calendar of events - castle house · 2019. 3. 26. · attend one of our events and stay the night...

CALENDAR OF EVENTSSpring and Summer 2019

Attend one of our events and stay the night Call to book 01432 356321

SET LUNCHESTwo-course £18

Three-course £22

HEREFORD’S FAMILY OWNED BOUTIQUE HOTEL

THE PLACE FOR AFTERNOON TEATo make a reservation call 01432 356321


Sunday, 10th March Tapes away 7pmPRE-CHELTENHAM NIGHTWITH PETER SCUDAMORE MBE AND HIS PANEL OF EXPERTSGet the inside track on all the races, runners and riders at the 2019 Cheltenham Festival with eight-time Champion Jockey legend Peter Scudamore MBE, and his panel of racing experts Thomas Symonds, The Guardian’s racing correspondent and author Chris Cook, The Mail’s Sam Turner and Marcus Townend.

For those guests who attended the launch of book The Scudamores – Three of a

Kind, we are pleased to inform you that over £1,000 was raised on the night for the St Michael’s Hospice. Signed copies of the book will be available on the night from reception.

Ticket: £35 includes two-course dinner and a glass of Wye Valley’s Butty Bach or glass

of wine.

Go Racing – base yourself at Castle House with Bed & Breakfast from £155 for two.

CHELTENHAM RACING PACKAGES About an hour’s drive from Castle House, the Cheltenham National Hunt

Festival is from Tuesday, 12th to Saturday, 16th March.

HEREFORD RACECOURSE 2019 DATES Including Ladies’ Day on Saturday, 9th March; Tuesday, 26th March; Tuesday, 15th October; Monday, 4th November; Tuesday, 12th Wednesday, 27th November; Saturday, 14th December.

Peter Scudamore MBE


Saturday, 30th March SETH LAKEMAN AT HEREFORD CATHEDRALHave a two-course pre-concert supper at Castle House before walking to the Cathedral to listen to BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Seth Lakeman. Fresh from his whirlwind world tour with rock legend Robert Plant the charismatic performer is playing a headline show in support of his stunning, ninth solo album The Well-Worn Path. It’s a return to a no-nonsense, organic, classic folk-rock approach with hints of Fairport Convention, Neil Young, Nick Cave and Billy Bragg – plus Lakeman’s trademark foot-stomping, fiddle bow-shredding and soaring vocals. His previous albums include Mercury Prize nominated Kitty Jay and the gold-selling Freedom Fields.

Book our pre-concert supper: two courses £18 from 5.30pm to 7pm

Concert 7.30pm – 10.00pm at Hereford Cathedral. Tickets available from herefordcathedral.org

Sunday, 31st March 12pm - 2pmMOTHER’S DAYThe special day, when you can thank the mother or grandmother in your life by treating them to a delicious Castle House Sunday Lunch or why not buy her a ticket for one of our events?

Three-course lunch: £30 Children under 12: £15


APRIL

Wednesday, 17th and Thursday, 18th April 10.30am - 3pmEASTER GARLAND WORKSHOPS WITH DEBBIE COPLANSIn this workshop, Debbie Coplans, owner of Hereford’s favourite f lorist Beehive, will show how to make beautiful Easter garlands for your home, using an assortment of fresh spring flowers. beehiveflorist.co.uk

Ticket: £50 includes class, all materials, f lower arrangements, two-course lunch and

coffee

Sunday, 21st April 12pm - 3.30pmEASTER SUNDAY LUNCHWe shall be serving our traditional Herefordshire roast lunch with all the trimmings. After lunch, our little guests are invited to hunt for some Easter eggs.


Our normal menu will be served on Monday Bank Holiday

A CASTLE HOUSE VOUCHER IS A GREAT GIFT IDEA!


MAY

Friday May 3rdSEA FOOD EVENINGOur Head Chef Gabor Katona will create a delicious menu to include fresh crab and lobster caught by our friends the Favis family in Salcombe from sustainable UK waters.

