| Status: | Active, full but can join waiting list |
| Convenor: | |
| When: | On Mondays 4th Monday of the month |
| Venue: | Various |
Support Group: 3
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Historic Walks 1
Historic Walks in the Waveney and Blyth Valley and further afield. Sometimes we have to limit numbers so that members on the walk can hear the leader as the walk progresses. For similar reasons we do not allow members to be accompanied by dogs. Walks are usually (but not always) at 2.00pm on the fourth Monday of each month.
If you wish to join this group. please contact Netta using the bird-link to the right and we will put you on our waiting list.
New people wishing to join any of the three Historic Walks groups should contact them via their Group Pages on this website. Please note that the groups each operate on different days .
There are other walking groups that visit historic sites:
Full details of each walk are sent by email to each group member a couple of weeks before the date of the walk. If you are not receiving these emails please let Netta know using the "bird link" at the top of this page.
2026 Programme of Walks
Monday 23 February - Puddingmoor Revisited. Just over a one hour tour focussing on the architecture and history of the key buildings. Walk leader Christopher Makey, Chair of Beccles Society.
Monday 23 March - In the footsteps of Chateaubriand. We will trace the places he frequented in Beccles where he arrived as a french aristocratic refugee from the French Revolution and learn more about those times (around 1794). Also, visit the rarely seen and opened privately owned Saltgate gazebo. With Michelle Golding and Netta Swallow, devotees of Chateaubriand.
Monday 27 April - Heritage trees, riverside bronze age archaeology and Beccles Fen, with Rachel Kellett and Barry Darch
Monday 25 May - The village of Brooke - with Brooke Parish Councillor, Susan Timewell
Monday - 27 June - Reedham Ferry, The Church and the Romans and the Swing bridge. Walk leader group member, Carole Rylands
Monday 27 July - The historic wonders of WINGFIELD with group member, Ivan Crane
Monday 24 August - A village tour of Dickleburgh where there is a keen interest in local history. Walk leader Lucie Muldoon of Diss u3a and Dickleburgh local history group.
Monday 28 September - Halesworth with Joan and Andrew Holland. Historic buildings and stories from the town trail.
Monday 26 October - Halesworth Heritage tree walk. Introducing the old and spectacular trees of the town with tree warden and Halesworth Town Councillor, Rachel Kellett.
All walks 2-4 pm . Although Mondays are difficult with many cafes and pubs closed, I have stuck with it for the time being as I know an alternative date and time may not be convenient for some of you.
Click here for the 2026 programme to print at home.
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