What's On and Things To Do Around Marlborough

Chat to head gardener Simon Brooks to discover more about Avebury Manor Garden or ask a question to solve a problem you’ve been having with your own garden!

This half-term at Avebury you can celebrate nature’s spring ’B’s with 50 things activities every day in the garden. It will be a week of bees, butterflies, birds and blooms so join us in the garden and tick off one of your 50 things!

The Trust10 is a monthly, 10k trail run that gives you the opportunity to explore the wider Avebury landscape. Join us at Avebury on the fourth Sunday of every month between April- October for a free, 10k trail run. Enjoy a challenging run with stunning views across the wider Avebury landscape.

Relax in the stunning setting of Avebury Manor garden as you take part in a rejuvenating outdoor yoga session with a local instructor . Parking in the main visitor car park is free for event attendees.

To mark the 100 year anniversary of women first gaining the right to vote in Britain, this year at Avebury we’ll be exploring the female archaeologists who worked here in the 20th century.

Spend half a day with Head Gardener, Simon Brooks and discover more about Avebury Manor garden as well as tips and practical experience for your own garden. You’ll enjoy a guided tour of Avebury Manor garden with helpful hints on planning and nurturing your own garden.

The East of Avebury circuit heads out of the stone circle towards the Ridgeway, taking in prehistoric round barrows before returning by the Avenue. The volunteer guide will help you unlock the history of the landscape as you walk.

Water running through a multitude of channels no longer drives the mill but provides a backdrop for whimsical garden of pollarded limes and naturalistic planting. Paths meander by streams and over small bridges. Vistas give dramatic views of downs beyond.

¾ acre garden in idyllic setting around 200 yr old, off grid lock keeper’s cottage. Garden comprises herbaceous beds designed with a painter’s eye to provide riotous colour, sculptural form, and an abundance of wildlife from spring to autumn; at rear a small orchard, collection of apple and soft fruit...

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 opened in 2016. The railway is suitable for children and adults of all ages (children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult).

Great Book and Jigsaw Sale plus occasional guest tables to raise funds for Shalbourne Village Hall Repairs. Hundreds of good quality adult and children’s books available all topics most at £1.00. Jigsaws usually c £3.50. or less. Normally guest table selling childrens handmade knitwear.

Approx 10 acre exceptionally fine traditional English garden. Rose garden (redesigned 2017), herbaceous garden, pond garden, herb garden, fruit, vegetable and cutting garden, and glasshouses. Many specimen trees and fine shrubs, orchard and terraces. Garden mostly designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd.

Set in 10 acres with wonderful views over parkland. A wide variety of different areas to enjoy such as a walled garden, many spring bulbs, inspirational herbaceous borders and rose beds. Walks to the lake and through the meadow.

Dig out your flapper dresses and gangster outfits and come and enjoy a cocktail on arrival followed by an authentic 1920s/30s 5 course dinner followed by dancing to the local celebrity DJ Mark Burdge’s amazing music.

Medieval Priory with Queen Anne face and early C17 rear (not open) in middle of 5 acre garden on chalk. Mature garden with fine trees within clump and flint walls, herbaceous borders, shrubs, roses. Moisture loving plants along mill leat, carp pond, orchard and wild garden, many unusual plants.

Beautiful ornamental C18 walled garden. Trimmed shrubs alternating with individually planted flowers and bulbs incl rare daffodils and tulips, sweet peas, annuals and wall-trained fruit trees.

On a gentle hillside with lovely countryside views, the Old Rectory offers a peaceful setting for this pretty 2 acre garden. Enjoy strolling through the formal and walled gardens, herbaceous borders, pleached lime walk and wild flower meadow (some slopes).

Join us to explore the stunning chalk downland of Calstone and Cherhill Downs. This landscape is packed with beautiful wild flowers and rare butterflies. Calstone and Cherhill Downs are home to some of our most beautiful and rare butterflies, such as the Marsh Fritillary and Adonis Blue.

10 acres of varied garden styles and lawns with mature cedars. Large walled garden recently replanted and established beds. Orchard with wisteria walk. Formal rose garden, rhyl, secret gardens with hostas, geranium and macleaya.

7 acres in beautiful setting with views of South Berkshire Downs and historical Combe Gibbet, across lawn with ha-ha and parkland. C18 Queen Anne House (not open). Formal borders, lily pond garden and terraces laid out by Harold Peto. Reflecting pond with fountain, lake, walled garden and contemporary sculptures.

A ’jewel of a small garden’ choc full of interest all yr. Spiral paths and low hedges, with alpines, hellebores, perennials, peonies in the front. Vibrant exotic patio at the back, steps up to quirky topiary, roses, grasses, clematis, herbs, fruit. Timber greenhouse.

The Lawrence Society of Art have an exhibition and sale of paintings and art at The Crown Centre. Also dozens of artworks are being displayed in shops and premises all around Devizes town centre. Pick up a trail map from The Crown Centre and look out for the yellow signs.

An atmospheric small town garden that leads you through many different, fascinating areas as it seems to go on and on.

Hillworth Park Events—Plant in the Park Tuesday 29th May, 10am to 2pm The Hillworth Park team are once again joining forces with the Devizes in Bloom Committee to help teach our younger park-goers the joys of gardening!

Come and grab a bargain at our New to You Sale! Items include clothes, books, DVDs, household items, bric-a-brac, children’s toys, kitchenware and much more. Hot and cold refreshments available all morning. All money raised goes directly to the center to care for the rescue animals.

An evening of eclectic acoustic music from critically acclaimed trio Whalebone. The award winning instrumental trio, whose blend of Celtic folk music interwoven with strands of rock, Americana and Eastern European tradition has earned them a following both in the U.K.

