Peter Stewart

Well, it's an amazing opportunity to discover this medieval Undercroft between West Street and Slip Shoe Street in Reigate, the 8th of September. No pre-booking required. Also, Buckland Windmill. Visit the only surviving wind-powered sawmill in the UK. It's a tiny windmill designed to support the on-site sawmill and woodyard. It's at Dungate's Lane at Betchworth on the 14th of September.

Also, I would tell you a bit more about the Betchworth Castle Guided Walk, but that is fully booked, so you've missed out on that, as indeed have I. On the 8th of September, there was going to be a... Well, there still is a guided tour of the castle with a museum guide, including access to the castle enclosure, but other people have got there before you.

On the 14th of September, appropriately enough, on 14 Croydon Road, it's the Holmesdale Natural History Club Museum, which has got an open day. Founded in 1857, it's opening its private museum of natural history, local history, local archaeology and geology. And that is still open for you. No pre-booking required for that one. St Michael's Church in Betworth and our friends down there.

It's a beautiful church in the picturesque village between Dorking and Reigate. And of course you may recognise it as the first church in the 90s film Four Weddings and a Funeral. Now we talked about the links between Four Weddings and a Funeral and also the church in episode 35 of the Planet Reigate podcast.

And also we spoke to the village archivist about some of the people buried in the churchyard and their remarkable tales in episode 30 of the Planet Rygate podcast. So maybe listen to those episodes and then go along and see the church and walk around the churchyard yourself.

So Michael's Church in Betchworth is going to be open various days across the week from the 6th all the way through to the 15th. And also a couple more to tell you about, St John the Evangelist Church. Yeah, thank you for that, St John the Evangelist Church. The Victorian Gothic landmark is how they mention that.

Multiple dates, so click on the heritageopendays.org.uk website to see what's happening when. But as you know, it's up there on the hill. It's outstanding, literally. And also it's an outstanding example of the Victorian Gothic revival by John Loughborough Pearson. featuring the original Victorian stained glass, a gilded triptych and a fine organ built by Henry Willis.

And you can see all of that and more on the various open events at St John the Evangelist Church in Red Hill over the course of the 6th to the 15th. Gatton Park is going to be open on the 7th of September. Now, you do need to pre-book for this.

You can enjoy a guided tour of Gatton Park's capability brown design landscape and Edwardian gardens, including the Japanese garden, which we've spoken about on the show before, which is celebrating 25 years since its restoration. Now, it does usually cost you to go into Gatton Park, so you can get to do it for free. but pre-booking is required.

You can do that via the Heritage Open Days website, heritageopendays.org.uk, and that is happening on the 7th of September. And a bit of an unusual one, this one, but Reigate Beaumont...

care home that's on collie lane you've passed it loads of times i'm sure you have and they've got an open day multiple dates and a pre-booking is required so again get onto that website and you can have a tour of their beautiful grounds and the history surrounding the home as well yeah because it's a fine old building isn't it

Rygate Beaumont being opened up by Barchester Healthcare various days now if you want some more information on any of all of these heritageopendays.org.uk is where you need to go to and I'm a bit gutted I'm kind of pleased but sad at the same time I'm pleased because I'm going to be away I'm going to be sunning myself in foreign climes over the course of those various open days so I'm going to be missing them

However, there will be an opportunity for you to go along. So it's kind of good for me that I'm going to be away, but sad I'm going to be missing those. But there will be still an episode for the next several weeks because, you know, I'm organised, I'm planned. You're not going to miss out on our special episode next week of the Planet Rygate podcast in our anniversary edition.

But again, heritageopendays.org.uk if you want some more on any or all of those.

Thank you.

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