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Check out our events for homeowners, conservation professionals and history lovers! We’ve got a range of online and in-person courses, workshops, talks and site visits.
Use the drop-down feature to find the right event for you, or check out our flagship courses this autumn.
Repair of Old Buildings course Understanding Your Old Building online course
Visit
Join the Norfolk regional group for an informal social and a chance to hear about the scholarship from this year's scholars! This is a relaxed chance to catch up with members, volunteers, and friends
Date:
18/09/2026 - 18/09/2026
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: The Garnet Pub
Price:
Visit
Join us for a guided tour of the oldest Post Mill in Leicestershire, which we recently repaired. This is a unique opportunity to visit the mill, not normally open to the public.
Date:
19/09/2026 - 19/09/2026
Audience: General interest
Location: Windmill Farm Park
Price:
Free event
Time slots can be selected when clicking the Book Now button. Please note that places are limited to six people per time slot.
Visit
Join us for a guided tour of the oldest Post Mill in Leicestershire, which we recently repaired. This is a unique opportunity to visit the mill, not normally open to the public.
Date:
20/09/2026 - 20/09/2026
Audience: General interest
Location: Windmill Farm Park
Price:
Free event
Time slots can be selected when clicking the Book Now button. Please note that places are limited to six people per time slot.
Course
In this introductory one-day course, we’ll explore how your historic church building works and the practical steps you can take to look after it.
Date:
Course 22/09/2026 - 22/09/2026
Audience: General interest
Location: Guthrie Village Hall
Price:
£12
Course
In this introductory one-day course, we’ll explore what your community needs to be aware of if you are considering ownership of a church building.
Date:
Course 23/09/2026 - 23/09/2026
Audience: Introductory CPD
Location: Bedrule Church
Price:
Free
Visit
Join the Wales and Marches Group for a guided visit to Hellens Manor in Much Marcle, one of Herefordshire’s remarkable historic houses. Explore interiors associated with centuries of English history, including the panelled Music Room, historic paintings and heirlooms associated with Anne Boleyn, before enjoying lunch and free time in the grounds and sculpture park.
Date:
24/09/2026 - 24/09/2026
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Hellens Manor
Price:
£40 Members (lunch included)
£45 Non-members (lunch included)
Visit
Join the Notts & Derbyshire Group for a guided tour of the magnificent 900-year-old Haddon Hall, one of England’s finest medieval manor houses. Discover stunning Tudor and Elizabethan architecture, enjoy delicious soup and sandwiches homemade by Sage and Plates, then spend the afternoon exploring the beautiful Elizabethan walled gardens, terraces and breathtaking views across unspoilt medieval parkland.
Date:
24/09/2026 - 24/09/2026
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Haddon Hall
Price:
£35 Members (lunch included)
£50 Non-Members (lunch included)
Visit
Join the SPAB Greater Manchester Group for a very special talk in their ongoing series, 'Journey of a Master Craftsperson' with this talk on preservation of historic decorative finishes, in particular, raised relief wallpapers.
Date:
24/09/2026 - 24/09/2026
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: The Britons Protection
Price:
£7 Members
£10 Non-members
Visit
Join the Essex & Suffolk Group for the opportunity to look around five listed private timber framed houses, not normally open to the public, and the grade one listed Church of St Mary the Virgin. With an introductory talk about Little Baddow by a local historian in the Little Baddow History Centre.
Date:
26/09/2026 - 26/09/2026
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Little Baddow History Centre
Price:
£25 Members
£30 Non-Members
Course
The ultimate CPD for building conservation professionals: an intensive week-long course exploring conservation approaches through lectures and site visits.
Date:
Course 28/09/2026 - 02/10/2026
Audience: Intermediate CPD, Advanced CPD
REF:
RC2/26
Location: Museum of the Home (formerly Geffrye museum)
Price:
£910 per person