News and events for autumn / winter 2018 Bedfordshire | Cambridgeshire | Essex Hertfordshire | Norfolk |

This is just a selection of what’s on. Visit our website Book an event for more events and inspiration www.nationaltrust.org.uk/eastofengland Book online at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events or call our central box office to book events at the following places… Blakeney National Nature Reserve, Norfolk Bourne Mill, Essex Brancaster Beach, Norfolk Blickling Estate, Norfolk Coggeshall Grange Barn, Essex Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate, Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Dunwich Heath, Suffolk Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk Dunstable Downs , Suffolk Dunstable, LU6 2GY Spooky Walks in Chute Woods Hatfield Forest, Essex Friday 26 and Sunday 28 October Heigham Holmes, Norfolk The Halloween Craft Barn Meet us at the Chilterns Gateway Centre and be Saturday 20 – Sunday 28 October taken on a chilling journey through Chute Wood. Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire Join us for some creepy crafts at It is well known that in the nights before All Ickworth, Suffolk Dunstable Downs Hallows Eve the spirits gather to try and steal new Guildhall, Suffolk 20/21/26 - Broomstick Making souls to keep them company in their never ending £10.00 wander through the world of the undead…. , Suffolk 23/24/25 - Pom-pom spiders & Witches 4.30pm & 5.15pm Special Spooky children’s walk Orford Ness, Suffolk and Wizards hats £5 per child/Adult (with child) goes free £2.00 per craft 6.00pm, 6.45pm, 7.30pm or 8.15pm Spooky Walk Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk 22/27/28 - Halloween Pumpkin flowers (over 12 years old only (PG)) Shaw’s Corner, Hertfordshire £8.00 per pumpkin display £7.50 per person B Sheringham Park, Norfolk B Christmas at Dunstable Downs Winter Solstice Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire Pumpkin trail 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 20-23 December 21 December Willington Dovecote and Stables, Bedfordshire 20 - 26 October Start your day by enjoying breakfast with Start your winter experience at the Chilterns Celebrate the beauty of autumn with the whole Father Christmas before working it off on our Gateway Centre with carols, mince pies and a Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire family at Dunstable Downs with our wonderful Christmas trail. Pop back into the centre on your cup of traditional wassail. Follow the procession Pumpkin Trail, perfect for the little ones. way out to pick up those essential Christmas gifts led by the Morris dancers and musicians before 0344 2491895 before relaxing with a cheeky Christmas treat and enjoying a traditional mummers play about the hot chocolate. battle of Holly and the Oak King. To book events at the following places, Trail is free when you pre-book your breakfast £15 adult £7.50 Children B with Father Christmas. B please call the number listed…

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire 01223 810086 Elizabethan House Museum, Norfolk 01493 743930 Paycocke’s, Essex 01376 561305 Essex Peckover House, Cambridgeshire 01945 583463 Paycocke’s House Sutton Hoo, Suffolk 01394 389714 and Garden Theatre Royal, Suffolk 01284 769505 Bourne Mill Coggeshall, CO6 1NS Colchester, Essex CO2 8RT Normal admission applies unless otherwise stated. Thomas Paycocke Anniversary Weekend B = Booking essential. Please book early to Bourne Mill Discovery Tours Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 September avoid disappointment. Saturday 15 September & Saturday 13 October, The Company of Merrie Folk will be in and Family ticket includes two adults and two children. 10am – 11am around Paycocke’s House in commemoration Join us for a series of regular short talks and tours of the 500th anniversary of Thomas Paycocke’s Children must be accompanied by an adult. looking at the history of Bourne Mill, from when it death, and in line with our current exhibition on was a fishing lodge 500 years ago to its more site about him. recent role as a grain and fulling mill. A welcome cup of tea and coffee is included. More details of Spinning Demonstrations each event on the Bourne Mill NT website. Sunday 2, 16 & 30 September, £6 per person B Sunday 14 October and Thursday 25 October Our talented and informative spinners will be demonstrating the skills that built Paycocke’s House.

