Standard £10
Four-for-three £30
Find out what's on at the SPAB. The SPAB offers a wide range of events, courses, lectures and seminars. Whether you're a building professional looking to widen or develop your practical skills, a SPAB member looking to take part in a Regional Group trip, or an old-building enthusiast searching for a SPAB open house event, a leisure learning opportunity or sociable evening talk, you'll find something for you in our 'What's On' listings.
Online talk
Recorded online sessions specially designed to give you a way to easily meet your CPD requirements and improve your understanding of building conservation.
Date:
Course 13/10/2025 - 31/12/2025
Audience: General interest, Introductory CPD, Intermediate CPD, Advanced CPD
REF:
CPD1 25
Location: Online
Price:
Visit
Discover Faversham’s rich heritage on a guided walking tour led by expert local guides. Explore timber-framed houses, Georgian and Victorian landmarks, and medieval Abbey Street, with stories that bring the town’s history to life.
Date:
15/10/2025 - 15/10/2025
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Faversham
Price:
£10 SPAB member
£15 Non member
Visit
Join the SPAB Sussex Group at Firle Place, where Clerk of Works Alan Soutar will lead a guided tour of the manor house, Riding School and garden buildings, highlighting recent conservation and planned projects. The morning concludes with a buffet lunch in the estate tearoom.
Date:
24/10/2025 - 24/10/2025
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Firle Place
Price:
£15 Members
Visit
Join the Wales and Marches group for a walk around the remaining buildings of the Navigation Colliery, opened in 1911. The site has some of the finest brick buildings at a coal mine in South Wales. Expertly guided by engineer John Cranna.
Date:
08/11/2025 - 08/11/2025
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Navigation Colliery
Price:
SPAB member £5
Non member £10
Course
Join this online course to learn how to tackle common problems in your home while maintaining its value and character.
Date:
Course 15/11/2025 - 15/11/2025
Audience: General interest
REF:
HO1/25
Location: Virtual event: held online
Price:
£120
Course
Join us for the online version of our popular Repair of Old Buildings Course. Through a series of recorded lectures, virtual site visits and online Q&A sessions you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the repair, maintenance and conservation of old buildings.
Date:
Course 24/11/2025 - 28/11/2025
Audience: Intermediate CPD, Advanced CPD
REF:
RC2/25
Location: Online
Price:
£815 per person (see below for group booking discounted prices)
Course
Join us to get practical experience of traditional flour milling in a small, friendly group. Traditional Miller Jon Cook will guide you through running the mill, covering everything - grain, gears, grading and more.
Date:
Course 28/11/2025 - 28/11/2025
Audience: General interest
REF:
MS2502
Location: 9 Mill Hill
Price:
£120 Standard
£90 Early bird offer - book by 21 October
Talk
Learn about how Peter James followed his dream of reconstructing a windmill from a mill base.
Date:
03/12/2025 - 03/12/2025
Audience: General interest
REF:
MS2504
Location: Online
Price:
SPAB member £6
Non-member £8
Course
Try your hand at flour milling on this one-day course at Charlecote Watermill.
Date:
Course 17/04/2026 - 17/04/2026
Audience: General interest
REF:
MS2505
Location: Charlecote Mill
Price:
Price:
£120 Standard
£90 Early bird offer - book by 17 February 2026