News and events for autumn / winter 2018 Bedfordshire | Cambridgeshire | Essex Hertfordshire | Norfolk | Suffolk 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 Flatford, 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 Lavenham 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…. Melford Hall, 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.