Epworth Old Rectory

Epworth Old Rectory The family home of the Wesley Family. A place of heritage and inspiration.

🌳🌹Our fantastic garden volunteers Chris and Guy have created this great new raised bed today in our gardens. This will b...
08/06/2026

🌳🌹Our fantastic garden volunteers Chris and Guy have created this great new raised bed today in our gardens. This will be used to extend our sensory and memory gardens for our work with people living with dementia from our local communities.
If you or someone you care for would like to come along to our next Reminiscence Cafe sessions on the last Thursday of the month contact Lois Albans on [email protected] Our next session is the 25th June.
Or if you have one or two hours free a week (or whatever time you can spare) and you'd like to join our Garden Volunteer team contact Rebecca our gardener on [email protected]

Our Collections Team of Volunteers have contributed many 100s of hours this year repackaging and documenting our unique ...
07/06/2026

Our Collections Team of Volunteers have contributed many 100s of hours this year repackaging and documenting our unique collection this year. We could not have done it without them - so this is to celebrate their help - thank you!
If you’d like to join this great team and get your hands on some interesting stuff! Contact Ami Wagner on [email protected]

Our shop and admissions volunteers are the first people that our visitors meet when they arrive at Epworth Old Rectory. ...
06/06/2026

Our shop and admissions volunteers are the first people that our visitors meet when they arrive at Epworth Old Rectory. Celebrate with us their contribution this .
Join this great team and gain yourself a whole new set of skills by contacting Ami Wagner on [email protected]

Our Volunteer guides are so knowledgeable about Epworth Old Rectory and we are indebted to them for delivering all our g...
05/06/2026

Our Volunteer guides are so knowledgeable about Epworth Old Rectory and we are indebted to them for delivering all our guided tours for our groups and individuals.
If you’re interested in history and would like to train and join them please do get in touch with Ami Wagner at [email protected]

Celebrating our bakers, caterers, tea makers and hosts as part of . Our volunteer catering team play an integral part i...
04/06/2026

Celebrating our bakers, caterers, tea makers and hosts as part of . Our volunteer catering team play an integral part in looking after our guests at the Old Rectory and we want to celebrate their contribution this week.
Join our team if you would like to help out by emailing Ami at [email protected]

Our living history Volunteers have made such a huge difference to visits at Epworth Old Rectory. From demonstrating hand...
03/06/2026

Our living history Volunteers have made such a huge difference to visits at Epworth Old Rectory. From demonstrating handicrafts such as needlepoint, knitting, lacemaking and drop spinning to making soap balls and historic cookery for our visitors.
We would welcome anyone else who’d like to join us - historic costumes and all resources are provided and we especially welcome anyone who’d like to bring a new skill to share or join in with one we’ve already researched. Contact Ami on [email protected] to chat

Celebrating our Volunteer Gardeners in Where they are keeping our Physick garden tidy, planting up pots, planters or th...
03/06/2026

Celebrating our Volunteer Gardeners in
Where they are keeping our Physick garden tidy, planting up pots, planters or the kitchen garden, talking to our visitors or even the flowers to help them grow - we love our garden volunteers!
Historic Costume optional!!
Join us to help out - email [email protected]

It’s - so this week we will be celebrating our many dedicated and enthusiastic Volunteers that support our work every ...
02/06/2026

It’s - so this week we will be celebrating our many dedicated and enthusiastic Volunteers that support our work every day at The Old Rectory.
Whether that’s leading guided tours, presenting living history, helping with the shop, garden and collections or even cooking a delicious cake or two - we could not do it without them!

🤔Do your children learn at home? We’ve still got places on our next two outdoor science sessions - OPEN TO BOOK NOW thr...
01/06/2026

🤔Do your children learn at home?

We’ve still got places on our next two outdoor science sessions - OPEN TO BOOK NOW through Eventbrite -

Tuesday 23rd June – 1pm to 2.30pm – Help build a bug hotel and learn about creature habitats in our gardens.

Tuesday 7th July – 1pm to 2.30pm – Discover wonderful worms by helping our gardener build a new wormery and explore how they make our compost.

Book now -https://epwortholdrectory.org.uk/home-learners/

Keep an eye out for our similarly themed family sessions in the garden over Spring and Summer as well 🌱😀

01/06/2026

🏺Calling all budding curators!⚱️
We are inviting young people who are home educated to join us to curate a brand new exhibition highlighting some of our collection at four FREE sessions this summer.

This is a unique opportunity to work with our collection volunteers and learn how to handle and care for artefacts, select an object to research for display and produce an information label to help interpret it. The exhibition will take pride of place in our front entrance within the Old Rectory and be fully accessible for all visitors.
On
Tuesday 2nd June – 1pm to 2.30pm
Tuesday 9th June – 1pm to 2.30pm
Tuesday 16th June – 10.30 to 12pm
Tuesday 30th June – 1pm to 2.30pm
Find out more and book here - https://epwortholdrectory.org.uk/home-learners/

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1 Rectory Street
Epworth
DN91HX

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+441427872268

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