2024 Open Days 8 & 15 Sept.

Free guided tours of the site now booking; Free exhibition will be open all day each day. A rare opportunity to learn about nearly 2,000 years of history on one site!

To download your own copy of the flyer click here> GF HODs 2024

The exhibition will have a detailed time-line exploration of all uses of the site from the time it was enclosed after Boudica’s forces destroyed the town. The mediaeval priory (which gave the site its name); its connection with the Civil War siege of 1648; the Georgian regeneration of the area; family homes on site; the Botanic Garden; the Convent School; the County High School for Girls; and finally the Borough’s home-grown Senior Evening Institute which became the Adult Community College, successfully educating tens of thousands of local people until Essex County Council closed it down and sold the site.

FOR LATEST NEWS ON TOUR BOOKINGS PLEASE TELEPHONE THE HOTEL ON 575913