WHAT'S ON
HISTORIC HOUSES
'Invitation To View' Tours
2026
These are scheduled tours for small groups of > 20 visitors, couples or individuals.
By booking via the Historic Houses' 'Invitation to View' scheme, you can join other like-minded people to view the house and gardens, guided by a member of the family.
Included in your general admission* is homemade tea with finger sandwiches and a slice of delicious freshly baked Victoria Sponge cake.
Tuesday | 28 April | 2.30pm - SOLD OUT
Tuesday | 5 May | 2.30pm - SOLD OUT
Tuesday | 9 June | 2.30pm
Tuesday | 7 July | 2.30pm
Tuesday | 4 August | 2.30pm
Tuesday | 8 September | 2.30pm
*General Admission: £32.50 per visitor
NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME
Annual Charity Garden Open Day
Sunday | 31 May 2026 | 10.30am - 4.30pm
Please come and join us for Island Hall's 34th Annual Charity Garden Open Day in proud support of the National Garden Scheme.
Originally established to raise funds for district nurses, NGS are now the most significant charitable funder of nursing in the UK and their beneficiaries include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, Parkinson’s UK, The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing and Carers Trust.
Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors the NGS have donated over £77.8 million to nursing & health charities since they were founded in 1927. In 2025, £3,875,596 was generated by gardens across the UK - the highest total in their history!
Also enjoy our annual Plant Sale provided by Godmanchester Community Nursery & Homemade Teas provided by and sold in aid of St Mary the Virgin, Godmanchester.
General Admission | Pay at gate (Contactless payment option available)
Adults: £6.50 per person | Children go free
All sociable dogs on leads are most welcome.
SUMMER SOLSTICE
Yoga Evening on The Island
Sunday | 21 June 2026 | 4.30pm - 8.00pm
FEEL GOOD AND DO GOOD!
Join us for a holistic late afternoon into early evening workshop experience with a charity fundraising twist to benefit local victims of domestic abuse.
Empowering Women, Changing Lives
The Angels Foundation UK supports individuals and families in Cambridgeshire fleeing domestic abuse, providing essential furniture, flooring, and appliances through our ‘Back to Life’ project. With a trauma-informed approach, they offer wraparound support and counselling to help survivors and their children heal, rebuild, and break the cycle.
Programme:
4.30pm Greeting with refreshment
5.00pm Fire Meditation (weather permitting)
5.30pm Summer Solstice | Flow into stillness yoga
6.00pm Sound bath
7.00pm Heart Song (Kirtan)
7.30pm Closing Circle & refreshments
8.00pm End of event
We are honoured to have this special day lead by practitioners:
Sam trained in dance from the age of 5 and then progressed to Arts Educational School in London for 3 years where she qualified to teach dance. After a few years of teaching ballet, tap and modern dance, she went to her first Yoga class. She instantly felt a strong connection with the spiritual and physical aspects of yoga and continued over the next 6 years building up a knowledge of Hatha, Forrest, Jivamukti and Kundalini Yoga. Gradually her practice became more than a hobby, and after completing a Yoga Foundation Course, she then qualified as a Hatha Yoga Practitioner in 2011.
Verity's interest in the holistic approach of yoga led her to complete the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Foundation Course in 2012. she continued her studies by enrolling on the BWYQ Level 4 teacher training course, realising that she could share her passion and knowledge with others. She worked in the Early Years sector for 24 years, with children aged from birth to 11+.
She has been a full-time yoga teacher since 2014, offering weekly public classes, private classes, yoga in schools, yoga in the workplace, and retreats in the UK and overseas.
From
£40.00 per ticket
with an opportunity to donate to the charity!
SUMMER JAZZ ON THE ISLAND
Saturday | 1 August 2026 | Gates open at 6.15pm
The Friends of St Mary's are hosting a fund raising summer's evening of Jazz with the Savoy Jazz Band for the 3rd time on the historic Island - overlooking Port Holme.
We very much look forward to seeing you all there!
Event information:
- The event starts at 6.30pm with gates opening at 6.15pm
- The Jazz band will start at 7.00pm
- Please bring chairs, rugs, drink and a picnic
- There will be a Pimm's Cocktail bar & ice creams on sale – accepting cash & contactless payments
- Polite reminder: Please remember to take all litter away with you before you leave. Thank you!
Tickets are available by pre-order (see below), as well as on the gate.
Adults: £18.00 per person | Children (under 16yrs): £9.00 per child
PRE-ORDER TICKETS by contacting:
ART CLUB OPEN-DAYS
2026
HISTORIC HOUSES
'Invitation To View' Candlelit Tours
November 2026
These are scheduled tours for small groups of > 20 visitors, couples or individuals.
By booking via the Historic Houses' 'Invitation to View' scheme, you can join other like-minded people to view the house by atmospheric candlelight, guided by a member of the family.
