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Nature walks May Day weekend celebrations BATH AND BRISTOL Sun 7 Apr, 2-6.30pm, 14 Apr, 5.15- Dyrham Park Sat 4 - Sun 5 May, 11am-3pm Leigh Woods 8.15am & 5 May, 4.30-7.30am Near Bath SN14 8ER This May Day Bank Holiday weekend, Near Bristol BS8 3PL Guided walks with Skyline rangers and celebrate the arrival of a ‘merry May.’ Bath Skyline local naturalists to learn about the Lady’s Day There will be music and crafts and a Three-day hedgelaying course Bath BA2 5AH dawn chorus (14 Apr & 5 May, includes Sat 30 - Sun 31 Mar, 11am-3.30pm chance to learn traditional country Sun 3 - Sun 17 Feb, 10am-3.30pm breakfast), and a ramble around the Create a dried flower wreath dances outdoors in the glade. Hedgerows are a vital part of the Sunset Skyline walk Bath Skyline in search of the signs of using harvested flowers and willow countryside, as a field boundary and Sun 10 Mar, 2.30-7pm spring (7 Apr). from the garden, sample some Sing into spring a wildlife habitat. This course teaches On this ranger-led six mile guided Booking essential 0344 249 1895 17th-century Lady’s Day cake and Sun 5 May, 7-9am the skills of traditional hedgelaying, walk you can learn all about nature £13 (dawn chorus), £6 (spring plant some herbs to take home this Folk singer and musician Matt Norman with Organic Farmer Mike Amos at conservation and the history of Bath, nature walk) Mother’s Day weekend. leads an early morning wandering Lower Failand Farm. take in the atmosphere and watch the walk through the woodland and valley, Booking essential 0344 249 1895 sunset over the city. Archaeology of the Bath Skyline Wild garlic season teaching folk songs whilst taking in £80 for all three days Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Sat 11 May, 10.30am-12.30pm Mon 1 - Tue 30 Apr, 10am-4pm the sounds of countryside spring. No £6 A guided amble around Bathwick At Dyrham Park this April you can pick prior singing experience necessary. Dawn chorus walk Wood, looking at its contribution to up a bag and hunt for wild garlic, take Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Sun 24 & Sat 30 Mar, 5.30-7am City to countryside walk the building of Bath through water home some recipe sheets and sample £12 Calling all early birds – why not take in Tue 16 Apr & 14 May, 10am-2.30pm and stone. a wild garlic scone from the tea-room. the early morning air and discover the Stretch your legs, learn about the Booking essential 0344 249 1895 May half term sounds of spring with local bird expert local history and glimpse a different £6 Photography workshop - capturing Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 10am-4pm Ed Drewitt? side to Bath, as you wander from city the light of the 17th century This half term, trails and activities help Booking essential 0344 249 1895 to countryside on this Bath Skyline Woodland adventure day Sun 7 Apr, 11am-12noon get you out and about in the great £10 guided walk. Thu 30 May, 10.30am-2.30pm Dutch masters were experts at outdoors, with lots of fun facts to find Booking essential 0344 249 1895 A day of fire lighting, games, creativity using good light for their about trees, habitats and the wildlife Family nature day £4 and cooking over the campfire in Fairy paintings. By the end of this of this 270-acre site. Fri 12 Apr, 9.30-11am, 11am-12.30pm, Wood, Claverton Down. Each child workshop with a professional 12.30-2pm & 2-3.30pm must be accompanied by an adult. photographer, you’ll know about The rangers are leading a day Booking essential 0344 249 1895 the best light for photographing exploring the nature and wildlife of Adult £5, child £10 people and landscapes. Leigh Woods. Can you help with a Booking essential 0344 249 1895 butterfly survey, learn about bats, £45 dormice, ancient trees and much more? Booking essential 0344 249 1895 £3.50

Nordic walking course girl.boy.child Sat 2, 9 & 16 Mar, 9.30-11am Wed 27 Feb, 6.30pm welcome drink, Step in to spring this March with a 7pm performance three-part Nordic walking course. Get Renowned singer-songwriter out and about and enjoy the Purbeck David McAlmont delves into the landscape and learn a new skill with closets of three historic houses local Nordic walking expert Lynne. to explore LGBTQ histories and £40 (for all three dates) their contemporary significance. Booking essential 01929 481332 McAlmont’s performance brings to life extraordinary tales of people who Mother’s Day high tea at Corfe Castle challenged conventions of sexuality Sun 31 Mar, 11am-3pm and gender as well as the places they Why not treat your mum to a day created and inhabited, told through out at Corfe Castle, with a special an emotionally-charged blend of song, Mother’s Day high tea in the 18th- image and historical narrative. century tea-room? Includes a selection Booking essential 0344 249 1895 of cakes, scones and sandwiches. £15 adult, £12 student Booking essential 01929 481332 £12.95 Beyond the portrait Daily from 1 Mar, 11am-4pm Saxons and Vikings: the siege Visit the house to discover the of Wareham stories of four women who have Sat 4 - Mon 6 May, 10am-5.30pm been instrumental in shaping Witness the sound and fury of Saxon Kingston Lacy across 400 years and Viking warriors in pitched battle of the estate’s history. as they recreate the siege of Wareham. King Alfred’s court and the little Portland House warrior’s training school both return. Weymouth DT4 8RZ

