What's On and Things To Do Around Upton

**NOW OPEN FOR SELLER STALL BOOKINGS** What’s on offer? Lots of stalls bursting with top quality LIKE NEW and NEW baby & children’s items from birth to 8 Yrs.

The Chester Antiques, Collectors & Vintage Fair Northgate Arena, Victoria Road, Chester CH2 2AU ANTIQUES --- COLLECTABLES --- VINTAGE --- RETRO The Northgate Arena has hosted an established and respected Antiques & Collectors Fair for many years now, a favourite with traders from across the UK.

It’s not often that the opportunity to hear the World Premier of a Classical Music item occurs. However, Chester Philharmonic’s June Concert will feature the first performance of Adam Kornas’ “Celestial City”.

Spectacular terraced garden with views over the R Dee to the Meadows and Clwyd Hills. Uniquely, preferred method of arrival is by leisurely river cruiser from Chester. Informal cottage style garden on historic site by the Martyrs Memorial.

Tom Jones + Into the Ark. Artists performing: Tom Jones.: Tickets avaiable.

Race for Life brings millions of women together to support our life-saving research. Just by signing up you’ll make a difference and whether you raise £10 or £200, every penny matters.

Come join Chester Operatic Society for this year’s “scratch” concert The Yeomen of the Guard. Tickets cost £10 and can be purchased from the below link or calling 01244 375662. Don’t forget you can take part in the day workshop and evening performance even if you are not currently an active member.

Watch heavy horses in action in the garden this summer. After a successful trial in 2016, two logging horses will be dredging the ponds in the garden for a month, in full view of the public. As well as watching them in action, you’ll be able to ask our staff and volunteers questions about the project.

Join the Hare Hill Ranger for an insight into Ranger life. An informative walk around the varied landscape of the Hare Hill estate with one of our Rangers. You’ll learn about the day to day running of the park, and find out more about the life of a National Trust Ranger. The walk will last 1-2 hours.

Join a Tai Chi class in the tranquil setting of the walled garden. Tai Chi is a system of slow controlled movements that improve your balance, flexibility, strength and coordination. This gentle exercise, which is suitable for all ages, also aids relaxation and keeps the mind calm and focused.

Dexter the Dinosaur, a whopping 4.5m long Tyrannosaurus Rex, will be hungry for fun and taking visitors on a prehistoric journey on Sunday 1st July at the Coliseum Leisure Park, celebrating the release of blockbuster movie Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Burton is a medieval village built on sandstone overlooking the Dee estuary. Three gardens are open. Trustwood is a country wildlife garden with fruit, flowers and vegetables in raised beds at the front; at the back a more formal garden blends into the wood where the hens live.

2 acre organic, wildlife friendly, gold award winning cottage garden. Orchard, 3 wildlife ponds, wild flower meadow, fruit and vegetable areas, badger sett, rose pergola, gazebo, summer house, barn owl and many other nest and bat boxes.

**NOW OPEN FOR SELLER STALL BOOKINGS** What’s on offer? Lots of stalls bursting with top quality LIKE NEW and NEW baby & children’s items from birth to 8 Yrs.

Join us this spring and visit our new exhibition which reveals the tragic life of Ada Watt and the legacy left by her short time living here.

A free monthly way-marked 10K run around Speke Hall estate. A chance to enjoy traffic free routes, great views and have a great training opportunity. Join us for Trust10 which is held on fourth Sunday of each month. You can run on your own or with running friends or family.

Try out this great whole-body exercise in the beautiful surroundings of Speke Hall. No experience needed - our instructor can even supply equipment! Booking Advisable. Phone: 07845780986.

This evening lecture will be delivered by Dr. Eleanor Byrne, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University, as part of our partnership series. Your ticket includes a warming meal in the Home Farm restaurant. In 1853 famous U.S.

Join us this spring and visit our new exhibition which reveals the tragic life of Ada Watt and the legacy left by her short time living here.

Try out this great whole-body exercise in the beautiful surroundings of Speke Hall. No experience needed - our instructor can even supply equipment! Booking Advisable. Phone: 07845780986.

Once again Rotary In Frodsham & Helsby will be organizing Frodsham Festival in the Park - 2018, working with the Arts Center, Town Council and Cheshire West and Chester Council, in order to put together this wonderful community event. The Festival will be opened by our Town Mayor at 12.

Puccini - Messa di Gloria and Favourite Opera Choruses and Arias by Bizet, Borodin, Donizetti, Puccini and Verdi. A wonderful evening of opera greats. Fabulous soloists, Nicholas Sales, Tenor and Matthew Kellett, Baritone will dazzle the audience in the sublime Messe di Gloria.

The delightful village of Hale, is set in rural S Merseyside between Widnes and Liverpool Airport. It is home to the cottage, sculpture and grave of the famous giant known as the Childe of Hale.

Parkgate Carnival is a fun day for all the family. The new strapline for Northern Lights Children’s Charity is ’Making Today’s Dreams Tomorrow’s Destination’ and that’s exactly what last year’s Parkgate Carnival achieved.

Plant Hunters’ Fairs come to Abbeywood Gardens in Cheshire just as the gardens reach their peak. With a special reduced entry for the gardens and plant fair of just £3.00 (normal garden entry is £5.50) making a great value day out.