Annual Conference 2026

The Hayes Conference Centre

This year this society celebrates 90 years of commitment to exploring, encouraging, understanding and supporting hymnody. Join us for our Festival Conference in July for a celebrated programme of speakers, singing, meeting old friends, and making new ones. The highlight of the year for members is always the annual Conference, and in 2026 it is going to be a very … Read More

Treasure 83: Hymns and the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in 1517

Treasure 83: Hymns and the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in 1517: A Panel Presentation with Janet Wootton, Martin Leckebusch, and Alan Gaunt – An Article from Bulletin 293, Autumn 2017 To mark the five-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation we asked three members to contribute short talks on its relation to hymns. Martin Leckebusch and Alan Gaunt had written translations … Read More

Secretary’s Newsletter 104 Spring 2025

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Annual General Meeting – Thursday 24th July at 11:15

Our AGM will, as usual, take place during our Conference, this year at Highgate House, Northamptonshire; if you are not attending Conference but wish to join us for the AGM you may, of course, do so…

2025 Conference

Please do join us for our Annual Conference for 2025:22nd – 25th July Highgate House Conference Centre, Grooms Lane, Creaton, Northampton NN6 8NN Highgate House (https://www.cct.org.uk/highgate-house/highgate-house-conference-centre) is readily accessible by train to Northampton, followed by a taxi ride; alternatively, there is plenty of parking onsite for cars. The campus is compact and level, with all facilities readily accessible. Arrival is … Read More

Secretary’s Newsletter 100 Spring 2024

The Secretary’s Newsletter No.100: Spring 2024From the Interim Secretary:Revd Robert A. CanhamWindrushBraithwaiteKESWICKCA12 5SZPhone: 017687 78054 Email: Please see our Contact page The Hymn Society Website: www.hymnsocietygbi.org.uk The Secretary’s Newsletter – the Centenary Edition This is the One Hundredth issue of the Secretary’s Newsletter. It first began as a two-sided A5 sheet in the Autumn of 1999, the initiative of the … Read More

Secretary’s Newsletter 99 Winter 2024

The Secretary’s Newsletter No.99: Winter 2024From the Interim Secretary:Revd Robert A. CanhamWindrushBraithwaiteKESWICKCA12 5SZPhone: 017687 78054 Email: Please see our Contact page On a very cold late-November evening some eighty people gathered in St James Church, Sussex Gardens, Paddington, for what turned out to be a jolly event with wine, sandwiches and the sing- ing of some ten or more hymns, … Read More

Secretary’s Newsletter 92 Spring 2022

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The Hymn Society 2022 Annual Conference CHANGE OF VENUE
Due to entirely unforeseen, some may feel extraordinary, circumstances, our Conference, due to resume after three long years, has now had to be relocated!

Annual Conference 2022

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 26th July – 29th July 2022 Cartmel College Lancaster University Alexandra Park Drive LANCASTER LA2 0LT Our 2022 three-day Conference has been relocated to Lancaster University. This is because the Leyland Preston Hotel closed without notice, it appears at the behest of the Government. Car access is via Jct 33 on the M6 and there is ample parking. Rail links … Read More

Secretary’s Newsletter 91 Winter 2022

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The Hymn Society 2022 Annual Conference
Our resumed Annual Conference remains on schedule to take place Tuesday-Friday, 26th-29th July 2022 at the Preston Leyland Hotel; a three-day Conference. The Festival of Hymns will be in Blackburn Cathedral on the evening of Thursday, 28th July.

Secretary’s Newsletter 90 Autumn 2021

Apologies for the lateness of this final mailing of 2021, due to the Secretary and unnavigable circumstances. However, it does present me with the rare opportunity to offer you all Greetings for this forthcoming Special Season. May you all have a truly Blesséd and Peaceful Christmas as we hope for Good Things in 2022.

Secretary’s Newsletter 88 Spring 2021

Annual Conference – planning update: The responses to my enquiry in the last Newsletter indicated little appetite for a Conference this coming Autumn, with opinion fairly evenly split as to whether we should have a Spring or a Summer Conference in 2022.

Secretary’s Newsletter 87 Winter 2021

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Conference 2021 Cancelled: Along with some other organizations, we have reluctantly decided to cancel, once again, our July Conference. With arrangements having to be made very much in advance, and with continuing mixed messages and uncertainty…

Secretary’s Newsletter 84 Spring 2020

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Cancellation of our 2020 Annual Conference. It is with considerable regret that I have to notify you of the cancellation of our 2020 Hymn Society Leyland Conference which was to have taken place from 14th – 17th July 2020; it has become another inevitable casualty of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Secretary’s Newsletter 83 Winter 2020

2020 Winter

The Hymn Society’s 2020 Conference. The Application Form with details of this year’s 3-Day Conference, is enclosed. It will be held from mid-day Tues. 14th to Fri. 17th July at the Hallmark Hotel, Leyland, a quality venue, conveniently less than two minutes’ drive from junction 28 of the M6 and 800 metres from the local train station.

Secretary’s Newsletter 80 Spring 2019

Hymn Society Canterbury Annual Conference Tuesday, July 23rd to Thursday, July 25th 2019 It is not too late to register for this year’s annual Conference. This year’s two-day Conference is situated on the edge of Canterbury, with the Festival of Hymns in the Western Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral.

Annual Conference 2019 – Canterbury

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The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Conference – Canterbury Our 2019 two-day Conference was held on the Keynes College Campus of the University of Kent, on the edge of Canterbury, looking down towards the City and its Cathedral. There is ample parking for cars. The nearest train station is Canterbury where taxis are available. The campus is … Read More

Secretary’s Newsletter 79 Winter 2019

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New Year, new logo Well not really, this revised logo was first used during our 80th Anniversary Year (2016-2017), bearing an appropriate strapline high-lighting the occasion, and it has been retained on our website, minus the strapline, ever since.

Annual Conference 2018 – Bishop Burton College

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The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Conference – Bishop Burton College Our Annual Conference this year was another three-day occasion from Tuesday, July 24th – Friday, July 27th 2018. The venue? The delightful setting of Bishop Burton College. It is a pleasantly situated land-based college offering courses as diverse as agriculture, floristry, equine, art and design, and … Read More

Annual Conference 2017 – Carmarthen

All the latest from the Conference… 18th – 21st July 2017 7 lectures covering a wide range of themes:Wyn James: William Williams of Pantycelyn and the evolution of the Welsh HymnAnne Harrison: “Go forth and tell!” The Jubilate Group from Youth Praise to ResoundWorshipGordon Giles and Huw Williams: Introducing the Revised English HymnalPaul Inwood: New light on the life and … Read More

Annual Conference 2017

18th – 21st July 2017University of WalesTrinity St DavidCarmarthen CampusSA31 3EP All the latest photos and video from the Conference can be found here. For your information Our 2017 three day Conference, continuing to celebrate our 80th Anniversary, is taking place at the University of Wales Trinity St David Carmarthen Campus by kind invitation of The Welsh Hymn Society as … Read More