
The Stinking Fish Of Southampton
“Beware of the insipid vanities and idle dissipations of the metropolis of England; Beware of the unmeaning luxuries of Bath and of the stinking fish [...]

Armada Study Day 2nd August 2025
To provide context for the performances, exhibitions and guided walks we begin with a study day, where researchers and historians will explore the historical background [...]

The Reverend Shapcotts Historical Armada Pageant or Hola! Has anybody seen our ships?
The Reverend Shapcott is on a mission! The vicars of St Marys and Peartree have been receiving too much attention for their historical pageants, so [...]

Discovery & Empire Guided Walk, 6th August
On a guided walk around Elizabethan Southampton, find out about, explorers, beer and fish! Discover the Tudor Town and visit St Michael's Church to see [...]

Discover God's House Tower 7th August
In Partnership with God's House Tower, an Armada Festival Event If the Spanish had been successful in capturing the Isle of Wight, this would have [...]

Pattens to Peartree
Recreating Jane Austen’s walk from Southampton to visit her friends, the Lance family of Chessel House, with a stop at the historic Peartree Church - [...]

Sugar, Slaves & Seabathing - A Black History Month Hidden History Walk
Southampton in Jane Austen’s day was a watering place famed for sea bathing, but it was also a town dominated, in politics, by the ‘West [...]
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