Roof top tours
Enjoy the chance to climb the cantilevered stone staircase to admire the magnificent view from the roof and look over the world-famous gardens.
Stowe House
Sunday, 29th May 2022
Month: April 2022
Forenames and what they reveal about ancestors
Unusual forenames add to our knowledge about public feeling, and offer insight into the interests, values and character of our ancestors who choose them.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Friday, 27th May 2022
Refreshments in the Courtyard
Includes a stroll around beautiful 18th century gardens with delicious homemade cakes or biscuits and tea, coffee, herbal tea or juice. £4.00.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Thursday, 26th May 2022
Slideshow of Roade’s 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations
AGM and presentation. Non-members £3.00.
Roade Local History Society
Wednesday, 25th May 2022
Langley Park Walk
Guide Michael Hunt. Hunt out the rhododendrons in the Temple Garden and the impressive redwoods, also the scarce “Headache Tree”.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Sunday, 22nd May 2022
Guided walk around Olney – South End
Join Trustee, Tom, on a guided walk to the south end of the town. Meet Tom at the front of the Museum. The tour will take about one and a half hours.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Sunday, 22nd May 2022
Concert in aid of the Churches Conservation Trust
Come and enjoy Musica Charity Choir making a return visit to sing in this glorious Medieval Church. Tickets £10.00 per person.
Friends of St Lawrence’s Church, Broughton
Saturday, 21st May 2022
The letters of Albert French
Roger Kitchen tells the story of his chance discovery of a bundle of letters sent by a young man of Wolverton in the First World War.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
A Different Kind of Digging – Archaeological Excavations at Stowe Landscape Gardens 2017 to 2022
Stephen Wass, operating as Polyolbion Archaeology. has worked on many National Trust property sites. Lecture in person and via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society
Linford Wood walk
Led by Dianne Sutton. Meet at 6.15 for a prompt 6.30 pm start. Meet at the Linford Wood car park (by the TV aerial). Registration required.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society