Film Tour Guide
West Horsley Place has been used as a filming location on many occassions, including for hit BBC series Ghosts! Fans of the show travel from around the globe to visit their beloved 'Button House'. We run tours of the house called 'Filming Favourites' every friday, select Saturdays and additional days during school holidays to welcome fans of the show. We're looking for volunteer tour guides to support these touras which raise vital income to support the conservation of West Horsley Place.
Our film tour guides lead group tours of manor house and gardens for up to 30 people. We are looking for confident and passionate volunteers to lead and support these tours. You will be an ambassador for our charity and a storyteller.
This role is best suited to confident public speakers and those who enjoy interacting with people. You will have help from a volunteer backstop to shepherd your group.
Mission Statement
West Horsley Place is a Grade I listed mediaeval manor house and estate of great beauty and historic significance. The manor house dates from 1425, though there has been a building on site since Saxon times. Our recent work to conserve and maintain the house has made our principal rooms safe and comfortable for public access, but the house remains on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register.
The West Horsley Place Trust aims to bring the house, gardens, 380-acre estate and eight Grade II listed outbuildings back into good repair and to improve people's wellbeing through art, culture, heritage & nature.
We will give people freedom to explore and discover, to create stories and become part of ours.
VISION
- To bring about a quiet revolution in the way an historic house and estate is managed
- To be a place that improves people’s wellbeing through culture, heritage and nature
MISSION
- To be sustainable, financially, environmentally and socially
- To be a catalyst for creativity
- To conserve the listed buildings in our care so that they are no longer on the Historic England ‘at risk’ register
- To provide learning and engagement opportunities in culture, heritage and nature
- To broaden our audience by being welcoming, inclusive and accessible
- To enhance the natural landscape through increasing biodiversity and habitat connectivity