Included in your general admission* is homemade tea with finger sandwiches and a slice of festive Ginger cake.
Tuesday | 17 November | 3.00pm
Wednesday | 18 November | 3.00pm
*General Admission: £38.50 per guest
ISLAND HALL
Christmas Candlelit Tours
December 2026
Experience the seasonal magic of Island Hall by candlelight!
Join like-minded individuals for a very special tour and delicious afternoon tea within a sumptuous Festive setting.
Included in your general admission* is homemade tea with finger sandwiches and a slice of festive Ginger cake.
Tuesday | 8 December | 3.00pm - 5.30pm
Wednesday | 9 December | 3.00pm - 5.30pm
*General Admission: £42.00 per guest
or
ISLAND EASTER EGG HUNT Saturday 4th April 2026!
from 11.00am
Solve the clues: Find The Easter Bunny & The GOLDEN EGG.
It’s that time of year again! The Island is part of The Godmanchester Community Association annual Charity Egg Hunt & Trail!
Tickets: Children £5
UNDER 11's MUST be accompanied by an adult.
Don't forget your Easter Bonnet for the EASTER BONNET COMPETITION!
Please email directly for ticket purchasing.
KIRTAN Saturday 14th March 2026
With Sam, from SAMadhi Yoga & Well-Being
You’re warmly invited to Heart-Song – a soulful community gathering where we come together to sing from the heart in the spirit of unity, expression, and joy.
This is more than just a singing session. It’s a space for people of all backgrounds to gather in shared sound and silence, to uplift one another through the ancient practice of Kirtan – call-and-response chanting rooted in devotion, rhythm, and deep inner presence.
No experience needed – just a willingness to join in and be moved…
6-7.30pm
SOLD OUT!
Our 39th Annual Charity Carols at Island Hall Friday 5th December 2025
Living Keys, Peterborough.
Join us to enjoy a magical evening of Traditional Carols performed by the TAPESTRY SINGERS within a sumptuous Festive setting.
£50.00 per ticket, black tie dress code.
By 7.30pm Guests should be seated within the Main Hall for the concert, to be followed by a glass of bubbles and canapés in the velvet lined Saloon.
Carriages 9.30pm
Empowering Women, Changing Lives LIVING KEYS Peterborough-based grassroots organisation with a mission to support and empower women who have gone through abuse. They provide free courses, workshops and a safe place for women to socialise and feel heard through love and acceptance.
TICKETS OR DONATIONS
Yoga FOR GOOD Workshop
in a beautiful tent on The Island
Sat 31st May 2025
Email to book into this limited capacity event.
FEEL GOOD AND DO GOOD:
Join us for a holistic workshop experience with a charity fundraising twist to benefit local victims of domestic abuse.
Empowering Women, Changing Lives: Living Keys Peterborough-based grassroots organisation with a mission to support and empower women who have gone through abuse. They provide free courses, workshops and a safe place for women to socialise and feel heard through love and acceptance.
Cost £80.00 per ticket - with 50% going directly to the charity!
Programme:
3.00pm Greeting with refreshment
3.15pm Intro & welcome from Verity & Sam
3.30pm Fleece & Love – felt making workshop with Petra
4.00pm Fire lit (weather permitting)
4.30pm Tea & snack available
4.40pm Mindfulness discussion with practical tips – enjoying the fire
5.00pm Flow into stillness yoga (including a Cocoa Ceremony & Sound Bath)
7.00pm End of event
We are honoured to have this special day lead by practitioners:
Verity's interest in the holistic approach of yoga led her to complete the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Foundation Course in 2012. she continued her studies by enrolling on the BWYQ Level 4 teacher training course, realising that she could share her passion and knowledge with others. She worked in the Early Years sector for 24 years, with children aged from birth to 11+.
She has been a full-time yoga teacher since 2014, offering weekly public classes, private classes, yoga in schools, yoga in the workplace, and retreats in the UK and overseas.
Petra is a qualified art psychotherapist, living in the Black Mountains on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. The inspiration for her work is drawn from the natural world around her, making the medium of locally sourced 100% sheep’s fleece form The Black Mountains a perfect medium for use both wet and dry felting techniques. She has a passion for colour and texture combining natural colours with ready-dyed fleece. Petra exhibits, sells her work as well as running felt-making workshops. She has led many community arts projects and provides art therapy for adults with mental health needs. Wool provided generously by wool croft abergavenny
Sam trained in dance from the age of 5 and then progressed to Arts Educational School in London for 3 years where she qualified to teach dance. After a few years of teaching ballet, tap and modern dance, she went to her first Yoga class. She instantly felt a strong connection with the spiritual and physical aspects of yoga and continued over the next 6 years building up a knowledge of Hatha, Forrest, Jivamukti and Kundalini Yoga. Gradually her practice became more than a hobby, and after completing a Yoga Foundation Course, she then qualified as a Hatha Yoga Practitioner in 2011.
Yoga FOR GOOD - FAMILY DAY
in a beautiful tent on The Island
Sun 1st June 2025
10am-12.30 & 2pm-4.30
Email to book into this limited capacity event.
FEEL GOOD AND DO GOOD!
Join us for a fun family workshop experience with:
Little Lotus Yoga & Fleece and Love
Enjoy this unique workshop experience with a charity fundraising twist to benefit Riding for the Disabled local Woodhurst Branch.
Enriching lives through horses since 1969: RDA improve lives through the unique bond between people and horses. Each year, our local branch support over 38 disabled children through activities including riding and non-ridden experiences such as Quiet Corners and Tea with a Pony. They are pioneers in the therapeutic use of horses, leaders in disability sport, and the only major UK charity focused specifically on the health and wellbeing benefits of bringing people and horses together.
Their innovative programmes improve mobility, boost physical health and mental wellbeing, build confidence, and teach new skills and are RUN ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS.
Cost £60.00 per group ticket (1x Adult & 1x Child), additional children £25.00 each, Adults £40.00 - with 50% going directly to the charity!
Programme:
10.00am Greeting with refreshment
10.10am Intro & welcome by Sophie
10.15am Yoga/Aerial/Felt Craft
11.00am Snack & drink break
11.15am Yoga/Aerial/Felt Craft
12.30pm End of event
SAME PROGRAMME WILL RUN 2.00PM-4.30PM
Sophie is a passionate children’s yoga and aerial hoop and silk teacher, dedicated to helping children build confidence, strength, and resilience through movement and mindfulness. She trained with YogaBeez in 2023, completing her advanced training in January 2024.
Since launching her business in August 2023, Sophie has been running weekly yoga classes, one-to-one sessions, holiday camps, and school workshops. She also works with children with additional needs, creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all.
Whether on the mat or in the air, Sophie’s classes encourage children to explore movement, manage emotions, and have fun in a safe and nurturing space.
Petra is a qualified art psychotherapist, living in the Black Mountains on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. The inspiration for her work is drawn from the natural world around her, making the medium of locally sourced 100% sheep’s fleece from The Black Mountains a perfect medium for use in both wet and dry felting techniques. She has a passion for colour and texture combining natural colours with pre-dyed fleece. Petra exhibits, sells her work as well as running felt-making workshops.
14th July 2024 Join Me On The Island
Charity Fundraising Dining Experience Celebrating 25yrs of Riding for the Disabled £135per person
Arrive: 5.30pm
Meal: 7.00pm
Carriges: 9.00pm
Join us for magical evening of foraged fare on the Island at Island Hall. This is one for the foodies! BOOK BY EMAILING US!
An exciting collaboration between The Foraging Chef and Island Hall,
JUST 30 GUESTS are in store for a truly memorable dining experience!
The setting is a magical two hat tipi on The Island with live music.
- Welcome drink of Daylesford Sparkling Rosé Wine
- Exclusive guided foraging walk by The Foraging Chef Steve Thompson
- 7 course tasting menu
- Foraged botsnical infused drinks
Learn how to identify edible plants growing wild in all our gardens.
Then immerse yourself in the interactive fire cooked, unique 7 course tasting menu utilising some of the ingredients gathered.
Drinks served will include The Foraging Chef's Wild Herb Punch, Wild Pink Elderflower Lemonade & Botanical Herb Tea Infusion.
All to be enjoyed whilst supporting ‘RDA’ – an amazing charity run by a small group of volunteers offering weekly riding sessions for children from Spring Common Academy.
17th July 2022
SPARKLING AFTERNOON TEA PARTY FOR RDA!
With live Musical Entertainment & Guest Speaker.
A small group of volunteers run weekly riding sessions for children from Spring Common Academy and invite you to join them at Island Hall and meet some Shetland ponies!
Information about the event:
- The event starts at 3.00pm with a glass of champagne on arrival.
- Delicious freshly prepared afternoon tea will be served.
- Mickey Fordola and his band will be playing throughout.
- Guest Speaker: the inspiring RDA Champion Olivia Cornick
We very much look forward to seeing you all there. Tickets are available by pre only @ £25.00 per head.
Book via: Brenda Eade (Hon Secretary & Trustee)
Tel: 07801 704411 Email: Brenda.eade@googlemail.com
Disabled Access
Essentially wheelchair access is possible, but not optimal.
The garden & ground floor of the house are accessible, the garden can be accessed via our courtyard and side entrance and we have a disabled access ramp to the rear of the property. Though there is gravel as well as grass so the amount of garden which can be enjoyed depends on the type of wheelchair. Our Ladies loo (which is on the ground floor) has plenty of space and a grab rail.