Medieval Christmas and Craft Fair 24 & 25 November See the delights of a medieval Christmas craft fair to explore the different traditions which they would have had, to compare them to ours.

For more events visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events Autumn / Winter 2018 3 Horsey Norfolk Windpump Horsey, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4EF

Oxburgh Hall Heritage Open Days Oxborough, PE33 9PS 6 – 9 & 13 – 16 September We’ll be opening the ground floor Apple Day of Horsey Windpump and inviting Saturday 29 September, 10.30am – 4.30pm everyone to come and visit this Apple crafts, apple pressing, and magnificent Norfolk Broads Icon. delicious apple treats to celebrate Discover her eventful history and the apple harvest. connection to the surrounding Suffolk landscape. Oxburgh by Candlelight Friday 26 & Saturday 27 October, Ickworth Cooking in the Kitchen: Flatford Flatford Buildings Tours hour long tours start at 5pm, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, a 1930s experience Flatford, CO7 6UL Sunday 23 September & Sunday 14 last tour at 7.30pm Heigham Holmes IP29 5QE Tuesday 13 November, Wednesday 14 October, 11.30am & 1.30pm Escape modern day Halloween and Blickling Estate Christmas is coming… Martham, Norfolk November, Tuesday 20 November and Boat House Gallery Exhibitions Look inside Willy Lott’s House, join us for a candlelit tour of Oxburgh Blickling, Aylsham, NR11 6NF 1 – 21 December Roots of Ickworth Wednesday 21 November As property opening times Flatford Mill and Valley Farm on this Hall after dark and discover what Head out into the spectacular garden Walk on The Wildside Throughout September & October Join our Living History Cooks for a A series of exhibitions celebrating fascinating tour. Discover the secret made a Victorian All Hallows Eve. Trust New Art – The Word Defiant! of lights then warm up with mulled Sunday 23 September, 10.30am – 12.30pm Showcasing the artistry of wood – unique chance to try out traditional the Stour Valley through art. poem carved on the staircase in Willy £15 per adult B Daily until 28 October wine and a mince pie as you soak up Explore the wildlife and secret history how it helped build Ickworth both 1930s recipes in Ickworth’s beautiful Saturday 1 September – Sunday Lott’s House and find out what Blickling’s library, which holds over the magical atmosphere. Enjoy the of Heigham Holmes. Come for a wild indoors and outdoors. finishing kitchen. A truly 28 October; Flatford Mill was like when it was Secret Tudor Music at Advent 12,500 volumes and is one of the colours, smells and sounds of walk through the reserve with the Normal admission applies unforgettable cooking experience! The Art of the Tree by Arborealists- owned by the Constable Family. Friday 23 November, 7pm – 9pm, Beat the Rush Christmas Lunches nation’s most significant book Christmas across the estate. Begin ranger. Venture off the beaten track, £30 per person. B East; an exhibition by a group of £7 per person. B Saturday 24 November, 4pm – 5pm, Wednesday & Thursday, 28, 29 collections, has inspired Theatre your visit with the iconic tree-lined and look out for wildlife along the way. Wood & Craft Fair artists who are fascinated by trees Saturday 24 November, 6pm – 8pm, November & 5, 6, 12, 13 December, Company Les Enfants Terribles to driveway before stepping inside to £9 per adult and £4.50 per child. B Saturday 6 October & Sunday 7 October and love to depict them in their art. doors open half an hour before 12.45pm – 3pm explore the importance of books explore the house in its festive Take the rare opportunity to buy Saturday 3 November – Sunday 27 performance Enjoy a relaxing traditional Christmas through contemporary art. Don’t splendour. Awesome Autumn Ranger Ramble quality Ickworth wood milled from January; Hear moving choral music, performed Lunch (Roast Turkey or vegetarian miss The Word Defiant! a series of Sunday 14 October, 10.30am – 12.30pm the estate. Browse craft and pottery Christmas and New Year Justin Minns; an exhibition of Justin’s by the talented Eboracum Baroque, option) with all the trimmings in the installations that reveal stories of Come for a wild walk through this stalls, learn about the different Children’s Crafts beautiful photographs of the Stour in the