhill towards Harriet’s End Farm before progressing to Sandpit Green. We then climb […]
A Festival Celebration – St Mary’s Church, Drayton Beauchamp
St Mary the Virgin, Drayton Beauchamp Church Lane, Drayton Beauchamp, Aylesbury, BucksAdults and Children - Free As in previous years we will come together at the beautiful Grade I listed St Mary's Church, set over the bank of the Wendover Canal. Last year we planted a rowan tree on the drive to the church to commemorate the fifth Heritage Festival. This year we will be joined […]
Wonders Of The Dark Sky
Woodoaks Farm Woodoaks Farm, Rickmansworth, HertfordshireSORRY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. £10 pp Please note that if cloudy on Thursday 12.09 this event will take place on Friday 13.09 only book if you are able to attend both dates. The Chiltern Society, with the West of London Astronomical Society (WOLAS), South West Herts Astronomical Society (SWHAS) Woodoaks Farm and […]
Guided Tour of Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital
Tiggywinkles Aston Road, Haddenham, United KingdomSORRY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED £10 pp Join us on a visit to the world famous Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital in Haddenham. This specialist hospital is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of all British wildlife. They take in and treat over 13,000 sick, injured or orphaned wild animals every year. On this guided […]
Private Tour of John Lewis Partnerships Odney Grounds
John Lewis Partnership Heritage Centre Grove Farm, Odney Lane, Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire£7.50 pp THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED John Spedan Lewis first purchased land in Cookham in 1926, with the revolutionary purpose of creating a country club retreat for the Partners who worked in his busy London shops. Opened to Partners in 1927 as The Odney Club, we invite you to join a walking tour […]
