OLD LIBRARY TOUR + BECOME A MAKER

Join local host Carolina for a special HERITAGE OPEN DAYS + ERITH MADE tour and uncover the remarkable history behind our beautiful building, the people who shaped it, and its role in the community over the years.

Discover too how to become a TEX Maker to learn new craft skills, and help create beautiful, useful products as part of our creative making community, or tend to our incredible Sarah Price-designed garden packed with unusual shrubs, perennials and ephemerals suited to all kinds of garden situations.

All ages are welcome.

FREE | DROP-IN

Timings

Saturday 12 September:

12:30 - 13:30

Location & directions

The Exchange Erith, The Old Library, Walnut Tree Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1RA

Directions:

By bike - There are cycle racks at The Exchange, and we are very close to the Thames Path and on the Green Chain Walk · By car - There is pay-for parking on Walnut Tree Road, or you can park for free at Morrisons for up to 2 hours (a 5-min walk). There is also an electric charging station on Walnut Tree Road. · By train - We are a 2-min walk from Erith Station. Exit the station, follow the road under the bridge and walk past the front of London South East College. Continue up the steps and across the road, and you have made it. Trains come from London Bridge and London Waterloo, and continue through to Dartford and Gravesend. · By bus - The 229 (to Thamesmead), 99 (to Bexleyheath) and 469 (to Queen Elizabeth Hospital); additional routes available from Erith Town Centre (a 2-min walk). · By tube - The Elizabeth line serves Abbey Wood Station where you can board a train to Erith Station.

Contact on day:

The Exchange

Telephone number:

+441322341144

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Please enter via the Garden Room Shop & Coffee Bar (lower gate on Walnut Tree Road) for step-free access. We have a lift to all floors.

Additional information

This tour also forms part of a wider ERITH MADE festival.

Max number of people:

25

Estimated duration:

1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)

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