MACS Goes To… Christmas Market at Valence House Museum 🎄

🌟Join MACS at the Christmas Market at Valence House Museum in Dagenham on Saturday 5 December! 🌟

At the Valence House Christmas Market you’ll find unique gifts made by local crafts people, festive food stalls and magic galore! ☃️

Read more here: Info about Valence House Christmas Market

We’ll also have time to visit Valence House, the only surviving manor house in Dagenham! It dates back to medieval times and is still partially surrounded by a moat.

Valence House Museum’s core collection totals around 20,000 objects that tell the story of Barking and Dagenham and its people throughout the ages. The collection spans from prehistory to the modern day.

Highlights on display include the prehistoric Dagenham Idol sculpture, whalebones believed to be from the lower jaw of a Common Greenland Whale and the Fanshawe family portraits, one of the best collections of gentry portraits in Britain.

MEET DETAILS FOR SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER:

☕️ FROM 10:30AM: MEET AT TULIP TREE TEAROOM CAFE (optional)
Address: Valence House, Becontree Ave, Dagenham RM8 3HT
Look out for the MACS sign on the café table.

🎄11AM: HEAD TO THE CHRISTMAS MARKET AND/OR VALENCE HOUSE
Address: Valence House, Becontree Ave, Dagenham RM8 3HT
Choose your own MACS experience! Feel free to explore at your own pace with others from the group, or solo, whichever you prefer.

🍻 1:30PM - LATE: PUB SOCIAL (optional)
We'll head to a local pub to chat over drinks.
Address: Location tbc 48 hours before event.

🎟️ TICKETS:
FREE entry with no need to book!

📍GETTING THERE: How to get to Valence House

📲 EVENT CHAT:
Please join the event chat to help you find us on the day. The event chat link will be posted on the event page around 48 hours prior to the event. This will either be a WhatsApp group or the Meetup event chat function.
N.B. Joining a WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group.

🌟 PLEASE READ:
All MACS events are run entirely by volunteers, so please note we do what we can with the time and energy we have available! Our events have an attendee limit as we prefer a smaller, friendlier group. If you register as Going but can no longer attend, please change your RSVP as soon as possible so that we know numbers.

Thank you for being part of MACS! 🧡🏛️🩵

Image credit: Camilla Gallop, host of this event