A programme of summer walks around Epsom and Ewell is planned from 25th July to 29th August. The attached pdf has full details of the walks with dates and times.

Walks cost £5 per person and places are limited to 25 people per walk.

Places must be booked in advance with David Brooks at Bourne Hall Museum. Tel: 020 8394 1734 or e-mail: dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk

Home Education Group

A Serjeant-at-Arms from the Tower of London visits Ewell to tell you how you become a Knight. Sent away from home at the age of 7 to the castle of a wealthy Lord, you will begin your training as a Page learning combat skills and horsemanship until you are 14. Between then and 21 you become a squire, capable of engaging in battle and if you fight bravely you may be made a Knight.

Our visitor will bring weapons for you to master and teach you how to defend and attack a castle.

Richmond Archaeological Society is organising a summer outing to the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. Members/non-members welcome. For more details of itinerary and cost please contact: www.richmondarchaeology.org.uk

Look beneath Epsom’s respectable surface whilst you stroll around its ancient town centre. Discover dark deeds, wrong doings and ghosts who won’t rest in peace. Hear tales of Epsom’s own highwayman and the life of the evil Lord Rochester, together with the wicked Lord Lyttleton. Relive the time when Epsom’s spa was the height of fashion but the behaviour of some visitors was not as elevated as their pedigree such as Lord Baltimore.

Children under 12 FREE adults £5

Discover life in World War 2 in the field of combat and on the Home Front.

The Mayans believed that the night air is filled with dreams, both good and bad. It became impossible for The Gods to protect all the children from bad dreams that creep into their minds at night. Mothers and grandmothers wanted to save their children from worry and fear, so they began to weave magical webs, later known as Dream Catchers, which would filter out all bad dreams and only allow good thoughts to enter their heads. The purpose of these Dream Catchers was to catch bad dreams in the net that would disappear at daylight.

The Legions of Rome march into Ewell - enforcing the rule of the Empire. Discover what it was like to be a Roman soldier, having to serve for 25 years before receiving your generous pension - if you survived! Learn about the weapons and tactics that made the Legions so effective and so feared.

The Hampshire Ramblers have organised a walk in the South Downs National Park to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the SDNP.

Details can be found on the website: www.oss.org.uk

There will be beautiful floral displays and a mystic garden from Ashtead Garden Nurseries along with the Mayday Flower Club, and shows by local countryside groups including the Beekeepers!