Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust to open Greenwich Archives Reading Room

Janet Denne appointed permanent Chief Executive at Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust

Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust is gearing up for the spooky season, partnering with paranormal experts, mystery theatre companies, and independent producers for events aimed at the young and young at heart.

Our head gardener and Old Pond Garden mastermind Jason Sylvan has an ethereal plan for Charlton House’s front lawn garden beds – it involves hardy perennials, climate protection, and a bit of French inspiration.

In recent weeks, we’ve unearthed some exciting documents and ephemera about Seely & Paget, partners both in life and in the 1930s art deco restoration of Eltham Palace.

With a long history at the House, at times as a sensory garden and as a small satellite kitchen garden, the prep garden today is a key hub of activity for our volunteer gardeners.

This April, Charlton House & Gardens will play host to a film production for two weeks. Here are the changes you can expect during this period.

Additional programming includes educational holiday sessions for kids, outdoor film screenings and theatrical performances, interactive murder mystery and paranormal events, regular classical concerts and Sunday markets, and more.

John Flamsteed is remembered as a key early resource in mapping the night sky, the first Astronomer Royal, the layer of the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, and… for burning at least 300 copies of his own work.

We’re in the running for a Greenwich Neighbour Growth Fund grant of £30,000 to help fix Charlton House’s broken heating system, and it is down to a community vote.

Regeneration work continues on the Grade I-listed Jacobean summer house found on the northwest corner of the Charlton House estate.

Just before Christmas, garden volunteer Kathy Aitken posed a question to Charlton and Blackheath Amateur Horticultural Society members, asking what they think make the gardens at Charlton House unique.

Heritage charity responsible for Charlton House & Gardens and the borough’s museum collections and archives to begin search for new CEO next month.

Greenwich Heritage’s newest trustees include two Greenwich councillors, a King’s College teaching fellow, and a heritage sector influencer.

Greenwich Heritage to carry out much-needed conservation works and investigate more efficient heating solutions for future winters.

One hundred years ago today, Victoria Cross recipient Cecil Harold Sewell’s father Harry Bolton Sewell unveiled the Maze Hill War Memorial, on the 11th of November 1922.

New family mystery experience from Play Dead London will run alongside beloved festive events from Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, including annual Christmas tree switch-on & market and by-donation holiday brass concert.

Annual family event at Charlton House & Gardens to feature artisan and food markets, kids’ activities including bouncy castles, music and dance performances, and family-friendly historical demonstrations.

Vita Sackville-West wrote that “Of all fruits the pomegranate is surely one of the most romantic.” I would be willing to bet that most people walk through the Peace Garden gate at Charlton House without realising they have just passed under two “most romantic” pomegranate trees.