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Architecture Group

Contact:

Diane Wilson 07944333519 wilsond115@gmail.com

Day & Times:

TBA 3 to 4 times Yearly

Frequency & Venue:

TBA

Transport:

AS Required

The Architecture Group has been running in slightly different forms for the last 10 years.  It has strong a self help ethos meaning different members plan and research outings. Its membership has been close to fifty in recent times so consequently that means some trips are run twice as we usually set a maximum of 20 per visit. Mostly we try to do our own research but on occasions hire guides to do particular elements for us.

  • Our last outing in July was to Woolwich Arsenal going by boat from Westminster to Canary Wharf then walking via the Docklands Museum to the Queen Elizabeth line and then down to Woolwich itself to have lunch at the Dialarch pub which was an old munitions factory in a previous life. Followed by a guided tour around the area by a specialist guide.  This involved a walk of aprox 3 miles but managed by all though sometimes at varying speeds.
  • Our next outing in Sept is to Brentham Garden Suburb in Ealing the first Garden Suburb in London certainly of a Co-Partnership kind. Here local resident guides will be explaining the history to us and we can have coffee in the Fred Parry Cafe (guess where he was born) for enthusiasts after lunch there is Pitzhanger Manor  Country home and Gardens of Architect Sir John Soane  just off Ealing Broadway.