There's some important information that applies to all outings. This includes our new scheme for refunds to members of the RHS or HHA when we visit some properties. Please click here to read it.

Below are the outings for 2011. You need to book using the form in the September 2011 newsletter. 

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There are pictures from some earlier outings on the Photo Galleries page

Date

Outing details

Coach start 8.30am

Wisley (RHS)

The Royal Horticultural Society garden at Wisley is a unique and enchanting place with richly planted borders, luscious rose gardens and great glasshouses. The gardens cover 240 acres with formal and informal areas and small scale model gardens.

Wheelchairs are available for £5.00 but do need to be booked in advance.

Meet at 10.45am

Fully Booked

RNLI Tour & Lunch (no transport - meet at the venue)

This is your chance to see behind the scenes at the national headquarters of one of the country’s leading charities, including some of their amazing high-tech facilities. Please note that the tours last 1 to 1½ hours and involve quite a lot of walking. The cost includes a two-course lunch with coffee in a private dining room after the tour.

There is no visitor parking on site, but there are public car parks nearby – a map and details will be sent with your tickets.

Coach start 9am

Romsey Abbey & King John's House

We arrive at Romsey Abbey at 11 am for a guided tour of this fine Norman Abbey, contemporary with the cathedral in Durham. Lunch in Romsey, your choice and expense.

2.15pm meet at King John’s House, opposite the Abbey, for a guided tour of this 13th century building, followed by tea in the Tudor Cottage which is a timber-framed building with a delightful tearoom, part of the same group of buildings.

A la Ronde (NT)

A visit to this fascinating and unique house on the River Exe in Devon.

More details tba in the March 2012 Newsletter