Events Around MK44 2AS

Since 1979 Huntingdon Grafham Water Lions Club have held their Annual Safari Walk, a sponsored walk around Grafham Water. This year, we will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the event. In the past 39 years the walk has raised over £200K, benefiting many local charities and worthy causes.

Members and those interested in being a member are welcome. Join us for a coffee, a chat and find out what Timebank is all about

This is the replacement event for Rushden Cavalcade A country and transport show. This is for the craft marquee ONLY. For other applications please contact the main show organiser on eastmidlandssteam@outlook.com (no catering).

Meet for a chat and a cuppa. Join us on 4 May 2019 at St Mary’s Church Hall, St Neots from11am till 1:30 pm For all Star Wars fans "May the 4th be with you!" Lots of fun Star Wars celebration stuff to do. Entry is FREE and non-members are welcome

Members decide how this evening goes. Different topic/theme each month

Bank Holiday Monday. Wonderful morning out in pleasant surroundings with great refreshments 8.00 -Sellers admitted £7.00 outside £8.00 inside 9.00 12.00 p.m. - Buyers admitted Entrance 50p.

Our tenth Annual Nursery Plant Fair. Specialist nurseries will be bringing plants from 6 counties for you to enjoy. Clematis. Herbs. Roses, Perennial flowering plants, shrubs and trees; more details will be added in the coming weeks. Expert advice from the growers. Under cover if it’s bad weather.

Profiled in the RHS The Garden, alpine lovers can see a wide collection of alpines in two small scree gardens, front and back of bungalow plus pans. Planting also incl dwarf salix, rhododendrons, daphnes, acers, conifers, pines, hellebores and epimediums.

NEW for 2019 The famous Griffin comes to Santa Pod in the form of The Vauxhall Show welcoming everything from Corsa’s to Viva’s to the drag strip and show ground alike. As well as being renowned for reliability, affordability and even modify-ability(!?

NEW for 2019 The affectionately named Springspeed Nationals on the 4th-5th May is chronologically the first of the new line-up.

Organised by the NSRA and Santa Pod Raceway, a hot rod meet rolled up into a weekend of nostalgia style drag racing. Run what ya brung for pre-1973 cars. Hot rods, customs, Outlaw Anglias, dragsters, altered and the Gasser Circus.

Big Bang VW festival is the first and friendliest VW festival on the calendar. With high-octane racing, the festival remains as laid-back and family friendly as ever. All Vee Dubs welcome! Three days of VW fun in the sun with great racing and entertainment at the home of European Drag Racing!

Doorslammers which ran in the 1970’s and 1980’s returns to Santa Pod in a bigger and better format, along with a huge prize fund. The Doorslammers has six heads-up classes along with one huge Bracket class.

The Brampton Mill is a beautiful riverside pub along the Great Ouse. We will meet at the Brampton Mill, the course starts with a short introduction on what to look for and a brief of the general countryside codes, where they relate to foragers. Then we’ll set off on a roughly 2.

This course is a simple foraging walk where we will identify a number of edible and poisonous wild mushrooms, fruits and plants. The Brampton Mill is a beautiful riverside pub along the River Great Ouse.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE “ Out and About round Tempsford ” With many unseen photographs of Towns and Villages near Tempsford in Bedfordshire. This month we will be displaying a selection of old photogrpahs showing local towns & villages around Tempsford.

Wellingborough and Rushden Cat Protection Charity at Gladwells Saturday 27th April 10am – 1pm Come and meets us at Gladwells We will be at Gladwells with Cat Protection goods, Lucky Dips for Adults and Children plus a Teddy Tombola.

4½ acres extended and laid out since 1972. Special collections of magnolias, spring bulbs, iris, peonies and roses with many rare trees and shrubs. Walled ornamental vegetable garden and ancient yew hedge. Some newly planted areas; please refer to the website.

4½ acres extended and laid out since 1972. Special collections of magnolias, spring bulbs, iris, peonies and roses with many rare trees and shrubs. Walled ornamental vegetable garden and ancient yew hedge. Some newly planted areas; please refer to the website.

Would you like to win a school visit from ALESHA DIXON? The winner of our free writing competition gets a surprise assembly with judge Alesha Dixon - PLUS £500 of books for the school! This year we are giving children ’A Chance to Save the World’ with their imagination by writing a 500 word story!

The Manor House Garden has many different rooms and views to enjoy. Bulb displays feature in borders, grasslands and containers. White stemmed birches have under plantings of white tree peonies, snakeshead fritillaria and aquilegia. Ornamental cherries, orchard trees and lilacs will be in bloom with camassias below.

A 2 acre mature garden surrounding the old vicarage (not open). The garden features an alpine house with raised alpine beds, stunning water features and natural ponds with views over open countryside. You can also meet the rare breed hens and two rescue donkeys.

Open afternoon with the opportunity to view the interior of these ancient 16th Century buildings, remains of a manorial complex built by John Gostwick, who served under both Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII.

A peaceful garden of a Retreat House with beautiful uninterrupted views across meadows and farm land. Adjacent to the historic Church of St John’s it was here that a small religious community was formed in the C17. The poet T. S. Eliot visited in 1936 and it inspired the 4th of his Quartets named Little Gidding.