What's On Ickworth

A new exhibition exploring the conservation of textiles and how we care for and store our delicate pieces in the collection. Booking Not Needed. Children are welcome. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Discover the woman behind the title. With a new exhibition in the house discover Theodora, the 4th Marchioness of Bristol - a thoroughly modern woman whose vision, passion and commitment helped to seal the future of the Ickworth we experience today. Booking Not Needed. Children are welcome.

Discover more about Ickworth and the nature that surrounds you on our new for 2018 Spring Trail. Grab a trail map and embark on a journey of discovery across our estate. Find out about the natural world and learn more about the Women who helped shape Ickworth. Booking Not Needed.

Join us on a seasonal walk to learn new things about our special place. Discover more about how the Gardening team has been restoring the garden in light of the Box Blight outbreak in 2015.

Discover more about Ickworth and the nature that surrounds you on our new for 2018 Spring Trail. Grab a trail map and embark on a journey of discovery across our estate. Find out about the natural world and learn more about the Women who helped shape Ickworth. Booking Not Needed.

Discover the woman behind the title. With a new exhibition in the house discover Theodora, the 4th Marchioness of Bristol - a thoroughly modern woman whose vision, passion and commitment helped to seal the future of the Ickworth we experience today. Booking Not Needed. Children are welcome.

Theodora’s attendance of two coronations during her time as Marchioness demonstrated the social circles she mixed in and the role she played in society.

Support The Ickworth Church Conservation Trust and delve into the history behind Ickworth Church. Nestled into the Ickworth parkland stands Ickworth Church - the oldest surviving building on the Ickworth Estate, and the only reminder of the earlier parish of Ickworth.

Register for Hearing Dogs walk or just come on the day for a great family day out! Organised by Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, there are two walk routes to choose from - 3k and 7k.

Capture a glimpse of the past as a day in the life of a 1930s basement unfolds around you. The 6th May 1935 marked the start of George V Silver Jubilee celebrations and was declared a public holiday.

Join us on a seasonal walk to learn new things about our special place. Explore our Walled Garden and immerse yourself in a beautiful walk surrounded by tulips with a knowledgeable Gardening team member.

A rare opportunity to experience helping with our Conservation Team. A rare opportunity to experience helping with our conservation cleaning by signing up to volunteer for an afternoon. This is a great chance to get hands on with our collection as well as being involved with caring for this incredible place.

Learn more about the books in our vast collection at Ickworth. Many people feel a frisson of excitement when told that a copy of a centuries-old book is a first edition. Some will pay vast amounts to own first editions.

Set in a 2 acre historic and partially moated site. This tranquil mature garden has been developed over 20yrs. Bordered by mature trees the garden is in various sections incl a sunken garden, rose and clematis arbours, herbaceous borders with hydrangeas and alliums surrounded by box hedging, small arboretum.

Extensive lawns sweep around the east and south sides of The Hall and the formal gardens are separated from the adjacent park land by a ha-ha. The sizeable garden has formal beds, including a shrub bank and a partially walled kitchen garden.

The garden consists of a Kitchen garden, the back walled garden which is abundant with tulips and Narcissi and a small walled garden with shrubs and perennial borders. Late spring colour is provided by bulbs, tulips, alliums and camassias. The front lawn overlooks the parkland and two small borders.

Roll up roll up to Britains greatest Circus. beware of imitations wait for Britains Best as Voted Best circus in the UK on 2 separate polls.

Dave O’Higgins tenor/soprano sax Chris Ingham piano Rev. Andrew Brown bass George Double drums Currently the saxophonist in the Darius Brubeck Quartet and mainstay of the Ronnie Scott’s Orchestra and BBC Big Band, Dave has played with Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles and is among the most in-demand,...

Following its hugely successful first year of trading, Bury St Edmunds’ Farmers’ Market is back!

A programme of exhilarating choral music for Easter, featuring Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV4, his motet Lobet dem Herrn and Buxtehude’s Heut’ triumphieret Gottes Sohn, Jesu meines Lebens Leben, Magnificat and Alleluia.

An enchanting 7 acre garden on the banks of the river Lark. A beautiful site with light dappled woodland and a plantsmans paradise of rare and unusual shrubs, perennials and marginals planted with great natural charm.

Astronomy & Archaeology (N. Emeny). Organised by Bury St. Edmunds & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Rod Finn (Secretary).

Annual General Meeting & Mini-auction. Organised by Bury St. Edmunds & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Rod Finn (Secretary).

This year’s traditional agricultural show will be celebrating country life with the stunt riders of ‘The Cavalry of Heroes’ performing a tribute to the horses and soldiers of World War One in the grand ring, marking 100 years since the end of The Great War. Horses, pigs, sheep and cows can also be seen competing.

A wonderful Tudor event with over 100 costumed Tudors, and includes lots of merry making and activities for all the family to join in. Tudors will be in the main house, around the gardens & grounds and joining in all the May celebrations; musical events, plays, processions, dancing and pageantry.

