What's On and Things To Do Around Horsham

6 women- ’poles apart’. Saucy comedy with a big heart. When 5 very unique women come together and sign up for Gabby’s pole dancing class, little do they know the hilarious yet emotional journey it will take them on.

Various studios and small venues in and around Horsham are opening their doors this June over two weekends, 9/10th & 16/17th, to showcase some lovely paintings, sculpture, jewellery and much more. A full list of these venues and their exact location is available at www.

This is a 5k suitable for all abilities. This is women, young women & children uniting with one purpose, to raise valuable funds for Cancer Research. THIS IS BEATING CANCER. 5k (or just over 3 miles) is an achievable distance for all ages and abilities.

Saturday 16 June, Horsham Sports Club Hosted on the grounds of Horsham Sports Club, The Big Gig Festival returns to offer a fantastic day out for the whole community and this year it’s bigger and better than ever.

Parkland, meadows and woodland. Formal gardens by Harold Peto featuring 20 interlinking ponds, impressive water garden known as The White Sea. Large Horsham stone terraces and lawns look out onto clipped yew hedging and specimen trees.

Learn more about the Messel family, house and collection with our guided tour of the Messel Family Rooms. Join a small group on a behind scenes tour before the house opens. Booking Not Needed. Children welcome, must be accompanied by an adult. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Learn more about the fascinating house and ruins with our guided tour of the exterior. Learn about the architecture and discover how the Messel family transformed Nymans into their dream house. Booking Not Needed. Children welcome, must be accompanied by an adult. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Linking with our portrait exhibition, imagine the garden as an art shop. Search out the colours and textures you would need to create a painting and then choose the perfect frame. While exploring, see how many faces you can find and then make your own from fallen petals and leaves.

This exhibition features a varied selection of Oliver Messel’s portraiture. Widely revered for his ground-breaking theatre design, Oliver Messel was also a prolific portrait painter. His subjects included famous friends, family and the local people he met while living in Barbados.

Come on a guided walk of the gardens led by our experienced and knowledgeable garden rangers. The walk will take in the seasonal highlights, including stars of the Nymans collection.

Local artist & tutor John Thompson returns with more of his popular painting workshops. John takes inspiration from the seasonal changes on the landscape and gardens of Nymans. This month’s theme is Meadow flowers. Join us for a full day of relaxed and informal art in our potting shed.

Take in the seasonal highlights of the garden with an exclusive guided tour with our Head Gardener. Find out what is at its best in early summer and what to look forward to in the following months. Pick up hints and tips and learn more about our garden projects and the development of this grade II listed garden.

See the house interiors transformed with striking floral displays. To launch the opening of ’The Triumph of Hope’ exhibition, we’ll be filling the house with flower displays inspired by Muriel, Maud and Anne Messel. On Friday 15 June you will see the flower arrangers creating their displays.

An exhibition exploring the lives of three women who influenced the garden’s design. Focussing on their creative legacy and the social circles within which they moved, the exhibition will highlight each of their unique contributions to the development of this well-known garden. Booking Not Needed.

Enjoy a trail that looks at the many colourful flowers and plants that fill the garden in summer. This trail has taken inspiration from the Messel family women who helped create the gardens. What do you think is in the giant jasmine basket' Take in the scent of the Rose Garden and then continue on a flower hunt.

25 acres of enchanting landscaped woodland and water gardens with spring daffodils, bluebells and azalea walks, many rare and beautiful plants, an ancient wild flower meadow and glorious autumn colours. Picnic area. National Collection of Stewartias.

Fun day for all the family with Live Music, Tombola, Raffle, Crafts, Produce & Fun Stalls, Face Painting, Balloon Modelling, Bouncy Castle, Barbecue, Real Ales and more ...

A chance to explore the walled garden and heritage grounds of Tilgate Park with the Head Gardener, Nick Hagon at different times of the year. The azaleas, camellias, candelabra primulas plus the rhododendron collection make a colourful impact in May.

We’re delighted to be running our first Spring courses in West Sussex at the beautiful Tilgate Park. We will meet at the Smith and Western at 12pm. The course starts there with a 20 minute introduction on what to look for and a brief of the general countryside codes where they relate to foragers.

Country garden designed by Nigel Philips. Approached from a small lane, along an oak lined drive leading to the house and farm. The drive opens out to an enclosed courtyard with pleached hornbeam and yew. The herbaceous borders are filled with summer colours.

’Church for people who Don’t Do Church’. A place where families can learn about God together through games and crafts followed by a short Celebration and a good tea. Messy Church is for all ages. Adults don’t have to bring a child, but chlidren must bring their adults with them.

Rraising funds for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) . Come and enjoy cake and a cuppa in a friendly environment. St Paul’s coffee mornings are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month, raising money for a different charity each time.

Ahaar you land-lubbers! We be ‘avin a load of Pirates and Princesses descend on Fishers this May Half Term. Follow the scurvy Pirate Trail and see if ye’ can find the lost treasure around the Farm!

Get Creative at Leith Hill Place Join Devon artist Deborah Hastings at a drop-in workshop to discover the timeless art of prodding and hooking. Crafting kits will be available to buy from £3 each. Kits include flower corsages and animals.

Balcombe is in a designated AONB. Traceable back to the Saxons, the village contains 55 listed buildings incl C15 parish church of St Marys. Nearby is the famous Ouse Valley Viaduct, ancient woodlands, lake, millpond and reservoir.

