Tuesday 20 August 2024, from 7:30 pm, Eastgate Baptist Church Hall, Eastgate Street, Lewes, BN7 2LR – LIVE & ON ZOOM

Note: We will be in the meeting room upstairs, so please use the side entrance, which will be signed and has disabled access.

Heritage Open Days has been a popular series of national events since 1994. Friends of Lewes has been centrally involved in this annual celebration of our heritage for many years, taking on the primary responsibility for organising the weekend about 10 or so years ago.

This year’s offering is again a tempting selection: Lewes, with over 500 Listed buildings, offers plenty to choose from and web have a mix of new places and long-standing favourites. This includes a chance to see the impressive new extension to the Friends Meeting House in Friar’s Walk.

The programme, spread over 13th to 15th September, includes free access to 14 different buildings, some with special tours. In addition, five different guided walks will take place in the town with different start times to cater for what historically has been high levels of interest.

Some of the venues and events are for limited numbers and require online booking, so keep an eye out for the leaflets and posters.

This talk is free to members of the Friends of Lewes, and £4 to non-members on the door. Non-members can buy a ticket (£4) from TicketSource, which will then provide a link for this Zoom talk.

Members will receive an email with a Zoom link.

Please click on that link to attend the talk 5 minutes before it starts.

We would recommend a computer screen or an iPad as a minimum screen-size for viewing our Zoom talks.

Our presenters will be speaking live, and you can ask questions by typing in the Chat box in Zoom.

See the Diary page for a list of forthcoming events organised by the Friends of Lewes

Tuesday 20 February 2024, 7:30 pm by ZOOM

With Peter King, Director of the Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust (OART).

The River Ouse catchment contains a diverse range of streams, brooks and lakes which flow through both urban and rural settings, offering different ecosystems and habitats for a variety of wildlife and a wonderful resources for people to enjoy. The Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust (OART) believe in the importance of understanding and data-drive science. Only by being out and about on the ground, collecting a variety of information and monitoring the condition of the Ouse can we focus our efforts where they are most effective.

In his talk Pete will provide an insightful overview of the river, the state it’s in, the pressures it’s under, and some of the solutions available including a summary of some of the projects OART has under taken in the Ouse catchment over the past few years and those planned for the future.

Photo: Courtesy of OART

This talk is free to members of the Friends of Lewes, and £4 to non-members. Non-members can buy a ticket (£4) from TicketSource, which will provide a link for this Zoom talk.

Members will receive an email with a Zoom link.

Please click on that link to attend the talk 5 minutes before it starts.

We would recommend a computer screen or an iPad as a minimum screen-size for viewing our Zoom talks.

Our presenters will be speaking live, and you can ask questions by typing in the Chat box in Zoom.

See the Diary page for a list of forthcoming events organised by the Friends of Lewes