St Peter and St Paul Albury Old Saxon Church

St Peter and St Paul Albury, Old Parish Church, Albury Park, New Road, Albury , Surrey, GU5 9BB

Designed by the renowned Victorian architect Augustus Welby Pugin, it is lavishly decorated, with stained glass, painted walls and ceiling and a…

Visit this Grade I listed ancient Saxon church, which has over 1,000 years of history and stands in the peaceful grounds of Albury Park, within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1700
• Sunday 11 September: 1000-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Ash Museum

Cemetery Chapel, Ash Church Road, Ash, Surrey, GU12 6LX

Ash Museum is small and friendly and housed in a former chapel which is Grade II listed and has some beautiful stained glass windows. The local…

Visitors can search for the objects in the Astounding Inventions Trail at Ash Museum.

Event Times

• Sunday 11 September: 1400-1630
• Sunday 18 September: 1400-1630

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Chilworth Village Hall Centenary

Chilworth Village Hall, New Road, Chilworth, Surrey, GU4 8LZ

2022 marks the centenary of Chilworth Village Hall. This rather unusual building is in fact a tin tabernacle, or iron church, which were popular…

Join us in celebrating the centenary of Chilworth village hall or 'tin tabernacle'. Browse the display of then and now photos and discover its fascinating history. Refreshments available. Also enjoy the scarecrow trail through the village.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 14:00 - 17:00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Prior’s Field

Priors Field School Trust Ltd, Priorsfield Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2RH

Prior’s Field was opened as a progressive school for girls in 1902 by Julia Huxley, mother of the biologist Julian Huxley and novelist Aldous…

Prior’s Field, an Arts and Crafts original house designed by architect Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, will be open to visitors for a self-guided tour of the oldest parts of the school.

Event Times

• Saturday 17 September: 1200-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Abbot’s Hospital

Abbot's Hospital, High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AJ

Founded in 1619 by George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury and a translator of the King James Bible. There are currently 26 residents. Access to…

Grade I listed building. Jacobean Alms-house, still used for its original purpose.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: On the hour and half-hour, from 1000 to 1500
• Saturday 10 September: On the hour and half-hour, from 1000 to 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Albury Guided Walk

Old Saxon Church of St Peter and St Paul, Albury Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9BB

Albury village was originally around the original Saxon church in Albury Park. After clearance, the village centred on Weston Street, with a new…

Starting with the Saxon Church and Albury Mansion the walk covers buildings in Albury Street, with their characteristic chimneys by Augustus Pugin, and ends with a look inside the Pigeon House.

Event Times

• Sunday 11 September: 1430

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Albury Organic Vineyard

Albury Vineyard, Shere Road, Albury, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9BW

As a small, boutique, family-run business, Albury offers a relaxed, personal and friendly experience. Visitors can enjoy a self-guided tour around…

Albury Vineyard is Surrey’s only organic vineyard, producing outstanding English wine from grapes grown in the beautiful Surrey Hills. Heritage Weekend visitors are invited to explore the new vineyard planting which is not usually open to the public.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1100-1700
• Sunday 11 September: 1100-1700
• Saturday 17 September: 1100-1700
• Sunday 18 September: 1100-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Albury Parish Church

Church Lane, Albury, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9AJ

The present Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Albury was consecrated in 1842 and succeeded the original parish church which has its origins…

See the church and its features, learn of its history and what goes on today

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600
• Sunday 11 September: 1100-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Albury Pigeon House

Pigeon House, Albury Estate Weston Yard, Albury, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9AF

Albury Pigeon House is an unusual eight-sided brick built structure with a pyramidal roof containing four dormer 'porches' each with a pair of…

The unusual octagonal Albury Pigeon house, with 600 nest holes and potence access ladder was a source of food and saltpetre, the principal ingredient of gunpowder.

Restoration by Dr Maurice Burton and Albury History Society was completed in 1980.

Event Times

• Sunday 11 September: 1100-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Astonishing Inventions Walk

Tunsgate Arch, High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AA

A special walk to celebrate 'Astonishing Inventions', the theme of Heritage Open Days 2022. Our forefathers included many people who were…

From dragons and unicorns to lasers and satellites, we have some amazing tales to tell and things for you to discover. Do join us!

