https://www.actoncourt.com https://www.actoncourt.com/2025-tours-and-events Acton Court's 2025 Tours and Events: The Queen's Jewells weekend with The Enchanted Tudor Rose, The Merchants House Musicians, Lady Samantha, her ladies in waiting and King Henry, Tudor Grafitti painting activity, Sir Thomas Cromwell, Waytes and Measures period music, Medieval and Tudor herbs. <div data-rss-type="text"> <h3> <span> Acton Court 2025 Tours and Events <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/c37fcec6/dms3rep/multi/queens-jewels.jpg" alt="The Queens Jewells with Jewellery from Wolf Hall TV series at Acton Court, 2025"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> Acton Court's 2025 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds, The Queen's Jewells weekend with The Enchanted Tudor Rose, The Merchants House Musicians, Lady Samantha, her ladies in waiting and King Henry, Tudor Grafitti painting activity, Sir Thomas Cromwell, Waytes and Measures period music, Medieval and Tudor Plants with Mary Macdonald. </span> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:00:11 GMT https://www.actoncourt.com/2025-tours-and-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2024-tours-and-events Our 2024 Tours and Events: The Merchants House Musicians, Magician Greg Chapman, Henry VIII and his groom of the stool, Lady Samantha, Owl Occasions, Tudor painting activity, display of Court Dress, Medieval and Tudor Plants. The King’s Heralds: Heralds and Heraldry talk by Dr Dominic Ingram <div data-rss-type="text"> <h3> <span> Our 2024 Tours and Events <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/c37fcec6/dms3rep/multi/0616+_71A0207.jpg" alt="The Merchant’s House Musicians at Acton Court 2024"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2024 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds, new display boards, The King’s Heralds: Heralds and Heraldry talk by Dr Dominic Ingram, Tudors, Magic and Music weekend with The Merchants House Musicians, Magician Greg Chapman, Henry VIII and his groom of the stool, Lady Samantha, Owl Occasions, Tudor painting activity, display of Court Dress as worn by King Henry and his six Queens, Medieval and Tudor Plants with Mary Macdonald. </span> </p> </div> Sat, 10 Aug 2024 12:34:32 GMT https://www.actoncourt.com/2024-tours-and-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/charity-community-events <div data-rss-type="text"> <h3> <span> A selection of photographs of Charity and Community events held at Acton Court since our opening in 2001. <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/c37fcec6/dms3rep/multi/2004-environment-day.jpg" alt="Tudor Queens at Acton Court 2021"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> World Environment Day – 2004 <span>  </span> </span> </p> </div> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:44:45 GMT https://www.actoncourt.com/charity-community-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/past-workshops <div data-rss-type="text"> <h3> <span> Photographs of past workshops gallery held at Acton Court since our first opening in 2001 <span>  </span> <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/c37fcec6/dms3rep/multi/workshops2.jpg" alt="Tudor Queens at Acton Court 2021"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Organic Blooms workshop </span> </p> </div> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:44:43 GMT https://www.actoncourt.com/past-workshops thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2023-tours-and-events Our 2023 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. British Flower week, Flowers for a King weekend with The Tudor Players, The Merchants House Musicians. <div data-rss-type="text"> <h3> <span> Our 2023 Tours and Events <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/c37fcec6/dms3rep/multi/tudor-dance-73250352.jpg" alt="Tudor Queens at Acton Court 2021"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2023 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. British Flower week, Flowers for a King weekend with The Tudor Players, The Merchants House Musicians. </span> </p> </div> Sat, 08 Jul 2023 15:01:13 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2023-tours-and-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2022-tours-and-events Our 2022 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. The Tudor Players, The Merchants House Musicians. <div data-rss-type="text"> <h3> <span> Our 2022 Tours and Events <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/c37fcec6/dms3rep/multi/2022-events-A.jpg" alt="Tudor Queens at Acton Court 2021"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2022 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. The Tudor Players, The Merchants House Musicians. </span> </p> </div> Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:47:00 