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This is just a selection of what’s on. Visit our website Book an event for more events and inspiration www.nationaltrust.org.uk/eastofengland Book online at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events or call our central box office to book events at the following places… Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire Blakeney National Nature Reserve, Norfolk Bourne Mill, Essex Brancaster Beach, Norfolk Blickling Estate, Norfolk Coggeshall Grange Barn, Essex Hertfordshire Downs and Estate, Bedfordshire Estate Dunwich Heath, Suffolk Ringshall, Near , Easter Crafts Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk HP4 1LT Tuesday 14 – Friday 17 April, 10am - 4pm Flatford, Suffolk Come along to the visitor centre to create Dawn Chorus Walk Going Underground Trail and Craft your own nature-themed craft. Saturday 2 & Saturday 9 May, 6 - 8am Hatfield Forest, Essex Monday 17 – Friday 21 February, 10am - 3pm Child £2 Experience early morning bird song in a Heigham Holmes, Norfolk Complete our trail about creatures that live beautiful setting. Our rangers will be on Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire beneath our feet. There’s a matching craft hand to help you identify the calls. afterwards at the visitor centre. Breakfast included. Ickworth, Suffolk Child £3 Adult £15, Child £10, B , 01442 851227 Lavenham Guildhall, Suffolk Melford Hall, Suffolk Orford Ness, Suffolk Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk Shaw’s Corner, Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Sheringham Park, Norfolk Sutton Hoo, Suffolk Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire Dunstable, LU6 2GY Willington Dovecote and Stables, Bedfordshire Walk It Off Valentines Stargazing Evening Throughout the year Friday 14 February, 6pm – 9pm Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire Get involved with our year-long celebration What could be more romantic than a of walking. Whether you want to spend journey amongst the stars? Bring your 0344 2491895 more time outdoors, you’re keen to start significant other along to Dunstable Downs getting fitter, or you’d just like to meet new on Valentines Night and enjoy canapés, a people - join us on the Downs and enjoy complementary drink and a chance to gaze To book events gentle strolls of varying length for all at the stars. at the following places, abilities. B £20, B please call the number listed…

Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire, Cadbury Easter Egg Hunts 01442 851227 Bring the whole family together this Easter for fun nature- Elizabethan House Museum, Norfolk 01493 743930 filled discoveries, as you spot the first signs of spring at Lyvden New Bield, the places we care for. Become a nature detective, solve 01832 205358 the clues and finish your adventure with a chocolate treat Paycocke’s, Essex 01376 561305 from Cadbury. www.cadbury.co.uk/easter Peckover House, Cambridgeshire Anglesey Abbey B Melford Hall 01945 583463 Ashridge Estate Morston Quay Theatre Royal, Suffolk 01284 769505 Blickling Orford Ness Bourne Mill Oxburgh Hall B In partnership with Dunstable Downs Paycocke’s House and Garden Normal admission applies unless Dunwich Heath Peckover House and Garden otherwise stated. Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate Sheringham Park B = Booking essential. Flatford Shaw’s Corner, B Please book early to avoid disappointment. Houghton Mill B Sutton Hoo Horsey Windpump Wicken Fen Family ticket includes two adults Ickworth Wimpole Estate B and two children. Children must be Lavenham Guildhall accompanied by an adult.