Cream Tea Voyages Sit back, relax and enjoy a delicious cream tea on our electric canal boat, Wiggonholt, whilst watching the beautiful countryside pass by. 90 minute trips depart at 2.15pm and 4.30pm. £14 per person.

SPECIAL CRUISES ON THE WEY & ARUN CANAL, LOXWOOD Pirates & Princesses Adventure Trips: 31st May, 26th July, 9th August & 22nd August 2018 If you are looking for something different to do with the children during the holidays then why not join in the fun of a Pirates & Princesses Adventure Trip on the canal on

2½ acre garden that begun in March 2012. N-facing long view sloping down to pond with lilies, irises, sanguisorba (deep water).

The wonderful backdrop of Sussex Prairies provides an exciting venue for a specialist Plant Fair offering an exciting range of excellent nurseries.

Approx 1 acre garden built from scratch over the last 10 yrs. Hot colour-schemed beds at the front lead into a small shrubbery and then onto double borders with a formal pond. A pleached hornbeam avenue takes the eye out to the West Sussex countryside.

Beautiful 5 acre garden with many diverse areas of natural beauty, giving a sense of peace and tranquillity.

The Kaleidoscope Singers, a talented choir from Steyning, under the musical direction of Zoe Peate, visit Warminghurst Church on Saturday 2nd June, to perform a concert of mixed repertoire called ’Cathedral To Jazz Club’, perfect for a June evening in the beautiful rural surroundings of this historic

2½ acres, large herbaceous and shrub borders, formal pond with Cambodian Buddha head, sunken gravel garden with topiary box and water feature, terraces, beautiful lawns, mature rhododendrons and azaleas, woodland paths, and gazebos. Garden contains a collection of Indian elephants and other objets d’art.

A different NGS experience in 2 north-facing acres. The cottage garden surrounding C16 house (not open) gives way to steep slopes up to woodland garden: a challenge to both visitor and gardener. Species primulas a particular interest of the owner. Stumpery, dizzy crows nest viewing platform.

There will be a Carnival Procession (the theme, yet to be decided) starting from the Victoria Road Car Park and making its way into Massetts Road and then Russells Crescent and onto Victoria Road and into the Recreation Ground where there will be all sorts of entertainment - children’s fairground rides,

A tranquil one acre garden created over many years to provide different areas of interest incl informal perennial borders set within formal yew hedging; wisteria clad pergola; a meadow surrounding a natural pond; productive vegetable plot with small greenhouse; spring garden with rhododendrons, ferns and spring

The event programme for June includes: Thursday, June 7 at 7pm – Let’s Talk Neck, Spinal and Associated Limb Pain During this event Mr Al-Mahfoudh will be discussing neck, spinal and associated limb pain for those who have an interest in discovering the latest range of procedures available...

Families and friends can enjoy an impressive three-day agriculture, country and entertainment programme, with new and exciting displays and attractions at the largest countryside show in the region, the South of England Show on 7, 8 & 9 June 2018 at the South of England Showground in Ardingly.

BROCKHAM CHORAL SOCIETY invites you to TEA at the RITZ. Saturday June 9th, 7.30 pm  at St. Paul’s Church, Dorking, RH4 2HT Bring a picnic and be entertained with songs from 1914 to the 60s.

Approx 1½ acre garden surrounding C17 Sussex farmhouse (not open). The extensive but accessible and gentle terracing provides immediate views of many different aspects of the garden and distant views towards the South Downs.

Take a trip under the streets of Dorking to explore the famous 17th century caves. Discover how they were created and how they evolved over the centuries. Check out the ‘mystery chamber’ and guess what it was used for. Tours last 45 minutes and sensible shoes are needed!

Join us for another great evening of foot tappin’ country music with Cadillac Country one of the best country bands in West Sussex. Great atmosphere, great company and great music! Invited guest band each month. Refreshments are available but BYO alcohol. Car parking, disabled facilities.

To mark the centenary of the vote for women, Dorking Museum is showing a new short film telling the extraordinary political and personal story of local suffrage, equality and peace campaigners Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, part of the Citizens 800 project, made in conjunction with Royal Holloway (University

The final exhibition of the Museum’s five-year WW1 centenary project focuses on the end of the war: how the news was received and how it was celebrated, how the dead were commemorated, and the long-term impact of the war on the community, economically and socially.

Following last year’s highly successful exhibition on the story of Dorking pubs, the Museum walks team is running guided pub walks. These take in some of the former and current pub sites within Dorking town centre, relating their history and pointing out some of their features.

Gardens of 3½ acres set around 1832 Regency house (not open). The front, formally laid out with topiary, wide lawn, mixed border, and contemporary water sculpture. The rear, features new and mature trees from C19, herbaceous borders, water garden and stunning uninterrupted views of the North Downs.

Following a sould out run at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory and two critically-acclaimed West End runs, David Baddiel brings his Olivier-nominated one-man show to Dorking.

This high energy show charts the life and career of one of the world’s most iconic performers. Full of memorable hits including Private Dancer, Nutbush City Limits, Proud Mary, River Deep Mountain High, and Let’s Stay Together.

The Ultimate tribute to Queen! As an internationally-renowned band Supreme Queen have appeared on the Graham Norton Show and further afield including headlining the International Queen Convention, playing to 10,000 fans. An Unmissable two-hour hit spectacular.

Starring Milkshake! favourites; Bob the Builder, Little Princess, Noddy, Fireman Sam, Shimmer & Shine, Pip from Pip Ahoy!, Winnie and Wilbur, Wissper, Milkshake’s very own Milkshake! Monkey and two Milkshake!