Beckenham & Bromley Centre

Visits 2009-2010

The Centre organises visits to historic houses, museums, gardens and the countryside. Membership of the Centre is normally required to to take part in these visits, but friends of members are welcome to purchase unsold tickets. The Centre also organises other events including holidays at home and abroad.

Most visits take place by coach and there are two pick-up points for coaches, with fifteen minutes between them:

• Bromley South, Simpsons Road, near the multi-storey car park
• Beckenham, Albemarle Road, alongside St George's Road car park immediately opposite St George's Church Hall

Programme of Visits

2009
• Thur 26 November - Geffrye Museum

  2010

• Tue 12 January - Victoria & Albert Museum, Medieval & Renaissance Galleries (morning)
• Thur 28 January - Lewisham Police Station, mounted section (morning)
• Fri 5 February - Lambeth Palace and Museum of Gardening
• Wed 24 February - Royal Institution of Great Britain (morning)
• Sun 14 March - Spencer House (morning)
• Wed 24 March - 'The Ceremony of the Keys' at the Tower of London (evening)
• Wed 28 April - Godinton House and Mount Ephraim Gardens
• Tue 11 May - Bluebell Railway and Sheffield Park Garden
• Mon 7 June - Sissinghurst Castle Garden
• Tue 29 June - Salisbury Cathedral, Mompesson House and Arundells
• Thur 15 July - Museum of Kent Life (open air) and Doddington Place Gardens
• Tue 27 July - Henley (River and Rowing Museum) and Stonor Park
• Thur 5 August - Hidden Essex and the Secret Canal
• Fri 20 August - Mapledurham House and Basildon Park
• Mon 6 September - Morning tour with London Ducktours
• Wed 22 September - Bateman's and Hammerwood Park
• Mon 4 October - Alleys and Lanes in the City of London (morning walk)
• Tue 19 October - Museum of Freemasonry (morning)
• Thur 4 November - BBC TV Centre at White City (morning)
• Fri 19 November - Wellcome Collection, Euston Road (morning)

Sale of Tickets for Visits

1. Visits are arranged for members of the Centre, but friends of members are welcome to purchase unsold tickets.
2. Tickets will be on sale at two Wednesday Evening Meetings before the date of the visit, unless there are special conditions. Sometimes the first sale of tickets is at a Thursday Afternoon Meeting. The relevant date is clearly stated on the booking form provided with the members' newsletter. Tickets will not be on sale before 7pm at the Evening Meetings.
3. It is helpful if booking forms are filled in before the meeting and payment by cheque is preferred. Cheques should be payable to 'NT B&B Centre'.
4. Postal applications may be made after the first booking date. They must be accompanied by the booking form, cheque and a stamped self-addressed envelope of C6 size (about 6½" by 4½" or 16cm by 11.5cm). It is advisable to ring the organiser to find out if places are still available. Postal applications received before the first booking date will not be added to the booking list until the end of the meeting.
5. Visit organisers keep a waiting list after all tickets for a visit have been sold, because people who have booked a ticket sometimes find that they are unable to use it. The number of names on the waiting list also indicates a demand which can sometimes be met by a repeat visit.
6. Money paid for visits is not refundable. Members who find they are unable to use a ticket should telephone the organiser so that they can be put in touch with someone on the waiting list to whom the ticket can be sold. The necessary financial arrangements should be made between the people concerned.
7. Members with their names on a waiting list who subsequently find they cannot go on the visit should ring the organiser to have their names deleted.
8. Members and guests who participate in visits and events do so at their own risk and the Beckenham & Bromley Centre cannot accept any liability.