intimate surroundings of the Victorian Tea Room followed by books that have been banned, secret Norfolk Broads reserve with a techniques of transforming wood and 20 December – 1 January Valley and beyond. candlelit family chapel. dessert and tea/coffee. burned, drowned, superseded, ranger. Venture off the beaten track, take part in some children’s activities. Kick off the festive season and get £15 for the two hour performances, redacted, neglected and those and look out for our autumnal wildlife Not forgetting live music and locally crafty with our Christmas crafts. Flatford Rambles and Ranger Walks £10 for the one hour performance Christmas at Oxburgh Hall that remain defiant. along the way. Wellies essential! brewed ales. Choose from a range of Christmas Saturday 15 September, Saturday 20 B Weekends 8, 9, 15 & 16 December, £9 per adult and £4.50 per child. £2.50 for NT members themed crafts this holiday season October, Wednesday 24 October, Sunday Halloween Trail 11am – 4pm Autumn Festival B and create your own. All within the 28 October, Saturday 17 November, Saturday 27 October – Sunday 4 November The ground floor of the house will be 19 September – 19 October comfort of our West Wing Gallery. Saturday 29 December, Follow the spooky clues the Flatford decorated for a Victorian Christmas, We welcome the season of mellow Heigham Holmes Christmas £2 per child 10.30am start time for all events Witch has dropped and claim a creepy meet members of the Victorian fruitfulness with a celebration of our Deer Ramble Join a knowledgeable guide for a walk prize when you return. family, and of course, Father famous apples and pumpkins. Join us Sunday 9 December, 2pm – 4pm in Constable Country. The Flatford £1.50 per child/parking charge Christmas himself. on Tuesday 2 October for our apple Escape the pre-Christmas chaos and Rambles will follow paths to Dedham applies for non NT members Please book in advance to meet harvest and take some home for join our rangers for a glimpse into Lavenham Halloween Walk and beyond whilst the Ranger Walks Father Christmas on 01366 328258, yourself. Our Apple Weekend takes the private world of Red and Chinese Friday 26 October, 4.30pm – 6.30pm will stay closer at hand and look at Christmas at Flatford £8 per child. B place on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 Water Deer. Come and look for the Guildhall Come and join us this Halloween for a how the landscape is managed for the Saturday 24 November & Sunday 25 October when there will be a chance wild deer that frequent Heigham Lavenham, Sudbury, CO10 9QZ special ghoulish family walk around benefit of wildlife. More details for November, Saturday 1 December & to enjoy apple tasting, juicing and Holmes. We will look out for other Lavenham. Tales of ghosts and goblins each walk can be found on the Sunday 2 December, 10.30am – 3.30pm produce for sale. wildlife along the way. Human Cargo, Tales of Exile and dark medieval history... but don’t National Trust Flatford website. Celebrate a traditional Christmas at Sheringham Park Fascinating Fungi Trail £9 per adult and £4.50 per child. B Friday 21 September, 7.30pm worry it’s not too scary. We may even £7 per person. B Flatford. The beautiful hall of Valley Upper Sheringham, NR26 8TL 18 – 28 October, 10am – 4.15pm Join Matthew Crampton, storyteller, encounter some friendly ghosts and Farm will be open to visit and Find out about the amazing writer and singer as he explores spectres and there’s a children’s quiz decorated for the season. There will International Photographer mushrooms that can be found at stories of emigration, slavery and with prize stickers to win. be a cosy log fire and mulled wine and of the Year Exhibition Sheringham Park at this time of year. Brancaster Estate Felbrigg Hall transportation and how this sleepy £6 adults, £3 children, B mince pies to enjoy. The tea room will 1 September – 28 October, dawn to dusk Will you be able to find the clues this Brancaster, PE31 8BW Felbrigg, Norwich, NR11 8PR English village treated its convicts in be serving festive fare and there will This exhibition in the Bower garden, half-term? the eighteenth century and the long Lavenham by Lantern Light be gift ideas for family and friends in specialises in garden, plant, flower £2.50 per trail includes a