What’s On
Booking and tickets
Please check if you need to book – you will be asked for your ticket at the event.
Tickets can now only be obtained from Ledbury Books & Maps, 20 High St. 01531 633226.
Please Note that where tickets are required, these will be available from 1st of the month preceding the event. Tours are free but still require a ticket. (We also provide a tear-off strip on each ticket for you to leave contact details in case of event cancellation but we will not, of course, keep these beyond the event date unless otherwise instructed.)
(Our grateful thanks to Lyndsey and all the Team at Ledbury Books & Maps for acting as our Booking Office)
Hiring event and exhibition space in The Master’s House
If you would like to hire one of the event and exhibition spaces in The Master’s House for an event of your own, telephone 01432 383499 or email ledburylibrary@herefordshire.gov.uk
Explore what’s on
Master’s House Tour
Wednesday 7 June
10.00am
Free (Donations welcome)
A guided tour around both floors of the Master’s House. The tour is free but please collect tickets from Ledbury Books and Maps to present at the front door.
Community Day at the Master’s House
Saturday 10 June
9.30-12.30
Free (Donations welcome)
The Friends of the Master’s House will be on hand to provide informal guided tours of both floors of the Master’s House.
The John Masefield Archive will also be available to visit.
‘Design Your Own Book Cover’ with Jeanette McCulloch on Community Day
Saturday 10 June
10.00am – 12.00 noon
Free (Drop-in)
On Community Day the Friends will also be hosting an art workshop with Jeanette McCulloch. This will be a collage activity where children can have fun creating their own book cover.
Master’s House Tour (*First of two in July*)
Wednesday 5 July
10.00am
Free (Donations welcome)
A guided tour around both floors of the Master’s House. The tour is free but please collect tickets from Ledbury Books and Maps to present at the front door.
*NB Now two tours offered in the summer months of July and August.
Master’s House Tour (*Second of two in July*)
Wednesday 19 July
10.00am
Free (Donations welcome)
A guided tour around both floors of the Master’s House. The tour is free but please collect tickets from Ledbury Books and Maps to present at the front door.
*NB Now two tours offered in the summer months of July and August.
W H Auden – A Poet for Our Times: A Talk by Rev. Nick Bury
Tuesday 1 August
7.00pm (Doors Open 6.30pm)
Tickets £6.00
An illustrated talk telling the interesting and surprising story of W H Auden’s time in Ledbury!
Master’s House Tour (*First of two in August*)
Wednesday 2 August
10.00am
Free (Donations welcome)
A guided tour around both floors of the Master’s House. The tour is free but please collect tickets from Ledbury Books and Maps to present at the front door.
*NB Now two tours offered in the summer months of July and August.
U3A Recorder Consort – Summer Concert
Saturday 5 August
10.30am – 12.15pm
Free (No ticket required)
Ledbury’s own U3A Recorder Consort will play from the balcony. Do call in, enjoy the Library and listen to the morning’s programme.
Master’s House Tour (*Second of two in August*)
Wednesday 16 August
10.00am
Free (Donations welcome)
A guided tour around both floors of the Master’s House. The tour is free but please collect tickets from Ledbury Books and Maps to present at the front door.
*NB Now two tours offered in the summer months of July and August.
‘The Appointment’ A Play by Rachel Lambert & Performed by Ledbury Amateur Dramatics
Thursday 7 Sept, Friday 8 Sept, Saturday 9 Sept
& Thursday 14 Sept, Friday 15 Sept, Saturday 16 Sept
7.30pm
Tickets Standard £12, Student £8
NB Tickets only available from The Market Theatre. Please visit themarkettheatre.com for details
The third play in the trilogy of plays written especially for the Master’s House. Following the success of The Visit (2016) and Between the Lines (2017/18), The Appointment takes us back to the psychedelic 1970s when the Master’s House was known as St Katherine’s Surgery.
Heritage Open Days at the Master’s House
8 – 17 September
During Library Opening Hours
Free (Donations welcome)
The Master’s House will be open throughout this week and visitors are welcome to look round the ground floor of this fully restored Medieval House. A free leaflet offering a self-guided tour will be available from the shop in the Main Hall.
Heritage Open Days Special Master’s House Tours
13 September
Morning Tour 10.00am
Afternoon Tour 2.00pm
Free (Donations welcome)
Two special Heritage Day tours to celebrate National Heritage Open Week. The tours are free but please collect tickets from Ledbury Books and Maps to present at the front door.
Master’s House Tour
Wednesday 4 October
10.00am
Free (Donations welcome)
A guided tour around both floors of the Master’s House. The tour is free but please collect tickets from Ledbury Books and Maps to present at the front door.
U3A Recorder Consort – Christmas Concert
Saturday 9 December
10.30am – 12.15pm
Free (No ticket required)
Ledbury’s own U3A Recorder Consort will play from the balcony. Do call in, enjoy the Library and listen to the morning’s programme of seasonal music.