Admission is £3 for everyone 16 and over, under 16s are admitted free but must be accompanied by an adult.

 The full exhibition is normally available from 11:00 till 17:00 (last admission 16:00), Wednesday to Saturday but talks, events and room hire may mean part of it is closed off at certain times so please telephone 01708 766571 for Exhibition access times in advance of your visit.

Annual summer art show at The View (next door to QEHL) featuring local artists inspired by Epping Forest. Free event. No booking required.  

What did Epping Forest look like in the 1870s when it was saved from destruction? To mark 140 years of Epping Forest as a protected public space, this exhibition will reprint more than 40 historic photographs of the Forest and adjoining villages commissioned to celebrate the crucial legal judgement of 1874 that saved the Forest. Free event. No booking required.  

Inspired by our current exhibition, about the day nursery which operated from Rainham Hall in 1943-1954, our summer trail allows children to follow in the footsteps of the past. Discover how children played in the Rainham Hall gardens in years gone by. Self-guided and collect your trail sheet from the Brewhouse. £2 per trail sheet. No booking is required. The trail is open Wednesdays to Sundays, 10.30am-4.30pm.

Drop in this summer for self-led art and activity tables and trails linked to our exhibition about how the Forest was saved. Victorian hats to try on, historic games and drawing activities to take you back to the Epping Forest of your great, great, great grandparents. Free event. No booking required.  

Using items found in our Community Gardens we will be making our own mobiles, like children who attended the Rainham Hall day nursery from 1943-1954 would have had above their beds. Suitable for 7-12 years old. Assistance dogs are welcome. Purchase your tickets on the day from the Stables building. We'll then collect items from our Community Gardens, before heading up to the Hayloft (first floors of the Stables) to make our mobiles. Please dress for the outdoors in clothes that you do not mind getting a little muddy. Dates and times: Wednesday 1, 15 and 29 August 2018, 11am-12pm. Tickets: £3 per child. 

Local musicians, Jill Luff (vocals) and Dominic Ashworth (guitar) will perform a variety of songs made popular by female singers including Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Doris Day and many more. Inspired by our current exhibition, sit back and enjoy the sounds of the 1940s and 1950s in the Hayloft at Rainham Hall on Thurday 2 August 2018, 6pm-8pm. Jill has studied with singing teachers since her early teens and sung in many different genres of music, including Classical, Jazz and Popular song. She is also part of the vocal trio The Hummingbirds, a close harmony vocal trio bringing to life the era of nostalgia to people through the music of the 1940s. Accompanying Jill is Guitarist, Dominic Ashworth.  Dominic studied guitar in Toronto and Spain before moving to England.  He works with many jazz musicians including Julian Marc Stringle, has appeared at all the top jazz festivals and has his own acoustic trio ‘Without Words’.  He teaches at Trinity College of Music and is a very sought after classical and jazz guitarist. We are thrilled to present a musical evening of songs to celebrate women singers from near and far who had great hits and achieved recognition during the 1940s and 1950s.  As I’m sure you know 2018 marks the 100^th year since some women were given the right to vote in Britain and in those early years it was their voices that gave us the message. Linking perfectly to our current exhibition about the 1940s and 1950s history of the Hall, when the building was used as a day nursery for local children, don't miss this very special musical evening. Tickets: £10 per person. Please book online here.

Join us this summer for a fantastic day of family fun! Our Vintage Sports Day will feature the classic egg and spoon race, sack race, bean bag throwing, three legged race and relay race. Our games are inspired by our current exhibition about the 1940s-1950s history of the Hall when the building was used as a nursery for local children. Tickets: £3 per child. Suitable for children aged 7 to 12 years old. Dates and times: Friday 3 and Friday 17 August 2018, 11am-12pm. 

Join Kevin as he talks about his latest novel, and being a writer of fiction. The talk is free for Friends of the Old Chapel otherwise £2 with refreshments included. Wed 8 August, 10.30am.

Bring your little ones along to our free outdoor storytelling session delivered by our partner Havering Libraries between 12pm-1pm on 8 August 2018. No booking is required.

Learn about Upminster Windmill, it's history and current restoration project as we open our visitor centre to the public. This weekends theme will focus on food. 1pm - 4pm. Free entry.

Tickets are £5 each and must be booked and paid for in advance

This is one of a series of 7 talks about different aspects of the Titanic disaster. Tickets are £5 each talk with a special offer of 1 free ticket for every 6 purchased (all tickets must be purchased in the same transaction to qualify for the discount)

The full list of all our Titanic talks can be found here: Titanic Talk Information 

All talks must be booked in advance.

A bio-blitz is a survey, which helps us to understand more about wildlife so we can better protect it in the future. Every discovery made during a bio-blitz is recorded and submitted to local wildlife record centres and the National Biodiversity Network. Dates and times: 26 July, 9 August and 23 August 2018 11am-12pm. Tickets: £3 per child. Booking: tickets will be available to purchase on the dat.

Tickets are £7 each and include a cream tea.

All talks must be booked in advance.