Visit – Tate Britain to See the Lee Miller Exhibition – Tuesday 21 October 2025
Step into the extraordinary world of Lee Miller at Tate Britain Once a celebrated model of the 1920s, Miller broke[…]
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Category: Past Visits
Visit to Brighton Pavilion – 24 June 2025 – BOOKING CLOSED
We shall spend the morning visiting the Royal Pavilion & Garden. The Pavilion was constructed as the seaside pleasure palace[…]
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Visit to Stratfield Saye House and Gardens, Hampshire – 6 May 2025
Stratfield Saye House is a large stately home at Stratfield Saye set in the grounds of Wellington Country Park near[…]
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Visit to Quebec House, Westerham and Titsey Place House and Gardens – Wednesday 15 May – TOUR CLOSED
QUEBEC HOUSE, Westerham In the morning we will arrive here in the centre of Westerham and have guided tours in[…]
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Visit to the National Gallery, London – Monday 21 October 2024
To View Exhibition on VAN GOGH: POETS AND LOVERS 2024 marks the 200 anniversary of the National Gallery and at[…]
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Visit to Waddesdon Manor Aylesbury, Bucks – Wednesday 12th June 2024
A visit not to be missed for its exceptional architecture, art collections and gardens. Built in the style of a[…]
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Visit to Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent – Tuesday 13 June 2023
The childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Hever Castle dates back to the 13C. Panelled rooms house fine furniture, tapestries and[…]
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Visit to the V & A Museum and Donatello Exhibition – Thursday 27th April 2023 BOOKING NOW CLOSED
We will have timed tickets during the morning to the Exhibition, ‘Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance’, being transferred directly from the[…]
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Virtual Tour – The Final Journey of the Unknown Warrior – Tuesday 15 November at 11.00am
On the morning of the 11th November 1920 the funeral of Britain’s Unknown Warrior took place at Westminster Abbey. This[…]
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Private Visit to Broughton Castle, near Banbury, Oxon – Monday 20 June 2022
Broughton Castle is a moated and fortified manor house, the home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, which has[…]
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Visit to Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, Ealing and Osterley Park and House – Wednesday 18 May 2022
Pitzhanger Manor is an English country house (it was the countryside in the early 19C!) famous as the home of[…]
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Virtual Tour of Khiva in Uzbekhistan, Wednesday 26 January 2022 at 11am
A walk round this beautiful old city and World Heritage site on the ancient Silk Road with Chris Aslan Alexander.[…]
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Virtual Tour of the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands Wednesday 28 April at 11am
The Mauritshuis. Holland and has been the home of the Royal Cabinet of Paintings for nearly 200 years. The collection[…]
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Visit to Syon House and Gardens, Brentford – 21 September 2022
Syon is the magnificent Grade I listed London residence of the Duke of Northumberland. We will have a morning tour[…]
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Virtual London Tour – Part 1 The Old East End – 11.00 Tuesday 17th November 2020
The East End is one of London’s most fascinating and dynamic districts. It is essentially the story of immigration, wave[…]
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Visit to Russell-Cotes Museum and Art Gallery, Bournemouth and Compton Acres Gardens, Poole, Wednesday 22 September 2021
Morning visit to the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum dramatically situated on the East Cliff at Bournemouth overlooking the sea. […]
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Musical Tour of Westminster Abbey with the Purcell Club – Saturday 22 October 2022
We expect this to be a very special evening – and one for which we were on the waiting list[…]
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William Blake Exhibition at Tate Britain – Tuesday 14 January 2020
William Blake, 1757 – 1827, was a painter, printmaker and poet. Largely unrecognised in his lifetime, he is now seen[…]
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Visit to St Mary’s Fairford and Buscot Park – Wednesday 10th April 2019
Guided tour of the beautiful 15th C stained glass windows in St Mary’s, followed by a Thameside pub lunch and[…]
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Visit to Historic Rochester, including the Cathedral and the Restoration House – Thursday 19th September
An important inspiration for Charles Dickens, Rochester retains many mediaeval features, including houses in the High Street, the cathedral and[…]
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