Events and workshops

Scone making workshop10am, Saturday 18 April – £55pp*

Join Clare from Willow Bough Tea Rooms for this two-hour workshop learning how to make traditional scones by hand in the traditional way. While your scones are baking participants will enjoy a cream tea and learn about the history of scones and whether to enjoy them with jam on cream or cream or jam. 

The Fate of Ophelia? How Millennial and Gen X women negotiate Taylor Swift – 4-5pm, Saturday 18 April – Free event

Are you a Swiftie of a certain age (we’re talking Gen X and Millennials)? Dr Katie Appleford and Dr Danielle Coombs would love to speak to you for their academic research project which considers the experiences of Taylor Swift fans and how your fandom is performed and influenced. Light refreshments will be provided in return for your time talking about your experiences as a Taylor Swift fan

Twilight tea – 6-8pm, Thursday 7 May £31.50pp*

Imagine a Willow Bough afternoon tea as the sun sets; a twilight tea! Book now for our first Willow Bough Twilight Tea where you can enjoy the homemade sanwiches, scones, and cakes of our afternoon tea surrounded by fairy lights and magic, as the sun sets over the historic site of Merton Abbey Mills… Your afternoon tea will include finger sandwiches (traditional or vegetarian), handmade scones with jam and clotted cream, cupcakes, and slices of sandwich cake all served on vintage china tea sets with unlimited pots of tea. You are welcome to bring your own sparkling wine to enjoy with the afternoon tea (we request no more than one bottle between 2 people) with corkage included in the ticket price

We will be donating £5 from every ticket sold to Walk the Walk, the cancer charity that run’s London’s annual Moonwalk

*Booking fees apply