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1430-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

Clandon Park

Clandon Park House, Clandon Park, West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7RQ

Since a major fire in 2015, specialist research and investigative conservation has revealed more and more about how the house was originally…

Clandon Park is unlike any other historic house you’ll ever visit. The fire at Clandon Park was the worst in the National Trust’s history. Discover the Trust’s new plans for the house, which offer a unique X-ray view of how great houses were made.

Event Times

• Saturday 17 September: Project team led tours 1130, 1200, 1300, 1330 Volunteer led tours 1100, 1230, 1400

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

Guildford Castle

Guildford Castle , Castle Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UW

Visit Guildford Castle and head to the top of the Great Tower for a 360-degree panoramic view of the town and the beautiful surrounding…

Visit Guildford Castle for free as part of Heritage Open Days!

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 1200 - 1630 (last admission 1600)
• Saturday 10 September: 1000 - 1630 (last admission 1600)

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Guildford Cathedral Crypt Tour

Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7UP

If you go past the rope barrier and down the stairs, you get a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes. You get to see the original chapel which…

Take a peek beneath the Cathedral where visitors aren't usually allowed and see what goes on behind the scenes

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 11.15am and 12.15am

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

Guildford Cathedral General Tour

Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7UP

Join one of our passionate tour guides and explore the Cathedral. You will see the tapestries, the kneelers, the windows and other fabrics made…

There’s so much to see and discover in the Cathedral. Take tour with our knowledgeable Cathedral Guides, who’ll tell you all about our amazing story and explore The People’s Cathedral, an iconic Grade II* listed building.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 10:30am and 12noon

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

Guildford Cathedral Tower Tour

Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7UP

Join our guides as you climb up the tower. You will get views out from a variety of heights as you climb, and from the top you can see the Wembley…

Climb up 249 steps to the top of the tower and enjoy the stunning views from the top

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1pm and 3pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

Guildford House

Guildford Borough Council, Guildford House Gallery, 155 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AJ

Sat 10 Sep 1400 – 1630 open attic: The attic, believed to be the former servants’ quarters in this 17th century building, will be open…

Visit the attic at Guildford House, not normally open publicly.
Our exhibitions ‘Georgian Women’ and ‘Fifty Years of Friendship’ are open, along with our unique craft and gift shop.
We also have a Finds Identification session and family activities.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: Open attic: 1400 - 1630 (last admission 1600)

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Guildford Market Walk

Tunsgate Arch High Street Guildford Opposite The Guildhall , High Street, Guildford, Surrey

Guildford has had markets from Saxon days as being one of the main trading centres in Surrey the walk will cover the history of markets from Saxon…

This walk follows the trail of our town markets, from High Street in medieval times, to Market Street in the 18th century, ending in North Street where the weekend market still thrives today.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 10am

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

Guildford Museum

Guildford Museum, 48 Quarry Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UA

Fri 09 Sep @ 1100: Tour our historic Museum buildings, the oldest part dating back to 1256! (Pre-booking required). Sat 10 Sep @ 1230 & 1430:…

Visit Guildford Museum for our exciting new videogame exhibition, an in-person and online tour or take part in our family activities!
Our displays include local archaeology and history, needlework and toys, and Lewis Carroll and Gertrude Jekyll.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 1200-1630 (last admission 1600), Tour: 1100-1145
• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1630 (last admission 1600) 1230: Prehistoric past object handling. 1430: Roman settlements object handling
• Monday 12 September: Online tour: 1100-1200

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

Guildford Quaker Meeting House (The Religious Society of Friends)

Religious Society of Friends, Friends Meeting House, Ward Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LH

The Meeting House, built in the style of others of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, was erected on land bought from Mr Martyr…

The Meeting House is a Grade 2 Listed place of worship, opened well over 200 years ago, in 1806. The building, replaces the earlier place of worship and burying ground across the other side of North Street on the land now called "Quakers Acre".

