Hamble Valley Heritage

Private Walks and Talks

Speakers, walks and coach tours for private groups

In addition to our walks around the villages of Eastleigh Borough, we can also provide longer countryside walks, generally lasting approximately 4 hours. These run along the Hamble River, the Itchen Navigation and through various nature reserves, open spaces and woodland. There is also a more challenging day long walk along the Strawberry Trail, which covers the length of Eastleigh Borough. We also offer guided coach tours around the Borough. Several of our Guides offer talks to groups and societies, covering a wide range of topics listed below, and if you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Charges

Talks: £30
Tailormade walks: £35 (up to 25 people)
Coach Tours: £40 half day (excluding coach hire)

Contact for Enquiries and Reservations

Mary South on 023 8061 7182 or email

Topics for group talks

• The Hamble Valley
• An Armchair tour of the Hamble Valley
• William Cobbett's Botley
• Armchair tour of Netley Abbey Village
• Monks, Marquis and Mysteries the story of the Cistercian abbey at Netley from its origins to the present day
• Exploring a Cistercian Abbey
An armchair tour of the Military Cemetery at Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley Abbey, once the burial ground for those who died at the former military hospital at Netley
• Armchair tour of Hamble Village
• History of aviation activity in Hamble
• History of Southampton (Eastleigh} Airport
• Whirlybirds bygone days of autogyros and helicopters in south Hampshire
• Tales from the Banks of the River Itchen
• The Test Valley
• Meandering Along the Meon
• The New Forest
• Famous Hampshire Connections people who have some connection with Hampshire
• Some Hidden Hampshire Churches
• Old Southampton
• Jane Austen's Southampton
• Lammas Lands the story of Southampton's Central Parks
• Titanic Family
• Memories and Memorials the story of RMS Titanic specifically looking at how the arrival, and later loss of the ship, affected Southampton
• Unto Southampton do we shift our scene... Lesser known stories from the long and varied history of Southampton
• So you think you know Southampton? Light hearted Quiz
• Sickening Southampton some of the ailments that afflicted our ancestors!
• John Monckton Southampton's most eminent 18C surgeon
• Headaches, Haemorrhoids and Herbals plants and medicine from the past
• A Woman's Work is Never Done the lives of medieval women
• The story of Southampton's Old Victorian Cemetery (opened 1846) and some of those buried there
• Exploring a Victorian Cemetery
• The Lost Village of Itchen Ferry
• It will be Alright on the Night An amusing look at Southampton's Street Theatre Group; The Sarah Siddons Fan Club.
• Sarah Siddons, Actress an illustrated talk about the life and times of the celebrated Georgian tragic actress
• The Magic of Madeira
• North to Alaska
• The Glorious Galapagos Islands
• Maharajas and Moguls of India
• The Eden Project
• Curiouser and Curiouser! slides and stories of unusual memorials
• The Road to Agincourt. Based on a car journey this talk tells the story of the origins in England of what became the Agincourt campaign then follows Henry V's route
Lest We Forget - the origins of the Imperial War Graves Commission (founded 1917 and now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) and its work
• Toc H the story of the origins of the charity TOC H and its important Southampton connections
• Wipers an armchair look at the history of Ypres from its origins to the present day and how it was affected by The Great War. The story of how the poppy came to symbolise Remembrance can be included, or given as a separate talk.