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
Art in the Medieval Hospital – Talk by Rev Nick Bury
Thursday 17 July 2025
Start 7.00 pm (Doors open 6.30 pm)
Tickets £6.00
An illustrated talk about the art that relates to the Medieval Hospitals throughout Europe. Tickets available one month in advance from Ledbury Books & Maps.
Coffee in the Panelled Room – August 2025
Tuesday 5 August
10.00am – 11.00am
Open House (Free)
One of the Friends of the Master’s House regular coffee mornings open to anyone who would like to know more about this amazing heritage building in the heart of Ledbury with complimentary refreshments!
Master’s House Tour – August 2025
Wednesday 6 August
10.30am (for approx 1-1½ hrs)
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 & Maps to present at the front door.
Summer Concert given by the Ledbury U3A Recorder Consort
Saturday 9 August
10.30 am – 12.00 noon
Free Drop in event
Come and listen to some seasonal summer music with Ledbury’s very own Recorder Consort playing from the balcony of the Great Hall.
Coffee in the Panelled Room – September 2025
Tuesday 2 September
10.00am – 11.00am
Open House (Free)
One of the Friends of the Master’s House regular coffee mornings open to anyone who would like to know more about this amazing heritage building in the heart of Ledbury with complimentary refreshments!
Heritage Day at the Master’s House
Saturday 20 September
9.30am – 12.30pm
Free (Donations welcome)
The Friends will be on hand to offer informal guided tours of both floors of this ‘House within a House’ which has been at the centre of Ledbury Life for over 500 years. In the Panelled Room to celebrate the 10th Anniversary since the completion of the restoration of 2011-2015 and the Master’s House re-opening as Ledbury Library there will be a special exhibition of photographs telling the story of the modern restoration and a short film illustrating the history of the House with all the changes made since 1487.
‘Make a Tudor House’ on Heritage Day with Jeanette McCulloch
Saturday 20 September
10.00am – 12.00noon
Free (All materials supplied)
Join well known local artist Jeanette McCulloch for a fun pop-in art workshop for children and adults to build your own Tudor house. Using collage, cutting out, folding, glueing and generally getting stuck in. The workshop will take place in the Great Hall of the Master’s House.
National Heritage Open Days in the Master’s House
Friday 12 – Saturday 20 September
Library Opening Hours
Free
During the whole of National Heritage Open Days a free self-guide tour leaflet will be available from the sales cart in the Great Hall so that you can explore this special building for yourself but please check Library opening hours before arriving (to be found here on the Ledbury Library page).
Master’s House Tour – October 2025
Wednesday 1 October
10.30am (for approx 1-1½ hrs)
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 & Maps to present at the front door.
Coffee in the Panelled Room – October 2025
Tuesday 7 October
10.00am – 11.00am
Open House (Free)
One of the Friends of the Master’s House regular coffee mornings open to anyone who would like to know more about this amazing heritage building in the heart of Ledbury with complimentary refreshments!
Coffee in the Panelled Room – November 2025
Tuesday 4 November
10.00am – 11.00am
Open House (Free)
One of the Friends of the Master’s House regular coffee mornings open to anyone who would like to know more about this amazing heritage building in the heart of Ledbury with complimentary refreshments!
Christmas Concert given by the Ledbury U3A Recorder Consort
Saturday 13 December
10.30 am – 12.00 noon
Free Drop in event
Come and listen to some seasonal music to put you in the festive mood with Ledbury’s very own Recorder Consort playing from the balcony of the Great Hall.