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Rural Life on Film

Three stills from digitised films from Richard Watts’ archival collection

About this event

Explore archival rural film from our Richard Watts Collection in a series of drop-in screenings at Basildon Park, designed to be accessible for different audiences.

28 Sept, 2pm to 3pm – Dementia friendly

29 Sept, 2-3pm – BSL interpreted & subtitles

30 Sept, 2-3pm – Audio-described

To enter the screenings, you will need a National Trust membership or to pay for admission to Basildon Park.

Basildon Park have kindly given us a small number of free tickets to access the estate for the screenings. To apply, please contact Hannah Silver, Project Officer, at h.e.silver@reading.ac.uk.

The films will also be shown on loop on the 28, 29, and 30 September from 10am to 1pm. Learn more.

Date & Time

28 – 30 September 2026

Cost

Basildon Park admission or NT membership required. Limited number of free places available

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Audience

Public

Basildon Park