For more events visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events Spring 2020 3 Family Survival School Sheringham Park Wednesday 19 February and Norfolk Upper Sheringham, NR26 8TL Wednesday 15 April, 10.30am – 3.30pm Suffolk Has your family got what it takes to survive Tracker Trail in the wild? Hone your survival skills with a Saturday 15 – Sunday 23 February, bitesize bushcraft adventure! Build a shelter, 10am – 4.15pm light a fire, forage for food and learn how to Find out how to spot the tell-tale signs navigate with a map and compass. Come animals leave behind with a fun trail. prepared for a full day out in the Norfolk Solve the clues to win a prize. Tracking wild backwoods! Includes free Survival Kit for animals is one of the ‘50 things to do before participating children. Most suitable for 9 you’re 11 and ¾’! years and older. Children must be Child £2.50 accompanied by an adult. Child £24, accompanying adult £20, B Night Hike Monday 17 February, 5pm - 7.30pm and Adder Adventure Tuesday 14 April, 8pm - 10.30pm Friday 17 April, 9.30am - 12noon Join us at sunset to see what is stirring as Join us as we go in search of Britain's only Ickworth Sutton Hoo Wilderness Workshops - Foraging and night falls. Muntjac and Roe come out venomous snake – the adder! Adders are Horringer, , Woodbridge, IP12 3DJ Natural Navigation of hiding and on a clear night the stars can shy, but we know of some places in the IP29 5QE Monday 6th April, 10.30am – 1.30pm be spectacular! Going on a nature walk at Park where they can be seen if we’re lucky! Guided Nightingale Walks Back to Wilderness are returning to Sutton Blickling Estate Easter Adventures night, going stargazing and watching the Includes a talk about British reptiles. Children’s Crafts - Welcoming Spring Saturdays 25 April, 2 May, 9 May, 16 May, Hoo for another series of wilderness Blickling, Aylsham, NR11 6NF Monday 30 March – Sunday 19 April sunset are three of the 50 things to do Most suitable for 8 years and older. Saturday 15 - Sunday 23 February, 8pm – 10pm workshops. Have a go at Foraging and Join us any day during the Easter holidays before you’re 11 and ¾! Most suitable for Children must be accompanied by an adult. 10.30am – 4pm (last entry 3.30pm) As the sun sets, the song of the nightingale Natural Navigation where you can learn to Percy the Park Keeper for family fun across the estate, as we 6-12 year olds. Come prepared with a torch Child £6, accompanying adult £4, B Get creative this February half term with fills the landscape of Sutton Hoo. This rare read the landscape in the same way as the Monday 13 January – Sunday 29 November celebrate spring awakening. Enjoy a and warm clothing. our range of children’s crafts. We’ll be bird travels all the way from central Africa to Anglo- did. Throughout 2020 join Percy and his delicious Cadbury chocolate treat when you Child £6, accompanying adult £4, B celebrating all things spring as we nest here. Join ornithologist Steve Abbott or £18, B woodland friends in a series of interactive take part in our nature themed trail around welcome the new season! Run for the Roof - Launch of the our Ranger, Jonathan, as they take you to trails and events based on Nick the colourful, springtime garden. Then treat Child £2.50 Multi Use Trail hear their iconic song. Butterworth’s classic character, Percy the yourself to nature themed shortbread or Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 March, Adult £13, B Park Keeper. Each season there will be a chocolate nest in one of our three cafés. Oxburgh Hall 9.30am Saturday, 11am Sunday different focus to tie in with the seasons at £2.50 per trail (and special garden entry Oxborough, PE33 9PS As Ickworth embarks on its biggest ever Dawn Chorus Walk Blickling, bringing a variety of new trails and price), normal admission if visiting the conservation project, enjoy a 10k or 5k run Sundays 3 & 17 May, 6 - 8am activities to enjoy! house and garden together (plus £2.50 Endurance or walk across our brand-new multi-use trail Rise early and be rewarded with a cacophony trail price for all including NT members) Saturday 15 February onwards, 11am – 5pm and help us fundraise for our new roof in the of bird song. Join ornithologist Steve Abbott Night Run As our £6million roof project gets underway, process. Book your tickets and start or our Ranger, Jonathan, who will be there to Saturday 28 March Oxburgh Hall will be revealing a brand-new fundraising today! B help you identify the many different birds Join us for Night Run at Blickling Estate this exhibition, ‘Endurance’. New displays and who call Sutton Hoo home in Spring. spring, organised in partnership with exciting new guided tours will help tell the Dawn Chorus Walk Adult £13, B Cotswold Outdoor. If you’ve ever wanted to story of 500 years of endurance. Monday 27 April, 5am – 7am run around the estate at night, or explore Book on the day for guided tours Listen to the world wake up as we take a ancient woodlands after