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 14.00 to 16.00
• Saturday 10 September: 14.00 to 16.00
• Sunday 11 September: 14.00 to 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Guildhall

The Guildhall, 131 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AA

Pay a visit to the Guildhall; a 16th century building of great historic interest. It was formerly a courtroom and council chamber, where the…

The Guildhall will be open to the public for Heritage Open Days!

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 1200 - 1630 (last admission 1600)
• Saturday 10 September: 1000 - 1630 (last admission 1600)

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Hatchlands Park

Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7RT

On Sunday 11 September, visit Hatchlands Park house and garden as part of Heritage Open days. Explore the tranquil parkland with its ponds,…

Set in a tranquil parkland, explore this Georgian country house with its unusual collection of pianos including some owned by Chopin, Bizet and Elgar. Families will love the natural adventure area in the woodland with its treehouse and bug burrow.

Event Times

• Sunday 11 September: 1000-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Holy Trinity Church

High Street , Opposite Abbot’s Hospital , Guildford , Surrey, GU1 3RR

Built 1749-63 by James Horne in Palladian style, replacing a medieval church. Enlarged in 1888 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Fine Renaissance tomb of…

Grade I listed building. The most important Georgian church in Surrey.

Guildford Art Society will be hosting a pop up art exhibition on Saturday 10th September

Refreshments will be available.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 10am - 5pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Medieval Undercroft

The Undercroft, 72 - 74 High Street , Guildford , Surrey, GU1 3HE

The Undercroft is a Grade II* listed building and scheduled ancient monument. This 13th century Undercroft is one of the finest examples in the…

Medieval Undercroft open for Heritage Open Days!

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 1200 - 1630 (last admission 1600)
• Saturday 10 September: 1000 - 1630 (last admission 1600)

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Norbury Park Farm Cheese co Ltd

Norbury park farm cheese co Ltd , Sherborne farm , Shere road Albury , Guildford , Surrey, GU59BW

Enter the cheese dairy (normally restricted ) to hear how these famous Surrey cheeses have been made over the last 20 years Norbury blue, Dirty…

See how Surreys famous cheeses are made a tour of the dairy with demonstrations and cheese tastings.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: Tour timings 1200 & 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

Olivo’s Restaurant

53 Quarry Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UA

The earliest written record of the building dates back to 1745 when it became The Kitt public house. During the following 40 years it was named…

Grade II listed building, dating back to Elizabethan times. The property boasts many original features including timber beams, intricate woodwork and a stunning fireplace (behind the bar).

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 14.00- 17.00
• Saturday 10 September: 14.00-17.00
• Sunday 11 September: 14.00-17.00
• Monday 12 September: 14.00-17.00
• Tuesday 13 September: 14.00-17.00
• Wednesday 14 September: 14.00-17.00
• Thursday 15 September: 14.00-17.00
• Friday 16 September: 14.00-17.00
• Saturday 17 September: 14.00-17.00
• Sunday 18 September: 14.00-17.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Open Day at Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village

Watts Gallery - Artists' Village, Down Lane, Compton, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1DQ

To celebrate Heritage Open Days, Watts Gallery - Artists' Village will be offering free entry on Saturday 10 September. There will also be tours…

Explore the unique history of Watts Gallery - Artists' Village. Enjoy free entry and site tours to discover the heritage of this Arts & Crafts gem.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church

Lower Road, Effingham, Guildford, Surrey, KT24 5AD

The Church was funded by Mr George Pauling, a railway engineer, who made his fortune in South Africa and who lived at The Lodge, Lower Road. His…

Designed in the early English Saxon style and faced in flint, the church was consecrated by the Catholic Bishop of Southwark on 8 October 1913.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 11.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Royal Grammar School Guildford

Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3BB

The Royal Grammar School in Guildford, founded in 1509 by Robert Beckingham, is one of the earliest grammar schools in the country. At the top of…

The Royal Grammar School: Grade I listed building dating from the late 16th century with later additions. The Chained Library and Tudor schoolroom are open. Information relating to the history of the School is on display in the schoolroom.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 0930-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Book on day

Royal Guildford Walk

Tunsgate High Street opposite The GuildHall, Guildford , Surrey

Guildford has royal connections from Saxon King Alfred to our monarch today, Queen Elizabeth II, as you will discover on this walk. This is a…

Most of this walk is spent in the High Street with a few detours.The royal family have been visiting Guildford since the 12th century.

