Guided Walks Gloucester Heritage Open Days 2020 All walks are free but booking is essential. In order to book you will need th th to send your requests with name and time of walk, names of participants Friday 11 to Monday 14 September and contact details (tel No. and email address) to:- [email protected] you will then be sent an email to This is our 25th year of HOD in Gloucester. Unfortunately, due to the confirm the booking. Please take that with you (paper copy or on mobile) coronavirus pandemic it may not be our finest year. However, we hope you and show to your guide. will be able to enjoy what we do have to offer. The maximum number for each walk is 5 and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. A few important points to note:- If oversubscribed, names will be kept and placed on a waiting list in case of • The History Festival have been unable to produce a brochure this drop outs. It may sometimes be possible to put on extra walks if guides are year so what you have in this booklet is the best we can offer for our available. HOD programme. There will be limited paper copies available so we ask that if you have received this by email you will forward it on ♦ = map ref = wheelchair friendly to all interested family and friends in order to spread the message. • We are endeavouring to follow government guidance on virus protection. Social distancing must be observed and face coverings Beatrix Potter ♦ C6 th used inside buildings. Please observe all notices and adopt good Sat 12th Sept 10.30, 11.30 & 12.30. Sun 13 Sept 13.30 & 14.30 practice where displayed. Meet at the Beatrix Potter Museum, 9 College Court • Please take note that all guided walks, talks and some places open to Pre-booking required the public will be by pre-booking only. In 1903 Beatrix Potter published one of her most loved tales, The Tailor of Gloucester. It was inspired by a visit she made to the city. This guided walk • Numbers are limited to 5 on walks, 4 on the SULA lightship and 15 takes in the places of Gloucester which are closely connected with Beatrix for talks. Where booking is not required there may be restriction to Potter. The walk lasts about 45 mins. numbers entering at one time. Stewards will advise. Paul Drinkwater – Co-ordinator – Talks and Events Black & White Buildings ♦ D6 and the HOD team of Sat 12 Sept 11.00 Maggie Goodchild – Venues Meet at St Michael’s Tower Emily Knight - Publicity Pre-booking required Helena Taylor – Guided Walks A walking tour of 15th Century timber framed buildings in the city centre, Jennifer Walker - Music pointing out structure, architecture and brief historical background. August 2020 Are they really black and white? The walk lasts about 1 hour. 1 Blackfriars Priory ♦ E5 (partial) Gloucester Statues ♦ D6 Fri 11 & Sat 12th 10.30 Sat 12th Sept 10.30 Meeting point: Entrance off Ladybellegate Street Meet at St Michael’s Tower Pre- booking required Pre-Booking Required A chance to explore Britain’s most complete Dominican Priory, owned by Explore the history of Gloucester through the medium of public statues. English Heritage and managed by Gloucester City. Most of the 13th century Learn about the people and events that made Gloucester the city it is today. church remains, including a rare scissor-braced roof. Guided tours last about 1 hour. Face masks will be required. Historic Docks ♦ G3 Fri 11 to Mon 14th Sept 11.00 Cathedral Precincts Tour ♦ B5 & 14.00 Fri 11th Sept 11.00, Sat 12th Sept 14.00 and Sun 13th Sept 11.00 Meet outside the Waterways Meet at Cathedral South Porch Museum in Gloucester Docks. Pre-booking required Pre-booking required A history of the area surrounding the cathedral from the earliest Minster Take a guided walk around church up to the most recent developments. Tour lasts 1 hour. Britain’s most inland port. The walk lasts about 1 hour. Christian Heritage ♦ D6 Sun 13 Sept 14.00 Hillfield Gardens ♦ B10 Meet at The Cross Sat 12 Sept 10.30 & Sun 13 Sept 14.00 Pre-Booking Required Meet at London Road entrance There is an old saying 'As sure as God's in Gloucester'. Both Christianity Pre-booking required and Gloucester have 2,000 years of history. This walk traces Gloucester's Take a guided tour of these fine gardens which have many fine trees and are rich Christian heritage over those years as reflected in its people, places and home to three monuments of historical significance: Scriven's Conduit, the events. The tour lasts about 1½ hours. King's