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July 2025
July Cellar Tour
Learn more about part of the house that is not normally open to the public on this fascinating cellar tour. Please be aware that there are steps down to the cellar and the cellar floor is very uneven. Minimum age 12 years.
Find out more »Summer Garden Tour – Sold Out!
Take a guided tour around our award winning peaceful herb garden. The tour will be led by a member of the Erasmus Darwin House Garden Team. After the tour enjoy strawberries and prosecco.
Find out more »Luminary Ladies of Lichfield. Now Sold Out!
A talk by Alun Jones to explore the lives, works and legacy of women who are all associated in some way with Lichfield. Ranging from the 17th to the 20th century. Some are remembered, some achieved greatness and some are almost forgotten.
Find out more »August 2025
August Cellar Tour
Learn more about part of the house that is not normally open to the public on this fascinating cellar tour. Please be aware that there are steps down to the cellar and the cellar floor is very uneven. Minimum age 12 years.
Find out more »Lunar Lecture – Darwin in Patagonia – Unmasking the Galapagos Myth by
Stuart Blake was born and brought up on a farm in Patagonia within sight of the Straits of Magellan, and, having studied Genetics at St Andrew’s University (graduated in 1987), he offers a different perspective on Darwin’s time in Patagonia and the Galapagos. "I have faced the same winds that caused Fitzroy’s predecessor to shoot himself – messily – having fallen into a deep depression after failing to sail the Straits; I have ridden with gauchos, drunk mate, slept in…
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