Heritage Open Days 2025 ran from Friday 12 to Sunday 21 September with a full programme of talks, walks and visits. The year’s theme was Architecture.
Full details were listed in our brochure.
TALKS
The Blower Foundation by Damien Blower
Friday 12 September, 11:30 am, St Thomas on the Bourne Church
Echoes in Stone, architectural stories from Kharkiv and Farnham by Anastasiia Zavorina
Saturday 13 September, 10:30 am, Farnham Town Council Chamber
Reordering of St Andrews by Philip German
Saturday 13 September, 2:00 and Saturday 20 September, 2:30 , St Andrew’s Church
The geometry that lies behind architecture by Yolande Hesse
Monday 15 September, 10:00, Long Kiln Room, Farnham Maltings
The Architecture of South Farnham Provided by People and Animals by Noel Moss
Monday 15 September, 11:30, Long Kiln Room, Farnham Maltings
Trees in Towns by Peter Bridgeman
Tuesday 16 September, 10:00, Barley Room, Farnham Maltings
The Architecture of Castle Street by Michael Blower MBE
Tuesday 16 September, 11:30 am, Barley Room, Farnham Maltings
Story of Farnham film screening
Tuesday 16 September, 19:00, Great Hall, Farnham Maltings
Sir Edwin Lutyens: made in Surrey by Deborah Mays
Thursday 18 September, 19:00, Tilford Village Institute
Town Crying, Yesterday and Today by Michael Stephens
Saturday 20 September, 10:00, Farnham Town Hall
WALKS
Architecture and People of the Bourne
Saturday 13 September at 10 am
Moor Park House
Saturday 13 September, 2:30 pm.
Great Austins area architectural tour
Sunday 14 September at 11 am
Tice’s Meadow Nature Reserve
Wednesday 17 September 10 am
Rowledge and the Church of St James
Thursday 18 September, 11:00 am
St James Conservation Area
Friday 19 September, 4 pm
Mother Ludlam’s Cave
Saturday 20 September at 10 am
Hidden Craft Histories
Saturday 20 September at 2 pm
The rise and fall of Waverley Abbey
Sunday 21 September at 10 am
Victoria Garden
Sunday 21 September at 10:30 am
PROPERTIES
University for the Creative Arts
Guided tours Friday 12 September at 10 am and 2pm.
New Ashgate Gallery
Saturday 13, Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 September, 11 am to 4 pm.
Artist Susie Lidstone will be working on a painting.
Museum of Farnham
Saturday 13 September 10 am to 4 pm.
Andrew Windsor Almshouses
Saturday 13 September, 10 am to 4 pm
St Andrew’s Church
Saturday 13th and Saturday 20th September, 2:00 to 4:30 pm
Farnham Masonic Centre, 42 Castle Street
Saturday 13 September 10:30 am to 4 pm
Access: there are high steps to the front door.
Waverley Abbey House
Sunday 14 September 10 am to 4 pm.
Farnham Pottery
Sunday 14 and Saturday 20, 9 am to 4 pm.
Guided tours at 11 am and 2 pm both days
The Old Cottage, 11 Bridge Square
Sunday 14 and Sunday 21 September, 11 am, 12 noon and 2 pm
Bush Hotel, South Street
Monday 15 to Friday 19 September, 10 am to 5 pm
Access: steps in the entrance hall, but level access at the rear via the garden
Guitar Village, 80-82 West Street
Monday 15 to Friday 19 September, 10 am to 6 pm
Access: there are steps within the building and steep stairs to the first floor.
Lion and Lamb House
Friday 15 to Sunday 21 September
Monday to Saturday 7 am to 6 pm, Sundays, 8 am to 5 pm
Nelson Arms
Monday 15 to Friday 19 September, 12 noon to 10 pm.
West Street Chapel, West Street Cemetery
Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 September, 10 am to 4 pm
Access: two steps into the building.
Liberal Club
Monday 15 September
Crafts Study Centre
Guided tours Tuesday 16 September at 11 am.
Old Vicarage
Tuesday 16 September 2 pm and 3 pm.
Partridge House
Tuesday 16 September 2 pm and 3 pm.
St Mark’s Church and the Kitty Milroy Murals
Friday 19th September, 11 am and Saturday 20 September at 3 pm.
Sampson’s Almshouses
Saturday 20 September, 10:30 am and 1:30 pm.
10 Castle Street
Saturday 20 September, 11:30 am and 12:30 pm
Badshot Lea School
Sunday 21 September 10:30 am to 3:30 pm.
Farnham Castle
Sunday 21 September 11 am to 4:30 pm