Past Events
- 9 November 2024
Canterbury calling - a SAVE walking tour with Amicia de Moubray
Join SAVE Britain's Heritage and Amicia de Moubray for a walking tour of Canterbury during the Heritage EXPO 2024. Learn about the city's history and the use of Mathematical Tiles in its buildings. We'll also visit the peaceful Franciscan Gardens, part of the first Franciscan settlement in England, established in 1224. This tour offers an informative look at Canterbury's architectural heritage and historic sites and it will take place in-between the free lectures offered during the Heritage EXPO.
- 23 October 2024
Vanished London: how health has made and remade the city – SAVE talks by Dr Tom Bolton and Ross MacFarlane
Dr Tom Bolton and Ross MacFarlane discuss how changing attitudes towards health have reshaped London, leading to the disappearance of entire neighbourhoods once deemed diseased. They explore the transformation of healthcare institutions and the evolution of health-related spaces.
- 18 October 2024
Rochdale uncovered – a SAVE walking tour and a visit to one of the finest Gothic Revival town halls
Join SAVE and Mike Ashworth for a guided tour of Rochdale, a former Lancashire mill town harnessing its heritage to drive regeneration. Following this, visit the newly restored Grade I listed Town Hall, one of the finest examples of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture in the country. Kate Martyn from Donald Insall Associates, the conservation architect, will lead our visit through this magnificent building.
- 28 September 2024
Sacred and secular: Inside the Square Mile– a SAVE Walking Tour
From Guildhall Yard to St Paul's Cathedral, join SAVE and Alec Forshaw for a walking tour focusing on a wide variety of old and new architecture in the western part of the City of London. We will start in Guildhall Yard, the secular centre of the City of London, and finish close to St Paul’s Cathedral, its ecclesiastical heart.
- 21 September 2024
OPEN HOUSE: Georgian Grafton Street: Sprüth Magers Gallery - a SAVE & Klaud guided tour for OPEN HOUSE
Join SAVE and Klaud Studio on a tour of the prestigious Sprüth Magers art gallery in Mayfair. Learn about the history of this seven-storey grade II listed townhouse designed by Sir Robert Taylor and witness Klaud's sensitive and sustainable restoration work.
- 18 September 2024
Art History Festival 2024: Discovering Smithfield – An Association for Art History & SAVE Walking Tour
The London historian and conservationist, Alec Forshaw will lead a walking tour of Smithfield, looking at the remarkable variety of architecture in this fascinating part of central London. Alongside Horace Jones's masterful 19th century meat market there are the medieval and Tudor remains of St John's and St Bartholomew's Priories and The Charterhouse, early Georgian houses, ornate Victorian warehouses, and eye-catching buildings from the 20th and 21st centuries.
- 14 September 2024
OPEN HOUSE: Lost Aldwych - a SAVE walking tour for OPEN HOUSE
Join SAVE and Dr Tom Bolton on a walking tour of Aldwych. Behind the wide formal streets of Aldwych and Kingsway lies a very different neighbourhood. Clare Market and Drury Lane were a tangle of disreputable alleys until the new streets cut them in half. But traces remain, and this walk dives into the back streets to track the vanished lanes and recreate their past at the core of ancient London.
- 11 September 2024
Surgical Precision: Behind the scenes at St Barts - a SAVE supporter event
Join SAVE and Will Palin for a tour of the grade I-listed North Wing at St Bartholomew's Hospital. On this special SAVE tour we will witness the ongoing conservation efforts up close and meet the artisans responsible for the intricate craftsmanship while also exploring the architecture of this extraordinary building.
- 27 July 2024
Chasing the Tyburn, The West End’s Lost River – SAVE Walking Tour
NEW DATE!
Join SAVE and Dr. Tom Bolton, author of London's Lost Rivers, on a 3.5-mile walking tour tracing the ancient River Tyburn from Baker Street to Vauxhall Bridge. Explore the common history of the river below and that of the parallel streets above and reflect on its loss as a natural resource amidst the climate crisis.