Event Times

• Sunday 11 September: 10 am

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

Rydes Hill Preparatory School

Rydes Hill Preparatory School, Aldershot Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8BP

Originally a private dwelling, Rydes Hill House was known locally as The Clock House. Converted into a convent school in 1945 by the legendary…

Early Georgian building, with Victorian extensions.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 10.30- 1.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Shere Museum

Shere Museum, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9HE

Barnes Wallis, who lived in Effingham, invented the famous bouncing bomb. Shere resident John Vere Hopgood was Guy Gibson's deputy on the night of…

Astounding Inventions of the Tillingbourne Valley. Come and see:
Our life-size replica bouncing bomb; the story of the 24 pre-industrial revolution water-powered mills of the Tillingbourne; 80 years of film-making in Shere

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1400 to 1700
• Sunday 11 September: 1400 to 1700
• Saturday 17 September: 1400 to 1700
• Sunday 18 September: 1400 to 1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

St Martha-on-the-Hill, Chilworth

St Martha-on-the-Hill, via Halfpenny Lane, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 8PZ

This has been a place of worship since before Saxon times. The explosions from the gunpowder works in the Tillingbourne Valley contributed to the…

This grade II listed hilltop church, reached by walking up a steep hill from east or west car parks, is a unique and solitary parish church on the hill, with St Thomas in the valley, surrounded by woods and glorious countryside.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 1000-1600
• Sunday 11 September: 1300-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

St Mary’s Shalford: Try Bell-ringing, Wildflower Meadow Creation, and Church Open

St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Close, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 8BP

Inside St Mary's Church: We are offering the opportunity to visit the Ringing Room at St Mary's church, Shalford which is normally closed to the…

Visit St Mary's Church Shalford: meet the bell ringing team, visit ringing room and learn about the history of ringing - even try it for yourself! Outside in St Mary's Churchyard, see this Eco Church's new Wildflower Meadow trial area being created.

Event Times

• Saturday 17 September: 2-5pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

St Michael’s Barn Church, Farley Green, Albury

St Michael's Church, Shophouse Lane, Farley Green, Albury, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9EG

The construction of this 19th Century Barn Church gifted to the community and consecrated in 1930, has a brick and ironstone dwarf wall surmounted…

St Michael's Church is one of four in the parish of Albury - a unique 19th century barn gifted by a resident to the community of Farley Green to be converted into a church - and will be the venue of an Exhibition of artwork by local craftspeople.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600
• Sunday 11 September: 1000-1600
• Saturday 17 September: 1000-1600
• Sunday 18 September: 1000-1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

St Thomas’ Church, Chilworth

122 New Road, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 8LU

A chance to view the original reredos which hung above the altar in the sanctuary. Originally intended to be the Greshambury Institute, attached…

A Grade II listed building, built in 1896. Designed by the Arts and Crafts architect W H Seth Smith. Using local building materials, it is a typical example of the Arts and Crafts style of architecture in Surrey.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 10.00 - 16.00
• Saturday 10 September: 10.00 - 16.00
• Sunday 11 September: 11.00 - 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

The Church of St Bartholomew - Wanborough

The Church of St Bartholomew, Wanborough, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 2JR

St Bartholomew’s Church has a unique, peaceful, prayerful atmosphere. It is in regular use for worship and this weekend we offer it to you as a…

Take a walk in time. Visit the smallest parish church in Surrey - the ancient, Grade I listed Church of St Bartholomew. Enjoy the floral decorations, gaze at the wonderful boat-shaped roof and discover evidence of a fascinating past.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1700
• Sunday 11 September: 1000-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

The County Club

County Club, 158 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3HJ

The Club was originally 3 houses, built early in the 17th Century replacing a 12th Century Inn The County Club was formed in 1882 as a…

The County Club is a private members Club on the High Street of Guildford. On Saturday Heritage visitors are invited to look around the Club which has been in existence since 1892.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

