THE MEDIEVAL HALL – The Great Hall of the Old Deanery a talk by John Waddington

Event Date: Wednesday 22 April 2026

John will cover the building history from the time it was built in the 13th century to the present.  The last Dean to live there moved out in 1922 and it has seen some surprising changes of use. Location : The Medieval Hall in the Close Time : 6:30 pm.  Doors will open at 6:00 […]

Warminster Maltings Tour

Event Date: Wednesday 6th May

By the end of the eighteenth century, Warminster town was classified as one of the malting capitals of Britain with some 36 separate malthouses. This surviving malthouse is now the oldest working example in Britain, and one of only two traditional ones still in operation. Founded in 1855, the ‘Plumage Archer’ variety of barley was […]

Community-led Housing Projects. A Talk By Sam Goss of Barefoot Architects

Event Date: Thursday May 7th

Sam Goss will be speaking about the Bristol practice, and its philosophy and projects. For over a decade , Barefoot Architects have championed self-builders, co-housing groups and community-led housing project across the West of England, most notably in Bridport, where its Hazelmead co-housing scheme won a 2025 RIBA Award. We hope that this talk will […]

2026 AGM

Event Date: Tuesday June 16th

The business of the Annual General Meeting will be followed by Salisbury in Old Film – People, Places and Parades Presented by Neil Leacy Tuesday 16th June Neil will be presenting old films of 20th Century life in Salisbury. Featuring the people, events and pageantry of our city, including rarely seen footage of civic parades, long lost buildings, and fondly remembered […]

Nadder and Avon: urban rivers walk

Event Date: Tuesday June 23rd

The rivers of Salisbury are one of its crowning glories, yet they can be taken for granted. The walk runs from Broken Bridges (where it starts) to Churchill Gardens. Meet where Broken Bridges footpath leaves Lower Road, Bemerton (NGR SU1268 3038). Here, the Broken Bridges Nature Reserve initiative will be explained by one of its founders. […]

Salisbury in detail Walk

Event Date: Tues 7 July & Weds 8 July 2026

‘Richard Deane will take two guided walks through the centre of Salisbury, looking at the great variety of periods and styles among the city’s historic buildings, and the way there’s often more to them than meets the eye’. Start Time  6:30 Venue : Salisbury Information Centre, Fish Row, Salisbury  SP1 1EJ Cost £6.50 Booking via […]

Walk : The Stonehenge Landscape

Event Date: Thursday 13th August,

Stonehenge sits in one of the world’s most iconic landscapes. This context adds much to our understanding of Neolithic and early Bronze Age Wessex through the collection of pre-historic monuments. Monuments to visited are Woodhenge, Cuckoo Stone, Durrington Walls, the Cursus and long barrow, Old and New Kings Barrows and observation of Stonehenge along the […]

Salisbury’s Franciscan Friary and the Buildings that border it

Event Date: September 2026

Our walk starts in the Northwest Corner of the Friary Precinct by visiting the interior of Windover House to see it’s surprising probable sixteenth courtyard and probably seventeenth century staircase. The walk then takes us around the perimeter of the ancient Friary, learning of its buildings, what became of its extensive grounds and seeing its […]