If you have never tried outdoor painting why not make 2019 the year to venture out with your painting/drawing materials. Times are 10am – 4pm with the exception of the Watercress Line when we are meeting at 10.30am for a Safety Talk. You are welcome to come and go at any time during the day and for most venues will just need a chair or easel, your painting materials and a packed lunch. If you have any questions please contact either Wendy Horne (01252 792 542) or Noel Kendall (07900 158787).
TUESDAY 4TH JUNE FARNHAM CASTLE AND PARK
Turn into Car Park on the left signposted for “Farnham Park & Par 3 Golf Course” and cricket ground.
A short walk opens up great landscape vistas ,views of the castle plus an attractive cricket pavilion.
If you feel like a 10mins walk The Castle itself holds many good views. If you drive, only park in the visitors car park.
We are asked not to picnic on the front lawns or rose gardens of the castle but it’s OK on the keep or other public seating areas. There is a good café and toilets at the Par 3 golf course.
THURSDAY 13TH JUNE – MELLOW FARM, DOCKENFIELD GU10 4HH
We are grateful to James Hadfield for allowing us to paint at his farm. The farm is a little out of the way but it is worth the journey as there are some charming old farm buildings, an ancient barn, a river and views. The River Wey is close by with a bridge and a ford. Also nearby is an old Smithy. There is access to a loo and easy parking.
Directions: From Alton take B3004, continue to A325 (New Inn and Country Market). Turn left onto A325 and in 1 mile turn right SP Dockenfield. In ¾ mile turn right into Old Lane and then right again at grass triangle. Continue for ½ mile downhill with high wooded banks to Mellow Farm.
MONDAY 24TH JUNE – SEALE GU10 1HR
Pretty cottages, St Laurence Church, which is Grade II listed, plus wonderful views down a valley from the War Memorial. Just inside the churchyard is a footpath leading to Manor Farm Tea Room where very good coffee and homemade cakes are available. The tea room is situated within a craft complex where there are toilets. Parking at the tea room is limited to 2 hours but there is plenty of room to park in either Seale Lane (opposite) or Elstead Road which leads up to the Hogs Back.
Directions: From the Shepherd & Flock roundabout at Farnham take the A31 towards Guildford. Take the first turning signposted Runfold and follow directions to Seale. The turning for Seale is on a sharp bend to the left next to Chambers Gravel Workings. Park near the T junction with Elstead Road and the Craft Centre and Tea Room is straight ahead of you.
TUESDAY 2ND JULY – TYLNEY HALL RG27 9AZ
Stunning buildings, Italianate gardens and water gardens and lake with a bridge and much more. There are some gazebos if the weather is inclement. There are about 65 acres here so suggest you get a map from the Reception.
If the weather is wet and there is a need to use the toilets in the hotel we are asked to have a change of footwear to avoid muddying their carpets.
Directions: A30 through Hook then turn right to9 Newham and follow road round to right towards Rotherwick. Follow the brown signs for Tylney Hotel. Please park in the visitors car park only.
WEDNESDAY 10th JULY – LAVENDER FIELDS, HARTLEY PARK FARM, SELBORNE ROAD GU34 3HP
NB: There is a charge of £5 per person to paint at this venue.
The Lavender Fields were created in 1999 so have been established for some time. Recently parts of the fields were replanted not just with lavender but also wild flowers so there will be plenty of opportunity to paint colourful pictures. There is a shop selling lavender products, ice creams and cold drinks but you will need to bring a packed lunch. There is parking and toilets on site.
Directions: Lavender Fields are based in North East Hampshire Between Alton and Selborne, 3 miles south east of Alton on the B3006.
Please follow signs off the A31 main trunk road at the B3006 junction sign posted for Selborne. At the end of the slip road turn South East towards Selborne. After about 1.5 miles you will see signposts on your right for Lavender Fields and Hartley Business Park. Once on the business park follow signs to the Lavender Shop.
FRIDAY 19TH JULY – WATERCRESS LINE, ROPLEY STATION SO24 0BT **(START TIME 10.30)
We have arranged to paint at this venue on a Friday when the engines will be in the sheds and, hopefully, getting ‘up steam’ ready for the weekend. Because we are allowed in the engine sheds we have to attend a Safety Talk (Health & Safety) so it is important that painters get there for 10.30** if you wish to visit the engine sheds. As the Watercress Line is a registered charity they have asked that visitors make a donation of £5 each to help keep the line running. There is parking nearby and toilets at the station.
Directions: From A31 at Ropley (between Four Marks and Alresford) take turning Station Hill marked as no through road. Parking at top near station.
THURSDAY 25TH JULY – BLACKBUSH AIRPORT
Park in the public car park and stay in the public area. There are plenty of small aeroplanes, people and hangar activity to draw, sketch or paint. There is a good café as well.
Public toilets available.
MONDAY 19TH AUGUST – HARTLEY WINTNEY VILLAGE
If local parking difficult suggest the public Pay & Stay car park in the village. Try village scenes or the pond by the High St or the pond area nearer the golf course. There is a delightful farm house and old trees.
Toilets in the village
WEDNESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER – ELVETHAM HEATH NATURE RESERVE
As there is now a restriction on parking at Morrison’s car park of 2 hours it would be best to park at the Key Centre adjacent to “The Church on the Heath” (where we have held summer exhibitions for the past few years). For those with sat nav the post code is GU51 1BN. Walk diagonally through Morrison’s car park and continue eastwards down the hill to the nature reserve which is just over the next roundabout.
The café at Morrison’s should, by this time, be completed where there are also toilet facilities.
The initial meeting place will be in the vicinity of the pond at 10am but a wide expanse of the reserve is only moments away. 2 picnic tables and benches are in the pond area for those who need them.
