Excitingly, The Nelson Society UK's Trafalgar weekend 2025 will be Emma themed and run in conjunction with Emma Hamilton Society for the first time!
The weekend is being held in the Burford Bridge Hotel, near Dorking, Surrey from Friday 17th-Sunday 19th October.
4 THE NELSON SOCIETY TRAFALGAR WEEKEND 2025
The Burford Bridge Hotel, Dorking, Surrey
17th – 19th October 2025
Our Trafalgar Weekend for 2025 will take place at THE BURFORD BRIDGE HOTEL near Dorking in Surrey. The Burford Bridge Hotel was used by Admiral Lord Nelson and Sir William and Lady Hamilton whilst ‘house hunting’ in July 1800. It was then The Fox and Hounds Coaching Inn.
The picturesque Hotel nestles beneath Box Hill and alongside the River Mole a couple of miles North of the market town of Dorking with train access from London’s Victoria and Waterloo stations and Reading, Guildford and Tonbridge. It is a short distance from Junction 9 Leatherhead on the M25.
The Hotel has single and double rooms of which we have reserved 15 for members to book at a special price of £135 single or £145 double including breakfast. When booking please quote the ‘Nelson Group 17/18 October 2025’. The Sunday Burford Bridge Hotel 01306 884561.
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There are other hotels a short distance away:-
Dorking White Horse Hotel. 0333 2125 594. Double rooms from £235.
Travel Lodge. 037 1984 6026 Rooms £40-£70.
Lincoln Arms (at Dorking Station) 01306 882832 Rooms £39-50 no breakfast.
For members arriving on Friday 17th October, there will be an informal talk on Nelson memorabilia in the evening (bring your own items for discussion) and make your own arrangements for dinner. On Saturday morning there will be a talk in the Garden Room on the past history of the Hotel and its Nelson connections including coffee and biscuits. This is followed by our AGM at 11am. You may order your own bar snacks before a coach will leave at 1.30pm to the nearby Denbies Wine Estate with a tour of the wine production and wine tasting included. Those with cars may travel direct, it is only a short distance. At 3.30pm the coach will return to the Burford Bridge Hotel via Box Hill with views over Dorking and the Surrey countryside. Our Trafalgar Dinner will start in their Tythe Barn at 6.30pm. The theme will be EMMA, and as many as you like will be welcome in period costume for which there will be a prize for the best dressed. Before dinner we will be entertained by a display of Regency Dancing by Mrs Bennet’s Regency Ballroom dancers. Our dinner will be the hotel’s EMMA MENU. Wine will need to be ordered additionally. We are combining with The Emma Hamilton Society, and Lily Style, their founder and Horatia descendent with tell us something of the Society. She will be followed by Author Julie Peakman an historian and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is the author of the 2004/5 biography ‘Emma Hamilton’, and we will have copies available at the dinner. She has visited Naples to trace ‘the steps of Emma’ in her research. All the Raffle prizes will be Emma themed and we will have displays of Emma items of interest. The evening will close at about 10.30pm with our customary Immortal Memory toast in The Society’s new Silver Chalice.
On the Sunday morning members may like to conclude their visit to Surrey by attending the morning service at 0930am at St Mary the Virgin at Church Path, Merton Park, London SW19 3HJ, Nelson and Emma’s local Church about 45 minutes drive away. At the front is the ‘Nelson & Emma’ pew. It is a delightful small church regularly attended by Nelson and Emma. The church is open for visits all day.
Please book early as some items are limited.
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Booking Form: Please return to Graham Capel, Nyes Place, Rusper Road, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey RH5 5BX. Tel: 07845 341 781. E Mail:
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Cheques preferred (post-dated 15th Sept) BACS Payments: HSBC Sort Code 40-35-06 A/C 61394479
Fri 17th Oct 20.30 Informal meeting of members & guests including Nelson memorabilia discussion.
Lounge No charge
Sat 18th Oct 09.30 Morning talk on Nelson and the Hamilton’s visit in 1800 by Graham Capel.
Including coffee and biscuits Garden Room £ 15.00
11am Annual General Meeting Garden Room No charge
12-1 Lunch. Order your own bar snacks. -
13.30 Coach to Denbies Wine Estate including return at 15.30 Coach £20.00
14.00 Tour of Denbies Wine production including wine tasting £20.00
18.00 New Members Lounge No charge
18.30 Welcome reception to Trafalgar 2025 Tythe Barn
19.00 Regency Dancing by Mrs Bennet’s dance group Tythe Barn
1930 The Nelson Society 2025 Trafalgar Dinner ‘Emma Menu’ £96.00
(wine ordered separately)
20.30 Talk by Lily Style on The Emma Hamilton Society
21.00 Illustrated talk by historian and author, Julie Peakman.
21.30 Prize giving – best period costume.
22.00 Loyal toast.
22.15 Raffle draw
22.30 Toast to The Nelson Society and Immortal Memory toast presented by
Chairman, Chris Brett
23.00 Close proceedings
If you'd like to come along, please do show your interest in this post, or drop me an email lily at emmahamiltonsociety.co.uk
Also check out other Arts events in Dorking, Literary Art events in Dorking, Meetups in Dorking.
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