The 2026 Heritage Open Days festival ran from 11th to 20th September with a full programme of talks, walks and visits which reflected the year’s theme of Everyday Histories.
Talks
When Adam Delved and Eve Span, by Rt Revd Dr Chris Herbert
Friday 11 September, 8 pm, St Joan’s Church Hall
Not a Lot of People Know That … The Town Crier at Work, by Farnham Town Crier Michael Stephens
Saturday 12 September 10 am, Council Chamber, Farnham Town Hall
A Day in the Life of a Clergyman, by Revd David Uffindell
Sunday 13 September, 2 pm St Andrew’s Church
History of Native and Exotic Trees in Farnham, by Peter Bridgeman
Wednesday 16 September, 10 am, Barley Room, Farnham Maltings
Victorian Wrecclesham and Rowledge – Work, God and Leisure, by Roy Waight
Wednesday 16 September, 11:30 am, Barley Room, Farnham Maltings
The Jewel Heist of Winchester: a Tudor Whodunnit, by Alison Whittaker
Thursday 17 September, 10 am, Barley Room, Farnham Maltings
The Architecture of Castle Street, by Michael Blower MBE
Thursday 17 September, 11:30 am, Barley Room, Farnham Maltings
The Farnham Workhouse, by Ian Wallace
Saturday 19 September 10 am, Council Chamber, Farnham Town Hall
Walks
Change in the Village: Echoes of Working Life in The Bourne
Saturday 12 September, 10 am.
Waverley Abbey Car Park to Moor Park House
Sunday 13 September at 10 am
From Farm to Quarry to Community Nature Reserve
Wednesday 16 September at 10 am, Tice’s Meadow
Sunday 20 September 10 am
Sunday 20 September, 10:30 am
Properties
Elphicks West Street
Open every day, 9:30 am to 5:15 pm, 10 am to 4 pm Sundays.
Lion and Lamb House West Street
Open every day, Monday to Saturday, 6:30 am to 7 pm, Sundays 7:30 am to 6 pm.
University for the Creative Arts.
Guided tours Friday 11 September at 10 am and 2pm.
Guided tours Friday 11 September at 11:30 am.
Friday 11 September 10:30 am
Saturday 12 September 10 am.
St Peter’s Church and Churchyard
Saturday 12 September, 2 pm
Farnham Masonic Centre, 42 Castle Street
Saturday 12 September 10 am to 4 pm
Andrew Windsor Almshouses, Castle Street
Saturday 12 September 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday 13 September 11am to 4:30 pm
Sunday 13 and Sunday 20 September, 2 pm to 4 pm
Sunday 13 September 10 am to 4 pm.
Bush Hotel, South Street
Sunday 13 to Wednesday 16 and Friday 18 September, 10 am to 5 pm
Tanyard Cottage, Bridge Square
Monday 14 September, 2 pm and 3 pm
Tuesday 15 September, 10 am to 3 pm
Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 September, 11 am to 4 pm.
Artist Susie Lidstone will be working on a painting inspired by Farnham’s hidden spaces.
Caffe Piccolo, 84 West Street
Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 September, 12 to 3 pm
St Mark’s Church Upper Hale
Thursday 17th September, 2 pm.
Saturday 19 September, 3:15 pm.
Sunday 20 September 12 noon and 1 pm.
The Old Cottage, 11 Bridge Square
Sunday 20th September, 11 am, 12 noon and 2 pm.
The Kiln / Village Hall, Badshot Lea.
Sunday 20 September 10 am to 4 pm.
Also happening during HODs week
Another Brick in the Wall Monday 14 September, Farnham Maltings, 7:30 pm
A presentation on the restoration of Willmer House, an important heritage bjuliding, home to the Museum of Farnham.
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Exhibition of prints by local artist Marshall Barnes
The Foyer at Farnham Maltings, 14 – 30 September
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Voices of Farnham Past 16 – 18 September, Brightwells Yard
Farnham Theatre Association presents readings and performances from local authors and composers
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Woolmead redevelopment 15 – 19 September, Brightwells Yard
Farnham Theatre Association presents an exhibition of proposals for the Woolmead site, leading up to a public forum on Saturday 19.
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