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