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Braille and other languages on request. www.southribble.gov.uk/calendar

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- Mon, 31 August 31 Mon, - Fete Village Bridge Walmer

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ranger? If they’re aged between 4 and 12-years-old, bring bring 12-years-old, and 4 between aged they’re If ranger?

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See the exhibition exhibition the See Walton Park, Leigh Brow, off Carrwood Way, Walton-le-Dale. Way, Carrwood off Brow, Leigh Park, Walton 1: Sep 16, Jun

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of the early festivals, as well as photography of the 1951 Festival Festival 1951 the of photography as well as festivals, early the of

for details of ones near you! near ones of details for www.goskyride.com See people. Buckshaw Village, Bobbin Mill pub car park, Dawson Lane Dawson park, car pub Mill Bobbin Village, Buckshaw 16: Jul 9, Apr

Nostalgia fans will enjoy looking at black and white photographs photographs white and black at looking enjoy will fans Nostalgia

encourage people to try new rides and make friends with like-minded like-minded with friends make and rides new try to people encourage Moss Side, park at end of Paradise Lane, off Dunkirk Lane Dunkirk off Lane, Paradise of end at park Side, Moss 25: Jun 2, Apr

organised by British Cycling, to to Cycling, British by organised

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There’s also 12 Sky Rides taking taking Rides Sky 12 also There’s miles and start from 1pm. No No 1pm. from start and miles activities and entertainment throughout the day. day. the throughout entertainment and activities

look at the history of the the of history the at look two wheels. two dog show is back and there will be stalls, stalls, be will there and back is show dog Park the in walks are between one and 2.5 2.5 and one between are walks

the whole family out and about on on about and out family whole the summer with a delightful delightful a with summer Paws Paws popular The place. taking fun family of host a get back into walking. All All walking. into back get

bike rides, there’s something to get get to something there’s rides, bike Leyland, ending at Worden Park where there will be be will there where Park Worden at ending Leyland,

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encourage people to start or or start to people encourage

for eight to 12-year-olds, and family family and 12-year-olds, to eight for a traditional vehicle parade through the streets of of streets the through parade vehicle traditional a

paths. They are designed to to designed are They paths.

the basics, to Bikeability courses courses Bikeability to basics, the on Saturday, 20 June. The festival will open with with open will festival The June. 20 Saturday, on SEUM

take place along good quality quality good along place take MU sessions to teach your little ones ones little your teach to sessions

The glitz and glam of the grooviest decades will burst onto the scene scene the onto burst will decades grooviest the of glam and glitz The With everything from ‘Tots on Tyres’ Tyres’ on ‘Tots from everything With Our health walks are FREE and and FREE are walks health Our

way and this year’s theme is sixties and seventies! and sixties is theme year’s this and way

with dozens of cycling events planned. planned. events cycling of dozens with WALKS

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SUMMER SUMMER FLOWER POWER! FLOWER OF OF CYCLING For an up-to-the-minute guide to what’s on in South Ribble visit www.southribble.gov.uk/calendar