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2022-tours-and-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2021-events Our 2021 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. The Tudor Queens. Heritage Open Day 2021, The Tudor Cook. <div data-rss-type="text"> <h3> <span> Our 2021 Tours and Events <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/c37fcec6/dms3rep/multi/Tudor-queens3-ea0f8ee6.jpg" alt="Tudor Queens at Acton Court 2021"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2021 Tours and Events: Audio tours of House and Grounds. The Tudor Queens. Heritage Open Day 2021, The Tudor Cook. </span> </p> </div> Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:19:49 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2021-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2019-events <h3> Our 2019 Events <br/> </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/Acton_2019-f12b2a83.jpg" alt="2019 Event"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2019 Events: June NGS Open Days; The Tudor Garden with Historic Gardener Mike Brown, make a nosegay with Organic Blooms, Nature and Wildlife with The Hawk and Owl Trust, Acton Court’s Bee Man, Organic Blooms, Owl Occasions and Chris Sperring. Garden and Tudor Music The White Rose and the Red: A Tudor concert with The York Waits and Deborah Catterall. Heritage Open Days 2019, The Odhecaton 1501 A Musical Revolution with In Echo. </span> </p> </div> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:26:04 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2019-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2018-events <h3> Our 2018 Events <br/> </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/events+2018.jpeg" alt="A woman is singing while playing an acoustic guitar"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2018 Events: The Erebus Ensemble Directed by Tom Williams; Candlelit Tours with Lady Joan; Piva, Glorianna - An Elizabethan progress. Midsummer Charity Day: Henry’s Queens, Steve Goodfield, Hilary Pavey, Jim Reynolds, Lady Nade (pictured), Tudor Ensemble, Tudor Weapons and Lifestyles, Chris Sperring, Hawk &amp; Owl Trust, Organic Blooms. </span> </p> </div> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:07:12 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2018-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2017-events <h3> Our 2017 Events <br/> </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2017-The-Lion-and-The-Rose.jpg" alt="A group of people are playing instruments on a stage in front of a crowd."/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2017 Events: The Lion and The Rose, Courtiers of Grace; Sounds and Sweet Airs, Sarah Deere-Jones with Phil Williams; Getting close to nature, Chris Sperring MBE, Scent and Symbolism, Organic Blooms. </span> </p> </div> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:04:00 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2017-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2016-events <h3> Our 2016 Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2016-The-Topping-Tooters-of-the-Town.jpg" alt="The Topping Tooters"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2016 Events: The Topping Tooters of the Town, The City Musick directed by William Lyons (pictured); Animals of the Night Sky, Chris Sperring MBE; A Brief History of Music, Blast From the Past; Archaeology Tour, Rob Bell. </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:28 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2016-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2015-event <h3> Our 2015 Special Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/school+2015.jpg" alt="School visit"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2015 Events: Treasures of the Tudor Age, The Erebus Ensemble directed by Tom Williams; Those Tempestuous Tudors, Michael Brown; The Great Wildlife Revolution, Chris Sperring MBE; A Tapestry of Words and Music for a Tudor House, Brenda Page (narrator), David Collins (actor), Scott Baker (lute); Archaeology Tour, Rob Bell. </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:25 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2015-event thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2014-events <h3> Our 2014 Special Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2014-Henry-VIII-and-the-Royal-Wedding-Planner.jpg" alt="Henry VIII and the Royal Wedding Planner"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2014 Events: Henry VIII and the Royal Wedding Planner, Julia Gwynne (pictured); Extreme Weather Events vs Wildlife, Chris Sperring; Archaeology Tour, Rob Bell; WWI Event: Poems for Peace, Blast from the Past. </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:24 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2014-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2013-events <h3> Our 2013 Special Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2013-Nymphadia.jpg" alt="Nymphadia"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2013 Events: ‘Nymphidia’ The Court of Faerie, Pantagruel (pictured); NGS Weekend, Lettys Parkyn &amp; Nic Jones; British Animals of the Past and Re-wilding, Chris Sperring MBE; Archaeology Tour, Rob Bell. </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:22 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2013-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2012-events <h3> 2012 Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2012-The-Henry-VIII-Show-with-On-the-Other-Hand.jpg" alt="A group of tudor dolls are standing next to each other on a table."/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2012 Events: The Henry VIII Show, On the Other Hand Theatre Company (pictured); Wildlife Evenings, Chris Sperring MBE; Death in the Garden, Mike Brown; Tales of a Tudor Night, Fire Springs storytellers; Pastes and Powderings: A Gentlewoman’s Wardrobe 1485-1520, The Tudor Tailor; Archaeology Tours, Rob Bell; The Queen’s Speech, Charivari Agréable. </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:21 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2012-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2011-events <h3> Our 2011 Special Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2011-b.jpg" alt="Two women playing instruments in front of a crowd of people."/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2011 Events: Flowers at the Court Workshop, Organic Blooms; Owl Prowls, Chris Sperring MBE; Ladybird Book Britain, Chris Sperring MBE; Poetry Afternoon, Lesley Saunders; Nowzad: A talk in aid of animal victims of war, Sgt. Pen Farthing; Archaeology Tours, Rob Bell; Blood, Guts and a Little off the Top, John Putley; An Apple For My Love: Music of the British Isles, Eclipse (pictured). </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:20 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2011-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2010-events <h3> Our 2010 Special Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2010.jpeg" alt="A woman in a red dress is sitting at a table"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2010 Events: Tudor re-enactment, The Hungerford Household (pictured); Music for a Tudor House, The Paragon Singers; From a Tudor Garden: The uses of Tudor plants, Lettys Parkyn; Hawk and Owl Charity Day, Jemima Parry-Jones MBE &amp; Chris Sperring MBE; Painting Day, Lisa Kopper; Tudors, Toilets and Outer-Space, Adam Hart-Davis; Festival of British Archaeology Event, Rob Bell; Writing Day, Lesley Saunders; An Evening of Words and Music, Lesley Saunders &amp; Dr. Matthew Spring; Candlelit Evenings, Lady Joan Poyntz (Brenda Page); A Candle Concert for the Court, The Madrigirls. </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:19 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2010-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2009-events <h3> Our 2009 Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2009-Candlelit-Evenings-with-Lady-Joan-Poyntz.jpg" alt="Lady Joan Poyntz"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2009 Events: Candlelit Evenings, Lady Joan Poyntz (pictured); The King’s Throne, Linda Hall; Owl Prowls, Chris Sperring MBE; Nature Crunch, Satish Kumar; Tudor re-enactment, The Hungerford Household; The Tudor Tailor; The Harp of Bones, Joglaresa. </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:18 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2009-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2008-events <h3> Our 2008 Special Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2008-Tudor-Cookery.jpg" alt="2008 Tudor Cookery"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> 2008: Tudor Cookery, Stuart Peachey (pictured); Heraldic Design – A Basic Introduction, Josie Brown; Owl Prowls, Chris Sperring MBE; Henry VIII King and Court, Alison Weir; Painting Day, Lisa Kopper; Meet the Music Makers workshop, Eric Moulder; Sundials Ancient and Modern, Sir George White &amp; Joanna Migdal; Candlelit Evenings, Lady Joan Poyntz (Brenda Page); A Concert for the Kings, The Madrigirls. </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:16 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2008-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2007-events <h3> Our 2007 Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2007-The-Servants-Tourb.jpg" alt="A Tudor man and a woman standing in a hallway."