"The Wildlife of the Walls" - A talk with Stuart Moore

Tues 3rd Nov 2026

19:30 - 21:00

Sutton st Nicholas Village Hall

Stuart Moore's presentation will look at the range of species on and around Sutton Walls hillfort. Stuart is a resident of Sutton st Nicholas and has been undertaking monitoring and surveys of the flora and fauna of Sutton Walls over the past five years including bat and moth surveys. Join us for what promise to be a very interesting talk.

Joint meeting with Sutton Walls Conservation Group.

Sutton st Nicholas Village Hall - Bayley Way - Hereford - HR1 3SZ

Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start

Entrance Donation £3 (Cash Only please)

Refreshments and Raffle

For further information contact suttonwallscg@gmail.com

Recent Events:

Arthurs Stone

Tues 10th Feb 2026

19:30 - 21:00

Sutton st Nicholas Village Hall

Archaeological excavations at the Neolithic site of Arthur's Stone near Dorstone have uncovered unprecedented remains that will radically re-write our understanding of this ancient monument, and of the first farming communities in Britain nearly 6,000 years ago.

Join us to find out more about this exciting project which has featured on "Digging for Britain"

Sutton Environment & History Group with Sutton Walls Conservation Group.

Herefordshire Histories Event

Sun 17th May 2026

Displays and Tea & Coffee in the Sutton st Nicholas village hall 10:00 - 14:00

Guided Walk starts at 10:30 St Michaels Church - Booking Essential

https://herefordshirehistories.org/guided-walk-around-sutton-walls/

Sutton Walls Conservation Group will be leading a guided walk around the hillfort of Sutton Walls. In Sutton Village Hall there will be full displays all about the site, its archaeology, history, ecology and a proposed Woodland Management Plan.

Sutton Walls - "A Hillfort with History"

Tues 14th Apr 2026

19:30 - 21:00

Sutton st Nicholas Village Hall

Sutton Walls hillfort is one of the most important and intriguing hillforts in Herefordshire. From the Iron Age to the early Medieval period and again in the last 100 years, it has gained a prominence that most other hillforts in the county have not shared.

This talk will review history and archaeology of the site, its current situation and its possible future outlining the work of Sutton Conservation Group.

Introduction to Herefordshire Archives

Tues 14th Jul 2026

10:00 - 13:00

Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre, Fir Tree Lane, Hereford HR2 6LA, UK

Rhys Griffith, Senior Archivist, will provide a full introduction and accompanying tour to the Herefordshire Archives and Records Centre (HARC) in Rotherwas. This is an exciting opportunity to get behind the scenes and to understand what the archives hold.

Hereford Histories Week - May 2025

Sutton Walls Guided Walks and Sutton History Displays

Thank you to everyone who supported our event on May 11th for Hereford Histories Week. This festival was organised to highlight the extraordinary history of Herefordshire and its hidden gems. Sutton Walls is one of the most significant Iron Age hillforts in the country but has long been on the Historic England ‘Heritage At Risk Register’. It was a wonderful opportunity to bring the story of the hillfort, with 500 years of occupations from the Iron Age to the Roman period and beyond, to the attention of a wider audience.

Members of the Sutton Walls Conservation Group worked hard to clear the public footpaths in readiness for this county wide event and to open up viewing points for the guided walks highlighting the history, ecology and work of the Sutton Walls Conservation Group. We were delighted to take forty people around Sutton Walls on walks in the morning and afternoon – these included locals and others from across the county as well as one visitor from Boston, USA.

There were displays about the history of Sutton Walls at Sutton Village Hall. The displays and most of the wonderful photographs in the exhibition were the work of Sutton resident Chris Thomas, who was a trustee of the Sutton Walls Conservation, and sadly died in March. Chris was also responsible for the information boards situated on Sutton Walls and for this website. His skills and enthusiasm for Sutton Walls, and his talent for photography were a huge asset to the group. He will be greatly missed.

The Sutton Environment and History Group displayed a wide range of interesting documents about the history of the village and the brave parishioners who gave their lives in the Second World War.

Thank you to everyone who made donations towards the work of the Sutton Walls Conservation Group. We raised £234.