prize. Brancaster Staithe Bird Spotting Walk struggle many of them endured 3, 8, 12, 21, 30 November & 5, 13, 22 the shop. and botanical photography. Guided Nature Walk Wednesday 19 September & Wednesday once prosecuted. December, 6.30pm – 8.00pm Lavenham Lecture Lunches Showcasing images from all over the Repton Revealed Saturday 29 September, 5.30pm – 8.30pm 17 October, 1.30pm – 3.30pm £13 per person, B Lavenham is one of the best preserved 13, 20, 27 November & 4 December, world, this year’s exhibits will include 2 – 4 November & 8 – 11 November, Join us for a guided nature walk Join Trevor Williams from the North medieval villages in England. The rich 10.45am – 12.30pm pictures from Humphry Repton 5.30pm around Brancaster Staithe harbour. East Norfolk Bird Club on a walk cloth merchants who lived here were Join our speakers for a short lecture locations from around the UK, as part The highlight event in our 2018 Discover the wildlife and history, and around the Felbrigg Estate. Spot and some of the wealthiest in the country, series comprising four different talks Dunwich Heath Pieathalon of our celebration of his life in 2018. programme, celebrating the life and finish with a bowl of hot soup at identify the many species of bird leaving behind a unique legacy of with lunch included. Dunwich, IP17 3DJ Saturday 20 October & Sunday 21 work of Humphry Repton. Join us for Brancaster Activity Centre. As part of that make Felbrigg their home. No buildings. Our experienced guide will The subjects are: October, 10am – 4pm Fungi Workshops & Foray a light show that will illuminate our 20th year celebrations there will prior bird knowledge is necessary. escort you round to look at the village Arson and Poaching: Policing West Bird Ringing Demonstrations Join us for our annual ‘Pieathalon’ Foray - 7 October, 1pm - 3pm Repton’s vision for Sheringham Park, be a short talk and a fundraising raffle £5 B by lantern light, telling the stories of Suffolk in the mid-nineteenth century 11 September – 16 October, 10am – 4pm celebration. The Tea Room will be Workshop - 11 & 13 October, 200 years after his death. for our bursary scheme. Enchanted Felbrigg Lavenham through time. We end the Boom and Bust of Medieval Lavenham oin us every Tuesday for a special making sweet and savoury pies to get 10.30am - 3.30pm £13.50 adult, £8 child. B £13 per adult, £6.50 per child. B 7 – 9 December & 14 – 16 December, evening with hot drinks and home- Pageants, Priests and Purgatory opportunity to take a close up look your taste buds tingling and there will Mushrooms and toadstools are 3pm – 7pm made cakes in the Guildhall. The magical protection of buildings at some of the birds which make their be children’s activities too, so why fascinating and diverse. Investigate the 50 Things Thursday Follow an illuminated winter trail £11 per person, B £20 per person, B homes here at Dunwich Heath. Find not come along and have a pie-tastic world of fungi and learn how to identify Thursday 25 October, 10am – 4pm through the gardens and enchanted out more about bird ringing and how day! them by taking part in our annual foray, Join our team for a day of 50 things woodland. Enjoy the opportunity to it provides a fascinating insight into Free entry – cost per pie or spend the day with us, at one of our themed family fun on the Norfolk unwind, surrounded by nature in all Melford Hall Lavenham to Melford Hall Orford Ness the lives of the nation’s birds. more in-depth workshops. Coast at Brancaster Beach. Fly one of its winter glory. , Sudbury, CO10 9AA Railway walk Orford, Suffolk Meet Father Christmas Foray £7.75 (2 hours), our kites, try stone skimming, build an NT members free. B Saturday 6 October, 10am Saturday 8 December & Sunday day workshop £24. B epic sandcastle, or sit back Three Mills guided walk A guided four mile walk retracing the Bird Ringing demonstration 9 December, 11am – 2.30pm and watch the birdlife. Stay Hall at Harvest Carols in the Courtyard Saturday 29 September & Saturday 27 route of the former Great Eastern Saturday 15 September & If you’ve been good all year, you can for as little or as long as you like. 29 September – 5 October, noon - 5pm Sunday 23 December, 3pm October, 10am Railway linking the medieval wool Saturday 13 October 2018 drop in to meet Father