- 23 July 2024
London’s only Lighthouse – Tour with SAVE’s chair Eric Reynolds of Trinity Buoy Wharf
Join SAVE and Eric Reynolds, SAVE’s chair of trustees, for a tour of the successful revival of Trinity Buoy Wharf. Discover this vibrant hub, transformed from abandonment to a thriving centre for art, education, innovation and workspace, where restored historic buildings seamlessly blend with modern structures.
- 9 July 2024
Rediscovering Peckham: An architect-led walking tour
Join SAVE and Benedict O'Looney for a walking tour of Peckham town centre, exploring the area’s rich architectural heritage and community-driven conservation efforts. See the meticulously restored Victorian Peckham Rye Station and we will end the tour at Frank's Café on top of the re-purposed multi-storey car park offering a panoramic view of London's skyline.
- 19 June 2024
From Risk to Resource: Buildings at Risk launch 2024
Join us at The Gallery in Farringdon for the launch of new additions to our Buildings at Risk Register introduced by Liz Fuller, our Buildings at Risk Officer. Guest speaker, Martin Hulse of the Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust will share insights on restoring redundant buildings.
- 15 June 2024
Exploring the lost Walbrook River: A SAVE & LFA Walking Tour through the hidden heart of the City
Last seen more than six centuries ago, the hidden currents of the Walbrook still flow beneath the modern streetscape of the City of London. Follow its forgotten path, threading through the ever-changing urban fabric from Shoreditch to the Thames itself. Along this journey, we delve into the historical, cultural, and architectural layers that define its course, culminating in a rendezvous on the Thames foreshore.
- 8 June 2024
Back to the Future of the West End (part II) - SAVE & LFA Walking Tour
Join SAVE and Robert Ayton, former head of design and conservation at Westminster, for the sequel to his popular West End walking tour. It will again focus on recent buildings which balance development, conservation and good design to ensure that contemporary architecture is in keeping with the historic city.
- 5 June 2024
The climate crisis: What’s the future for unlisted historic buildings? – A SAVE, Donald Insall Associates & LFA Panel Discussion
Join our expert panel for a pragmatic discussion on the future of unlisted historic buildings in the face of the climate crisis and how we can reimagine them as valuable assets – culturally, environmentally and financially.
- 1 June 2024
Join SAVE for London Festival of Architecture this June
SAVE Britain's Heritage has partnered with the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) to host a series of walks and a panel discussion that celebrate and reimagine architecture with a particular focus on places with rich stories to tell. The events explore the city’s past and future through a lens of innovative city-making.
- 24 May 2024
Piccadilly Line – Northern Extension: SAVE Walking Tour
Join SAVE and former Design and Heritage Manager for London Underground, Mike Ashworth, for an architectural tour of the 1930s Piccadilly Line Northern extensions - part of work on the line at the time to extend its reach into new suburban territory.
- 18 May 2024
The City of London – a SAVE walking tour of the Cluster of Towers
From the ‘Gherkin’ to the ‘Cheesegrater’, join SAVE and Alec Forshaw for a walking tour focused on the mighty skyscrapers that define the eastern City. Learn about the special protected views around St Paul’s Cathedral, London’s tallest building until 1963, and the evolution of buildings like the Stock Exchange and the Leadenhall Building.
- 23 April 2024
Monastic houses, Georgian speculators and beyond: a SAVE Walking Tour of historic Clerkenwell - SAVE Walking Tour
Architectural historian and Barts Heritage CEO Will Palin will take us on a ramble through the streets of historic Clerkenwell, tracing the ancient origins of this unique part of London and following its growth and redevelopment through the Georgian and Victorian periods. The walk will include a special visit to the 18th-century Sessions House on Clerkenwell Green.
- 19 March 2024
Guided tour of 66 Portland Place and curator-led tour of RIBA’s exhibition on the Manplan series, Wide-Angle View
Step inside the iconic RIBA 1930s headquarters on Portland Place with SAVE on this special building tour, featuring stunning art deco interiors. Then join us for a special curator-led tour by curator Valeria Carullo to explore Wide-Angle View, an exhibition on the Manplan series, offering a unique insight into 1960s British architecture through over 70 original photographs by renowned artists.
