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Monday July 24, 2017
What's On Workington
Berriedale - Open Garden for NGS
Suburban garden, surprisingly large with different areas and levels. Incl large vegetable plot (with award winning onions and leeks), pond, Japanese...
Berriedale, Whitehaven
Sun 13 Aug
Wordsworth House and Garden - The Word-Hoard: Love Letters to Our Land
An exhibition curated by best-selling author Robert Macfarlane. Our first exhibition of 2017 celebrates the natural world and the words we once used...
Wordsworth House and Garden, Main Street, Cockermouth
Today to Thu 27 Jul, Sat 29 Jul to Thu 3 Aug, Sat 5 Aug to Tue 8 Aug
Wordsworth House and Garden - Playthings and pastimes
Explore the weird world of Georgian leisure. Join a 10-minute talk by a costumed servant to discover the strange ways the Georgians amused...
Wordsworth House and Garden, Main Street, Cockermouth
Wed 26 Jul, Wed 2 Aug, Wed 9 Aug, Wed 16 Aug, Wed 23 Aug, Wed 30 Aug
Wordsworth House and Garden - Walk on the wild side
Have fun in the garden. Join a costumed servant on a family garden tour to taste flowers, touch bugs and discover how to turn your own outside space...
Wordsworth House and Garden, Main Street, Cockermouth
Thu 27 Jul, Thu 3 Aug, Thu 10 Aug, Thu 17 Aug, Thu 24 Aug, Thu 31 Aug
Wordsworth House and Garden - Dumbledore and Horniegoggle
Go wild like William and Dorothy on our trail. Hunt for wild words and wonderful creatures in the house and garden - and get some tips on how to turn...
Wordsworth House and Garden, Main Street, Cockermouth
Sun 30 Jul, Sun 6 Aug
Wordsworth House and Garden - The Word-Hoard: Love Letters to Our Land
An exhibition curated by best-selling author Robert Macfarlane. Our first exhibition of 2017 celebrates the natural world and the words we once used...
Wordsworth House and Garden, Main Street, Cockermouth
Wed 9 Aug, Thu 10 Aug, Sat 12 Aug to Thu 17 Aug, Sat 19 Aug to Thu 24 Aug, Sat 26 Aug to Thu 31 Aug, Sat 2 Sep, Sun 3 Sep
Wordsworth House and Garden - Dumbledore and Horniegoggle
Go wild like William and Dorothy on our trail. Hunt for wild words and wonderful creatures in the house and garden - and get some tips on how to turn...
Wordsworth House and Garden, Main Street, Cockermouth
Sun 13 Aug, Sun 20 Aug, Sun 27 Aug, Sun 3 Sep, Sun 10 Sep, Sun 17 Sep, Sun 24 Sep
Art craft and gift fair
Lots of art, craft and gifts made and sold by local people. Knitwear, needlework, crochet goods, jewellery, jams and preserves, candles, soaps, silk...
United Reformed Church hall, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Sat 19 Aug
Buttermere Valley - Self-led family #wildtime trail
Hey, walking in the Lake District’s not just for adults! Go wild in the great outdoors following a fun-packed trail along the lakeshore at...
Buttermere Valley, Unit 16, Leconfield Industrial Estate, Cleator Moor,
Today to Sun 3 Sep
Exhibition: To see the mountain in the stone, the forest in the tree
This exhibition of drawings and sketches by Doris Rohr is the culmination of three and half years of practice-based research examining the natural...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Wed 26 Jul to Sun 30 Jul, Wed 2 Aug to Sun 6 Aug, Wed 9 Aug to Sat 12 Aug
Family River Walk with West Cumbria Rivers Trust
Come down to Florence Arts Centre this summer for a series of free wildlife discovery events and activities suitable for families with children aged...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Fri 28 Jul
Wildlife Storytime with West Cumbria Rivers Trust
Come down to Florence Arts Centre this summer for a series of free wildlife discovery events and activities suitable for families with children aged...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Fri 4 Aug
Russell Joslin
Returning to Florence Arts Centre after a superb show in the summer of 2016, Russell Joslin is a singer-songwriter with folk roots but a punk...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Sat 5 Aug
Dirty Cello
From China to Italy, and all over the U.S., Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on blues and bluegrass. Led by vivacious...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Sun 6 Aug
Nature By Water with West Cumbria Rivers Trust
Come down to Florence Arts Centre this summer for a series of free wildlife discovery events and activities suitable for families with children aged...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Fri 11 Aug
The Florence Ukulele Group
Come along to Florence on a Sunday afternoon for a chance to join in our new Ukulele Group – The Flukes!
Suitable for everyone, from beginners,...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Sun 13 Aug
Family River Walk with West Cumbria Rivers Trust
Come down to Florence Arts Centre this summer for a series of free wildlife discovery events and activities suitable for families with children aged...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Fri 18 Aug
FloFest 2017
Our first ever music festival comes to Florence Arts Centre on Saturday 19 August, featuring great live music, family fun and sunshine... tickets are...
Florence Arts Centre, Egremont
Sat 19 Aug
Colvend Annual Church Sale
Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean Parish Church Sale is on Thursday 10th August 2017 at Colvend Public Hall
Hall Doors Open at 1:00 (Outdoor stalls...
Colvend Public Hall, Colvend
Thu 10 Aug
Threlkeld Quarry Museum’s Annual Steam Gala in aid of local Charities .
Our resident steam locomotive SIRTOM will be joined by 5 or more visiting engines all in steam
There will be an intensive passenger service on our...
Threlkeld Quarry off B5322 Threlkeld
Sat 29 Jul and Sun 30 Jul
Dusty’s Wildlife Rangers
Find out what it is like to be a wildlife ranger and take part in a range of different activities, collecting stamps along the way in your log book!...
WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, Eastpark Farm, Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire
Today to Sun 27 Aug
‘Brock, paper, scissors’ by Hilary Keating
An exhibition of paper sculptures and other wildlife art by local artist Hilary Keating.
WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, Eastpark Farm, Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire
Today to Sat 29 Jul
Bug Hunt
Spend a morning hunting for bugs on the reserve. Look under stones and in dead wood, as well as on plants and trees! Family event.
WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, Eastpark Farm, Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire
Tue 25 Jul, Tue 1 Aug, Tue 8 Aug, Tue 15 Aug, Tue 22 Aug, Tue 29 Aug
Beautiful Butterflies
Find and identify the butterflies on the meadow flowers, out on the Walk on the Wildside. How many different species can you find? Family event.
WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, Eastpark Farm, Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire
Thu 27 Jul
‘Durham to Dumfries’ Exhibition by Fishburn Art Group
Artwork based on local wildlife and scenes of Dumfries and Galloway.
WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, Eastpark Farm, Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire
Sun 30 Jul to Sat 16 Sep
Watch for Whales and Dolphins
Sea Watch Foundation’s annual National Whale and Dolphin Watch.
Take part by recording and reporting your sightings, all you need is a pen and some sightings forms.
Saturday 29th July - Sunday August 6th
