PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2026
Full details of events have been sent by email / post to members.
For further information, to book a place(s) for any of these events, to make a payment, or to advise of dietary requirements please contact the Events Secretaries, Dennis & Valerie Hill, by email at: dh.smca@btinternet.com.
We list events in 2026 below.
Annual General Meeting
Saturday 21st March 2026
The Beaconsfield Club, Meadow Place
Shrewsbury, SY1 1PD
Arrive : 12 Noon for 12.30 pm Prompt start.
AGM then Lunch at 1.15 pm., followed by a short talk by The High Sheriff Mrs Jane Trowbridge on her year in Office.
Wollerton Old Hall
Tuesday 12th May 2026
Wollerton Old Hall
Market Drayton
Shropshire, TF9 3NA
Time: 11.30am
A private tour of the gardens followed by lunch at 1pm.
Cost: £ 26.00 per person.
Old Downton Lodge
Sunday 7th June 2026
Old Downton Lodge
Downton on the Rock
Ludlow, SY8 2HU
Time: 2.45pm for 3pm
Afternoon tea in the museum room followed by Compline at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bromfield.
Cost: £30.00 per person.
Bryngwyn Hall
Sunday 26th July 2026
Bryngwyn Hall
Nr. Llanfyllin
SY22 5LJ.
Time: 2.00pm
By kind permission of Lady Auriol, Marchioness of Linlithgow.
A tour of the historic Grade II house and garden followed by afternoon tea.
Cost: 30.00 per person
Lilleshall House and Gardens
Black Tie Event
Saturday 29th August 2026
Lilleshall House and Gardens
Newport
Shropshire, TF10 9AT
Time: 6.45pm for 7.30pm
A summer dinner in the Duke of Sutherland's former Hunting Lodge - now the home of the National Sports Academy.
This will be a formal black tie event.
Dinner will be served in the Chapters Dining Room.
Cost: £50.00 per person
(to include Pimms or a soft drink on the terrace)
There will be a limited number of rooms available at a discounted rate for those wishing to stay over.
Quit Rents Ceremony
Wednesday 7th October 2026
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London, WC2A 2LL
Time: To be advised
This is a free event though limited to 12 persons maximum.
Christmas Lunch
Saturday 12th December 2026
The Beaconsfield Club, Meadow Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1PD.
Time: 12.00pm for 12.30pm
A festive traditional three course lunch.
Cost: 40.00 per person