dark, then Night Cooking in the Kitchen - A 1930s walk through the estate at sunrise. Hear the Wilderness Workshops – Axe Throwing Run gives you the chance. Choose from the Wonderful Scavenger Hunt Spring Nature Trail Experience birds begin to sing as we’re guided by our Melford Hall Friday 17 April, 10.30am - 4.30pm 3km explorer route or the 7km Adventurer Saturday 15 – Sunday 23 February, Thursday 2 – Thursday 9 and Tuesday 14 – Tuesday 10 – Wednesday 11 March, wildlife experts and tell you all about the Long Melford, Sudbury, CO10 9AA Try your hand at axe throwing and learn route and have fun going at your own pace 10.30am – 3.30pm Sunday 19 April, 10.30am – 3.30pm 10.30am -12.30pm & 1.30 – 3.30pm birds that call Ickworth home. The perfect to battle like an Anglo-Saxon warrior! on our traffic free trails. Get on your wellies and get exploring! With Come and enjoy some springtime fun with Join our Living History Cooks for a unique way to welcome spring! (1 hour throwing time, in timed slots). Adventurer ticket £14 (7km route), plenty to explore, how many 50 things to do Oxburgh’s family nature trail! chance to try out traditional 1930s recipes in Adult £10, Child £5 £10, B Explorer ticket £7 (3km route), B before you’re 11 and ¾ can you tick off? £1 per trail Ickworth’s beautiful finishing kitchen. A truly £1 per trail unforgettable cooking experience! Myth and Magic Walk Early bird booking…Classic Ibiza Adult £35, B Saturdays 18 April & 25 April, Saturday 8 August, 8pm (gates open 6pm) 6.30 - 7.45pm, 9 & 30 May, 7 - 8.15pm Coming this summer this popular event, Felbrigg Hall, Wildlife Workshop: Bird Songs and Calls Join us on a journey through the mythical now in its fifth year, sells out quickly so book Saturday 2 May, 5.30am - 8.30am past of our Anglo-Saxon ancestors and early to avoid disappointment! Gardens and Estate Aimed at beginners, this workshop will discover Sutton Hoo’s enigmatic landscape Classic Ibiza will take you on a magical Felbrigg, , NR11 8PR help to familiarise you with the songs and through the rune poetry of the Anglo-Saxons rollercoaster ride of dance music’s most calls of birds commonly encountered in as the sun sets over the Royal Burial Ground. iconic tracks reinvented by the Urban Night Hike woodlands and gardens. After an early start £12, B Soul Orchestra. The rhythm builds during DJ Tuesday 18 February, 5pm – 7.30pm, to listen to the dawn chorus, we’ll help you Goldierocks set, reaching a crescendo as Friday 17 April, 8pm – 10.30pm ‘tune in’ to individual species, before night falls and the grounds of Blickling Join us at sunset to see what is stirring as consolidating your knowledge over coffee Lavenham Guildhall Estate turn into an alfresco nightclub with night falls. Muntjac and Roe Deer come out in a short classroom session. Lavenham, Sudbury, CO10 9QZ accompanying spectacular laser light show. of hiding and on a clear night the stars can £17.50, B Child £18, Adult £42.50-45, B be spectacular. Going on a nature walk at Discover Lavenham’s Secrets Walk www.classicibiza.co.uk/blickling night, going stargazing and watching the Fridays 6 March, 10 April, 1 May, 22 May, 10am or 01283 841601 sunset are three of the 50 things to do Theatre Royal Bury Join a guided walk around the historic centre before you’re 11 and ¾! of this unique medieval village. Enjoy coffee Adult £6, Child £4, B St Edmunds Conservation in Action and shortbread in our pretty tearoom, with a Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QR Wednesdays 29 April and 27 May, 1 – 3pm short talk about the building before you set Elizabethan House Blakeney National Forest Bathing with Wild Norfolk Meet our conservation staff and volunteers off to discover hidden gems and hidden Sunday 5 April and Sunday 3 May, Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell Oliver Twist who will demonstrate and explain some of secrets of Lavenham. The tour lasts around Museum Nature Reserve 11am - 12.30pm Friday 31 January – Saturday 15 February, 7.30pm Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 April, 7pm (matinees the work they do behind the scenes, to keep two hours. Great Yarmouth, NR30 2QH Blakeney, NR25 7NE Forest therapy guided walks take (matinees Wednesdays 5 & 12 February 2pm, Friday 10 & Saturday 11, 3pm, morning Melford Hall in the best possible condition. £11, B participants slowly and intentionally Saturdays 1, 8 & 15 February 3pm) performance Saturday 11, 10.30am) How to Be an Elizabethan – A Beginners Discover Blakeney National Nature through nature. The guide gives a series of Shirley is a housewife. Her kids have left Performed by Theatre Royal Bury St Trail to the “Golden Age” Reserve place-based invitations to connect to your home and she makes chips and egg for her Edmunds Young Company, this much-loved Dunwich Heath Orford Ness Sunday 5 April to Sunday 1 November Saturday 25 April, 10am – 12pm senses, to yourself, and to others. Through husband while talking to the wall. Where has story