The best things to do this weekend, 7-9 November
The best things to do this weekend, 7-9 November
Our top picks of the best things to get up to this weekend: Sunday roast in Streatham, Christmas shopping at Elys, classical music in Wimbledon, family fun at West Horsley Place, and a special Remembrance Sunday service in Wimbledon Village.
Main image: SW16 Sunday Roast
Food
Sunday Roast at SW16 Bar and Kitchen
SW16 Bar and Kitchen, 9 November
Fancy a roast this weekend? From 12-5pm on Sunday you can indulge in SW16 Bar and Kitchen’s brilliant weekly Sunday roast. Each roast is served with seasonal greens, maple-glazed carrots, plus unlimited roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, and rich gravy. Choose from their 28-day aged Scottish striploin infused with mustard and rosemary, Norfolk Black corn-fed roast chicken with lemon and thyme, or a vibrant beetroot & bulgar wellington with wild mushrooms and tarragon. A perfect Sunday tradition, done right.
Shopping
Elys Christmas Shopping Party
Elys Wimbledon, 7 November
You can start your Christmas shopping this Friday at the Elys Christmas Shopping Party – a day of festive fun and fabulous shopping! Rewards Members can enjoy 20% off almost everything in-store and online. 9am-8pm.
Music
Wimbledon International Music Festival – Requiem
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, 8 November
The Academy Choir of Wimbledon join with London Mozart Players to bring you Fauré’s Requiem, alongside two works by Sir John Tavener: The Lamb, a poignant setting of William Blake’s poetry, and Svyati, a spiritual choral piece for cello and choir in Church Slavonic drawing on Orthodox funeral rites.
Family Fun
Open Day: Medieval Manor
West Horsley Place, 9 November
West Horsley Place’s November Open Day shines a light on the manor’s medieval history: you can explore the Manor House on a free-flow route, visit the Mapping Medieval Women Talk with historians June Davey and Diane Wyatt, meet a Medieval Lady, try out medieval calligraphy, and taste yummy morsels from the Middle Ages. Plus: watch a medieval re-enactment from Buckingham’s Retinue!
Remembrance Sunday
Service of Remembrance
Wimbledon Village, 9 November
On Remembrance Sunday, there will be a special service of remembrance taking place at Wimbledon War Memorial in Wimbledon Village, beginning at 10:40am, attended by Deputy Lieutenant Robin McNeill Love, Mayor of Merton (Cllr Martin Whelton), civic representatives, and the Wimbledon branch of The Royal British Legion.
