Forthcoming Events

Below is a list of forthcoming events for members of the Society. Not a member? Information on becoming a member is available on our membership page

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 09:45 - A Visit to Belmont Park Throwley Faversham

The Kingscliffe Society welcomes our members on its regular trips and to meetings.

Belmont Park: A charming late eighteenth century country mansion by Samuel Whyatt.

The seat of the Harris family since 1801, it is beautifully furnished and contains interesting items from Trinidad and India as wejl as a unique clock collection formed the 5th Lord. Entry to the house is by guided tour; which is included in the entry fee.

We will go first to Faversham, a delightful village where there are many places we can have lunch. We will then go on to Belmont. We can have afternoon tea at Belmont but this needs to be booked when you book your place on the tour.

Cost:(Coach, entry and drivers tip) £23.00
Depart: Hove Town Hall, Norton Rd 9.45
Old Steine (east side of gardens) 9.55
St George's Church Kemp Town 10.05

Return: In Brighton around 6.30

Contact: Sue Paskins, 10 Marlborough Street Brighton, BN1 3EE

Monday, 26 May 2008 10:00 - May Bank Holiday breakfast

The Society's late May Bank Holiday breakfast will be at 10am on Monday 26th May in the Regency Restaurant.

It's very informal so just come along and take a seat. You order your own meal and pay for it yourself. You can have a good meal for under a fiver.

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:05 - A Visit to Knole

The Kingscliffe Society welcomes our members on its regular trips and to meetings.

Knole: We haven't been to Knole for a while so I thought we may all like a return visit. Although Knole is relatively close it is an early start as we have a Premium Guided Tour of the house before it is open to the hoi pulloi. This does however mean we have to be there by 11.00am. Having had the guided tour in the morning we are entitled to visit the private gardens of Lord Sackville in the afternoon, there is an additional fee for this of £2.00 per person, which if you want to take the tour must be paid when you make the booking.

Set at the heart of a timeless deer park, Knole has fascinating links with kings, queens and the nobility as well as literary connections with the novelists Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. Knole was the birthplace and childhood home of Vita Sackville-West and members of the Sackville family continue to live at Knole today. Thirteen superb state rooms are laid out much as they were in the 18th century, to impress visitors with the wealth and standing of the Sackville family (who still live at Knole today). The house boasts a world-renowned collection of Royal Stuart furniture, paintings by Gainsborough, Van Dyck and Reynolds, as well as important 17th-century tapestries. The 404-hectare (1,000-acre) deer park surrounding the house is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Lord Sackville's Private Gardens will be open on the day we are going, there is an additional charge for this of £2.00 per person. There is a Rose Garden, a herb garden and a bog garden, but it is claimed that the best reason for visiting the private garden is the exceptional view of the house obtained from there.

Cost:(Coach, entry and drivers tip) NT Members 22.00 Non members £31.00
Additional re visit to private gardens £2.00

Depart: Hove Town Hall, Norton Rd 9.05
Old Steine (east side of gardens) 9.25
St George's Church Kemp Town 9.35

Return: In Brighton around 6.30

Contact: Sue Paskins, 10 Marlborough Street Brighton, BN1 3EE

Wednesday, 2 April 2008 19:30 - Annual General Meeting

Osborne Room, Hilton Metropole Hotel

Guest speaker - Andy Seggie, Deputy Manager of Waitrose, Western Road

Refreshments