of love, revenge and belonging will be Dunwich, IP17 3DJ Orford, IP12 2NU (excluding Saturdays when closed) Join our ranger for a stroll around Blakeney this you’ll gain a deeper appreciation of the her life disappeared to? Out of the blue, her taken to new heights. After fleeing the Ever wanted to know how to fit into National Nature Reserve and discover the many living and non-living things by moving best friend offers her a trip to Greece for 2 workhouse, we follow orphan Oliver in his Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Overnight Photography Tour Elizabethan society? Well this is your perfect history that has shaped it; from monasteries slowly, and mindfully, through the trails. weeks and she secretly packs her bags. She escape to the mean streets of . Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 February, 10-3pm Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 April, starter guide! Follow the trail to find out some to tidal surges and everything in between. £15, B heads for the sun and starts to see the Without a penny to his name or a family to Head along to the Coastguard Cottages and Starts 4pm Saturday, ends 4pm Sunday fantastic facts about this period in history. Hear about our important conservation work world, and herself, differently. turn to, he’s lured into Fagin’s gang. sample some of the Mad Hatter’s cakes! A rare chance to spend the night on Orford Cost included in museum admission. and how we look after this internationally From £10.50, B , www.theatreroyal.org From £10.50, B , www.theatreroyal.org Ness capturing this unique landscape at important nature reserve. Sorry, no dogs. Spring Bird Identification Course dawn and dusk. Ruffs, Cuffs and Crowns! Adult £11, B Tuesday 28 April, Tuesday 12 May, Member £141, Non-Member £149, B Tuesday 7 April, 11am - 4pm Flatford Boat House Gallery Exhibitions Tuesday 26 May, 8am – 12pm Design your own crown jewels and Flatford, CO7 6UL Coastal and Garden Birds – linocuts by Richard Whether you’re new to birdwatching or Photography Tour accessories fit for the Elizabethan court. Heigham Holmes Wellies and Waders Walk International Dawn Chorus Day Walk Allen, until Sunday 1 March hoping to brush up your skills, our half-day Sunday 26 April, 9.15am - 5pm Cost included in museum admission. Martham, Great Yarmouth, Sunday 22 March, 10.30 - 12.30 Sunday 3 May, 5am – 8.30am Constable Country Rambles Visions of the Landscape – paintings by Suman walks led by Suffolk bird expert, Steve Spend the day on Orford Ness with our NR29 4RG Join a ranger to discover this unique nature As part of International Dawn Chorus Day, Saturdays 15 February, 21 March, Gujral, Saturday 7 March – Sunday 26 April Piotrowski, are a fantastic opportunity to experienced photographers. Learn how to Terrific Tudor Dining! reserve hidden away on the Norfolk Broads. enjoy an early morning guided walk with a 18 April, 25 April, 10.30am Discover a collection of linocuts from the learn how to identify a wide range of birds capture the perfect image of this unique Tuesday 14 April, 11am - 4pm World Wetlands Day Walk Along the way find out more about the site, Ranger on this special Join a knowledgeable guide for a walk two books “Coastal Birds” and “Garden in varied habitats around Dunwich Heath. landscape. Includes access to the AWRE site A look into the cuisine of the era and the Sunday 2 February, 10.30am – 12.30pm experience its important wildlife and hear reserve. Experience the dawn chorus and through the beautiful Dedham Vale. Birds” by Richard Allen, featuring the birds A light lunch will be provided. usually off limits to the public. dining habits of the Tudors and To celebrate World Wetlands Day why not about our conservation work to help the look for marsh harriers, wildfowl, spring Follow quiet paths to pretty villages and of the Essex coast and garden birds. Visions £35, B Member £69, Non-Member £76.50, B Elizabethans. wrap up and join us for a walk out on the breeding wading birds. Sorry, no dogs. migrants and even bittern and cranes. visit the scenes that inspired the artist of the Landscape by Suman Gujral is a Cost included in museum admission. marshes at Heigham Holmes Nature Adult £11, Child £7, B At the end of the walk enjoy a continental . There will also be a collection of work exploring the interplay Early Morning Birdsong Walk Reserve. We’ll look for harriers and other breakfast. Beginners and older children bluebell walk this year on the 25 April. of light and shade in the landscape. Tuesdays 14 April & 5 May, 6.30 – 8am birds of prey, winter wildfowl even cranes welcome. Sorry, no dogs Adult £7, B Join the ranger team for an early morning and deer. Sorry, no dogs. Adult £19, Child £11 (includes continental walk around Dunwich Heath to listen to the Adult £11, Child £7, B breakfast), B dawn chorus followed by a hearty breakfast in the tea room. £20 including cooked breakfast, B

