We’re recruiting for a part time Community Engagement officer to join us for the final 18 months of the Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme. Our engagement activities have been a real success story, and as part of our Mid Term Evaluation, it was suggested we expand those activities throughout what is Read more…
Join Pete Baker for a walk around the meadows at Durborough Farm on the evening of Tuesday 13th June. Booking essential. Tickets £5 each available directly from Pete on pete.baker6@btopenworld.com or 01278 671311 Meet at the Historic Limekiln (near Somergreen Turf fields) Aisholt, TA5 1AR
We’re pleased to share with you our midterm evaluation report. As we are now halfway through the project, our evaluation consultants Heritage Insider have produced a report to showcase the work the LPS has achieved already and made recommendations to ensure the continued success and legacy of the project. Our Read more…
Saturday 10th June 9.30am St Mary’s Church Centre Tickets available from Stowey Walking Eventbrite page here A circular walk from Nether Stowey tracing the historic development of religion on the Quantock Hills. The walk will visit sites from both the Christian and pre-Christian eras, including examples of holy wells and Read more…
Wednesday 7th June 9.30am St Mary’s Church Centre Tickets available from Stowey Walking Eventbrite page here A leisurely walk from Fyne Court, across Broomfield Common to the grounds of Halswell House and the ‘Temple of Harmony’, an 18th folly. There will be lots of opportunities to take photos, so make Read more…
Thursday 8th June -Sunday 11th June 9am St Mary’s Church Centre Tickets available from Stowey Walking Eventbrite page here On the 250th year since the birth of poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, join us for a guided literary tour along the Coleridge Way. Over four days, you will follow the waymarked Read more…
Join us and Context One Archaeology at a free public talk to share the findings of last summer’s community dig in search of the origins of Crowcombe Manor. The talk will take place at Crowcombe Village Hall at 2pm on Saturday 25th February at 2pm.
Poet Katrina Naomi and eco-writer Sara Hudston are at Alfoxton Park for three days during Somerset Art Weeks 2022. They will be setting up a poetry room in the Old Library of Alfoxton House, where Samuel Taylor Coleridge first read his new poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to Read more…
The QLPS is proud to sponsor the Somerset Hedge Group. This year they are running two, one day training days, led by qualified trainers. Saturday 10th September 2022, 9.30am-4pm Perry Farm, West Quantoxhead, Williton, Somerset, TA4 4DZ Sunday 16th October 2022, 9.30am-4pm Timbercombe, Broomfield, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1AU These course Read more…
Following this summer’s excavations in search of the lost medieval manor, this autumn we will be back in Crowcombe to continue our programme of Village Test Pitting. On the weekend of 8th and 9th of October, along with archaeologists from Past Participate, we will be helping local residents dig small Read more…
