Upcoming Events

Hyde900 Hyde Abbey Garden work parties

📅 5 September, 3 October, 31 October, 28 November 2026

⏰ Meet in the Garden from 9.30am - feel free to head off whenever you need

📍 Hyde Abbey Garden, SO23 7DQ

New volunteers are always welcome, please bring gloves / gardening hand tools for weeding / planting.

Hyde900 Heritage Open Day - Saturday 19 September

based at St Bartholomew's Church, King Alfred Place, Hyde SO23 7DF

Medieval Seal Making Workshop

Step into the shoes of a medieval monk and make a seal for authenticating a grant - just like those made in Hyde Abbey!

Workshops throughout the day. Pre-booking required, click to book

Whilst the seal making experience is free, there's a small fee if you'd like to take away the seal with an attached certificate authenticating the document.

Medieval Tile-Making Workshop

Have a go at making a tile in the medieval manner! Visitors can choose from a selection of patterns to use in the free tile-making workshop, open for all ages to take part. Be prepared to get your hands dirty! (For a fee, visitors can have their tiles fired and glazed for collection early in 2027.)

Workshops throughout the day. Pre-booking required, click to book

Talk by Tom Chamberlain - How were Winchester Cathedral’s 13th century inlaid tiles made?

The talk will look at the types of tiles that were made in medieval times, how I've developed skills and techniques to replicate the original work and include a demonstration of the ways I've found to recreate the tiles.

2-3pm Pre-booking required, click to book

Guided Walk - The Rise and Fall of Hyde Abbey 1110-1538

For just over 400 years, Hyde Abbey was home to Benedictine monks. It endured external conflicts and damage through the centuries until its final blow and deconstruction during the Dissolution of the Monasteries - and with it, the disappearance of the grave of King Alfred.

11.30-1pm, 4-5.30pm Pre-booking required, click to book

Hyde in Living Memory – Everyday Histories

A conversation. This is an opportunity to meet with a panel of residents, some of whom have lived in Hyde for decades and remember shops, people and Hyde events of long ago.

6-7pm Pre-booking required, click to book

Hyde WWI Soldiers

In St Bartholomew’s Church, a copper plaque lists over 70 men who died in World War I. The plaque inspired a six-year project to research and honour the lives of these great men. Come and read about these local heroes.

10-2pm, 3-5pm No booking - just drop in! (not accessible during the Tile talk from 2-3pm)

Exhibition of Finds. What's been discovered under our feet and gardens in Hyde?

Come and see the finds discovered in local gardens during community excavations from 2016-23 and talk to experts about their significance.

10-2pm, 3-5pm No booking - just drop in! (not accessible during the Tile talk from 2-3pm)

Hyde Abbey self-guided trails

Follow these self-guided trails for children (and adults!)

🔍 Discover evidence of the remains of the Abbey hidden in Hyde

⛪ Be a window detective at St Bart's

👑 Explore King Alfred's connection to Hyde Abbey

10-5pm No booking - just drop in! (St Bart's glass trail not accessible from 2-3pm)

King Alfred Weekend Concert

Index Cantorum presents 'Influences'

A celebration of the friendships, mentorships and inspirations that have shaped choral music. From Tallis and Byrd to Bach, Mendelssohn, Stanford and his successors, the programme traces how composers learned from, honoured and inspired one another across the centuries.

📅 Friday 23 October 2026

⏰ 7.30pm - doors open at 7.00pm

📍 St Bart's, SO23 7DF

INDEX CANTORUM is a well-established chamber choir known for imaginative performances that combine its Early Music specialism with familiar and newly commissioned works. Founded in 1988, it first performed in London at St Paul’s, Covent Garden, and St Patrick’s, Soho Square. They now appear regularly at Winchester Cathedral and in venues across Hampshire, including concerts in East Meon, Bishop's Sutton, and St Cross.

INDEX CANTORUM has worked with ensembles including Les Haulz et le Bas and Simply Baroque. Notable performances include a 2017 Scottish Highlands tour, and concerts for the Stockbridge Music and Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons Christmas Carol Series 2018. This year INDEX CANTORUM undertook its first overseas tour, to Valencia. The choir last sang at St Bartholomew’s in 2014 and is delighted to return.

Ticket booking for Index Cantorum - coming soon!

Non member £15

Hyde900 member £10

Hyde900 AGM

📅 Saturday 24 October 2026

⏰ 11am

📍 St Bart's, SO23 7DF

Please join us for a short AGM. This will be an opportunity to hear what Hyde900 has been doing over the past year and to share your views on local issues and events you'd like to see in 2026. Coffee and cakes available.

The King Alfred Lecture

'Hyde Abbey – Lost and Found', led by David Spurling, with Bronwen Stone (medieval glass specialist for the Hyde Abbey glass finds) and Rev. Karen Kousseff

📅 Saturday 24 October 2026

⏰ 7pm - doors open at 6.30pm

📍 St Bart's, SO23 7DF

A chance to hear three perspectives on Hyde Abbey, one of the UK’s great lost minsters: Rector Karen Kousseff will share the church’s 916-year history of community service, Bronwen Stone will talk about her PhD research which included glass from the 2020 find in King Alfred Terrace and David Spurling will summarise the internationally significant discoveries from all seven community digs. Q&A will follow. Wine and refreshments available by donation.