Drinkstone Annual Sale Trail 2018 – Saturday 5th May – 9.30am – 2.30pm Households around the village open up their garages to sell a wide range of items. Others prefer to sell their wares from a table top in the Village Hall, where you will also find home made cakes and mouth-watering refreshments .?

The National Stud opened its gates to the public for the first time in the mid 1970s. To this day The National Stud remains the only commercial stud farm in the UK allowing individuals, small groups and large parties the chance to see behind the scenes of a working Thoroughbred stud farm.

The famous Tattersalls Bloodstock Auction House attracts the wealthiest owners and industry figures from all over the world, including members of the Royal family from countries such as Dubai and Qatar. As bidding soars in the saleroom the electrifying atmosphere radiates throughout the whole town.

This is our most popular tour and offers a true insight into one of the world’s leading racehorse training centres. This action-packed day will show you all Newmarket has to offer.

After a driven tour around the town you will visit the fascinating National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art where you can learn about the royal connections to the town and the history of where racing began, right here!

Visit Lavenham Guildhall on one of our spinning days and see our wonderful volunteers in action; demonstrating the traditional art of spinning wool into the yarn we see and recognise today. Our spinning demonstrations are ongoing throughout the day. Every week on a Thursday.

Visit Lavenham Guildhall on one of our spinning days and see our wonderful volunteers in action; demonstrating the traditional art of spinning wool into the yarn we see and recognise today. Our spinning demonstrations are ongoing throughout the day. Every week on a Thursday.

Join us for a short talk about the Guildhall over coffee and biscuits before enjoying a guided walk around historic Lavenham uncover secrets and hidden tales. Lovely light lunch included. A guided walk around the historic centre of this unique medieval village.

A guided walk along the the old railway line and taking in three water mills as well as Sudbury’s famous water meadows. A pleasant 5.5 mile guided walk from magnificent Melford Hall to Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury.

A popular guided walk taking in some railway and village history as well as both some modern archaeology and the natural beauty of the Suffolk countryside. Join us for a guided four-mile walk retracing the route of the former Great Eastern Railway Line linking the medieval wool towns of Lavenham and Long Melford.

The exhibition is home to a wide variety of original art, crafts, jewellery, prints and cards for sale. There will be art demonstrations going on throughout the weekend, so pop down and learn some tips from the artists themselves.

Our beautiful Summer Craft Market will be back in the gorgeous Suffolk village of Clare where you will find us all under one stunning roof in Clare Town Hall.

Between 15 and 20 exhibitors will be offering a wide range of secondhand, out of print and collectable books for sale. From paperbacks to antiquarian. Often also postcards and ephemera. Home made refreshments available. Free parking. The longest running independent book fair in East Anglia.

Approx 1 acre of landscaped garden, with several mature trees. The garden includes a water cascade, pond with island and a number of bridges. Formal rose garden, rose pergola and hornbeam walk. Gravel paths with steps and slopes.

Local meat producer and seller TFM Butchers of Isleham. Sally of The Pie Kitchen with award winning pies, cheese, olives & more from Barleycorn Deli; Freckenham eggs; unusual preserves; local Honey; W.I. country market; seasonal veg, homemade produce; bread from the Friendly Loaf Co.

Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award (R)-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Bening) in 1978 Liverpool.

We are providing a Crafts Village at this event

Weird and Wonderful Wood is returning again to the stunning Estate at Haughley Park on 19th and 20th May 2018. This event is a celebration of many aspects of woodwork, showcasing talents of specialist woodworkers, and described as “the most magical day ever” Anna Morrell, Kent.

Annual General Meeting. Organised by Sudbury & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: David Gottesmann (Secretary).

Going Off Piste (Members’ displays). Organised by Sudbury & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: David Gottesmann (Secretary).

This fantastic Farmers’ Market, a huge hit in the town centre is now one of Suffolk’s busiest town markets. Every month the stunning venue is filled with some of the regions very highest quality local produce.

An elegant garden ’touched with antiquity’ Good Gardens Guide. An unusual garden appealing to those with historical interest in individual collections of plant groups: March-old primroses, daffodils & Victorian double flowered hyacinths. first garden hellebores hybrids. May-old English tulips.

Trad Jazz Nite organised by the Stowmarket Lions Charity. Sat 5th May. The Storyville Jazz Band, on tour from Holland. Playing at the John Peel Centre, Stowmarket. 7.15pm for 7.45pm. Tickets £12.50 available from John Peel Centre Box Office, Phone 0845 833 5114. or on line www.stowmarket-lions.org.uk

Stowmarket Library has launched Suffolk’s newest crime writers’ festival. Skulduggery in Stowmarket will take place at the library over four days from 27 - 30 April. There will be talks from top crime writers including Elly Griffiths and Alison Bruce.