Earls Colne Heritage Museum at The Quaker Meeting House: Pop-up and walking tour.

For the Heritage Open Days festival, Earls Colne Heritage Museum has teamed up again with the historic Quaker Meeting House in Burrows Road, Earls Colne. Come and find us in their grounds, and discover more about the Museum, the locality and prominent families of Earls Colne of the past with our pop-up display.

Local historian, John Stedman, will take us back through time with a tour of the locality. The walk(s) will start and finish at the Friends Meeting House. The Meeting House has been on the same site in Earls Colne since 1674, the present building being built about 1733 and is the oldest meeting house in the area still in use. Although built for and remaining in Quaker use, the building is also a community resource. It makes a positive contribution to the local conservation area, and as such is appreciated by local people and visitors who may not be users of the building.

The building and burial ground embody Quaker values.
Burrows Road, once known as Meeting House Lane, is now a residential road just off the High Street. The tour will take approx. 60 minutes. A further tour may be available subject to demand. First Tour 11am. Audio equipment supplied..

Refreshments will be available at the Quaker Meeting House.

The nearby Earls Colne Heritage Museum, One Reubens Walk, CO6 2SZ, housed in a Hunts Atlas Works Grade II Listed Water Tower (built 1895), will be open 12.-2pm. Free entry.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 13 September:

Open 1000-1600 Walking tour: 1100 (an additional tour at 1400 if required)

Location & directions

The Meeting House, 8 Burrows Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex, CO6 2RZ

Directions:

Burrows Road is just off the north side of the High Street near The Lion PH.

Contact on day:

Lesley Berner

Telephone number:

+447912975848

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Uneven pavements with dropped kerbs. Parked cars.

Additional information

Audio equipment available for walking tour.

Max no of people per tour:

20

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)

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