Three-course dinner £55

Thursday, 9th May 7pmTHE ICE MAIDEN SPEAKETHZANNA BAKER WILL TALK ABOUT AND SHOW PHOTOGRAPHS FROM HER HISTORIC ICE MAIDEN EXPEDITION ACROSS ANTARTICAIn January 2018, aged 29, Zanna Baker was one of the Ice Maiden team of 6 women that became the first all-female team to cross Antarctica unassisted, using muscle-power alone. Pulling sledges and battling temperatures of -50°C and wind speeds of over 60mph, the team completed the 1704km distance in just over 61 days - the first team to do the crossing with no prior polar experience.

A Regional Advisor for the British Army, Zanna has travelled extensively and it was a two-month mountaineering and scientific expedition to South Georgia and the Falkland Islands with the British Exploring Society, when she was 18, that inspired her to try for the team. She says “Having never been the fittest or the fastest in life, I firmly believe that doing something extraordinary is possible for everyone, and that we should never underestimate our abilities”.

Ticket: Talk and two-course dinner £40

Stay the night from £155

Favis’ boat Emma Jane


Thursday, 9th to Sunday, 12th MayTHE RHS MALVERN SPRING FESTIVAL 2019

From inspirational RHS Gold Medal-winning Show Gardens to top quality specialist plant and floral exhibitors in the beautiful Floral Marquee, there is no better place for gardeners of all abilities to discover summer inspiration and enjoy a great

day out. The show ground is just a 40 minute drive from Hereford. www.rhsmalvern.co.uk

Make Castle House your base for the long weekend from £155

Thursday 23rd May to Sunday, 2nd June HAY FESTIVAL Base yourself at Castle House and enjoy everything that the Hay Festival has to offer. Nobel Prize-winners and novelists, scientists and politicians, historians and musicians talk with audiences in a dynamic exchange of ideas. Castle House is proud to be an accommodation sponsor for the Hay Festival. Hay is, in Bill Clinton’s words, ‘The Woodstock of the mind’. Visit hayfestival.com for more information

Stay at Castle House: Bed & Breakfast from £155


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Thursday, 6th June Supper 6.30pm Concert 8.30pmSUPPER AND SUMMER MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT AT HEREFORD CATHEDRALWITH EX CATHEDRA CONSORT, CONDUCTED BY JEFFREY SKIDMORE Book a two-course, pre-concert supper at Castle House and then walk to Hereford Cathedral for a programme of ‘ joyous music for a magical midsummer evening, performed by the glow of candles at dusk. This atmospheric sequence of words and music is inspired by four centuries of seasonal music – a counterpart to the company’s Christmas by Candlelight. This is a concert that will send you home singing of summertime.’ Performed without an interval it will end at approximately 9.45pm

Two-course supper and Concert ticket (reserved seating) £40 per person

Stay the night from £155

Saturday, 15th June to Sunday, 23rd June 2019HEREFORDSHIRE WALKING FESTIVAL A 9-day event being held from 15th to the 23rd June 2019 in Hereford. Nine days and forty six walks of all lengths and difficulty. Four sections of the Wyche Way, a new long distance path walked over four days, themed walks from historical to farming to poetry to bats, including its first 20-miler in the beautiful South Herefordshire countryside. walkingfestival.com

We were very saddened by the recent death of Lisa Richardson who was the mainstay of

the festival and a good neighbour of Castle House. She will be greatly missed.

C A N C E L L E D


Sunday, 16th June 12pm - 2pmFATHER’S DAYTime to spoil the father or man in your life and treat them to a hearty, three-course traditional Sunday lunch in the restaurant with all the family.


Thursday, 27th June 11.30am - 3pm RIVER VOICES EXTRAORDINARY STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WYE WITH MARSHA O’MAHONYHistorian, journalist and author Marsha O’Mahony’s book River Voices is filled with stories of the Wye told through the words and photographs of those who have known the river all their lives – ferrymen, boat and bridge builders, rowers, swimmers, anglers, poachers, river bailiffs, otter hunters and more. Marsha will talk about the people she met and show some wonderful photographs, some never seen before. Marsha will be signing copies of her book which will be available for £10.

