Exhibition at the Horniman Museum
A visit to see the Wildlife Photographic Competition Winners
A visit to see the Wildlife Photographic Competition Winners
Meet East Croydon 9.20am for the 9.40 train to London Bridge, then the Tube to Canary Wharf followed by a 15 minute pleasant water ways walk to the Museum. Free entry to the museum, the galleries include the Roman era & all displays are very well presented. Late lunch at Wetherspoons in the adjoining customs […]
Meet at Victoria station (concourse beside Gatwick Express platform area 13&14) at 10.30 and then travel by underground. We aim to join the 12.30 tour and have lunch afterwards before undertaking a stroll around the visitor centre. There are combined entrance tickets @ £7.00 for the bunker tour and visitor centre. Or for the visitor centre only […]
Meet from 10.10am at East Croydon station to get the 10.34am Thameslink train which arrive at Blackfriars at 10.54am. We will then follow a City of London leaflet called "Design of the times" to look at thirty new buildings going clockwise from St Paul’s Cathedral to include the Gherkin, Natwest tower The Cheesegrater, The […]
Visit the museum, St George's Chapel and garden of remembrance. Visit takes around 2 /3 hours. Museum admission is £8.50 and chapel is free. There is cafe/restaurant in museum. After the visit there is an option to go for a meal at the Old Jail or White Hart pubs closely associated with Biggin Hill.
Walk around Kings Cross and The Regent Canal looking at both old and new buildings in the area (Circular five miles)
If you are interested in going to Chartwell National Trust Property in Westerham, home of Winston Churchill, please meet Linda at the entrance at 11.30 a.m. Standard Entry price £15.50 for house & gardens. £9.00 for the gardens and studio only. Car park £4.00 for the day - non-members and free to NT members. Please […]
Walking tour of Croydon Architecture. Meet at COPSE hall from 7pm for the start of the walk at 7:30pm Walk could take between 90minutes at two hours, terminating at Matthews Yard for a drink. Earlier in May this route was previewed on the bike tour, now on the walk we will take more time, get […]
The walk starts where they really started in 1962 ie the Abbey Road Studios near St Johns Wood tube station and end where they last performed in 1969 on the roof of the Apple HQ which is near Piccadilly Circus. In between we’ll visit places where they lived, worked and played in the Swinging Sixties […]
Visit the Rural Life Centre ("the largest countryside museum in the south of England") to discover about many countryside crafts and traditions. The event, "Rustic Sunday", hosts a variety of expert demonstrators, who will share their knowledge and skills of some past and some enduring rural trades and activities, with a range of exhibits for […]