- 24 February 2024
Jubilee Line Extension Stations Tour - SAVE Walking Tour
Due to popular demand we are thrilled to announce the return of this event for the fifth time, following multiple sold-out performances.
Join SAVE and former head of design and heritage for Transport for London, Mike Ashworth for a special tour of the award-winning design and architecture of London Underground’s Jubilee Line Extension stations and hear about SAVE’s successful campaign in 2017 to stop the major demolition of Southwark Station.
- 20 February 2024
FULLY BOOKED - Saviours' Event at the Sir John Soane's Museum
Embark on a guided tour of Sir John Soane’s Museum. This unique experience includes a tour of Sir John and his wife Eliza’s private apartments, meticulously restored to their original charm, and refreshments in the Library-Dining Room.
- 16 January 2024
Repeat Performance: Reimagining Historic Theatres – online event
Join us for an introduction to some outstanding examples of theatres at risk from across the UK with Liz Fuller, our Buildings at Risk Officer. Liz will look at the ways in which these historic public buildings can be repurposed and how these entertainment palaces should be seen as valuable community assets.
- 12 September 2023
Bittersweet heritage - The hidden history of Piercefield House
Join SAVE for this online talk by Dr Victoria Perry. The clock is ticking for Piercefield House and Park in Monmouthshire, Wales - a grade II* listed neo-classical house by John Soane in urgent need of rescue and the focus of a major SAVE campaign.
- 2 September 2023
SAVE Walking Tour: Chasing the Tyburn, The West End’s Lost River
SOLD OUT
Dr. Tom Bolton, author of London's Lost Rivers Volumes 1 and 2, leads a walk tracing part of the buried River Tyburn, from Baker Street to Vauxhall Bridge. The Tyburn is one of London’s lost rivers, buried to accommodate the sprawling city and West End – but it still flows beneath the streets.
- 28 June 2023
Reuse Me, Don't Lose Me - 2023 Launch of Buildings at Risk with guest speakers
Join us to mark the launch of more than 60 new additions to our Buildings at Risk Register. Hear from our Buildings at Risk Officer with highlights from the new entries and three guest speakers who have nominated buildings this year about why their building matters and what they hope can be done to bring them back into use.
- 9 May 2023
PUBLIC MEETING: Newton Abbot – 16th May 2023
Join us on 16th May to hear from national heritage campaign charity SAVE Britain’s Heritage, architect Jonathan Dransfield and Newton Abbot & District Civic Society about our exciting alternative vision for redeveloping Bradley Lane Mills in Devon
- 28 January 2023
Jubilee Line Extension Stations Tour
Join SAVE and former head of design and heritage for Transport for London, Mike Ashworth for a special tour of the award-winning design and architecture of London Underground’s Jubilee Line Extension stations and hear about SAVE’s successful campaign in 2017 to stop the major demolition of Southwark Station.
- 1 October 2022
Re-scheduled: George Mayer-Marton’s ‘Oldham Mural’ in Context Tour
Re-scheduled date: SAVE Britain’s Heritage and Twentieth Century Society and George Mayer-Marton’s ‘Oldham Mural’ in Context Tour.
A tour led by Howard Smith with experts Dr Judith LeGrove and Henrietta Billings, to see the 1955 ‘Oldham Mural’, at the Church of the Holy Rosary, Oldham. We will also visit two further churches on post-war estates in Greater Manchester to reveal unexpected masterpieces.
- 29 June 2022
SAVE Me, I'm Yours! 2022 Launch of new Buildings at Risk and Guest Speaker
You are warmly invited to join us for our first gathering for two years to take a sneak peek at over 50 new additions to our online Buildings at Risk Register. Liz Fuller, our Buildings at Risk Officer, will preview some of the most interesting new entries and guest speaker Dr Joanne O'Hara, Programme Director - Heritage at Risk at Somerset West and Taunton Council, will talk about the challenges of buildings at risk and what can be done to bring them back into use.
- 20 April 2022
EVENT: A Total Artwork: Important new perspectives on the threatened Oldham Mural
George Mayer-Marton’s ‘dazzling’ Oldham Mural is at risk – just as its significance is being better understood. Join us for this special online event organised by SAVE Britain’s Heritage and the Twentieth Century Society.
