Arts, Museums & Heritage Organisations in North Hertfordshire with website details where available, otherwise contact e-mail or phone number.
To update this list please email Ros Allwood, [email protected]
Art and Craft Hitchin Art Club http://www.hitchinartclub.co.uk/
Letchworth Arts Centre http://www.letchwortharts.org/
Letchworth Art Society http://www.letchworthartsociety.info/LAS/Default.aspx
Pirton Craft Group http://www.pirton.org.uk/craft_group.html
Royston Arts Society http://www.roystonartsoc.org.uk/
Dance Letchworth & District St Andrew’s Society (Scottish County Dancing) http://www.letchworthgc.com/whats_on/club/letchworth_district_st_andrews_society
Letchworth Morris Men http://www.letchworthmorris.org.uk/
Unicorn Ceilidhs http://www.unicornceilidhs.org.uk/
Westmill Community Association (Modern Sequence Dancing) Mrs M. Furr (01462) 452098
Wilbury Wombles Old Time Dance Group R. K. Spriggs (01462) 684473
Drama Big Spirit (Bancroft) Youth Theatre (Workshop tuition for young people 14+) http://www.queenmothertheatre.org.uk/
Emil Dale Theatre School http://emildale.co.uk/
Hitchin Thespians http://www.hitchinthespians.org.uk/
The Market Theatre, Hitchin http://www.markettheatre.co.uk/
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin (Bancroft Players) http://www.queenmothertheatre.org.uk/
St Paul’s Amateur Dramatic Society http://www.spads-drama.org.uk/
The Settlement Players http://settlement-players.co.uk/
TheatreTrain (Dance, drama and singing tuition for 6 – 18 year olds) http://www.theatretrain.co.uk/franchisee-zone/fz-hitchin/
Variety Express (Variety shows for charity) http://www.varietyexpress.org.uk/
Festivals Ashwell at Home http://www.ashwellathome.org.uk/
Hitchin Festival http://www.hitchin-festival.co.uk/
Letchworth Festival http://www.letchworthfestival.org/
Pirton Summer Fair http://www.pirtonssc.co.uk/event01%20-%20Summer%20Fair.htm
Royston Festival http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/arts_museums_and_heritage_organisations-4.pdf
Rhythms of the World, Hitchin http://www.rotw.org.uk/
Triangle Festival, Hitchin https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Triangle-Multicultural- Festival/347747925237141
Walsworth Festival http://www.walsworthfestival.co.uk/index.html
Film
Broadway Cinema http://broadway-cinema.com/Browsing
Hitchin Film Club http://www.hitchinfilms.co.uk/
Letchworth Film Club http://www.lalg.org.uk/node/232 Peter Griffiths (01462) 671679
General Letchworth Arts & Leisure Group (Umbrella organisation for wide range of specialist groups) http://www.lalg.org.uk/frontpage
Letchworth Settlement (Venus for wide range of arts groups/adult education) http://www.letchworthsettlement.org.uk/
North Herts. Minority Ethnic Forum (Centre for BME community groups and events) http://www.nhmef.org.uk/
Ravidassia Centre, Hitchin (Centre for multi-cultural events) http://www.ihertfordshire.co.uk/profile/106696/Hitchin/Ravidassia-Community-Centre/
Literature Hitchin Library http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/libraries/findlib/libs/hit
Letchworth Library http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/libraries/findlib/libs/let
Letchworth Library – Home Library Service Volunteer service making deliveries to those who cannot reach the library www.hertsdirect.org/libraries
Royston http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/libraries/findlib/libs/roy
Royston Writers’ Circle [email protected] (01763) 208478
Local History/Archaeology For list of Hertfordshire local history groups see: http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/herts.html
Baldock Museum & Local History Society http://www.baldockhistory.org.uk/baldock-museum-visit.html
Hitchin Historical Society http://www.hitchinhistoricals.org.uk/
The Hitchin Society http://www.hitchinsociety.org.uk/
Knebworth House Education & Preservation Trust http://www.knebworthhouse.com/
Letchworth Garden City Society http://lgcs.org.uk/active/
North Herts Archaeological Society http://www.nharchsoc.org/
North Herts National Trust Association http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1356394920762/ Les Hodges (01462) 632465
Norton Community Archaeology Group http://www.nortoncommarch.com/
Royston & District Local History Society http://www.roystonlocalhistory.org.uk/
Royston & S. Walden National Trust Association http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1356394906171/
St Ippolyts (Ippollitts) Local History Group [email protected]
Music Baldock Saturday Music School http://www.hertsmusicservice.org.uk/baldock/
Recorded Music Society http://www.thefrms.co.uk/affprogs/letch.html
Benslow Music Trust, Hitchin Day and residential music courses and concerts http://www.benslowmusic.org/
Christchurch Song Group http://christchurchhitchin.org.uk/ Club 85 (Live music venue) http://www.club-85.co.uk/
D I Y Piano Group (Forum for pianists to play to each other) [email protected]; (01462) 451810
Hitchin Band (Brass band) http://www.hitchinband.co.uk/
Letchworth Jazz Appreciation Society http://www.lalg.org.uk/node/146
Letchworth Music Club http://letchworthmusicclub.co.uk/
North Herts Music School http://www.hertsmusicservice.org.uk/north-herts-music-school/
Opera appreciation (North Letchworth Arts & Leisure Group) http://www.lalg.org.uk/operagroup
Orpheus Choir of North Herts http://www.orpheusnorthherts.com/
Royston Music School http://www.hertsmusicservice.org.uk/royston/
Royston Town Band http://www.roystontownband.org.uk/
Museums Ashwell Village Museum [email protected] (01462) 742956
Baldock Museum http://www.baldockhistory.org.uk/baldock-museum-visit.html
The British Schools Museum Hitchin http://www.britishschoolsmuseum.co.uk/
International Garden Cities Exhibition http://www.garden-cities-exhibition.com/
Garden City Collection http://www.gardencitycollection.com/home
Hitchin Museum & Art Gallery http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/hitchin_museum_and_art_gallery.htm
Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery http://www.north- herts.gov.uk/index/leisure_and_culture/museums/letchworth_museum_and_art_galle ry.htm
Royston & District Museum http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/
Nature Conservation Chilterns Conservation Board http://www.chilternsaonb.org/conservation-board.html
Friends of the Hertfordshire Way (Keeping the footpaths open and sound) http://www.fhw.org.uk/
Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/
Letchworth Natural History Society http://www.letchworthgc.com/whats_on/club/letchworth_natural_history_society
Photography Hitchin Camera Club http://www.hitchincameraclub.org/
Letchworth Garden City Camera Club http://www.letchworthcameraclub.org.uk/
Royston Photographic Society http://www.roystonphotographicsociety.co.uk/