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It is just a month to the Malmesbury Magical History Tour weekend - Friday 10th July to Sunday 12th July . For three exc...
11/06/2026

It is just a month to the Malmesbury Magical History Tour weekend - Friday 10th July to Sunday 12th July . For three exciting days we're lifting the lid on Malmesbury's amazing past. Meet characters you know, and others you may never have heard of, at places they made history.

The Live Street Theatre show - a 90 minute spectacle visiting eleven special locations across the town centre is unique. There are just 6 performances on Saturday afternoon and 6 on Sunday afternoon and audience size at each is strictly limited.

The town centre will also be full of free fun activities and experiences. The Eilmer teddy bear zipwire, Ragged School classes, medieval medical tent, dress up parades and much more. Don't just come to the Street Theatre, keep your Saturday and Sunday daytime diary clear! The full programme and timetable will be out before the end of June.

Plus we've got the treats of Tony McAleavy's new talk, 'Malmesbury - The First 3,000 Years' on Friday 10th at 7:00pm and our imaginative search for 'Malmesbury's Greatest Historical Rogue', where the audience decides, on Saturday 11th at 7:00pm.

Tickets for Tony's talk, Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue event and the Live Street Theatre are on sale now at https://malmesbury.gov.uk/what-s-on/magical-history-tour and the Town and Tourist Information Centre in the Town Hall.

Let's have fun!

Saturday 11th July: Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue? - The Audience Decides! 7:00pm at Malmesbury Town Hall.Who is Malmesbur...
10/06/2026

Saturday 11th July: Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue? - The Audience Decides! 7:00pm at Malmesbury Town Hall.

Who is Malmesbury's greatest historical rogue? There are lots of candidates. Come along and hear the case being made for the very best (or worst?) of them by six of Malmesbury leading presenters. And then narrow the selection until there is just two and the final vote!

It will be a super fun evening and a memorable part of the Malmesbury Magical History Tour. Tickets are just £10 at https://www.malmesbury.gov.uk/what-s-on/magical-history-tour or from the Town and Tourist Information Centre in Malmesbury Town Hall.

Greatest historical rogue? You decide!
08/06/2026

Greatest historical rogue? You decide!

Edmund Wilkins* expects to meet you at the Malmesbury Magical History Tour! A Malmesbury rogue if ever there was one! It...
08/06/2026

Edmund Wilkins* expects to meet you at the Malmesbury Magical History Tour! A Malmesbury rogue if ever there was one! It's on the 10th to 12th July across Malmesbury town centre and is full of great activities and experiences for all the family.

Get booking for the Live Street Theatre, (where Edmund is expected to put in an appearance), Tony McAleavy's talk 'Malmesbury - the First 3,000 Years', and 'Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue - The Audience Decides'. Info and ticketing at https://www.malmesbury.gov.uk/what-s-on/magical-history-tour

Start dressing up your teddy ready to go on the fun Eilmer zip wire.
Plan ahead for the children's character dress up parade. Be ready to enjoy all the other activities, like discovering cures and remedies from centuries ago, Ragged School and lace making experiences and the self-guided Treasure Hunt. Watch this space as we add more details....

* Edmund Wilkins:
• An apothecary who became High Sheriff of Malmesbury
• Played a large part in running the town from 1762 to 1806
• Helped establish Malmesbury's reputation as a 'Rotten Borough'
• A serious candidate for Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue

06/06/2026

Mary Chandler* and her friends are looking forward to meeting you at the Malmesbury Magical History Tour! It's on the 10th to 12th July across Malmesbury town centre and is full of great activities and experiences for all the family.

Get booking for the Live Street Theatre, (where Alice is one of the stars), Tony McAleavy's talk 'Malmesbury - the First 3,000 Years', and 'Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue - The Audience Decides'. Info and ticketing at https://www.malmesbury.gov.uk/what-s-on/magical-history-tour

Start dressing up your teddy ready to go on the fun Eilmer zip wire.
Plan ahead for the children's character dress up parade. Be ready to enjoy all the other activities, like discovering cures and remedies from centuries ago, Ragged School and lace making experiences and the self-guided Treasure Hunt. Watch this space as we add more details....

* Mary Chandler:
• Poet Superstar in the 1730’s.
• Now largely forgotten, she was listed with Thomas Hobbes as one of the two most important people ever born in Malmesbury in railway holiday guides in the 1920’s.
• It is time to become reacquainted!

06/06/2026

Come and join Mary Chandler at the Magical Malmesbury History Tour!

06/06/2026

Mary Chandler* is hoping to meet you at the Malmesbury Magical History Tour! It's on the 10th to 12th July across Malmesbury town centre and is full of great activities and experiences for all the family.

Get booking for the Live Street Theatre, (where Alice is one of the stars), Tony McAleavy's talk 'Malmesbury - the First 3,000 Years', and 'Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue - The Audience Decides'. Info and ticketing at https://www.malmesbury.gov.uk/what-s-on/magical-history-tour

Start dressing up your teddy ready to go on the fun Eilmer zip wire.
Plan ahead for the children's character dress up parade. Be ready to enjoy all the other activities, like discovering cures and remedies from centuries ago, Ragged School and lace making experiences and the self-guided Treasure Hunt. Watch this space as we add more details....

* Mary Chandler:
• Poet Superstar in the 1730’s.
• Now largely forgotten, she was listed with Thomas Hobbes as one of the two most important people ever born in Malmesbury in railway holiday guides in the 1920’s.
• It is time to become reacquainted!

04/06/2026

Alice Seeley Harris* would love to meet you at the Malmesbury Magical History Tour! It's on the 10th to 12th July across Malmesbury town centre and is full of great activities and experiences for all the family.

Get booking for the Live Street Theatre, (where Alice is one of the stars), Tony McAleavy's talk 'Malmesbury - the First 3,000 Years', and 'Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue - The Audience Decides'. Info and ticketing at https://www.malmesbury.gov.uk/what-s-on/magical-history-tour

Start dressing up your teddy ready to go on the fun Eilmer zip wire.
Plan ahead for the children's character dress up parade. Be ready to enjoy all the other activities like the Ragged School experience and the self-guided Treasure Hunt. Watch this space as we add more details....

* Alice Seeley Harris - Remarkable facts:
• Born in Malmesbury in 1870, she became a missionary in the Congo Free State - and a pioneer photographer
• Her photographs and campaigning against the human rights abuse she witnessed changed the course of history
• She lived to be a 100

Illustration by Phillip Kingsbury.

02/06/2026

Butch and Sundance (the famous 'Tamworth Two'*) are looking forward to the Malmesbury Magical History Tour! It's on the 10th to 12th July across Malmesbury town centre and is full of great activities and experiences for all the family.

Get booking for the Live Street Theatre, Tony McAleavy's talk 'Malmesbury - the First 3,000 Years', and 'Malmesbury's Greatest Rogue - The Audience Decides'. Info and ticketing at https://www.malmesbury.gov.uk/what-s-on/magical-history-tour

Start dressing up your teddy ready to go on the fun Eilmer zip wire.

Plan ahead for the children's character dress up parade. Be ready to enjoy all the other activities - watch this space as we add more details....

* The Tamworth Two - Fun facts

• The "Tamworth Two" are a famous pair of pigs (named Sundance and Butch) who made worldwide headlines in January 1998.
• They escaped from an abattoir in Malmesbury, spent a week on the run—which included swimming the River Avon—and eventually won a public reprieve from an untimely end.
• Their ‘under-pig’ story has inspired books, songs and even a BBC drama; their time evading capture and resilience has become a part of British folklore.

Illustration by Phillip Kingsbury.

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