/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> 2007: The Servants’ Tour, History Talking (pictured); Tudor Manuscripts and Illumination, Josie Brown; Painting Day, Lisa Kopper; Wildlife Broadcasting: A Personal Voyage, Chris Sperring MBE; Owl Prowls, Chris Sperring MBE; Archaeology Day: Artefacts from Bristol City Museum, Rob Bell &amp; Kirsty Rodwell; Candlelit Evenings, Lady Joan Poyntz (Brenda Page); The King’s Pavan, The York Waits </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:15 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2007-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2006-events <h3> Our 2006 Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/Actoncourt-David-Starkey.jpg" alt="David Starkey"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> 2006: The Tudors and Iron Acton, David Starkey (pictured); Painting Day, Lisa Kopper; Wildlife Painting, Chris Jones; Portrait of a Lady, Ian Cryer ROI; Hawk and Owl Evenings, Chris Sperring MBE &amp; Ian Mcguire; Chant in Tudor England, John Rowlands-Pritchard; The Tudor Tailor; Henry’s Film Club - Anne of a Thousand Days; Candlelit Evenings, Lady Joan Poyntz (Brenda Page); Hang the Harpers: Tudor musicke of sundry sorts </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:14 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2006-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2005-events <h3> Our 2005 Special Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2005-Age-of-Gold.jpg" alt="A woman in a black sweater sits at a piano"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2005 Events: Age of Gold, Sharona Joshua (pictured); Painting Day, Lisa Kopper; Painting Horses, Ian Cryer; Chiaroscuro Workshop, Judith Champion; Falconry Display &amp; Nature Walks, Chris Sperring MBE &amp; Tony Bryant; Owl Prowls, Chris Sperring MBE &amp; Ian Mcguire; Henry’s Film Club - A Man for all Seasons; Dressing the Queen, Jane Malcolm Davies &amp; Caroline Johnson; Candlelit Evenings, Lady Joan Poyntz (Brenda Page); The Merrie Tales of Master Skelton, Opus Anglicanum </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:13 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2005-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2004-events <h3> Our 2004 Special Events </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/hawk-and-owl2.jpg" alt="A group of people are standing in a field of flowers."/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2004 Events: Owl Prowls, Chris Sperring MBE (pictured); Wax Animal Modelling Workshop, Dido Crosby; Open Painting Days, Lisa Kopper; Musica Fabula, Jan Walters &amp; Steven Player; Henry’s Film Club - The Private Life of Henry VIII; His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts, Julia Gooding, Jeremy West, Jamie Savan &amp; Gary Cooper; The Fool’s Tour, Lady Joan Poyntz (Kim Biddulph), Jenny Sanderson &amp; Peet Cooper (Fool) </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:57:12 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2004-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2003-events <div> <a href="/"> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2003-event.jpg" alt="Two men standing next to each other one holding a guitar and the other holding a lute"/> </a> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2003 Events: Concert:The Chandos Singers of Bath ‘Open the House’, A Tapestry of Words and Music for a Tudor House: Brenda Page, Tom Sherman and Scott Baker, Open Painting Day, Hawk and Owl Weekend Charity Day, Harp Weekend with Jan Walters, Archaeology Weekend, Concert: Frottola ‘The French Ambassadors’,  JMD Hampton Court Guides ‘The House’s Birthday’, Painting Day ‘Painting Mood’.  Concert: Musica Fabula ‘Closing the House’ </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:53:11 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2003-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2002-events <h3> <font> Our 2002 Special Events season </font> </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/past-events.jpg" alt="A man and a woman are dressed in Tudor costumes"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2002 Events: Easter Concert /Musica Fabula: ‘The Most Pleasante Tyrant’, Painting Day with Artist in Residence, Tour of Acton Court Gardens with Dr. Timothy Mowl, Costumed Tours with JMD Hampton Court Guides, Archaeology Weekend with artefacts from Bristol Museum </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:53:10 GMT studio@tuchdesign.com (Nigel Tudman) https://www.actoncourt.com/2002-events thumbnail main image https://www.actoncourt.com/2001-events <h3> <font> Our first season of opening Acton Court to the public </font> </h3> <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b694aa48/dms3rep/multi/2001-Eventsb.jpg" alt="A man and a woman are dressed in Tudor costumes"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Our 2001 Events included: Tours of House and Grounds, JMD Hampton Court Costumed Guides and Blue Badge Guides. </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:53:09 GMT https://www.actoncourt.com/2001-events thumbnail main image