NCHT events

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Talks: Visitors are welcome to attend all lectures at a cost of £5. The AGM, however, is for members only.

Visits and guided tours: Visitors may join these at a cost of £5 unless other prices are marked.

Where an event is to be held on Zoom, invitations will be automatically issued to NCHT members who have given us their email addresses. Non-members can email nchtevents@gmail.com for an invitation.

Events for 2025

January

No talk held

4 February 25

Tuesday 4th February at 2.30pm. Maureen Street on ‘The Great Awakening in Craven – Rev Benjamin Ingham and the Inghamites’.

Venue: the Quaker Meeting House, Settle.

14 March 25

Friday 14th March at 2.30pm. Keith Berrington on ‘Craven in the Ice Age’.

Venue: Long Preston Village Hall.

15 April 25

Tuesday 15th April at 7.30pm. John Asher on ‘Renovating a Grade 2* listed building’.

Venue: the Quaker Meeting House, Settle.

15 May 25

Thursday 15th May at 7.30pm. Michael Pearson on ‘The Ecology of Dry Stone Walls’.

Venue: Austwick Village Hall.

4 June 25

For our June event on Wednesday 4th, we will have the great good fortune to be taken by Trevor Nicholson, the Head Gardener at Harewood House, on a guided walk on the Clapham Nature Trail. It will focus on rhododendrons and the collection of Reginald Farrer, a Clapham plant collector and exotic seed-gatherer. Details here.

10 July 25

Thursday 10th July at 2.20pm. 'Helwith Bridge quarries', led by David Johnson. Details here. Please note: this is not the walk listed in the printed programme.

14 August 2025

The August event is a walk/talk on the work of the North Craven Building Preservation Trust with Heather Lane. Visiting The Folly, Zion Chapel and Dr Buck’s House on Thursday 14th August at 2pm.

The final details (such as booking details for the visits) will be confirmed in due course.

9 September 25

Tuesday 9th September at 7.30pm. ‘Underground and Overground – the archaeological caves and landscapes of Ingleborough Common’ by Rick Peterson.

Venue: Rathmell Reading Room.

6 October 25

Monday 6th October at 7pm. John Hartshorn speaking about ‘Rewilding’.

Venue: Settle Quaker Meeting House.

18 November 25

Tuesday 18th at 2.30pm. Martin Lunn on ‘The Great Northern Eclipse’ Venue:

Long Preston VillageHall.

December

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