Board and the chancel of the 12th century leper chapel of St Mary Magdalene. The tour lasts about 1 hour. Gloucester City ♦ D6 Fri 11 to Mon 14 Sept 10.30, 12.30 & 14.30 Historic Characters ♦ D6 Meet at St Michael’s Tower Sat 12 Sept 14.00 & Sun 13 Sept 11.00 Pre-booking required Meet at St Michael’s Tower Discover fascinating hidden treasures on a guided walk through the heart of Pre-booking required one of Britain's oldest cities, where history has truly left its mark. The walk This tour brings alive some of the famous and influential people and lasts about 1¼ hours. colourful characters who were born in Gloucester. Their fame and achievements extended far and wide but we remember their local origins. The walk lasts about 1¼ hours 2 Llanthony Secunda Priory ♦ H2 Roman Times ♦ E7 Sat 12 Sept & Mon 14 Sept 11.00 Fri 11 Sept & Sat 12th Sept 10.30 Meet by the panorama viewing point, near the towpath gate Meet outside Boots, Eastgate St Pre-booking required Pre-booking required This guided walk explores the priory which was founded in 1136, which by From your guide, hear how the Romans came to Gloucester (Glevum). See the end of the 15th century, was the richest Augustinian house in England the walls they built. Tread through the Forum (market place) and meet the entertaining the court of Henry VII in 1500 and 1501. The tour lasts about 1 Emperor Nerva. The walk lasts about 1 hour. hour. Saxon ♦ D6 Monks, Canons & Friars ♦ A5 Fri 11 Sept 14.00, Sat 12 Sept 11.00 & Sun 13 Sept 14.00 Sat 12 Sept 14.00 & Sun 13 Sept 11.00 Meet at St Michael’s Tower Meet at St Oswald's Priory Pre-booking required Pre-booking required Discover the traces of Gloucester's Saxon history. Hear the story of Discover the Abbey and Priories of Gloucester and learn how the Monks, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians who died in 918 and was buried in Canons and Friars lived and worked. The walk will take about 1 hour. Gloucester, and learn about the role she played in shaping the city. The walk will last around 1¼ hours. Richard III ♦ D6 Fri 11 Sept 14.00 & Sun 13th Sept 11.00 Siege of Gloucester ♦ D6 Meet at St Michael’s Tower Fri 11, Sat 12 & Sun 13 Sept 11.15 & 14.15 Pre-booking required Meet at St Michael’s Tower This tour tells of Richard III's important 3 day visit to Pre-booking required Gloucester in 1483, as part of his Royal Progress and This guided walk visits some of the places of interest connected with the explains the granting of the significant Charter to the siege of Gloucester which took place during the English Civil War. The city. You will hear how he spent his time here and be siege was arguably Gloucester's finest hour when the small garrison of shown some of the buildings he would have seen. The parliamentarians held out against the might of the Royal Army led by the walk lasts about 1hour. King himself. The walk lasts about 1½ hours. Robert Raikes ♦ D6 Gloucester Spa ♦ G6 Sat 12 Sept 11.00 & Sun 13th Sept 14.00 Fri 11 Sept 14.00 & Sun 13 Sept 11.00 Meet at St Michaels Tower Meet outside Christ Church, Brunswick Road Pre-booking required Pre-booking required This walk tells the story of Robert Raikes, newspaper publisher, prison In the early 1800s, Gloucester had a thriving spa. This guided walk traces reformer and promoter of the Sunday School movement and shows some of the history of The Spa and takes in some of the fine buildings that it the buildings in Gloucester connected with him. generated. The walk lasts about 1 hour. 3 Talks George Whitefield C4 Fr 11th 19.00-20.00 The Ed Shed at The Folk, Westgate St These talks by Gloucester Civic Trust tour guides will bring to life some of Pre-booking required the characters and events that have shaped Gloucester’s fascinating 2,000 Gloucester born George Whitefield became a noted Evangelist both in this years of history. country and America in the 18th century. This year celebrates the 250th All talks will be held in the Ed Shed, The Folk, Quay St Entrance and must anniversary of his death He died at the relatively young age of 55 in be pre booked via [email protected] stating talk Newburyport, Massachussets. His legacy includes the formation of the name, participants names and contact details (tel no: and email address) Bethesda orphanage in Georgia, a Trust Fund which led to the development Covid-19 prevention measures will be observed, social distancing and face of the University of Pennsylvainia in Philadelphia and he laid the masks worn.