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Programme
We run a year-round an extensive and wide-ranging programme of visits, walks, and talks which are mainly aimed at providing an in depth appreciation of many facets of our city and its life. Our Current Programme provides full details of our programme from May to September 2010. There is also a printable Booking Form and a one-click Join Us Now link for those who are not yet members.
Visits
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- A visit to Balliol College, the 17th in the series, for coffee in Hall and a lecture from Anna Sanders, Curator of Archives, on the College’s history and architecture.
- An Iffley Road house is a treasure trove, holding one of the world’s largest collections of musical instruments.
- The Turrill Sculpture Garden in Summertown was the venue for an evening visit, followed by an informal lecture by Katherine Shock, the Garden’s Sculpture Co-ordinator.
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All our visits are led by acknowledged local experts and exclusive to members. We aim to cover both historic and contemporary sites and locations. Most are within the city – a few are to cities and places outside the city. There is usually a small charge – typically £4.
Walks
A walk with John Ashdown to study recent towpath repairs and green spaces |
Again led by acknowledged local experts and exclusive to members, we have a programme of diverse walks in and around the city. These ticketed walks are an opportunity to socialise whilst learning more about our city. |
Pam Manix, architect and medieval historian, led a walk on Oxford’s Jewish Quarter
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Malcolm Graham explored Grandpont and
New Hinksey
Beyond
Friar Bacon’s Study’ |
Talks
Our year-round series of talks given by leading speakers are held in interesting locations across Oxford and cover a wide variety of subjects – eg Oxford history, buildings, current developments, art, science. These are without charge for members; small charge for non-members.
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- Dr Geoffrey Tyack, Fellow of Kellogg College and architectural historian, gave two linked talks to packed audiences about the city’s churches: ‘From the Middle Ages to the 18thC’, and ‘Since the Oxford Movement’
- Oxford’s Botanic Garden was the venue for a summer picnic and 40th birthday party, itself the prelude to a lecture by Timothy Walker, Director of the Garden, spanning the 387 years of the Garden’s existence to date.
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Your Input
We are always pleased to receive digital photographs of our events for use on our website. Please email webman@oxfordcivicsoc.org.uk – but no more than 4 at a time, and with captions please. Alternatively, please email programme@oxfordcivicsoc.org.uk if you have queries, comments or perhaps suggestions for the Society’s programme.
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