BENHS OPEN DAYS 2008 / 2009
The Society has a purpose built headquarters at Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading. Within the Pelham-Clinton Building the library and collections are housed in adjacent rooms, with facilities for books, periodicals and specimens to be consulted and studied. In order to make the library and collections available to members, Open Days are held, with the dates for 2008 / 2009 given in the list below. Excellent refreshments, including hot lunches, are available from the nearby 'Tea Cosy Cafe'.
| Sunday 14 September 2008 Sunday 12 October 2008 Sunday 26 October 2008 Sunday 9 November 2008 Sunday 23 November 2008 Sunday 14 December 2008 |
Sunday 11 January 2009 Sunday 25 January 2009 Sunday 8 February 2009 Sunday 22 February 2009 Sunday 8 March 2009 Sunday 22 March 2009 |
Sunday 26 April 2009 Sunday 10 May 2009 Sunday 14 June 2009 Sunday 12 July 2009 |
The grid reference for Dinton Pastures is SU 784718, turn left off the B3030 driving North from Winnersh. When parking in the Country Park, members are entitled to free car parking if they display a BENHS notice (available from the display desk in the Pelham-Clinton Building). The site is about 15 minutes walk from Winnersh station, which has trains running on a half-hourly service from Reading and Waterloo.
Details of Lectures and Workshops .Full details of the indoor programme for 2008-2009 are given on the member's Programme card.
Details of future Open Days will be published when
available.