Talk, slideshow and two-course lunch £35

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Thursday, 4th July 6.30pmJAZZ NIGHTWITH THE HANNAH LOCKERMAN BANDA favourite band with guests and our staff, The Hannah Lockerman Band will entertain us again with its broad repertoire of jazz and blues from such luminaries as Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Nina Simone and Diana Krall, delivering modern treatments of their classics, with its own unique sound and individual talents.

Ticket: £55 includes three-course dinner with cocktail & canapés on arrival and some

hot jazz!

THE ROLLING HILLS OF HEREFORDSHIRE ARE HOME TO SOME TRULY STUNNING GARDENS. HERE ARE FIVE OF OUR FAVOURITE GARDENS AND WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND CHECKING DATES AND OPENING TIMES BEFORE PLANNING TO VISIT.

THE LASKETT GARDENSThe Laskett Gardens, set in the idyllic countryside of Herefordshire, are uniquely biographical and the creation of Sir Roy Strong CH and his late wife Julia Trevelyan Oman CBE. Created from a bare field, the gardens were begun in 1974 and have evolved ever since. They represent the creative fruit of a happy marriage of two people who were at the centre of the arts for much of the latter half of the 20th century. Open on 21st July 2019 as part of the National Gardens Scheme charity. www.thelaskettgardens.co.uk

The Dutch Garden, Hampton Court

HAMPTON COURT CASTLE AND GARDENSThe oldest parts of the castle, including the Chapel, date back to 1427 and royal permission to fortify it was awarded in 1434.

The gardens at Hampton Court Castle are open to the public and you won’t want to go home. Here you will discover a mature maze of 1,000 yew trees with a gothic tower and mirador at the centre. Other highlights include the intoxicating Rose Garden, organic Kitchen Garden, Dutch Garden with a striking water feature, sunken water garden, pleached avenues with over 20 varieties of apples and pears, Wisteria Arch (best in May/June). The river walk provides stunning views of the castle and the forest backdrop. www.hamptoncourtcastle.co.uk

WESTONBURY MILL WATER GARDENSWander through Sally and Richard Pimm’s beautiful water gardens with 3 acres of vivid, colourful plants and towering Gunneras across a maze of paths, streams and ponds. A former hydro-geologist and engineer, Richard has built the largest water-powered cuckoo clock in England which tweets, as well as some quirky follies, one made from 5,000 wine bottles. www.westonburymillwatergardens.com

KENTCHURCH COURT AND GARDENSKentchurch Court is a stately home with a 5,000 acre estate in Herefordshire on the border of England and Wales. Home to Jan Lucas-Scudamore and her family who are the current custodians from a long line of Scudamores that have lived here for over 1,000 years. The gardens and house are open to the public on specific days during the year. The Rhododendron Wood, deer park, vegetable garden and orchard are a must see. www.kentchurchcourt.co.uk

HERGEST CROFT GARDENS Hergest Croft Gardens lies in the heart of the Welsh Marches with stunning views towards the Black Mountains. Owned by RHS veterans, Lawrence and Elizabeth Banks, the gardens cover 70 acres and contain a unique collection of rare plants, trees and shrubs and over 90 “Champion” Trees. Described as “one of the finest collections of trees and shrubs in the British Isles”, the Gardens hold the UK National Collections of Maples, Birches and Zelkovas. The 6 distinct areas are the Hergest Croft, Azalea Garden, Maple Grove, Kitchen Garden, Park and Park Wood. www.hergest.co.uk

1. Courtney Sanderson, Jane & Mark Frieze, Peter

Scudamore MBE & Lucinda Russell OBE at the The

Scudamores book launch 2. The Scudamores author Chris

Cook, Scu & Chris Haslam 3. Sian, George & Lyndsay with

the Visit Herefordshire Best Hotel 2018 award. 4. Artist

Mark Jenkins’ Winter Exhibition with Trish Henderson &

Lorna Hollings 5. Ceramic artist Emily Jones’ class

6. Hattie Hayes & Debbie Coplans wreathmaking 7. New

Year’s Eve Party with Cate Cody & her jazz band 8. New

Year’s fireworks 9. Thomas Jeffrey, George Watkins,

European Parliament Vice-President Rainer Wieland

MEP & Anthea McIntyre MEP at the Herefordshire

exhibition, EU Parliament Building, Brussels Feb 2019

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