Museum opening and heritage trail 8 & 9th June 2019

Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th are key dates in the Sea Mills 100 Calendar. Our mini-museum on the Square will open on Saturday and remain for at least a year.

Our heritage trail, devised by local residents will be open over the weekend. Visitors will be able to tour Sea Mills and find out who lived in some of the houses when they were first built.

It’s almost here. June 2019 will see in the 100th anniversary of the Sea Mills estate and we will be celebrating with a series of events over the weekend of the 8th and 9th June.

Sea Mills Heritage Trail 8th – 9th June 2019
Many of the public areas and buildings around Sea Mills will be open. A number of private houses will have information outside them in the street so that you can find out about the people that used to live there up to 100 years ago.

You can download a Sea Mills 100 trail map or pick up a copy from Sea Mills Library or the Cafe on the Square during the weekend.

Phone Box Mini-Museum
Our mini-museum in the Sea Mills Square will open with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10am on Saturday 8th June. The museum will remain available to few for at least one year with the display changing from time to time.

Programme Saturday 8th June: 

10am Ribbon cutting – The Phone Box Mini-Museum Sea Mills Square
11am Football on the Rec Shire Colts Youth v Sea Mills Park 
10-4pm Outdoor Heritage trail
 pick up a map from Cafe on the Square, Mini-Museum or Sea Mills Library.
10-4pm Buildings and spaces open for displays
Cafe on the Square (cafe history and refreshments)
Methodist Church (Brownies and Sea Mills Garden Club)
St Edyth’s Church (Church history, Sea Mills Primary School, 126 Scouts)
Sea Mills Community Centre (downstairs) (Community Centre History and Community Voice Newspaper)
Sea Mills Library (Library history)
Sea Mills Community Garden (History display also children’s activities 10-2pm)
Highgrove Church (Church history plus “Your House in Cardboard”
12-4pm Mill House Public House (History display plus food and drink)
2pm Music on the Square
4pm Sea Mills AmDram present “Sea Mills a Centenary”
at the Community Centre
5.30 BBQ
at St Edyth’s Church (first come first served)

Sunday 9th June

10-4pm Outdoor Heritage trail  pick up a map from Cafe on the Square, Mini-Museum or Sea Mills Library.
Sunday services 10am St Edyth’s and 10.30 Methodist Church all welcome.
Various times – Buildings and spaces open for displays
2-4pm Cafe on the Square (cafe history and cream teas for donation)
12-4pm Methodist Church (Brownies and Sea Mills Garden Club)
1-4pm St Edyth’s Church (Church history, Sea Mills Primary School, 126 Scouts)
10-4pm Sea Mills Community Centre (downstairs) (Community Centre History and Community Voice Newspaper)
10-4pm Sea Mills Library (Library history)
10-4pm Sea Mills Community Garden (History display also children’s activities 10-2pm)
12-4pm Mill House Public House (History display plus food and drink)
2pm Music on the Square. “The Big Lunch” community picnic, bring your own lunch plus something to share also cream teas (for donation) from the cafe on the Square. Outdoor games from the Ark project. 

Sea Mills Sunflowers 2019

Wouldn’t it be lovely if Sea Mills & Coombe Dingle was filled with happy sunflowers this summer as we celebrate 100 years of our special garden suburb? 

When the estate was first built every house had a front garden with a smart hedge defining the boundary. Over the years the uniformity of the house frontages has been lost and it has been suggested that if this year as many of us as possible grow sunflowers it can highlight how special it is to have a front garden in a city. 

Sunflowers are also wonderful for nature with both bees and birds benefiting from them. They are easy to grow, especially with children due to the size of the seed and a good how to guide can be found here.

Seeds are being given out at Sea Mills Primary and growing events at the community Allotment as well as Red Bus nursery and toddler groups at St Edyth’s Church. Other seeds can be purchased at Henleaze garden centre and most major supermarkets and DIY outlets. 

There will be sunflower categories in this years Sea Mills Flower and craft show taking place in September.