We’re All A-Buzz About Our Open Day Westmill Woodland Burial Ground are inviting visitors to their Open Day and Family event The day will start with a family event led by conservationists Jacquie Collins and Colin Crook. Visitors will learn how to make a bird box to take home.

12 noon to 5pm Family fun day, including: fun fair; companion dog show; animal attractions; old-fashioned fete stalls; arena and stage events; live music; children’s games; BBQs; bar; refreshments; craft stalls; car boot; Punch & Judy; magic show; sheepdog display and much, much more.

The glorious 4 acre garden comprises a series of rooms around a listed manor and dovecote. Divided by yew hedges and moats, the rooms are furnished with specimen trees, mixed borders, plus fountains and statues to focus the eye. Vegetable garden, herb garden and water garden in old canal.

1 acre cottage style, wildlife friendly garden on greensand. Mixed beds and borders with long season of interest. Roses on pagoda, large vegetable patch for kitchen and exhibition at local shows, greenhouse. Whole garden virtually pesticide free for last 20yrs. Small bog garden by wildlife pond.

Poulshot and Caen hill locks

5 acre walled garden first established in C17 by John Danvers who brought Italianate gardens to the UK. Herbaceous border, redeveloped Japanese garden, new rose garden, orchard and arboretum with some outstanding specimen trees all centred around a trout stream and duck pond.

Border Oak timber framed house on country lane surrounded by approx acre of both formal and informal gardens. Attractive mixed and herbaceous colour themed borders, rose garden, wildlife pond and stream. Summerhouse, raised vegetable beds and wildflower meadow. Chickens. Sloping garden with steps.

A delightful two acre garden set around a Grade II listed former rectory (not open), with an emphasis on naturalistic planting. Romantic wisteria and clematis covered pergola, reflecting pond with folly, rich variety of roses, vegetable and cutting garden. Orangery with vines. Pond with cascade and duck house.

Be inspired and learn to draw surrounded by the beauty of an ancient Scheduled Monument and its rolling Oxfordshire countryside. Drawing in colour pencil. There is so much more that colour pencils can do other than just colouring in. They are a dry media like pastels and can achieve a wide range of effects.

Join Alice and the Mad Hatter on a fun filled magical journey to Wonderland. There will be puzzles to solve, mysteries to unravel and a tea party to attend! Alice and the Mad Hatter need your help as they try and solve the riddle of the missing white rabbit.

Drumming brings together people of all ages in an exciting, energizing and accessible way. Come and learn a new skill and join in the foot tapping fun! From complete musical novice to professional musician, everyone enjoys getting involved with creating infectious grooves and foot tapping rhythms!

Why not try something you’ve never done before' Circus skills are great fun whether you’re big or small, so why not give it a try' Who hasn’t wanted to master a new skill like juggling or plate-spinning' A circus workshop is a great way to involve people of all ages in a positive, fun

Join a band of travelling players, as they introduce the Midsummer Night’s madness of fairies, sprites and fantastical creatures in one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies.

Raise the rafters in the Great Barn. Eat, drink and laugh with the hugely entertaining Simon Currie’s 6PLUS1, a virtuoso jazz band with New Orleans, Ska, Rock, and Funk influences and a comedy edge. 6PLUS1 is a 7 piece ensemble who came together with an obvious enthusiasm for their music.

Macduff invites you to hear his haunting tale of the murderous Macbeth’s in one of Shakespeare’s best know tragedies of greed, ambition, and desire for power. Join Macduff as he recounts his evocative tale of the murderous Macbeth’s and how they tore his and Scotland’s life apart.

The Great Barn is hosting a family friendly Festival of the Arts, offering a wide variety of separately ticketed events ranging from Shakespeare to drumming, medieval storytelling to Comedians. It’s time to raise the roof and enjoy a family friendly weekend long celebration of all aspects of the Arts.

Be inspired and learn to draw surrounded by the beauty of an ancient Scheduled Monument and its rolling Oxfordshire countryside. Drawing in colour pencil. There is so much more that colour pencils can do other than just colouring in. They are a dry media like pastels and can achieve a wide range of effects.

Sit down comedy show about life as an Archaeologist, Vikings and Shakespeare’s naughty side. Paul Duncan McGarrity brings his acclaimed Edinburgh Festival show to The Great Barn Festival and where better to have a conversation with an archaeologist than in a scheduled ancient monument.

This family friendly show is a traditional comedy club set with most of the really naughty bits taken out and with just enough left in to keep the kids giggling and provide playground fodder for a quite a while!

Enriched with passion, wit and live music, this is a vibrant and intimate production of Twelfth Night (or What You Will). Enjoy this festive take on Shakespeare’s most delightful and thought-provoking comedy. ’In delay there lies no plenty ... youth’s a stuff will not endure’ Christmas 1917.

Bring the past to life with this exciting collection of tales from Viking times told by a traditional Viking storyteller! Hear of the outrageous adventures of the Norse gods and their war with the giants. Thrill to sagas full of danger, trickery and beheading! Interactive storytelling. Booking Essential.

Fire your imagination and enter the wonderful world of spontaneous storytelling. Help create a tale never told before with Michael Loader, an acclaimed Story Teller. Michael Loader will tell and perform you a tale never told before.. YOUR WORDS... You may even end on stage yourself!

Join our Ranger for a walk along the River Thames discovering more about its history and the nature. Starting from Buscot village car park, join our Ranger on a two hour walk alongside the Thames, exploring the site of the former railway, Second World War and River History. Booking Essential. Phone: 01793 762209.