Thursday 6 August (10am – 12 noon) To book your place on any of theseThursday 23 eventsJuly (10am – 12 noon) call POND01772 DIP AND MINI625625 BEAST HUNT Thursday 16 July (2pm) POND DIP AND MINI BEAST HUNT Meet at Longton Brickcroft Visitor Centre at 10am to go out exploring for insects Sunday 21 June ARCHAEOLOGICAL Meet at Longton Brickcroft Visitor Centre and creepy crawlies. Suitable for over PENWORTHAM OPEN GARDENS FINDS ROADSHOW at 10am to go out exploring for insects fives. All equipment is provided. £2 per Some of the town’s best-kept gardens Bring along your finds for identification and creepy crawlies. Suitable for over EVENTSSaturday GUIDE 23 May (9.45am) JUNE child. Booking essential. will be open to the public for one by Dot Broughton, Finds Liaison Officer, fives. All equipment is provided. £2 per Tuesday 28 April to Saturday 6 June FAMILY BIKE RIDE Saturday 6 June (10.30am) day only to raise money for local Department for Portable Antiquities & child. Booking essential. Thursday and Friday 6 and 7 August SOUTH RIBBLE PRIMARY A great opportunity to get your child to LOCAL HISTORY WALK Treasure, The British Museum. South Saturday 25 July (11am) (10am – 2pm) practice their cycling skills on a proper charities. Visit www.facebook.com/ APRIL SCHOOLS’ ART EXHIBITION Led by South Ribble Museum PenworthamOpenGardens for details. Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre, ILLUSTRTED TALK: ORIENTEERING CHALLENGE Showcasing the art work of talented bike ride. Meet at Walton-le-Dale Primary Thursday 2 April (1pm - 3pm) curator Dr David Hunt. Meet at Leyland. ROMAN RIBCHESTER Can you use a simple map to find your way local children. South Ribble Museum & School, Severn Drive. All children must Tuesday 23 June (10am) EASTER NATURE TRAIL South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Talk by Patrick Tostevin, Curator of around the park to complete the challenge? Exhibition Centre, Leyland. be accompanied by an adult. FREE. HOGHTON RAMBLE Friday 17 July (10am) Centre, Leyland. Drop in any time between 10am and 2pm. Call in at Longton Brickcroft Visitor Centre WITH PUB LUNCH WESTERN PARISHES RAMBLE Ribchester Museum. South Ribble any time from 1- 3 pm to collect a sheet Saturday 23 May (10.30am – 12.30pm) Museum & Exhibition Centre, Leyland. Get your map from outside the playground Tuesday 9 June to Saturday 4 July Join us on this 11-mile walk around the A ramble of approximately 6 miles on of clues then follow them around the PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW on Worden Park, Leyland. £1 per map THE STORY OF beautiful surroundings of Gregson Lane. footpaths and country lanes in the Hutton Thursday 30 July (2pm) reserve. Dogs welcome on a lead. It is a MAY By Professor Ivan Walters at South payable on the day. No need to book. The ramble will take in the grounds of and Longton area. Meet outside the ILLUSTRATED LECTURE: self-led event, all children must have adult Saturday 2 May (10.30am) Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre, LEYLAND FESTIVAL EXHIBITION Hoghton Tower and the River Darwen. shops on Liverpool Road, Hutton. £1 per EARLY LANCASHIRE MAPS Monday 10 August (1pm) supervision. £1 per person. LOCAL HISTORY WALK Leyland. Summer exhibition at South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre, Leyland. Please wear appropriate footwear and person. Booking essential. Talk by Diana Winterbotham at South Ribble CRAFT YOUR RAFT Led by South Ribble Museum curator Thursday 9 April (1pm - 3pm) Tuesday 26 May (9.30am – 12 noon) Official opening at 10.30am on bring a drink. Lunch not included. Meet at Museum & Exhibition Centre, Leyland. Calling all adventurers! Can you make a Dr David Hunt. Meet at South Ribble Saturday 18 July (9.45am) EASTER EGG TREASURE HUNT BALSAM BASH Saturday 13 June. Gregson Lane Community Centre. £1 per small raft to race down the river using Museum & Exhibition Centre, Leyland. FAMILY BIKE RIDE Friday 31 July (10am – 12 noon) Free self-led family activity around the Nature lovers are being invited to help person. Booking essential. only recyclable materials? All materials FREE. A great opportunity to get your child to POND DIP AND MINI BEAST HUNT clear the invasive plant