Woolmer Forest Heritage Society

09/02/2026

03/02/2026

Would be nice to have this in our area

Our Monday morning workshops have resumed after the break.

Whether you’re interested in researching local family names or properties, fancy a browse through our archives and photos, or simply want to find out more about your local history society - hope to see you soon!

29/01/2026

Wednesday 4th Feb 2026

01/01/2026

Next Wednesday 7th Jan 2026. The Portsmouth Direct Line from Portsmouth Harbour to Woking

25/11/2025

It’s our AGM
Wednesday 3. December
19.30 to 21.00 at the Forest Community Centre, Bordon

Show and Tell - bring an item to show and tell or something you might like help identify.

08/11/2025

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Made from more than 11 million bricks

This 1842 viaduct by John Urpeth Rastrick creates an optical corridor of repeating arches: 37 spans, each about 9 m (30 ft), carried to a height of ~29 m (95 ft) over a length of ~450 m (1,480 ft). Built for the London–Brighton line and now Grade II* listed, it remains one of Britain’s most elegant pieces of railway infrastructure.

Captured beautifully by and

01/11/2025

Walk today some lovely Autumnly scenes, over Conford

01/11/2025

Chris Abraham, Dave Delve and I went walkabout over Conford ranges today. There’s a lot of military history over there. Thankfully, Chris is the expert and knew exactly what we were looking at.

I just took a few photos.

25/10/2025

Colin Brash, Verity Bickerton and Linda Delve. We did the Walk for Peace today.

17/10/2025

I reported on the UK Hillfort Atlas some years ago, I am pleased you say that after some years of being inactive, it is now back up and better than ever.

10/10/2025

November 2025 Meeting. Local history with an unusual title.

05/10/2025

History made today.