Events and Trips

Other major activities over and above our monthly talks include trips, lobbying, commenting about planning applications (see our planning section), providing grants for local projects and our Annual Christmas Supper.

Trips

In conjunction with the Friends of Steyning Parish Church, we are arranging a coach trip  to Winchester on Tuesday 20th May 2025 to see the Cathedral and the nearby Hospital of St Cross .  At the Cathedral, we will be able to see the 12th Century Winchester Bible and the Kings and Scribes Exhibition, which is about the Wessex Royal Family – including King Aethelwulf whose body was buried at our original church but was subsequently moved to Winchester.  The Hospital of St Cross is a medieval alms house which has a fine Norman church.  The masons who carved in the church are thought to have carved in our church as well.  A financial scandal at the Hospital provided the idea for the plot of The Warden in Trollope’s Barchester novels.  Tickets can be purchased for £55 each at Steyning Bookshop and at meetings.  This includes the cost of the coach, admission charges and a snack lunch.  Our normal rules about cancellations apply, which are set out below. Further information about the trip can be found by following the link Winchester trip flyer pdf.

We are also planning a trip for the autumn, which will be to The Tangmere Military Aviation Museum.  Further information about this trip will be published later in the year.

Coach Trips

Coach trips are open to non-members.  The visits are well researched and convivial days out. Usually departing from The Steyning Centre car park at about 8.30 am by coach and returning about 6  pm. Time is allowed for coffee, lunch and tea stops. Reductions to the cost are made for National Trust members or English Heritage members where appropriate.

If you need to cancel after making a booking, please remember that booking charges will not be refunded if you cancel less than 42 days before the trip, unless we find a substitute after all the unsold places have been sold.  However, you can find a substitute because booking fees are transferable, provided that you notify us before the trip.