Himalayan Saturday 13 June (1pm) provided. Bring wellies! Meet at Dingle paths of the rugby pitches on Moss Side Saturday 27 June (9.45am) practice their cycling skills on a proper Meet at Longton Brickcroft Visitor Centre balsam. Suitable for ages five and WILDFLOWER WALK Brook Park, Todd Lane South, Lostock Playing Fields, Leyland. Meet at the mobile Tuesday 5 May (7.30pm) FAMILY BIKE RIDE bike ride. Meet at Walton-le-Dale Primary at 10am to go out exploring for insects upwards. Children must be accompanied A gentle walk around Longton Hall. £1 per person. Booking essential. unit next to the pavilion. No need to book. ILLUSTRATED TALK: THE BAMBER A great opportunity to get your child to School, Severn Drive. All children must and creepy crawlies. Suitable for over by an adult. Meet on the rugby pitches at Brickcroft Nature Reserve looking BRIDGE VOLUNTEERS 1915-18 practice their cycling skills on a proper be accompanied by an adult. FREE. fives. All equipment is provided. £2 per Wednesday 12 August (1.30pm - 3pm) Saturday 11 April (10am -12 noon) the end of Moss Side Way, Leyland. FREE at and identifying wild flowers. Talk by Bill Brierley about the many local bike ride. Meet at Walton-le-Dale Primary person. Booking essential. OWL PELLET DISSECTION but booking essential. £1 per person payable on the day. Tuesday 21 July (10am) WOODLAND WONDERS men enlisted during a recruitment drive School, Severn Drive. All children must Come along any time between 10am and No need to book. WITTON WEAVERS WAY RAMBLE Friday 31 July (11am to 3pm) Family activity in the woods. All children of 100 year ago. St Mary’s RC Church, Wednesday 27th May (10am) be accompanied by an adult. FREE. must be supervised by a responsible 12 noon to find out what our local Barn Join us on this scenic route to Witton MOSS SIDE PLAYING FIELDS Brownedge Road, Bamber Bridge. FREE. KITE MAKING Thursday 18 June (10am) adult. Meet outside the coffee shop Owls are eating. We will be dissecting owl Saturday 27 June (10.30am – 12.30pm) Country Park taking in the River Darwen FUN DAY Put your crafting skills to the test by on Worden Park, Leyland. £2 per child. pellets and identifying the small animal Saturday 9 May (10.30am – 12.30pm) MID SUMMER RAMBLE FAMILY HISTORY WORKSHOP and views of Hoghton Tower. Approx Donkey rides, bouncy castle, inflatable making and designing your own kite. Booking essential. bones inside. Suitable for over fives. STEPHEN WATSON’S A 9-mile ramble with pub lunch. One-to-one help for beginners keen to 11 miles. Please bring a packed lunch. Laser Quest, magic shows and more at Longton Brickcroft Visitor Centre, Liverpool Meet at Farington Park playground ORIGAMI WORKSHOP There will be stiles and stock in fields. dig into their family history. South Ribble Meet at Gregson Lane Community this family fun day. Come and support Friday 14 August 2015 (10am – 12 noon) Road. £1 per person. No need to book. (parking available at Bashall Grove). £1 Meet at Longton Brickcroft Nature South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Museum & Exhibition Centre, Leyland. Centre, Hoghton. £1 per person. Booking your local sports facility. BIG DRAW per person. Booking essential. Reserve. £1 payable on the day. Saturday 18 April (11am) Centre, Leyland. FREE. essential. Drop into Longton Brickcroft Visitor Centre Friday 29 May (11am to 3pm) No need to book. ILLUSTRATED TALK: Sunday 10 May 2015 (5am) Thursday 23 July (9.30am – 12.30pm) AUGUST any time between 10am and 12 noon to help THE BIG LUNCH JULY us create a wall display. All materials will be THE MARINERS TALE DAWN WALK Saturday 20 June BIKEABILITY LEVEL ONE Monday 3 August (1pm – 3pm) Family fun day encouraging people to get provided, just bring your artistic talent. No Talk by Ted Miley on navigating tankers, Meet at Longton Brickcroft Visitor Centre, LEYLAND FESTIVAL Wednesday 1 July (6.30pm - 8pm) This one-day course is aimed at children to know their neighbours. FREE activities BAMBER BRIDGE need to book. £1 per child payable on the aeroplanes and weather ships. South Liverpool Road, Longton, for a gentle Leyland’s popular family festival makes THROUGH THE DECADES aged 8-9 years of age and will give them including bouncy castle, inflatable Laser JUNIOR RANGER DAY day. T: 01772 611497 for more info. Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre, early morning walk around the reserve a come-back and this year the theme DANCE SHOWCASE the chance to improve their cycling Quest, football, Barn Owl display, story Could your child be a park ranger in the Leyland. FREE. listening to and identifying bird song and is 1960s and 1970s. Dress up and Dance performance by school children skills and prepare them for riding on time, police bike marking, arts and craft making? All equipment provided but Thursday 20 August (10.30am) watching the reserve wake up. Followed come along. South Ribble Museum from local high schools and primary local roads. Civic Centre, West Paddock, Monday 20 April (10am) and more. Worden Park, Leyland please wear old clothing and wellies. PAPER MAKING by tea and toast in the visitor centre. No & Exhibition Centre will be hosting a schools across South Ribble. Civic HIKE WITH YOUR HOUND Leyland. £2. Booking essential. Ages 4 to 12-years-old. Meet at Bamber Come and try your hand at making some need to book. £2 per person payable on Friday 29 May (1pm - 3pm) performance by the Leyland Morris Centre, West Paddock, Leyland. £2 per Dog-friendly stroll around Cuerden Valley Thursday 23 July (9.30am – 2.30pm) Bridge Leisure Centre. £2 per person. recycled paper. All children must be the day. T: 01772 611497 for more info. PHOTOGRAPHIC Men en route to the park. person. Booking essential. Country Park. Meet on Church Road, BIKEABILITY TRAINING LEVEL TWO Booking essential. accompanied by an adult. Meet in the SCAVENGER HUNT courtyard, Worden Park, Leyland. £2 per Bamber Bridge (Beside the Hob Inn). £1 Thursday 21 May (10am) Friday 3 to Sunday 5 July A two-day course for children aged 9-12 Wednesday 5 August (1pm – 4pm) This is a scavenger hunt with a person. Booking essential. per person. Booking essential. RIVER RIBBLE RAMBLE LONGTON LIVE! years. It aims to provide them with the difference. Instead of collecting the PENWORTHAM WITH BROCKHOLES Live music and arts festival with skills and confidence to ride their bikes Saturday 25 April (10.30am – 12.30pm) things on the list you take a photo of them JUNIOR RANGER DAY Join us on this gentle walk alongside performances from local artists taking on today’s roads. Meet at Civic Centre, PAINTING DEMONSTRATION instead. Collect a sheet of clues from the Could your child be a park ranger in the SEPTEMBER the River Ribble where we will place in venues across the town. West Paddock, Leyland. £5. Booking Meet artist Chris Oakden. South Ribble visitor centre any time between 1pm and making? Ages 4 to 12-years-old. Meet at Monday 7 to Friday 11 September visit the Wildlife Trust’s Brockholes Wristbands which allow access to all essential. Museum & Exhibition Centre, Leyland. 3 pm. Longton Brickcroft Visitor Centre, Hurst Grange Park Car Park, Hill Road, WALKING WEEK nature reserve. Bring packed lunch. performances over the weekend cost £5. Liverpool Road. £1 per child, payable on Penwortham. £2 per person. Booking A week-long event featuring a walk in Approximately 10 miles. £1 per person. the day. No need to book. T: 01772 611497. Tuesday 7 July to Saturday 29 August essential. a different area of South Ribble every Booking essential. THE SPADE SPEAKS day. Details were being finalised as we Friday 22 to Sunday 24 May Exhibition about Roman, Viking and went to press. Visit PENWORTHAM LIVE! Norman discoveries in South Ribble. www.southribble.gov.uk/calendar Live music and arts festival taking South Ribble Museum & Exhibition place in venues all across the town. Centre, Leyland. Performances by local artists. Saturday 11 July (9.45am – 10.45am)

Wristbands which allow access to all COMMUNITY TOTS events cost £5. ON TYRES SESSION If your child has just completed the Tots on Tyres level 1 or 2 course at school, then this is a great opportunity for them show off and develop their new cycling skills in a safe environment with qualified coaches. Walton- le-Dale Primary School, Severn Drive, Walton-le-Dale. FREE but booking essential. Saturday 11 July (1pm – 4pm) FARINGTON FUN DAY All welcome to an afternoon of fun and games at Farington Park.