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| Wednesday, 13 May 2026 |
| Visit to Strawberry Hill House and Gardens , near Twickenham |
Visit to neogothic house, former home of Hugh Walpole. Guided house tour and time to explore gardens. |
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| Tuesday, 16 September 2025 |
| Afternoon Tea and Harbour tour on the Dorset Queen. |
This event has been arranged by The Arts Society of Bournemouth and East Dorset. (TASBED).Please see here for further details and a booking form. |
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| Thursday, 01 May 2025 |
| Visit to Forde Abbey gardens and house, Somerset |
This former monastery, now a privately owned Grade 1 listed house, is surrounded by 30 acres of award-winning gardens. Around the grounds are sculptures, lakes and fountain. The house contains fine furniture and tapestries, and the Undercroft Tearoom is available for refreshments.
Cost: £45pp (to include coach travel, admission price to both house and gardens, and driver’s gratuity). Further details and booking form here. |
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| Wednesday, 27 November 2024 |
| Visit to Central London |
Our neighboring society in Wimborne is offering a coach trip to Trafalgar Square, central London. The coach departs from Wimborne at 8.30 am and leaves London at 16.30 returning to Wimborne at approx 8pm. There is free time in London and a list of current exhibitions exhibitions is available here. See the booking form for further details. |
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| Thursday, 25 April 2024 |
| Visit to Kew Gardens |
An all-day visit to the world famous Kew Gardens. £41 including coach travel and admission charge. Further details and a booking form are available in Documents. |
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| Thursday, 27 July 2023 |
| Visit to Oxford with opportunity to see exhibition at Ashmolean museum |
Our sister society in Wimbourne has arranged a visit to Oxford and would be pleased to welcome Poole members. There is an exhibition at the Ashmolean museum "Labyrinth - Knossus, myth and reality". For details please see the booking form in Documents. |
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| Wednesday, 14 June 2023 |
| Afternoon visit with tea to Pugin Hall near Dorchester |
Pugin Hall was designed by Augustus Pugin in 1847 and is surrounded by 5 acres of gardens which can be viewed as part of the National Garden Scheme. Our visit includes a talk on the house and garden from the current owner and afternoon tea/coffee and cake. This visit is now fully booked. |
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| Thursday, 20 April 2023 |
| Arundel Castle and Tulip Festival |
Our sister society in Bournemouth are offering a visit to Arundel Castle and Tulip Festival on Thursday, 20th April and would be pleased to welcome Poole members. |
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| Wednesday, 22 March 2023 |
| Stanley Spencer Cookham art gallery and John Lewis Heritage centre |
Cookham is the birthplace of Sir Stanley Spencer, and the home of an art gallery dedicated to his works. There will be a talk by the curator, and a special exhibition Mind and Mortality, as well as the permanent works on display. We also also visit the John Lewis Heritage Centre in Cookham and view their archives and collections. |
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