ALHS  Summer Visits 2026

 

Thursday May 14^th: Avebury

The programme will include a guided tour of the pre-historic stone circle, opportunity to visit the Alexander Keiller Museum as well as Avebury Manor which is due to reopen shortly having been closed since 2024 due to flooding.  9 PLACES AVAILABLE 

 

Thursday June 11^th - Sunday June 14: South Coast of England. 6 PLACES AVAILABLE 

We will be staying at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth.

On Day 1 we will stop at Stourhead (NT). 

On Day 2 we will visit Fishbourne Roman museum before driving on to Chichester where we will have a guided tour of the city.

On Day 3 we will visit Winchester. Guided tour of the cathedral and opportunity to visit the mill (NT). On returning to Portsmouth, time to stroll at leisure or join a guided walking tour around the Old Town.

On Day 4 we will visit the Mary Rose museum before starting our journey home, stopping at Lacock, a National Trust village with three pubs.

 

Wednesday 24^th June: Madresfield Court near Malvern LAST 2 PLACES AVAILABLE 

The home of the Lygon family for over 900 years;  Learn of the history of this house which also has a connection to Evelyn Waugh and “Brideshead Revisited”.   Guided tour of the house (we will be split into groups of approx.15).   Time in Malvern as well.

 

Thursday 16^th July: Hestercombe House & Garden near Taunton. LAST 4 PLACES AVAILABLE 

Highlights include the formal garden designed by the pioneering plantswoman Gertrude Jekyll in collaboration with Edmund Lutyens. 

 

 

 

Copies of the 2026 Visits Information and Booking Form can be downloaded. Please remember that you must be a member of ALHS to book places and go on on a Visit.

 

A beautiful day for the Llanelli House and Coal Exchange visit, 18th June 2025