We offer regular guided visit to places of historical interest within easy reach of London. The groups are usually small and friendly (12 to 22). If you have any ideas for a suitable visit please contact the tour organiser Pierre Thomas: pierre.thomas@btinternet.com
NEXT VISIT
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HARROW SCHOOL Friday 24th October 2025 11am
This year’s Autumn outing is to historic HARROW SCHOOL, founded in 1572 .
We will have guided tour of the school to include a talk on the history of the school and its illustrious alumni ( including Winston Churchill and Ealing’s own Spenser Perceval ), and a tour of its historic buildings.
Cost is £12 per person, and there must be a minimum of 10 people.
If you are interested, please sign the list at the Meeting Reception Desk or send an email to pierre.thomas@btinternet.com .
PAST VISITS
In October 2024 we had a group tour of Middle Temple Hall and later a visit to the Temple Church nearby
In April 2024 we had a guided visit to see the Bayeux Tapestry reproduction at Reading Museum and a guided tour of the Abbey Quarter, Saturday 27 April 2024
In April 2023 there was a guided tour of the RAF Bunker & Museum, Uxbridge
In October 2022 we toured the Postal Museum in central London
In April 2022 we visited El Pie Island Museum and Twickenham area
Cinema Museum Visit – Tuesday 3 March 2020
We arranged a guided tour of Fulham Palace on Friday 25 October 2019.
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION VISIT TO SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL
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Some Past Visits
GUIDED TOUR OF TWO TEMPLE PLACE , LONDON WCC2R 3BD,
FRIDAY 6 APRIL, 11.00 am
SRING VISIT TO THE CHARTERHOUSE MUSEUM AND TOUR. – SATURDAY, 8 APRIL 2017
Weekend in Northern France: Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 May 2016
Visit to The Old Bailey
Tuesday 3rd May 2016 at 5.45pm
Alexander Fleming Museum
Our autumn visit will take us to the Alexander Fleming Museum at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington on Friday 23 October 2015.
Guided visit to City Road area on Saturday 7 March 2015
Spencer Williams, a local blue badge guide, will guide us around Bunhill Fields burial ground and Wesley’s House and the Museum of Methodism in the City Road on Saturday 7 March.
Ealing Branch of the Historical Association- Weekend trip to Antwerp, Friday 29 May to Monday 1 June 2015