What's On Newmarket

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!

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.

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.

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.

A real cottage garden overflowing with plants. Gardens within gardens of abundant vegetation, roses climbing through trees, laburnum tunnel, a daffodil spiral which becomes a daisy spiral in the summer. Circular vegetable garden and wildlife pond. Described by one visitor as a garden to write poetry in!

Waterbeach Theatre Company present a murder mystery farce by Ian Hornby. At Squire Grange Lady Amelia searches for new ideas for her latest mystery novel as Sir Malcolm sleeps off the excesses of another idle day. Family friend Freddy is persuaded to try and think of new ideas.

Pint of Science is an exciting annual festival which brings scientists out of the lab and in to your local pub! As part of the three-day Pint of Science festival, thousands of scientists around the world will speak about their research.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Don’t wait until the summer to be inspired by the outdoors this year. This walk, as part of the Suffolk Walking Festival, will take you off the beaten track to explore some of the 1800 acres that Ickworth has to offer.

Hunter Muskett was formed by Terry Hiscock, Chris George and Doug Morter in 1969 as a folk/rock trio playing the folk circuit alongside Fotheringay, Fairport, Pentangle and Steeleye. Following their 1970 album release, Every Time You Move, recorded with Pentangle’s Danny Thompson, Rog Trevitt joined on bass guitar.

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.

What’s on offer? Lots of stall bursting with top quality LIKE NEW and NEW baby & children’s items from birth to 8 yrs. Plus a small selection of unique businesses in the baby & children’s industry showcasing and selling their products & services all under one roof!

This Open Day is hosted at both Cambridge and Huntingdon Campuses. Come and talk to our expert tutors, meet our friendly staff and students and tour our amazing facilities. Our Open Days are a great opportunity to see what it is like to study at Cambridge Regional College.

Richard Murphy presents his personal, positive vision - and then leads discussion - on how we can overhaul Britain’s tax system (and international tax arrangements) to build a fairer country for all in 2027. Part of the imagine2027 series of events - see www.imagine2027.org.

Laurie Macfarlane (ex-NEF) will present his vision of how we can make Britain’s housing market work fairly in 2027, so it delivers affordable housing for all.

Peter Hammill. Artists performing: Peter Hammill.: Tickets avaiable.

Ballroom and Sequence dance with music by CHRIS JOHNSON Note: at HIAM we ask all our musicians to play a true 50/50, that is, an equal number of, generally alternating, Ballroom & Sequence dances, to give equal time to both Ballroom and Sequence dancers.

50/50 Ballroom & Sequence Tea dance with music by LARRY GREEN. 2 til 5 p.m. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. Bar and raffle as well as tea/coffee/biscuits in the interval. Note: the bar stops serving before the end of the dance, at around 3:30, but you can buy drinks in advance, to drink during the second half.

Ballroom and Sequence dance with music by ANNIE THREADKELL Note: at Hiam Sports and Social Club we ask all our musicians to play a true 50/50, that is, an equal number of, generally alternating, Ballroom & Sequence dances, to give an equal share to both Ballroom and Sequence dancers.

It’s a BRAND NEW TERM at PQA Cambridge and what better way to kick it off than with a FREE Open Day! Yay! ?? The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts offers outstanding performing arts tuition for 6-18 year olds, focusing on our 3 core modules - Musical Theatre, Comedy & Drama, and Film & TV! ??

We have teamed up with Better to bring you a sponsored swimming challenge with a difference! This event isn’t just about how strong your front crawl is, how fast you complete a length or whether you’re an aspiring Olympic swimmer...

With its rich, vibrant culture, Russia has produced some of the most spectacular music ever written. Three of the best known Russian pieces, from the worlds of ballet and politics, feature in tonight’s glorious concert. Tchaikovsky used three Ukrainian folk tunes as the themes for his Symphony no 2.

Chart-topping British boys’ vocal band returns to Ely Cathedral for its 2018 UK spring concert. Since it was formed in 1995, Libera has travelled the world, topping the mainstream and classical charts and bringing its distinctive sound to television, radio and live audiences.

Combined Actors of Cambridge present Shakespeare’s magical play of mystery and intrigue in the unique surroundings of Downing College’s Howard Theatre by special arrangement with the Downing Dramatic Society.

Cambridge Speed Dating How speed dating in Cambridge works A great event to go to is Speed Dating in Cambridge. How it works is our friendly professional hosts will greet you and they will settle you in by briefly explaining the format of the Speed Dating evening.

Approx one acre of garden with a large natural pond with moorhens, grass snakes and other pond life, at its best in the spring. A small walled garden and formal fruit and flower parterre.

How flowering plants pattern their petals. Flowering plants very often display striking patterns on their petals which are key to attracting pollinators. They are very elaborate, combining different pigmentations, but also an array of microscopic features that play a key role in plant-insect communication.

EVENT SUMMARY: ClimateKeys Cambridge, hosted by Trinity College Music Society, will feature a performance by unaccompanied vocalists The Cantabrigians, a talk by Emily Shuckburgh and a conversation with the audience. Response to climate change will be discussed.

11 Chaucer Road is a ¾ acre Edwardian garden that has changed rapidly over the ensuing 110 yrs. A rock garden with pond and large weeping Japanese maple dates from about 1930. 16 Chaucer Road ½ acre garden, divided by arches and hedges into separate areas, each with its own character. Front rose garden.

The gardens of 4 late Victorian houses have been combined and developed over past 25yrs into an informal 3 acre garden. Fine mature trees shade densely planted borders. An Anglo Saxon herb garden is situated in one corner. The garden provides a rich wildlife habitat.

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.

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.