What’s On
May | June
May
- Saturday 5th – Holy Cross Festival
- 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon – Tower open.
- 11.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. – Church tours.
- 12.30 p.m. – Music for Lunch.
- 1.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. – Procession from Cornmill Car Park (behind the Town Hall) through the town centre and ending at the Cloisters behind the Abbey Church. The bells will be rung during the procession.
- From 2.00 p.m. – The known lines of the previous churches will have been marked out and visitors will be invited to walk along them and to hear about each church as they reach it.
- Thursday 10th May – Ascension Day
- Choral Eucharist, 8.00 p.m.
- Saturday 12th
- Music for Lunch, 12.30 p.m.
- Saturday 19th
- Music for Lunch, 12.30 p.m.
- Thursday 24th
- The Friends of Waltham Abbey Church AGM. 7.30 p.m. in the Abbey Church.
- Saturday 26th
- The Friends of Waltham Abbey Church Coffee Morning in the Lady Chapel, 10.00 to 11.30 a.m. Come for refreshments and to see the new stock that the Friends’ shop has to offer.
- Music for Lunch, 12.30 p.m.
June
- Saturday 2nd
- Music for Lunch, 12.30 p.m.
- Friday 8th
- Valuation Day, courtesy of Bishop & Miller, Auctioneers & Valuers. 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. in the Abbey Church. Free entry into church, token charge of £3 per valuation. Tea/coffee, cake and ploughmans lunches available throughout the day. Drag out all those tucked away treasures any shape or size and let our valuation experts surprise you. You never know it could be a long lost Faberge!
- Saturday 9th
- Music for Lunch, 12.30 p.m. The Tee Trio (violin, cello, piano).
- Traditional Afternoon Tea. 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. in the Abbey Church Centre. With a talk, demonstration and tastings from 'Tovi the Proud' our local artisan ‘handmade sweets’ shop. Tickets, £5 from the Parish Office and the Olive Branch. Numbers limited to 60 so get your tickets early!
- Saturday 16th
- Music for Lunch, 12.30 p.m. Alexandra Weaver (soprano) and Elizabeth Mucha (piano).
Further information from the Parish
Office.
For more information about services at the Abbey Church, see
Services.