Christmas at The Hall will be decorated to Carols in the Courtyard is now a A guided walk along the old Great towns of Lavenham and Melford Starts at 11.00am. Catch the 10.00, the Coastguard Cottages Tea Room. A celebrate the harvest with displays of Christmas tradition at Felbrigg. Eastern Railway line through Sudbury’s £18 includes refreshments, lunch 10.20 or 10.40 boats. little gift and a child’s hot chocolate fruit, vegetables and beautiful flower Come and join in the carol singing 13th century water meadows. and entrance to Melford Hall. B Come and watched our licensed drink are included. Why not follow our arrangements created by our team of to the accompaniment of Cromer £12, including a picnic bag B volunteers ringing birds as part of Reindeer Trail and see if you can find volunteer flower arrangers. This year and Sheringham Brass Band. Celebration of Autumn the British Trust for Ornithology’s all of the reindeer hiding on the heath? there will be a wild and exotic theme. Thursday 25 October, 12 noon monitoring scheme. £8 per person Autumn related crafts and 50 things No booking required. activities celebrating autumn, Blakeney National Elizabethan Wicked Witches and Furry Familiars including pumpkin carving Wednesday 24 October, 11am – 4pm £2.50 activity charge plus garden Nature Reserve House Museum Discover a time of witches. Where the admission (free to children with Mr Morston, NR25 7BH Great Yarmouth, NR30 2QH simplest suspicion could turn into a McGregor’s voucher) witch hunt, hear tales of real life toil Autumn Migrants Mystic Medicine as well as those that could come Saturday 20 October, 3.30pm – 7.30pm Monday 22 October, 11am – 4pm straight from a fairy tale. Create your Join us for a guided walk around Learn about tried, tested (and own familiar fiend just in time for All Blakeney Freshes and discover the terrifying) historical remedies from Hallows Eve! birds that over-winter here on the the past. This is your go-to guide for coast. Hopefully experience the how NOT to seek medical relief! amazing sights and sounds of the thousands of Pink-Footed Geese as they come in to roost for the night. £9 per adult B

4 Autumn / Winter 2018 For more events visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events For more events visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events Autumn / Winter 2018 5 Cambridgeshire Wimpole Estate Wicken Fen Arrington, Royston, SG8 0BW Wicken, Ely, CB7 5XP

Wimpole Produce Fair Felt-Making for Beginners Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 September, Saturday 23 September, 10am – 1pm 10.30am – 5pm Learn how to make unique felted Back for the fifth year running, the decorations with tutor Heidi McEvoy Wimpole Produce Fair forms part Swift, at one of our autumn series of of our month-long celebration of craft workshops. harvest during September. It is £35 Materials included. B , the perfect opportunity for local 01353 720274 producers to showcase their wares and for you to taste them. Christmas Willow and Rush Garden admission applies Decorations Workshop Crafts at Christmas A Wimpole Christmas Sunday 4 November & Friday Murder Mystery Evening: Saturday 10 November & Sunday 11 Friday to Monday, 30 November – 3 9 November, 10am or 1.30pm A Cause to die for November, 10.30am – 5pm December, 7 – 10 December, One of our Christmas craft workshops, Lino-printing for Christmas Friday 12 & Saturday 13 October, Wimpole’s festive season begins with 14 – 17 December, 21 – 23 December ideal for making traditional decorations Saturday 17 November, 10am or 1.30pm 6.30pm – 10.30pm our fantastic Christmas Craft Fair. Find (closed 24 Dec), 10.30am – 3.30pm. for your house and table using natural A traditional Christmas craft Mystery in History returns to unique and unusual presents from an A celebration of Christmas at materials. Tutor Nadine Anderson workshop; make your own cards, tags Wimpole Hall for its annual exciting selection of new stalls along Wimpole, with a Georgian twist! £20 Materials included. B , and wrap, or seasonal image to frame. Murder Mystery with a brand new with some old favourites. Enjoy our Relax and enjoy time with family 01353 720274 £30 Materials included. B , murder... and some unexpected dedicated food area, selling delicacies and friends across the estate