Events at Cowdray....

Friday 12th September - Heritage Open Day. Free entry to Cowdray all day! Come and see the Tudor kitchen in full working order, with the Goodwives of Sussex on hand demonstrating traditional cooking and crafts. 10.30am - 5pm.

Stuart Regalia Day - Sunday 21st September. Stuart Regalia is a small group re-creating the fashions of the Stuart era and providing an insight into the social and cultural history of the Stuart Age through dress, changes in fashion, accessories and cosmetics. Concentrating mainly on women's fashion, but including those of men and children, history is brought alive through the use of practical demonstrations such as dressing 'My Lady', the use of cosmetics and general interaction with the public. 10.30am - 5pm.

Fun, Food & Fireworks - Sunday 26th October 11am - 6pm

Co-sponsored by the "Dreams Come True" charity, the event will combine fun for all with activities such as cooking in the Kitchen, Elizabethan music, fortune telling, face painting, apple bobbing and pumpkin carving. There will also be an Autumn Food Festival with local suppliers and producers displaying and selling their products and a hog roast and barbeque. The event will conclude with a firework display at 6pm.

Local school children and youth groups are also being invited to enter a "Best Guy Competition" and there will be a "Best Group Guy" competition for any local adult groups. The Winners in each category will be awarded a prize prior to the fireworks display.

Children attending this event are also being encouraged to attend in fancy dress and there will be a prize for the most creative costume.

 
Midhurst Dream Carnival

COWDRAY RUINS HOSTS MIDHURST DREAM CARNIVAL

The Ruins were the centre of attention on Monday 5th May, as the host of the Midhurst Carnival.

Hundreds flocked to the Ruins for all the festivities, which included helicopter rides, horse drawn cart rides, stalls, tug of war and wife-carrying matches as well as the all important procession of floats.

Blessed with glorious weather, the day was a great success and raised a substantial sum for the charity -Dreams Come True, who help to make the dreams of terminally ill children come true.

Special events, courses and talks are
held through the year, details to follow.

 

Cowdray Heritage Trust, Visitor Centre, River Ground Stables,
Cowdray Park, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 9AL
Tel: 01730 810781 email: info@cowdray.org.uk