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Summer at BEYOND
Fresh from a rebrand and blazing through a multi million pound refurbishment, one of Manchester’s most iconic leisure destinations has unveiled bold plans redefine what summer means to Mancunians and anyone in search of adventure in 2018.
BEYOND
TRAFFORD CITY
7 TRAFFORD WAY
MANCHESTER
Today to Sun 19 Aug, Thu 23 Aug to Sun 26 Aug
Spinning Gate Summer Garden
Spinning Gate Shopping Centre is celebrating summer by providing free, family entertainment during the school summer holidays.
Spinning Gate Shopping Centre, Ellesmere Street, Leigh
Today to Sun 26 Aug
Open every day in August - free admission to accompanied under 16s
Discover Greater Manchester’s public road transport history with the Museum of Transport, Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester M8 8UW – approximately one mile north of Manchester City Centre near Manchester Fort Shopping Park.
Museum of Transport, Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester
Today to Fri 31 Aug
Shayne Ward appearance at the Trafford Centre with Yell.com
Corrie Star and X-Factor Winner Shayne Ward will be chatting all about his hometown of Manchester
Shoppers visiting the Trafford Centre on Saturday 18th August will be in for a celebrity treat!
The UK’s No. 1 online business directory, Yell.
Trafford Centre, Manchester
Sat 18 Aug
Family Staycation Market
Keep the whole family happy over the summer holidays with Worker Bee Markets, celebrating staying at home with a Staycation Event.
3rd Bramhall Scout Hut, Linney Road, Bramhall, Stockport
Sun 19 Aug
Balsam control in Haughton Dale Local Nature Reserve.
Help us stop this invasive alien species ruining our woods and meadows. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills. Please make sure you bring a packed lunch. Please wear strong footwear and waterproof clothes.
bottom of Apethorn Lane track, Hyde.
Mon 20 Aug
Balsam control on Brushes.
Help us stop this invasive alien species ruining our woods and meadows. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills. Please make sure you bring a packed lunch. Please wear strong footwear and waterproof clothes.
Oakgates Car Park, Hartley St. Millbrook, Stalybridge
Tue 21 Aug
Balsam Control in Castle Clough and Cowbury Dale, Carrbrook.
Help us stop this invasive alien species ruining our woods and meadows. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills. Please make sure you bring a packed lunch. Please wear strong footwear and waterproof clothes.
Castle Clough car park, Buckton Vale Road, Carrbrook, Stalybridge.
Thu 23 Aug
Manchester Heart & Soul Photography Exhibition
Local photography group’s exhibition on the theme of ‘Our Natural World’.
Please come to admire our work, and if you really like them all works are for sale.
The Craft Barn, Station Road, Hadfield, Glossop
Sat 25 Aug to Mon 27 Aug
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Summer Steaming at Bolton Steam Museum
Volunteers from the Northern Mill Engine Society have rescued and restored 30 old stationary steam engines - some of the engines which once powered the cotton mills and woollen mills of the North of England. The collection includes 2 rare beam engines (the oldest is 180 years old!
Bolton Steam Museum, Morrison’s Supermarket site, off Chorley Old Road, Bolton
Sun 26 Aug and Mon 27 Aug
Wire, Linoleum and Wallpaper
An easy four mile stroll with Brian Taylor, volunteer for over 40 years, in the woodlands around Denton, now rich in wildlife, which hide evidence
of a once industrial past.
Bottom of Cemetery Road, off Stockport Road, Denton.
Sun 26 Aug
Conservation Day in Audenshaw
A variety of tasks in this well-used park. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Lees Park entrance, near 94 Lynwood Grove, Audenshaw.
Tue 28 Aug
Found Footage Festival: After Dark
Childhood friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are back in Manchester, serving up their dirtiest, most disturbing, and patently misguided VHS finds from 25 years of collecting.
The Patron, 40-42 Oldham Street, Manchester
Tue 28 Aug
Conservation Day in Droylsden
A variety of tasks in this well-used park. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills. Please make sure you bring a packed lunch. Please wear strong footwear and waterproof clothes.
Copperas Field entrance on Juniper Crescent, parking on Linden Way, Droylsden.
Thu 30 Aug
Stockport Masonic Guildhall - Mind Body Spirit Event
50 + Exhibitors,30 + Talks Workshops & Demonstrations
An exceptional event bringing together the best in Mind Body and Spirit with International Mediums e.g. Simon Goodfellow, David Traynor, Stephanie J.
Stockport Masonic Guildhall
169, Wellington Road South , Stockport , Opposite Stockport College ( FREE PARKING) Also an attendant on car park
Sat 1 Sep and Sun 2 Sep
Car Boot & Indoor Table Top Sale
Saturday 1st September. Lots of bargains to be had!
St Marys Community Hall, Newton Road, Lowton, Warrington
Sat 1 Sep
Record and cd fair
Collectable vinyl, cds. Dvds etc book a table saturday special.
Sachas hotel. TibSt Manchester
Sat 1 Sep
Bootleg Bee Gees: Celebrating the Birthday of Sir Barry Gibb
The Bootleg Bee Gees celebrate the birthday of Sir Barry Gibb with a concert of the Bee Gees greatest hits. The venue of Chorlton Irish Club is the perfect location, situated close by to Keppel Road where the Gibb family lived between 1953 and 1958.
Irish Association Social Club, 17 High Lane, Chorlton
Sat 1 Sep
Emirates Old Trafford, home of Lancashire Cricket Club Wedding Fayre,
The Emirates Old Trafford, home of Lancashire Cricket Club wedding fayre is the biggest one-day wedding exhibition Lancashire Cricket Club at with over 50 wedding suppliers waiting to inspire you on the day.
Talbot Rd, Stretford, Manchester
Sun 2 Sep
Trans Lancs Transport Show
FREE family friendly day out featuring classic and modern transport based in Heaton Park. With something for everyone, classic and modern buses, military and commercial vehicles, cars and motorcycles on show. Close by are the Boating Lake, Lakeside Café and the fun fair.
Museum of Transport, Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester
Sun 2 Sep
Three Parks Link
An 11 moderate mile walk with Paul Nethercott linking Stamford, Cheetham and Stalybridge Country parks.
Staley Way car park, Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge
Sun 2 Sep
Conservation Day in Droylsden
A variety of tasks in Sunnybank Park. No experience is required, just a willingness to join in and learn new skills.
Sunny Bank Park off Lewis Road, Droylsden.
Tue 4 Sep
1st Thursday Comedy
4 Top Comedians from across the U.K. and beyond, LIVE ON STAGE for less than a cinema ticket !
Headliners as seen on Mock The Week and more plus Touring Acts from across the globe and many Award-Winners from the likes of Edinburgh Fringe - not to mention Winner and Finalists from Britain’s Got Talent !
The Met, Market Street, Bury
Thu 6 Sep
Bring Your Own Baby presents...Jason Manford...
Bring Your Own Baby Comedy is the UK’s Number 1 baby friendly comedy club and we are coming to Greater Manchester!
Bring your baby along so they can enjoy our soft flooring, toys and more while you are entertained by none other than..
The Lowry, Pier 8, The Quays, Salford
Thu 6 Sep
Hayraking in Haughton Dale Local Nature Reserve.
After a summer of colourful flowering, it’s now time to cut and rake our meadows in order to ensure we continue to have these important grassland habitats.
bottom of Meadow Lane, Haughton Dale, Denton.
Thu 6 Sep