The Inaugural Box Hill Regency Picnic will take place on Saturday 6th July and the museum team are super excited! It's taken 2 years to take this idea from a mid-lockdown Zoom chat to this public event, a collaboration between Leatherhead Museum and National Trust, Surrey Hills.
Last year the museum volunteers had their own dress rehearsal in August. Here we all are in costumes we made or cobbled together from nighties, party dresses and the dressing up box.
This year is the full public event with Jane fans and costume enthusiasts coming from all over the region (and perhaps the world!) to celebrate Austen's Surrey Novel, Emma, and the infamous picnic scene where Emma Woodhouse is rather rude to poor Miss Bates (and get's soundly reprimanded by Mr Knightly).
Join us from 12 noon on the Donkey Green (over the road from the Lookout), bring a picnic or treat yourself at the National Trust Cafe. Regency costume is encouraged but not essential. Come and see the pageant even if you can't dress up.
Box Hill has been a favourite picnic spot for hundred of years
Nearest train station is West Humble then follow the signs 1.5km to the summit on foot. The Arriva 465 bus stops at the foot of the hill (1km walk) and the Metrobus 21 via Headley stops at the Box Hill East car park. Park your 'carriage' at the National Trust car park opposite the visitor centre (charges apply).
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/surrey/box-hill/events/