Thomas Hope and the Deepdene - A Lost Landscape
Heritage Open Days continued...
Riverside Walk
Front of Leatherhead Train Station, Station Approach, Leatherhead Enjoy a 2.5 - 3 hour guided walk along the River Mole, following the riverbank path to Norbury Park and Mickleham. Take in the beautiful views and learn about its management and heritage. Finishing at Westhumble train station where we will return by train to Leatherhead. (You will need to purchase a train ticket). Opening Times: Sunday: Walk 1400-1700 Prebooking via Dorking Hall Box Office by email: boxoffice@molevalley.gov.uk (entitled: Heritage Open Days), Booking closes: 7 September 2015 17:00
St Giles' Church
Park Lane, Ashtead, KT21 1EJ This beautifully restored 15th & 16th century church built on a former Roman site and situated in a tranquil well-tended large churchyard, will be open to view. Refreshments will be available. Please do join us. Opening Times Sunday 13 September: 1430-1700 No booking required Website www.sgsgashtead.com Organised by Mrs Julia Mould, Churchwarden
St John’s School
Council Offices, Pippbrook, Dorking, RH4 1SJ The Deepdene is one of the country's most historically important county estates, home to the famed Regency arbiter of taste Thomas Hope. The Deepdene still holds fascinating glimpses into a lost world that is now the focus of a Heritage Lottery project. Join Alex Bagnall on a guided walk of the most significant parts of the estate. Not suitable for children under the age of 12. Opening Times: Friday: 1400-1630 | Sunday: 1100- 1330 Pre-booking: Required Event must be booked through Dorking Halls Box Office Contact: Dorking Halls Box Office Email: boxoffice@molevalley.gov.uk Write to: Dorking Halls Box Office, Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking RH4 1SG Booking closes: 7 September 2015 17:00
Walk Around Leatherhead Town Centre
Letherhead Institute, 67 High Street, Leatherhead, KT22 8AH Enjoy a walk around Leatherhead town centre visiting buildings and sites of historical interest, led by members of the Leatherhead and District Local History Society. Duration 1.5 hours. Opening Times: Sunday: Walk 1400-1530 Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required Contact: Fred Meynen Call: 01372 372930 Email: fredmeynen@live.co.uk Booking closes: 9 September 2015 17:00
Epsom Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8SP St John's school was founded in 1851 as an independent day and boarding school, to educate the sons of clergymen. It relocated from St Johns Wood, London to Leatherhead in 1872, with just 63 pupils. Set in 50 acres, the Winston Churchill School site is a splendid mixture of old and new. in his own words ... Opening Times: Saturday: 1000-1600, Tour The Letherhead Institute, 67 High Street, 1100 & 1400 Leatherhead, KT22 8AH No booking required Fifty years since the death of one of the United Kingdom's most famous statesmen, Winston St Mary’s Church Churchill's speeches full of powerful rhetoric 10A The Ridgeway, Fetcham, KT22 9AZ and humour are still relevant today. Local A beautiful church where worship has taken actor, Graham Pountney, and narrator Jonathan place for over a thousand years. There is a Dickins, bring the great man back with a Saxon window arch using Roman bricks and the character presentation of Churchill's life and church has seen improvements and times featuring his most famous speeches. Event enlargements almost every century since then, not suitable for children under the age of 10. more recently in 2014 with a beautiful and Opening Times Saturday 12 September: 1100 sympathetic reordering of the interior. No booking required Opening Times: Thursday: 0900 - 1700 | Friday: 0900 - 1700 | Saturday: 0900 - 1700 www.heritageopendays.org.uk Sunday: 1230 - 1800 No booking required www.molevalley.gov.uk
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