The Great Barn of Wanborough

The Great Barn, Wanborough, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 2JR

The 14th Century Great Barn of Wanborough is one of the oldest timber structures in South East England and an impressive and inspiring example of…

Marvel at the amazing wooden structure still standing 630 years after having been built by the Monks from Waverley Abbey, and be fascinated by the exhibition showcasing 10,000 years of Wanborough history from prehistoric man to the SOE during WWII.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1700
• Sunday 11 September: 1000-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

The Guildford Design Awards Exhibition

The Guildhall, 131 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AA

The Guildford Design Awards were established to encourage and recognise; good design in new buildings and external spaces; restoration and…

This is an exhibition of the winning entries of the Guildford Design Awards 2020 and 2021, offered in various categories of architecture, environmental design and art completed in the Guildford Borough.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 12.00-16.30
• Saturday 10 September: 10.00-16.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

The Guildford Institute

Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LH

The Guildford Institute is an independent charity; it has been in its Grade II listed building since 1892 and to this day continues to offer…

Visit The Guildford Institute's historic Library and enjoy a free exhibition featuring treasures from its local heritage and history collection.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

The Guildford Story Walk

Tunsgate Arch, High Street (opposite the Guildhall)., Guildford, Surrey

The Guildford Story is our most popular walk and covers a selection of the most important locations as chosen by your guide. As well as the High…

The walk will cover 1000 years of history the centre of industries, trade and people.through the architecture and the people of the town.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 10 am
• Sunday 11 September: 12pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

The Treadwheel Crane,

The Treadwheel Crane, Town path, Town Wharf, Millbrook, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4EH

Believed to be the last working example of its type in the country. Access to its workings.

Grade II* listed building and scheduled ancient monument. Late 17th/early 18th century.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 10:30 - 16:00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Tours of the historic Gunpowder Mills

West Lodge, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 8NQ

Learn about the rich industrial heritage of this important site involved in the production of gunpowder from 1626 until the site closed in the…

Guided Tours of the historic Chilworth Gunpowder Mills, established in 1626 by the East India Company, harnessing the natural water supply of the River Tillingbourne.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: no tours
• Saturday 10 September: no tours
• Sunday 11 September: Tours available - timings to be advised
• Monday 12 September: no tours
• Tuesday 13 September: no tours
• Wednesday 14 September: no tours
• Thursday 15 September: no tours
• Friday 16 September: no tours
• Saturday 17 September: no tours
• Sunday 18 September: no tours

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

Victorian School Room

Victorian School Room , 39.5 Castle Street, Guildford , Surrey, GU1 3SX

Visit our recreated Victorian schoolroom set in 1893. The building was originally a chapel, built in for the Calvinistic Independents. In 1876 it…

Victorian School Room open for Heritage Open Days!

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000 - 1330 (last admission 1300)

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Wey River Festival

River Wey & Godalming Navigations, Dapdune Wharf, Wharf Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4RR

The National Trust’s Dapdune Wharf joins the festival circuit for one day in September for the spectacular Wey River Festival. From 1100, you…

Dapdune Wharf, in Guildford, is host to the most spectacular event on the River Wey. The Wey River Festival brings food, music, and children’s activities together for a wonderful day by the river. Don't miss the illuminated pageant at dusk.

Event Times

• Saturday 17 September: 1100-2030

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UX

The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre opened to the public in June 1965 with a star-studded gala, attended by Dirk Bogarde, Susan Hampshire, Vanessa Redgrave,…

A rare opportunity to see behind the scenes at this grade II listed venue, which has hosted an amazing list of stars since it opened in 1965.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: Tours: 1015, 1100, 1145, 1230 & 1315

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Effingham Methodist Chapel

Effingham Methodist Chapel, Chapel Hill, Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 5NB

The Wesleyan Chapel was built from local flint and bricks in 1854 by Non-Conformists who used to worship on Effingham Common in the…

Church & village history exhibition.
Some local dinosaurs, fossils, meteorites
Inventions connected with birdwatching
Quiz for kids

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 1000-1600
• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600
• Sunday 11 September: 1200-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Lovelace Mausoleum

