G E Street St James the Less, Pimlico, 1861 © Neil Jackson

Events

The Victorian Society runs a diverse programme of events including visits, walks, online talks and weekends away. These are publicised to members below and in the ‘Blue Sheet’ which is mailed with our membership magazine, ‘The Victorian’, in February, June and October. Members receive priority booking.

The Victorian Society is an CPD provider recognised by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation. Our recorded online talks can be found in our shop here. This is a fantastic opportunity to discover over 80 lectures on Victorian and Edwardian architecture, architects, and related themes including railways.

November

Day School: Transport in Victorian and Edwardian West Midlands                          

A Day School at the Birmingham & Midland Institute looking at the new and rapidly developing transport systems and designs which affected day to day life for everyone in the Victorian and Edwardian West Midlands.

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Ticket Price: £40 with reduced rate of £25 for full time students & Young Victorians.
Date: Saturday, November 1st, 2025
Time: 10:15
Venue: The Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BU – View on map
Location: In Person | Birmingham & West Midlands
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Walk: Duke Street: a tour of Liverpool’s merchant’s quarter with Marie Passey

Join Marie Passey’s guided tour of Liverpool’s Duke Street area, where merchants’ houses and warehouses were built to serve the Old Dock.

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Ticket Price: £7
Date: Saturday, November 1st, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: Sailors’ Home Gates, Paradise Street, Liverpool L1 3EB – View on map
Location: In Person | Liverpool
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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row Sheffield City Centre S1 2BX – View on map
Location: South Yorkshire | Talk | In Person
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Online Lecture: Clumber Park: A Queer Inheritance by Michael Hall

Explore the story of the Clumber Park in this talk by Michael Hall

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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Visit:  Special event at the Royal Academy of Music

Join us for privileged access to the Royal Academy of Music buildings and historical collections with Susana Caldeira, RAM’s Head of Collections, as our guide.

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Ticket Price: £20
Date: Thursday, November 6th, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Venue: Royal Academy of Music – View on map
Location: Visit | In Person | London
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Online Lecture: Matthew Digby Wyatt by Robert Thorne

The polymath Wyatt – architect, administrator, designer, writer and connoisseur – was project manager to the Great Exhibition of 1851.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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Victorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Red Girl’s Reasoning’ by E Pauline Johnson & ‘The Epaulettes’ by Gilbert Parker

The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm
Venue: Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT – View on map
Location: In Person | London
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Online Lecture: The Aesthetic Movement in Five English Interiors by Steven Brindle

This talk will examine five celebrated interiors of the Aesthetic Movement that involved Edward Burne-Jones and Morris & Co.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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Ticket Price: £10.00
Date: Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
Time: 12.30-2.00pm
Venue: Max Fordham, 1st Floor Cottonopolis Building 14 Newton Street Manchester M1 2AF (short flight of steps to front door: lift inside) – View on map
Location: Manchester

Online Lecture: Toronto Edwardian: Frank Darling, Architect of Canada’s Imperial Age by David Winterton

Frank Darling (1850–1923), was employed in the office of George Edmund Street and became a leading exponent of Edwardian Baroque in Toronto.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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Visit: The Unitarian church and St Agnes Church, Sefton Park, Liverpool

Two Grade I listed Victorian churches in one day! Join retired architect Michael Davies to explore these two remarkable buildings.

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Ticket Price: £10
Date: Friday, November 28th, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: Unitarian Church, 57 Ullet Road Liverpool L17 2AA – View on map
Location: In Person | Liverpool
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December

Online Lecture: EW Godwin: Architecture into Art by Aileen Reid

Although his fame today rests on his distinguished Aesthetic Movement furniture, E.W. Godwin (1833–86) styled himself ‘architect’.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online – View on map
Location: Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025 | Online
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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: South Yorkshire | Talk | In Person

Victorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Gerrard Street Mystery’ by John Charles Dent.

The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm
Venue: Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT – View on map
Location: In Person | London
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Ticket Price: £10.00 pay on the day
Date: Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
Time: 7.15-9.00pm
Venue: Friends Meeting House Mount Street Manchester M2 5NS – View on map
Location: Manchester

January

Online Lecture: Mapping Dorset’s Victorian and Edwardian Buildings by Michael Hill

This talk reveals the Victorian and Edwardian architectural gems of Dorset.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Tuesday, January 13th, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Online – View on map
Location: Online
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Victorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘Do Seek Their Meat from God’ & ‘Strayed’ by Charles G D Roberts

The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm
Venue: Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT – View on map
Location: In Person | London
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Ticket Price: to be confirmed
Date: Saturday, January 24th, 2026
Time: 11.00am-5.00pm (to be confirmed)
Venue: Bright Hall, Rochdale Town Hall, The Esplanade, Rochdale OL16 1AZ – View on map
Location: Manchester | In Person

February

Ticket Price: £ 5
Date: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: South Yorkshire | Talk | In Person

Victorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘Krag, the Kootenay Ram’, by Ernest Thompson Seton

The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.

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Ticket Price: £6
Date: Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm
Venue: Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT – View on map
Location: In Person | London
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March

Ticket Price: £ 5
Date: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: South Yorkshire | Talk | In Person

April

Ticket Price: £ 5
Date: Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: South Yorkshire | Talk | In Person