Events Around Hungerford

Enjoy a decicious cream tea served to you on The Rose of Hungerford as you cruise gently along the beautiful Kennet and Avon Canal.

29th year of fun filled Charity day for the whole family in Lambourn, Berkshire on Good Friday. Lots of fun filled events including some with top jockeys incl Sir AP McCoy.

Join us with your family, friends and four legged companions at the beautiful Welford Park to help raise vital awareness and funds for Parkinson’s UK. There are two circular routes to choose from: a 2.5 mile walk or a more challenging 6.

Garden created in 2009 with brick and flint walls, parterre, box maze, wild flower patch, rill and water feature, beech hedges, far reaching views westward. Tulips in beds and containers. Look out for the parrot that flies free in the garden and whistles at visitors!

This exciting valley garden, a work in progress, has elements all visitors can enjoy. A rose covered pergola, fabulous tulips, giant alliums, and a recently developed ’jungle garden’ with banana plants and canas.

This exciting valley garden, a work in progress, has elements all visitors can enjoy. A rose covered pergola, fabulous tulips, giant alliums, and a recently developed ’jungle garden’ with banana plants and canas.

Scenes of Cornwall and Devon, and local landscapes and townscapes in the UK and abroad. This exhibition of paintings and textiles by LORRAINE MASH is part of the Art in the Foyer series at the New Era Theatre.

Abstract art exhibition ‘Life on a Spectrum’ explores autism through the eyes of an autistic artist via the visual form of mixed media on paper. The show at Arlington Arts brings together two collections to form Amatina’s newest exhibit ‘Life on a Spectrum’.

Pete Allen, described as Britain’s most exciting clarinet player and awarded with an Honorary Citizen of New Orleans for his services to music, presents his Dukes of Wellington Jazz Band for a great afternoon of traditional happy style jazz. On this occasion they will be joined by vocalist Susan Valiant Speer.

Newbury Artisan Market takes over the streets of Newbury on the last Sunday of the month. Think quality produce, original art, designer crafts & sizzling street food, all mixed in with family activities, music and more...

Become an Arts Award Explorer this Spring holiday. Earn your Discover Arts Award by taking part in a craft activity at the museum and completing the log book that is part of the museum’s Arts Award pack.

Jack of Newbury (John Winchcombe) was producing cloth on an industrial scale in Newbury during Henry VIII’s reign, for export across Europe. This left him wealthy and allowed him to buy substantial property in the area.

Join Blaze, the museum dragon, and listen to a short action poem about him followed by other activities including a simple craft linked to the treasure Blaze has found that day. FREE session tickets are available from 10am on the day – it is first come, first served basis as places are limited.

Join us to make a garden cloche or plant climber for use in your garden. Along the way we will explore different weaving techniques that you can use to create decorative and useful objects for your garden, giving you an you an insight into working with this versatile material.

Newbury District Field Club: The 17th Century was one of conflict and change, the rise of Puritanism, the English Civil Wars, the execution of one king the deposition of another - plenty to talk about over a beer!

Kiln carving is a simple kiln forming process which adds texture and relief to glass. It refers to the “carving” effect given to the glass which takes place in the kiln during a firing cycle,using fibre paper to create a design, with the glass fired on top of this to create relief.

Discover the art of iron-fix silk painting to create your own beautiful design. You will learn how to stretch silk onto a frame, use gutta to outline your chosen design & complete your painting using silk paints. All resources provided including templates, but please feel free to bring your own designs.

Wedding favours are a tradition. Creating your own is a special memory. Come along and learn how to make a flower favour for your guests to take away and can also be used as a named place setting. It is always a beautiful picture to see the wedding venue full of flowers.

The Orangery Lawn at Shaw House will be transformed into a sculpture trail by the Friends of Open Studios, where you can discover artworks by acclaimed sculptors in this lovely historic setting. The exhibition is under the umbrella of the annual West Berkshire and North Hampshire Open Studios Scheme.

Create your own Macramé Hanging Plant Holder. Beth will guide you through the learning of the artisan craft of knotting, to design and create a contemporary plant holder, perfect for hanging spring flowers, garden herbs or succulents.

A plantswoman’s 4 acres, more exuberant than manicured with River Enborne flowing through. Various areas of shrub and mixed borders create a romantic, naturalistic effect. Wonderful old walled garden. Long herbaceous border flanks wild flower meadow.

Join us for one of our monthly Services conducted by our Parish Rector. Sandham is a working chapel having been dedicated on March 25th 1927 by the Bishop of Guildford. There have always been services on Remembrance or Armistice Day and ad hoc ones to mark other special events. There was even a wedding here in 1963.

Come and see 10 different local artists’ work all part of West Berkshire Open Studios in this very special setting. Talk to the artists about their creations, see what has inspired them and perhaps buy something special too.

Listen to the story behind one of the most important 20th century artists - Sir Stanley Spencer and how his dream of a "Holy Box" came to fruition.

Finding original, accessible, affordable artwork to adorn your home or office is easy when you know where to look. Contemporary Art Fairs - Newbury, a brand new event, is THE destination for art lovers, collectors, interior designers, homemakers & those who simply want to learn more about today’s art & artists.