Events Around Faringdon

This unique 100ft tower is Faringdon’s icon and the last major folly to be built in England.It sits on Folly Hill, within a charming woodland of splendid Scots Pine some more than 200 years old. Fantastic views over 5 counties.

This unique 100ft tower is Faringdon’s icon and the last major folly to be built in England.It sits on Folly Hill, within a charming woodland of splendid Scots Pine some more than 200 years old. Fantastic views over 5 counties.

Approx 3 acres of dramatic yet harmonious planting in light and shade, formal pond, fruit and vegetable cages. Convenient seating at key points enables relaxed observation and reflection. Extensive use of grasses and unusual perennials and interesting sculptural surprises. Spectacular autumn display.

This Summer for six weeks, Saturday 15th June until Saturday 27th July, West Ox Arts will be hosting Creative Work. Our exhibitors are a mix of West Ox Arts members and non-members, some of whom will be exhibiting in the Gallery for the first time.

The Wantage LEGO® Expo returns for the summer of 2019! There will be LEGO® models throughout the museum galleries and loads of LEGO® themed activities. The Toy Planet will be providing a number of amazing displays, and there will also be an enormous LEGO® Castle.

Summer ’Space Chase’ Craft Competition! In conjunction with the annual libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge (this year’s theme is ’Space Chase’ - to celebrate 50 years since the Apollo Moon landings) we’re inviting primary school aged children to make a Space Rocket.

Music and Melodies present their first ever Scratch Choir Workshop and Concert! The workshop will run from 10am-6pm and we’ll be looking at songs from films and television.

The story takes place aboard the ship HMS Pinafore. The captain’s daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. ... They declare their love for each other and eventually plan to elope.

An unfortunate case of mishearing initiates the plot for The Pirates of Penzance, resulting in a dramatic change of direction for Frederic who sets course to become a pirate rather than a ‘pilot’!

A year before the action of this opera begins, Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, fled his father’s imperial court to escape marriage with Katisha, an elderly lady. Disguised as a traveling musician, he met and fell in love with Yum-Yum, the young ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor in the town of Titipu.

Tamino falls in love with the portrait, but is told that Pamina has been kidnapped by Sarastro, a high priest. Tamino vows to rescue Pamina. ... To aid in their quest, Tamino is given a magic flute and Papageno is given a set of magic bells. Tamino and Papageno are led to Sarastro’s temple by three spirits.

Elaine Baker, poet-in-residence at the Vale & Downland Museum and Patron of Writing at Didcot Girls School will be running a workshop on poetry in response to art and artifacts. No previous experience required, all you need is a love of writing! This workshop is for ages 14 - 18 only.

Elaine Baker, poet-in-resident at the Vale & Downland Museum and member of Back Room Poets, Oxford, will be running a workshop on poetry writing in the response to a stimulus, specifically art and artifacts. No previous experience required, all you need is a love of writing!

Elaine Baker, poet-in-residence at the Vale & Downland Museum and Patron of Writing at Didcot Girls School will be running a workshop on poetry writing in response to art and artifacts. No previous experience required, all you need is a love of writing! This workshop is for ages 10 - 13 only.

Open-Air Shakespeare production, bring along a picnic and enjoy this classic comedy in a beautiful setting. Folksy Theatre present Shakespeare’s classic tale of mistaken identities. After being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his servant Dromio go to Ephesus to find them.

We provide outstanding activity day camps for children aged 4-14 during the school holidays, where the children’s welfare and fun are at the heart of all we do! Children will enjoy over 40 sports, games and art activities every week led by engaging staff at amazing locations.

Sunshine Cat Rescue will have a stall at the Witney Carnival

Lower Windrush Choral Society invite you to join them at their ’Summer Sings’. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to join a choir? Have you sung in a choir before but have had a break and are now looking for a group to join?

The venue for over 30’s on Saturday 3 August featuring dance music from the 70’s/80’s and 90’s right through to the present day. 9.00pm-1am entry £5 07789428795

The railway is set in the North East corner of Coate Water Country Park and is operated by volunteers. We have 1 mile of dual gauge track, with our extension and 3 tunnels. The railway is suitable for children and adults of all ages (children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult).

Two Rooms of Quality Antiques. One fully standfitted and includes furniture, jewellery, fine art, silver, boxes, objects of virtu, decorative, early ceramics, transferware, etc.

Sunshine Cat Rescue will be selling second hand books, also new children’s books

In 1959, the Swindon Collection of Modern British art began a tour of 16 towns and cities of the United Kingdom. From Falmouth to Sunderland, Southend-on-Sea to Bolton, thousands of museum visitors were introduced to paintings by Paul Nash, LS Lowry, Gwen John and Graham Sutherland.

This group exhibition brings together the artists of group 7, who have a strong commitment to the media of drawing, painting and printmaking. They share an interest in abstract and expressive painting with a strong use of colour.

Delightful 2 acre community garden, created and maintained by volunteers. Features incl 7 individual display gardens, ornamental pond, plant nursery, Iron Age round house, artwork, fitness trail, separate kitchen garden site, Swindon beekeepers and the haven, overflowing with wild flowers.