with 01353 720274 twists! It is October 12th 1918 and and tipples to suit all tastes. Visit our seasonal food, decorations, walks and the Great War draws to a close. In Stable Block shops and enjoy some family activities. Check the website Father Christmas at the Fen advance of the forthcoming general mulled wine and tasty mince pies. for programme details, timed tickets 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23 December. election, hustings are being held, £4 under 14s free and booking information. Please our check website for timings. hosted by the Bagworth family, Follow a wintry trail, do some politically minded tenants of Wimpole This festive season enjoy some of seasonal crafts, and find Father Hall. Unfortunately, family members Wimpole’s stunning show rooms filled Christmas in the Fen Cottage hold widely differing political views with decorations sharing the story of £10 per child. B , 01353 720274. - particularly on the subject of the a Georgian Christmas. With the Farm enfranchisement of women. And also in the Christmas spirit, open on whilst passions run deep as to the the same days as the Hall, there is Peckover House prospect of a woman standing for plenty to get you in the festive mood. parliament.... is that really The Garden, shops and Restaurant and Garden justification for murder? are all open daily throughout Wisbech, PE13 1JR Tickets £60 B , online December. or call 0344 249 1895 Adult £18, Child £9 Family £45, Heritage Open Day NT Members free Saturday 8 September, 12 noon – 4pm Timed tickets for entry to the Hall An opportunity to meet artists Sarah can be booked either online, or on Evans and David Kefford who have 0344 249 1895 created Transitions in Time, an installation in the Drawing Room, and to see the additional work they have made with local community groups. Anglesey Abbey Conserving & Preserving Lode, Cambridge, CB25 9EJ 6 October – 25 November What’s in There? What does it take to care for Anglesey 16 October – 27 October, High Days & Holidays: Abbey? Get involved and explore the during normal opening hours Homeward Bound conservation work that takes place in Special interest days, when doors, 10 – 30 September the house, gardens and mill to keep drawers and cupboards not normally Join us for the final part of our Anglesey Abbey going for future open to the public will be on show. High Days and Holidays season as we generations. Discover how we have Don’t miss the opportunity for a celebrate the time of year when Lord conserved the mill wheel to keep it ‘sneak peek’! Fairhaven returned home from his turning for another 150 years. summer travels, to enjoy the racing Uncover what our Garden Team do Half-Term Autumn Trail season and entertain guests, to help create next year’s stunning 20 October - 28 October, 11am – 4pm including Royalty, in his Dahlia displays, and meet our Conservation Solve the clues in the garden and Garden. We’ll have our Royal Roots Team in the house unlocking the come along to the Reed Barn to trail running in the garden, robes secrets of how we care for Lord collect your Autumn biscuit. worn at the Royal Coronation on Fairhaven’s stunning collection. Child £1, plus normal admission display, rare film footage from the 1926 Cowes Race Week and the Twelve Trees of Anglesey Abbey Christmas Celebrations final part of our Family Passport 1 December – 20 January 8 – 16 December, 11am – 4pm to guide you on your adventures. Explore the extraordinary story of (last admission 3.30pm) Anglesey Abbey and Lord Fairhaven’s Selected rooms of Peckover House passion for collecting, through a trail will be decorated for Christmas with of twelve trees. Each tree is uniquely festive floral arrangements. We will decorated to share a different aspect also be showcasing Christmas trees of Anglesey Abbey’s story. Help us brought in by community groups to create our final tree in the garden reflect and continue the Peckovers’ using decorations you can make from legacy and involvement in the natural materials in the Domestic community. Music by local choirs Wing. Discover how Lord Fairhaven and musicians, and mulled wine and entertained and spent the winter homemade mince pies available in hosting shooting parties for his guests. the Reed Barn.

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