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Houghton Mill Help a Bird Build a Nest Wicken Fen Nr PE28 2AZ Tuesday 7 April, 1pm - 4pm Wicken, Ely, CB7 5XP Help a family of birds build a cosy nest this Waterclose Meadows Campsite spring. We’ll show you how to make a Winter Survival Skills Open Weekend collection of natural materials which can be Monday 17 February Saturday 7 March – Sunday 8 March, placed in your garden. Watch as birds come 10.30am - 12.30pm & 1.30 - 3.30pm 10.30am – 3pm and choose their favourite scraps to feather What do humans and animals need to Take an early look around our campsite their nests. survive in the wild? Learn about simple before we re-open for the season the orienteering, animal tracks and signs and following week and discover the changes Spring Colour how to build shelters. Age 5+ we’ve made over the winter. Peek into our Wednesday 8 April – Thursday 9 April and £6.50, B glamping pods, explore the beautiful site Tuesday 14 - Thursday 16 April, 10.30am – 2pm and facilities, enjoy refreshments in the tea Join us as we watch nature spring back into The Wild Remedy – how our interaction Minibeast Hunt room and take part in outdoor activities. life. Explore our mini nature trail and with nature benefits our mental health Wednesday 15 April discover which spring bulbs have appeared Thursday 12 March, 7pm Explore the long grass, under logs and in the above the ground this Easter. An evening talk by author Emma Mitchell, trees to see what bugs and beasties you can exploring the ways in which the countryside find. Our team are on hand to help you and wildlife around us improves our identify what you find! wellbeing. £4.25, timed tickets, B £8, B

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There will be a new Welcome to Wimpole in2020, as we’re moving to our new car park and entrance. Check our website for the latest details, opening times and prices www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wimpole

Anglesey Abbey Spring Scavenger Hunt Lode, , CB25 9EJ Thursday 2 – Sunday 19 April, 10am - 5pm Lambing Time Pick up a free trail sheet from the visitor Saturday 25 April to Sunday 10 May, Unearthing Our Past welcome building when you arrive and join 10.30am - 5pm Selected dates in March the hunt for birds, bugs, flora and fauna. Witness the arrival of spring as newborn Join us to see an archaeological dig in Tick something off your ’50 things’ list and lambs frolic in the fields. Head to Home progress. As we explore the layers of get a sticker. Farm to meet our rare breed ewes and lambs monastic history under our front lawn, and if you’re lucky you may see a live birth. there’ll be lots of ways for you to find out A Celebration of Nature Learn more about lambing from our more about the stories we uncover and Monday 1 April – Sunday 31 May dedicated farm team. get involved. . A celebration of nature with events, talks, trails and more. Take part in our wellbeing walk or an outdoor yoga class, meet local authors and enjoy a variety of new talks and events. Extra family events and trails during school holidays. Booking cost for some talks and events.

All Things Baking Friday 8 May – Sunday 17 May Turn your hand to all things baking (or tasting!) with talks, samples and demonstrations celebrating National Mills Week. Booking cost for some talks and events. Peckover House Orangery Talks Thursday 2 April, 1pm and Garden Join our Head Gardener in Peckover’s Wisbech, PE13 1JR historic orangery and discover how the Essex garden team care for Peckover’s 300-year- Grand Tour Exhibition old orange trees. Our head gardener will Saturday 22 February, 12am – 3.30 pm explain the behind the scenes work that is Bourne Mill Knitting at Bourne Mill Peckover’s Grand Tour exhibition opens! We required to ensure the orangery display Colchester, CO2 8RT Thursday 23 April, 10am - 3pm will be delving into the travels made by the looks good all year around. Feeling crafty? Join in the fun with our Peckover family as they explored overseas. Weaving at Bourne Mill volunteer spinners and weavers who will be Enjoy exploring this Elegant Georgian town Thursday 20 February, 10am - 3pm on hand to teach knitting. Bring your own house with wonderful walled garden. Experience the traditional craft of weaving knitting needles or borrow a set and cast on. with our local spinners and weavers. There Mother’s Day will be demonstrations of weaving wool on a Sunday 22 March, 11am – 4pm loom or you can join in with paper weaving. Are you looking for a Mother’s Day with a difference? Then why not visit Peckover Spinning Demonstration House and experience the life of the Thursday 2 April, 10am - 3pm Peckover sisters as they immerse themselves Local spinners and weavers will be on hand in the craft activities of their time to demonstrate the process of spinning and (performance by LEADA). Then relax in our explain about its fascinating history. Reed Barn tearoom with our special range of dishes to celebrate Mother’s Day.

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