St Martin's Church, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 6RL

The Lovelace Mausoleum is a unique feature of St Martin's Churchyard. It was built by William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace (1805-1893) who…

Visit the Lovelace Mausoleum at St Martin's Church, East Horsley

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 10am-4pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

St Lawrence Church, Effingham

St. Lawrence Church, Church Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 5LX

Grade II* listed church, with origins in the 12th century. Sir Barnes Wallis, inventor of the “bouncing bomb,” was an active parishioner of…

Visit this Grade II* listed church with 12th century origins. Our parishioner Sir Barnes Wallis, astounding inventor of the “bouncing bomb,” who is buried in the churchyard, is the subject of an exhibition at the nearby Little Bookham Tithe Barn.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

St. Mary’s Parish Church, West Horsley History & Heritage Afternoon

2 Old St. Mary's Parish Church , Epsom Road , West Horsley , Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 6JG

St. Mary's was built in 1030 AD, by Thored, the Danish Thane of the Manor of West Horsley. A north aisle, with fine Norman arches, was added in…

Join groups assessing: Architecture; History; Stained Glass Windows and Wall Paintings of St. Mary's, which dates from 1030AD. Children's Quiz. Tea and Cakes

Event Times

• Sunday 11 September: 1400-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

West Horsley Place

West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 6AN

This special postcard collection has been recently acquired West Horsley Parish Council. It tells a fascinating story of how the village has…

Visit a special Heritage Open Day exhibition of historic postcards of West Horsley village in the Stone Hall of the Manor House.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Shalford cemetery Chapel The Street Shalford GU4 8BN

The Street, Shalford, Opposite Shalford Infant School, Surrey, GU4 8BN

This hidden gem opened in December 1886 and was in use until the late 1970s since when it had fallen into disrepair. Now listed, extensive…

Grade II listed octagonal chapel, built of Bargate stone. The interior, with red and black brickwork, timber roof, oak
pews and windows in fourteenth century style hints at the Arts and Crafts movement of the 1890s.

Event Times

• Saturday 10 September: 14.00-17.00pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Puttenham Barn Bunkhouse

Puttenham Bunkhouse Barn, The Street, Puttenham, Surrey, GU3 1AR

View a typical Surrey barn with its weatherboarding, long steeply sloping tiled roofs known as catslides and waggon porch. Pevsner described the…

Discover Puttenham Barn Bunkhouse this Heritage Open Days.

Event Times

• Sunday 11 September: 1100-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

Route of the Lost Canal

The Wey & Arun Canal Trust Information Centre, Adjacent to the Downs Link path off the A281, at the A281 / Trunley Heath Road junction, Shalford, Guildford, Surrey

An out-and-back walk, mostly segregated from motor traffic, beginning and ending at the Wey & Arun Canal Trust's new Information Centre in…

Until 1871 the Wey & Arun Junction Canal was a link in a chain of inland waterways connecting London to the English Channel. This walk introduces participants to the route of the disused canal from its junction with the River Wey to Bramley, Surrey.

Event Times

• Sunday 18 September: Arrive 14:15 for a 14:30 start; finish around 16:30.

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

Guided walk around Ripley village

Ripley Local History Museum, High Street, Ripley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6AF

The walk starts and finishes at the local history museum, which will be open to visit before and after the walk. It is approximately 1.25 miles,…

Ripley is a village of significant historical interest, situated on the former main road from London to Portsmouth. The Send and Ripley History Society offer a 90-minute guided walk around the central part of the village.

Event Times

• Friday 9 September: 1400 (finish 1530)
• Saturday 10 September: 1100 (finish 1230)

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

St Mary-the-Virgin, Send

St Marys Church, Church Lane, Send, Woking, Surrey, GU23 7JL

The first record of a church in Send appears in William the Conqueror's record "The Domesday Book" compiled in 1085. The present building results…

A warm welcome awaits you at St Mary-the-Virgin Church, Send.
Our beautiful Church has many points of historical interest

Event Times

• Saturday 17 September: Open 2pm - 5pm
• Sunday 18 September: Open 12pm - 4pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable