Did you make it to Chelsea History Festival?🎉 We had a packed programme of informative talks, exciting theatre and fantastic music, not to mention some unexpected encounters with figures from history! 🔗zurl.co/gluQL #ChelseaHistoryFest #Chelsea #ThingsToDoLondon

This half-term, follow our Chelsea Heritage Quarter Family Trail! 🌻 Follow the trail between @RHChelsea, @NAM_London and @ChelsPhysicGdn, collecting stickers as you go... 🗓️ 1 October – 30 November 2026 🔗 zurl.co/rPoMg #ThingsToDoLondon #ChelseaFamilyActivities

Join us at Chelsea Heritage Quarter for a short course exploring healing and medicine🩺 💛A History of Healing: Chelsea Heritage Quarter Short Course 📍Chelsea Physic Garden 🗓️Monday 16 November 2026, 10.00 am 🎟️zurl.co/MomSB #ChelseaHeritage

✨Here are some of our highlights from Chelsea History Festival... 🎶Chelsea Pensioners wonderful singing 🚶🏽Countless fascinating walking tours 🎭Live actors chatting to audiences 🎙️Brilliant talks and workshops 🎼Amazing opera performances What was your favourite part?

Make your own enchanted witch's hat, grow a terrifying carnivorous plant, or learn to make a potion all at @ChelsPhysicGdn ... 🎃🧙‍♀️ 🔗 Tickets at: zurl.co/KN7gK #HalloweenLondon #HalloweenFamilyActivities #ChelseaHeritageQuarter #Chelsea

It's spooky season at Chelsea Heritage Quarter!👻 Build a beastly bog garden, learn to make a witch's hat, carve pumpkins and hear Halloween tales from the enchanted garden🥀🎃 There are lots of festive activities to get involved in! 🔗More info: zurl.co/PV1mT

It's spooky season at Chelsea Heritage Quarter!👻 Immerse yourself in folklore, witchery and ghost stories at Chelsea Physic Garden🥀🎃 There are lots of festive activities to get involved in, if you're brave enough... 🔗More info: zurl.co/PV1mT

We met an Anglo-Saxon at Chelsea History Festival, who told us all about her life as a storyteller, spreading Christianity under the reign of King Alfred the Great...👑 Did you catch any of the characters wandering around Soane Stable Yard? 🔗zurl.co/b88MU

Come and experience living history in Soane Stable Yard, as costumed reenactors bring Chelsea's past to life... ✨ 🗓️ Saturday and Sunday, 3rd and 4th October, 11am - 3pm 📍 Soane Stable Yard 🔗 zurl.co/cKqPi #ChelseaHistoryFestival #ThingsToDoLondon

Join the Chapel Choir of the @RHChelsea for a celebration of one of Britain’s greatest composers, as part of the Elgar Society’s 75th anniversary celebrations. 📅2 October 🕖7pm–8.45pm 📍Wren Chapel, Royal Hospital Chelsea 🔗zurl.co/trb2z #ChelseHistoryFest

Here are some performances not to miss at this year’s Chelsea History Festival, taking place from 1–4 October… 🎭🎶 🔴Life and Poetry with Chelsea Pensioner Roy Palmer 🔵 Mudra and Music 🟡 The Last Bantam with Michael Hughes 🔗Find all events: zurl.co/1i2lD

John Simpson, Guest Curator of Chelsea History Festival, shares his top picks for the festival... 🔗Find tickets to all these and more on our website, linked in our bio! @JohnSimpsonNews #chelseaheritagequarter #chelseahistory #thingstodoinlondon #chelseahistoryfest

Did you know? British designer Vivienne Westwood's store on the King's Road was the hub of punk fashion throughout the 70s...🧷💥 The store is still there, marked by its wonderfully anarchic backwards clock⏰😵‍💫 🎟️Chelsea History Festival tickets: zurl.co/sBj6z

Ever wondered what life is like on the front line? 🪖 Rosie Kay’s acclaimed 5 SOLDIERS returns, reimagined for the screen as a powerful new dance documentary. 💪 🗓️Saturday 3 Oct, 4pm–5.30pm 📍Chelsea Theatre 🎟️£25 🔗zurl.co/OkuC8 #ChelseaHistoryFest

The Chelsea History Festival is almost here! Here are some highlights: 🎶The Choral Music of Edward Elgar 🎨 Artists of Chelsea 📜 Debunking the Myths of 1066 🪖 History of Chelsea in Four Objects 💍 Hidden Treasures Tour 🔗zurl.co/QfFhV @NAM_London @RHChelsea

Did you know, Mary I and Elizabeth I both worshipped at Chelsea Old Church? @JohnSimpsonNews talks about how history is everywhere in #Chelsea. 🎉Chelsea History Festival 🗓️ Thursday 1 - Sunday 4 October 🔗zurl.co/NighT

✨Highlights in our newsletter this month: 🍃 @ChelsPhysicGdn opens its gates free of charge ✏️ Get creative with Sketching Like Sarrut at @NAM_London 🎨 Family workshops at the @RHChelsea 🗓️3 & 4 October ⏰10am–5pm 🔗Sign up for our newsletter: zurl.co/RinFc

Find out how the River Thames has shaped the history and people of Chelsea at on our walking tour: Chelsea and the River🌊 🗓️Saturday 3 Oct 2026, 11am 📍@NAM_London (starting point) 🔗zurl.co/8zDs1

It's back-to-school season and there are loads of fun, educational events for kids at Chelsea History Festival, including craft workshops, artefact handling, story walks and living history reenactors!✏️ 🗓️Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October 🎟️Tickets: zurl.co/IdaTG

I’m asking for your help. 5 SOLDIERS is a film about the soldier’s body: training, fear, courage, injury, recovery, comradeship and the return home. We have two major screenings coming up: HEREFORD 27 Sept, 2.30pm with Andrew Fox courtyard.org.uk/events/5-so… CHELSEA 3 Oct, 4pm with General Sir Nick Parker chelseaheritagequarter.co.uk… Please come, bring someone and share.