What’s on
Talks, guided walks, family activities and the Lilac Fair. Talks are in the Church Hall on Church Walk unless we say otherwise; you can pay at the door, and members pay less.
Regular events
Guided Town Trail: second Saturday of each month, April to October, 11.00 from the museum.
Thursday market: every Thursday in the Market Square, 8.00–14.00 (run by the town council).
Family trail: free at the museum desk, changed each season.
Coming up
November 2026
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7Nov
Guided walk
The names on the memorial
, 10.30
A short walk to the houses of some of the 64 men named on the town’s war memorial, with the research volunteers.
Meet at the War Memorial, St Laurence’s churchyard. Free, donations welcome.
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12Nov
Talk
Corbet’s Almshouses: four centuries on Almshouse Row
, 19.30
The Clerk to the Almshouse Trustees on the founder, the residents and the 1611 building.
Church Hall, Church Walk. £4, members £3.
December 2026
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5Dec
Christmas
A schoolroom Christmas
to , 11.00–15.30
Paper chains and slate-writing in the Old Schoolroom, mince pies in the foyer, and the shop open for Christmas cards.
Vengerberg Museum. Free, donations welcome.
Events are usually announced four to six weeks ahead. Members hear first, in The Crest.
Past events
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27Oct
Families
Half-term: design your own crest
to , 10.30–15.00
Vengerberg Museum. £2 a child.
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17Oct
Talk
High water: the Pontar floods from 1648 to 2007
, 14.30
Church Hall, Church Walk. £4, members £3.
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8Oct
Members
Annual general meeting of the Vengerberg Trust
, 19.00
The Old Schoolroom, Vengerberg Museum. Members.
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12Sep
Open days
Heritage open weekend: Corbet’s Almshouses and the Town Mill
to , 10.00–16.00
Almshouse Row and Mill Lane. Free.
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20Jun
Guided walk
Midsummer evening walk: the river and the mill
, 19.00
Meet at the Town Bridge. £5, members free.
- 16May
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11Apr
Guided walk
Spring Town Trail
, 11.00
Meet at the museum. £5, members free.
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12Mar
Talk
Sweeps, sextons and the Shambles: Vengerberg trades in the 1841 census
, 19.30
Church Hall, Church Walk. £4, members £3.