Events at Honeywood Museum
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Honeywood Museum's Regular Events and Exhibitions. Forthcoming events at Little Holland House and Beddington Park
Honeywood Book Club
Sundays 14:30-16:00 Monthly (not August) A Friends of Honeywood Museum Event Free to join Our Book Club dates for this term are: 26 May 23 June 21 July If you are interested in joining, please email sue_kelsall@hotmail.co.uk or phone Sue on 020 8241 5679. When the time comes, please have a copy of the relevant book to hand. |
SEND Quiet Day: Farmyard Fun at Honeywood
Tuesday 28 May 10:00-16:00 For visitors with Special Education Needs and Disabilities, or adults experiencing early-stage dementia and their families and carers, Honeywood Museum will now be open outside of regular hours on special ‘quiet days’. Enjoy the museum at your own pace, free from the general public. Sensory sacks will be available. Join us for some farmyard themed fun and crafts this holiday. Discover Millie’s amazing new costume and have a go at Millie’s Fabulous Farm Trail. Get crafty and make a farmyard barn scene with some of your favourite farm animals, a scarecrow picture and a cow or sheep mobile. FREE, but pre-booking is essential from here. When booking a ticket: one ticket per group per half hour (max. group of six) |
Farmyard Fun Themed Story and Songtime
Thursday 30 May 10:30, 11:30, 14:00 and 15:00 Join us for fun, stories and songs in the Edwardian Drawing Room. Each session will last approx. 30 minutes. For Five year olds and under. All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Free but please reserve a place for each child from HERE. |
The greatest social event of 1774 at The Oaks
Wednesday 12 June 19:30 On 9 June 1774 everybody who was anybody was at The Oaks at the Fete Champetre, a lavish and vastly expensive celebration for the marriage of Edward Stanley, the future 12th Earl of Derby to Betty Hamilton. John Phillips explores the event, its background and the aftermath, in an illustrated talk in Honeywood’s Billiard Room. Tickets are £5. Please book in advance from here. |
Carshalton Park "Grotto Week"
Saturday 15 June to Saturday 22 June
The Carshalton Park Grotto was created in about 1724 by Thomas Scawen, Lord of the Manor, as part of a formal landscape garden surrounding a new mansion. To mark the 300th anniversary of the first mention of the Grotto in historical documents, a week-long series of events is being held by Cultural Services, including walks, a talk and an archaeological workshop handling the decorative material stripped from the building in the early 20th century.
The Carshalton Park Grotto was created in about 1724 by Thomas Scawen, Lord of the Manor, as part of a formal landscape garden surrounding a new mansion. To mark the 300th anniversary of the first mention of the Grotto in historical documents, a week-long series of events is being held by Cultural Services, including walks, a talk and an archaeological workshop handling the decorative material stripped from the building in the early 20th century.
“Paradise in Carshalton”; a historical walk around Carshalton Park
Saturday 15 June 14:30 (repeated 20 June - see below) A gentle amble around the remains of Carshalton Park’s historic landscape, including features created for Thomas Scawen, creator of the Grotto, in the first half of the 18th century. Led by Andrew Skelton as part of “Grotto Week”. Meet at Ruskin Road entrance to the park opposite the pedestrian crossing. Dogs permitted. Please wear stout walking shoes. Duration approximately one hour. Tickets are £5. Please book in advance from here. |
Discover Carshalton Park Grotto
Sunday 16 June 14:00-16:30 Meet volunteer local historians outside the Grotto to learn more about this remarkable historic structure. A selection of decorative finds, photographs and drawings will be on show. Please note that there are steep steps down to the Grotto forecourt. Please wear stout walking shoes. A “Grotto Week” event. FREE drop in. |
“Inferior to None in England”; The Carshalton Park Grotto
Wednesday 19 June 19:30 When completed in about 1724, the Carshalton Park Grotto was recognised as a significant landscape feature. As part of “Grotto Week,” this illustrated talk in Honeywood’s Billiard Room by local historian Andrew Skelton will attempt to decipher the structure and set it within the context of the surrounding Carshalton Park landscape. Tickets £5 please book in advance from here. |
The Carshalton Park Grotto – finds assessment
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 20-22 June 11:00-16:00 The Carshalton and District History and Archaeology Society will be conducting an investigation into the large collection of decorative material from the Carshalton Park Grotto, in the garden at Honeywood. The public are most welcome to visit Honeywood to view the material and discover how it is being investigated to learn more about the original decoration. FREE. Drop in. |
“Paradise in Carshalton” (repeat of walk on 15 June)
Thursday 20 June 19:30 A gentle amble around the remains of Carshalton Park’s historic landscape, including features created for Thomas Scawen, creator of the Grotto, in the first half of the 18th century. Led by Andrew Skelton as part of “Grotto Week”. Meet at Ruskin Road entrance to the park opposite the pedestrian crossing. Dogs permitted. Please wear stout walking shoes. Duration approximately one hour. Tickets are £5. Please book in advance from here. |
Carshalton Artists Open Studios 2024
29/30 June & 6/7 July More info. at www.carshaltonartists.com Save the dates! |
Carshalton Village walk
Saturday 13 July 14:00 Local historian Andrew Skelton leads this circular walk around the High Street and Westcroft Road areas, revealing stories and features of Carshalton’s ancient and more modern history. Starting point; meet in front of Honeywood Museum. Tickets are £5. Please book in advance from here. |
Thames Lighters - The workhorses
of London’s Watery Highway Thursday 25 July 19:30 Door opens 19:10 A Friends of Honeywood Museum Event A Talk from Alun Thomas, London Canal Museum Until the early 1960s the River Thames was thronged with vessels of all shapes and sizes bringing goods to London. Of these, lighters were the most numerous although the most insignificant in appearance. They played a vital role in moving cargos from ship to shore and from dock to upriver wharf. These unique vessels had no means of propulsion beyond the ingress and egress of the tide. Alun will explain how the trade developed and shed light on the life of the lightermen whose skill controlled these barges. Seats £7 (£6 Members) - refreshments free To book, please email susan.hoskin@gmail.com or 07721 852378. Alternatively, download, print and post a booking form from here. |
Sutton’s Summer of Stories at Honeywood
Thursday 25 July to Saturday 31 August Come and join us this summer for trails and crafts inspired by Furry Friends from some of your favourite books. Follow Millie’s Furry Friends Trail, make a Winnie the Pooh mask - Pooh Bear, Piglet, or Tigger, create a collage of Peter Rabbit in Mr. McGregor’s garden and make your own Hungry Caterpillar. £2 per child, drop in throughout opening hours and pay on arrival. Please note our opening hours may vary, so check Sutton Council’s Website for details: libraries.sutton.gov.uk/digital-content/sutton-heritage/honeywood-museum All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. |
Wandle Walk - Waddon Pond to Wallington Bridge
Saturday 27 July 14:00 A walk along the Wandle looking at the history of the river and its mills, gardens and parks. A guided walk led by John Phillips. Meet at the Mill Lane end of Waddon Ponds. Ending at Wallington Bridge. Tickets are £5, please book in advance from here. |