Hatfield House

Cost £62 TBC

Booking opens 4 June 2026

Visit Thursday 3rd September 2026 - NEW DATE

THE BOOKING FORM IS IN THE DOCUMENTS SECTION (which can be found in 'Our Society')

We will visit Hatfield House for a tour of the house in the morning which you will be able to re-enter in the afternoon. There will also be tine in the afternoon to walk in the garden, don’t miss Renaissance, the large water sculpture by Angela Connor and perhaps explore the park and woodland walks.  Hatfield Houses is the home of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury and has been in the Cecil family, one of England’s foremost political families, for 400 years.

In 1611, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury built his fine Jacobean House adjoining the site of the Old Palace of Hatfield. The house was splendidly decorated for entertaining the Royal Court, with Staterooms rich in paintings, fine furniture and tapestries. Superb examples of Jacobean craftsmanship can be seen throughout Hatfield House such as the Grand Staircase with its fine carving and the rare stained-glass windows in the private chapel.

Booking opens 2nd July, 2026

PRICE: £63

The Booking Form can be found in the Documents Section (which can be found in 'Our Society').

Crossness Pumping Station is a beautifully restored building in Bexley, south east London, described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as ‘a masterpiece of engineering – a Victorian cathedral of ironwork’.  Starting up in 1865, it marked the grand opening of Joseph Bazalgette’s London sewerage system, which was the biggest civil-engineering project in the world at the time.  We’ll explore the ‘Great Stink’ exhibition, the Beam Engine House, the history of the flushing loo and hear from our guide about Victorian Aesthetics and Architecture.

Visit to: Tate Britain

                                                   Wednesday 18th November 2026

PRICE: £61 TBC

This major exhibition features the work of two of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Following a lecture which delves into the extraordinary relationship between the artists, spanning more than 50 years, we enter the exhibition. The exhibition explores Bell & Grant’s legacy as core members of the famed Bloomsbury Group, and features over 250 works, including a unique restaging of Grant’s studio, relocated from Charleston, their Sussex home.

Later after a short walk along the Thames, we have time to see some of the statuary in Victoria Tower Gardens.

The cost for entry into the exhibition for Adult with Art Fund is reduced and free to Tate Members.