- 26 March 2022
WALKING TOUR - The Eastern City of London
Starting at Liverpool Street Station and finishing at Tower Hill, former conservation principal Alec Forshaw will lead us through the eastern part of the City of London and the locations of two important recent SAVE cases at Bevis Marks and the Custom House.
- 18 December 2019
Public Meeting Announcement: Norwich, 14th January 2020
Come to the public meeting on 14th January 2020 to hear from local and national organisations about the devastating impact this development could have and see a new vision for Anglia Square - streets of terraced houses, shops and cinema without a 20 storey tower. Support the campaign to #StoptheTower
- 25 June 2019
Book launch and exhibition: Buildings at Risk Catalogue launch and "SAVE", an exhibition of paintings of buildings at risk
SAVE Britain's Heritage invites you to join us to view "SAVE", an exhibition of new paintings of endangered buildings by the highly regarded painter, Gerard Stamp and to celebrate 30 years of SAVE reports on buildings at risk with the launch of the latest volume, "Don't Leave Me This Way" from 6.30-8.30 p.m. on 25th June.
- 9 March 2019
SAVE Victorian Birmingham walking tour
With Mike Fox, Conservation Officer at London Borough of Waltham Forest and former deputy director of SAVE - Never a stranger to radically reshaping its built environment, Birmingham was extensively rebuilt during the second-half of the 19th century under the aegis of Joseph Chamberlain
- 23 February 2019
SAVE walking tour of Mayfair SOLD OUT
Walking tour of Mayfair With Robert Ayton, Head of Design and Conservation at Westminster City Council Home of embassies, luxurious hotels and high-end shops, Mayfair is one of London’s most prestigious neighbourhoods – and has been so for more than 300 years.
- 2 February 2019
SAVE Oxford City walking tour SOLD OUT
With Nick Worlledge of Worlledge Associates, former Head of the Heritage team at Oxford City Council.
The ancient centre of this university city has seen a huge number of new building projects. The tour will take in the Blavatnik School of Government, St John’s College and the Andrew Wiles Mathematic Institute and many more.
- 2 June 2018
EVENT: SAVE Walking Tour of Clerkenwell (London Festival of Architecture)
SAVE is delighted to be taking part in the 2018 London Festival of Architecture by hosting a special walking tour of Clerkenwell on 2 June. The walk will be led by historian and author Alec Forshaw and explore the evolving identity and opportunities of Clerkenwell through its historic buildings and streets.
- 8 November 2017
Event - Conservation in the Eye of the Media: Mansion House Square Revisited - 8th November
SAVE and the Twentieth Century Society are delighted to announce a new joint event on the highly contentious demolition of the Mappin & Webb building in the heart of the Square Mile.
Please join us for a screening of the original 1985 BBC Omnibus programme looking at the demolition of the listed Victorian buildings in the City of London, followed by a discussion between participants at the time and current conservation practitioners, including Sir Terry Farrell, Robert Thorne, Dr. Jenny Freeman and Sophie Andreae.
- 16 October 2017
SAVE Lecture: Just a certificate on the wall? UNESCO World Heritage status and the battle for the city
We were delighted that SAVE's 2017 annual lecture was given by architecture and design critic Oliver Wainwright, entitled:
Just a certificate on the wall? UNESCO World Heritage status and the battle for the city - 5 June 2016
Exhibition 'Development Hell' at Shoreditch Church with participation of SAVE extended until end of May
SAVE Britain's Heritage is taking part in a grassroots exhibition at Shoreditch Church, 'Development Hell', highlighting challenging planning battles taking place in London today and providing practical advice for campaigners.
- 2 March 2016
Inaugural Saviour Event
Join us for the inaugural Saviour event! Begin with a walking tour around Spitalfields with SAVE Trustee and historian Dan Cruickshank, before joining us for a drink and a discussion on the latest SAVE casework.
- 12 December 2013
Event: Smithfield Planning Application - Exhibition and Consultation
SAVE and the Victorian Society have submitted a planning application to restore and reopen Smithfield General Market. Please visit our exhibition in the Cowcross Street Gallery on Tuesday 17th December to find out more.