The Old Chapel – Tolpuddle Old Chapel Trust

The Old Chapel

The Old Chapel

The Old Chapel

59a Main Road,

Tolpuddle, Dorchester , Dorset DT2 7ET

Upcoming Events

No events currently scheduled at this location.

The Chapel is now closed for the winter period (see below for further details). We are sorry to announce that Angela Herrera, our Delivery Manager, is no longer working for the Trust. We owe Angela a huge vote of thanks for her dedication and tireless support over the last two years. We will miss her greatly. She was a vital member of the team and responsible for so many things including setting up our craft workshops, bookings, and administering our events. Much of Angela’s work was behind the scenes in her comprehensive overhaul and composition of our policy framework which ensures our standing with our regulators, aligning and co-ordinating a wide range of activities, and leading on our educational offer.

For the time being, enquiries about bookings should be sent to the Chair, Philip Martin, at deliverymanager@tolpuddleoldchapeltrust.org.

We have recently completed our successful project funded by Historic England: ‘Tolpuddle Family Lives’. This was part of Historic England’s national programme, ‘Everyday Heritage: Celebrating Working-Class Histories’ and we are very proud to have been part of the programme, and we wish to record our sincere thanks to Historic England here for their support. This funding enabled us to put on over fifty events and activities in total between March and November in 2024 without charge.

Read more about Tolpuddle Family Lives series of events here

Tolpuddle Festival 2024

Saturday 20th July at 4:00pm
A talk by Professor Philip Martin:
‘George Loveless, ultra-radicalism and the Tolpuddle Context’
Read more
Click here to watch the video