Yuletide Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London and a few in other parts of Southern England that could be of interest to pagans over the coming week or so in the season of Yule:

Now – 31 January 2016; Celts: Art and Identity Exhibition. Venue: Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery (Room 30), British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tickets £16.50, children under 16 free. Booking online at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/celts.aspx and by phone: 020 7323 8181

Thursday 10 December; Connecting with the Devas and Angels. Talk and tarot set signing by Cilla Conway, creator of The Devas of Creation: Working with the Energies of the Universeand W Erlick at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Thursday 10 December; Of Shadows: Objects From the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. Talk by Sara Hannant at South East London Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £3/£1.50 concessions. Meetings are normally the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/ To guarantee a seat, email nigelofbermondsey@gmail.com

Thursday 10 December; Fortnightly Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) at an evening with talks and a meditation. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Price: £5 on the door. For more details, visit http://thedruidorder.org/druidorder/Meetings.html

Thursday 10 December; Enfield Town Circle Pagan Moot. Venue: Crown and Horseshoes pub, 15 Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 6PZ. Time: 7pm to 11pm. This moot takes place on the 2nd Thursday of every month. For more details join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Thursday 10 December; PF-London Yule Open Ritual Facilitated by Elen of the Ways Group. Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn London. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. Ritual ends around 9pm followed by feasting until 10pm. Entrance: £6/£5 PF members. Please bring seasonal food and drinks to share at feast after ritual. For more details, visit http://london.paganfed.org/

Thursday 10 December; Meditation, Energy and Sound Bath with Carly Grace. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH Time: 7pm. Tickets £15.30. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Friday 11 December; Open Evening at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 5pm-9pm. Cost: £20 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 11 December; The Soul of Egypt multisensory event. Great Court, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 6pm. Free event that you can just turn up for. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org

Friday 11 December; Saturnalia at Atlantis, Lots of entertainment including storytelling with London Dreamtime. Venue: Atlantis Occult Bookshop 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm-9pm. Free event, for more details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Friday 11 December; Yoga and Sound Immersion. Venue: Bonnington Centre, 11 Vauxhall Grove, London SW8 1TD. Time: 7pm. Entry: £15/£17. http://www.meetup.com/Vauxhall-Gong-Bath/

Friday 11 December; South East Essex Red Tent. Women only event. Venue: Fairkytes Art Centre, 51 Billet Lane, Hornchurch, Essex. Time: 7.30pm. Suggested donation to cover costs is £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/1053523608033704/

Saturday 12 December; Workshop to mix and explore the different uses for Henna. Venue: Caer Corhrain, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey ME12 3SW. Time: 9.30am-4pm. Tickets £35. Bring packed lunch. For booking and payment details, email teirrahdreams@live.co.uk. For more information visit http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Saturday 12 December; Gallery talk: Gallery talk - Feeding the Gods: Feasting in Mesopotamia. Venue: Room 56, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free event that you can just turn up for. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday 12 December; storytelling with London Dreamtime at Hunter Boots in Regent Street, London W1B 4EW. Time: 2pm. Free event. For details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com. For more details, visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 12 December; The Madness and the Magicand the Morrigans! Book launch, music and party with author Sheena Cundy. Venue: The Blue Boar Hotel, Maldon, Essex, CM9. Time: 7pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1505163686463058/

Saturday 12 December; Mind, Body and Spirit Fair, North London. Venue: Coffee Republic North Finchley, 778 High Road, London N12 9QR. Time: 6.30pm-10.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/157160087971212/

Sunday 13 December; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity

Sunday 13 December; Angels and Fairies - deepen your connection with them, with New Thought Minister Heather Andrews-Dobbs. Venue: South Woodford Spiritualist Church, Grove Crescent, London E18 2JR. Time: 11am-4pm. Cost: £20 for one person, or £15 each for two people if you book in advance. Bring a packed lunch. Email Heather.Andrews.Dobbs@gmail.com or phone 07773 127178. http://www.heather-andrews-dobbs.com/

Sunday 13 December; A Spell for Global Peace and Unity with Global Wicca Tradition. Meet at noon at St James Street Park, Walthamstow, Near St James Street station, E17 8AX. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Sunday 13 December; Crossbones London Ghost Walk led by John Constable. Meet 1.45pm for departure at 2pm at the Tabard Street pedestrian area by St George the Martyr church, Borough High Street, London SE1 1JA. Tickets £9 / £8 concessions. Advance booking advised. Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/340312. All proceeds from ticket sales go to Bankside Open Spaces Trust for the Crossbones Garden Appeal

Monday 14 December; Winter Lightness Celebration. Talk by Julian Russell. Venue: Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6pm. Talk: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £15/£10 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Tuesday 15 December; Sobek - Egypt's Crocodile God. Room 3, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. Free event that you can just turn up for. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Tuesday 15 December; Drumming Circle run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in New Addington, Croydon, South London. Every second Tuesday starting 7.30pm. Cost £10. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk/

Tuesday 15 December; Healing Energy Workshop and Meditation with the Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meetup Group. Venue: St Stephen's Church Hall, 48 Emperor's Gate, London SW7 4HJ. Price: £10. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/


Thursday 17 December; Croydon CoA Gathering: Social evening open to all Pagan Paths at 1 Matthews Yard off Surrey Street, Croydon. Event held on the third Thursday of the month at 8pm. For any questions email coacentral@witchcraft.org or visit http://www.witchfest.net/

Thursday 17 December; The Circle of Ankerwycke moot on the third Thursday in each month. Venue: Function room at the back of the Two Rivers Pub, 43 Church Street, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 4EN. Time: 8pm.

Friday 18 December; Winter Solstice (ODO) Celebration and Talk on Druidry and Freemasonry. Venue: Souk Medina Tea Room, 1a Short's Gardens, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9AT. Time: 6.30pm-8.30pm. Free event. http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/

Saturday 19 December; Lore and Mystery of Yule. One-day workshop about the lore of Yule with Wiccan priestess Suzanne Corbie. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Ticket price £55, deposit of £30 in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 19 December; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri Winter Solstice Ritual at Avebury Sun Circle, in Avebury, Wiltshire. Open druidic style ceremony to mark Alban Arthan. Meet at the Red Lion Pub, Avebury, around noon for rite at around 1.30pm, ending at around 4.30pm. Contributions of song, poetry, mead and cakes are welcome. There will be music and entertainment in the Red Lion pub in the evening. Overnight camping will be allowed in the nearby overflow car park.

Saturday 19 December; Hern's Tribe MidWinter Gathering - Wicca Seasonal Ritual and Midwinter social with Mani of London Woodland Wiccans Meet-up group. Location: Woods near Croydon. Meet at Coombe Lane tram stop at 2pm to be met and taken to the site. Wear sensible clothing and bring food and drink to share. More details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Sunday 20 December; Winter Blot to Holda hosted by the Kith of the Tree and the Well, Hendon Heathens and The Dawn Of The Oak to celebrate the Winter Solstice at Holda's Well, Greenwich Park, south London. Afterwards there will be drinks in a nearby pub. Gathering at noon for a 1pm start. Bring a mask if you can. For details on how to reserve a place, visit the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/184246301922593/

I try to make sure all the details in these events listings are correct, but I am only human and sometimes make a mistake. If you spot something that needs changing, or if you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com. If you want any more information about any of the events, contact the organiser directly.