Archaeology Week Walks Talks and Demonstrations

Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm UTC+01:00

Lesnes Abbey Ruins Lodge | Dagenham

The Lesnes Abbey Page
Publisher/HostThe Lesnes Abbey Page
Archaeology Week Walks Talks and Demonstrations
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Between Thursday 23 April and Sunday 26 April the Friends of Lesnes Abbey and Woods will be running historical walks, talks and exhibitions to accompany the Archaeological Dig and tell you all about Lesnes Abbey. Booking is essential please go to https://www.friendsoflesnesabbeyandwoods.com/archweek to book. There is lots to choose from:-
- A special tour of St Johns Church, Erith, where many of the artefacts from Lesnes Abbey reside.
- A fascinating tour of the Abbey, where you will learn about it's history and how it came to be built
- Talks in the lodge that focuses on the dissolution of the abbey
- An exhibition about the history of Lesnes Abbey in the lodge
In The Clearing on Saturday 25 April Creative Nature HQ are inviting visitors to The Clearing Open Day where you will be able to see demonstrations in the ancient art of casting and copper forming and textile printing with natural dye. No need to book you can just turn up. For more information about all their amazing other workshops in The Clearing please visit https://www.creativenature.info/workshops
You are also welcome to come to the Finds Experience and Trench Tours Thursday - Saturday 16-25 April: Places are limited (first come, first served), turn up at Lesnes Dig site (below Lesnes Lodge)
Finds Experience 14:30 – 16:00 (Lesnes Abbey Lodge) Trench Tour – 16:00 -16:30 Lesnes Dig site (below Lesnes Lodge)
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Lesnes Abbey Ruins Lodge, London, United Kingdom, Dagenham

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