May half-term medieval mischief Spring opening Sat 25 - Sun 26 & Tue 28 May - Fri 10 May, 2-5pm, Sat 11 May, 11am- Sun 2 Jun, 10am-5pm 5pm, Sun 12 May, 11am-4pm You could celebrate a little May Overlooking Portland harbour from the Veteran tree walk Make a celtic backstool Island life through the ages madness at the castle, by joining in Weymouth side, the Art Deco holiday Sat 11 May, 10am-12 noon Sat 27 - Sun 28 Apr, 10am-4pm Fri 5 Apr & 3 May, 11am-1pm with the medieval jester academy, villa Portland House is a reminder of a A walk with ranger Tor Stanfield, On this two-day workshop, with the These free guided walks take you playing the games you discover as glamorous bygone age. You’re invited around Leigh Woods National expert guidance of the Somerset through the life and times of families you explore, and finding shields to for a special peek into this villa, not Nature Reserve, discovering Bodgers, you can make a three-legged who once called this island home. complete the quest. usually open to the public. wonderful veteran trees, what celtic backstool using traditional You’ll find out what life was like on makes them so special and how woodworking tools and techniques. Brownsea and the challenges that Golden Cap Max Gate the rangers look after them. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 came with living on an island. Near Bridport DT6 6RA Dorchester Booking essential 0344 249 1895 £130 including materials, use of Booking essential 0344 249 1895 £7.50 tools and hot drinks Orchid discovery walk Volunteer recruitment drop-in session Early bird wildlife walks Mon 6 May, 10.30am-12.30pm Wed 6 Feb, 5-7pm Prior Park Victorian month at Tyntesfield Sat 27 Apr & 4 May, 7.30-10am Come along and discover the Can you help as a visitor reception Landscape Garden Sat & Sun 4 - 26 May, and daily in half An opportunity to take a boat to amazing orchids in the meadows. or food and beverage volunteer at Bath BA2 5AH term, 10.30am-4.30pm the island long before the public Help volunteer ecologists survey the Max Gate? If you’re interested in The Victorian era is coming to life at arrive and soak up the uninterrupted orchids on this guided walk from volunteering here or at nearby Garden tours Tyntesfield this May, with fairground sounds of spring birdsong. Price Stonebarrow Hill above Charmouth. Hardy’s Cottage or Clouds Hill, Tue & Thu from Feb, 11.30am-1pm entertainment and illusions, includes ranger-led walk, boat fare Booking essential 01297 489481 drop in for a chat. These informative guided tours lead horsedrawn carriage rides and and breakfast. Donations welcome you through historic Prior Park, giving traditional Victorian falconry displays. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Tuneful stories you a chance to find out about the Adult £25, child £12.50 Hardy’s Cottage Sat 23 Mar, 27 Apr & 25 May, 1-4pm project to restore the Georgian dams Seasonal food and craft market Near Dorchester DT2 8QJ Tim Laycock brings Thomas Hardy’s at the bottom of the garden. Sun 19 May, 10am-3pm Burton Bradstock home to life with music and stories From freshly baked bread and fine Near Bridport DT6 4RF Hard times and hungry months from Hardy’s own time. Three 25 Wild garlic season cheeses to hand-made jewellery and Thu - Sun until 31 Mar, 11am-3.15pm minute performances will take place in Sat 23 Mar - Sun 14 Apr, ceramics, there’s plenty of seasonal Spring Tide Food Festival During the winter months you can the Drawing Room between 1-4pm. 10am-4.30pm treats for you to discover from an Sat 18 - Sun 19 May, 10am-4pm gather around the warm hearth and £3 suggested donation Wild garlic carpets the garden in array of local food and craft producers This foodie festival on the Jurassic discover how hard life would have spring, with a sprinkling of tiny at Tyntesfield. coast pulls together some of the been for Victorian families, with Studland Bay flowers, and a delicate scent. You best local food, drink, art and frost in the air and the landscape Studland can forage for the best leaves to take entertainment available, as well as a stripped bare. home, and pick up some recipe cards. DORSET wide range of quality products from Sunrise wildlife walks local craftsmen. Volunteer recruitment drop-in session Sat 9 Feb, 7.30-9.30am Tyntesfield £2, under 12s free Wed 13 Feb, 11am-1pm You could join a wildlife expert on Near Bristol BS48 1NX Brownsea Island Can you help as a volunteer at Hardy’s a sunrise walk around the Studland Poole Harbour Clouds Hill Cottage? If you’re interested in Peninsula, enjoying an expert’s insight February half term at Tyntesfield Bovington BH20 7NQ becoming a room guide, volunteering into the hugely varied wildlife here. Mon 18 - Thu 21 Feb, 11am-3pm Spring ranger days in reception or at Max Gate or Clouds Followed by a breakfast question time You can warm up this winter with a Wed 20 Feb, 10 & 17 Apr, 29 May, Volunteer recruitment drop-in session Hill, you could drop in for a chat. with the expert. herbal tea-making session and learn 11am-3pm Sun 17 Feb, 11am-1pm Booking essential on website all about the amazing properties of Budding young rangers can discover Can you help as a volunteer at Kingston Lacy Adult £25, child £15 herbs. Then create your own Victorian how to conserve nature, support Clouds Hill? If you’re interested in Nr Wimborne BH21 4EA pomander filled with herbal fragrances the ranger team with vital habitat becoming a room guide, volunteering Volunteer drop-in day of your choice. management tasks and learn wildlife in reception or at Hardy’s Cottage or Estate walks Sun 10 Feb, 11am-2pm £4 tracking skills. Suitable for ages 7-15. Max Gate, you could drop in for a chat. Various dates and times, see website At the Discovery Centre, meet staff Booking essential 0344 249 1895 for details and volunteers, find out about the TYNTEtots 2019 Feb event includes activity and boat Corfe Castle Enjoy the opportunity to experience different volunteering opportunities Wed 27, Thu 28 Feb, Wed 20, Thu 21 fare: child £20, adult £7 Wareham BH20 5EZ Kingston Lacy park and estate on on offer and learn about how you can Mar, Wed 24, Thu 25 Apr, Thu 23, Fri Apr and May excludes boat fare: a range of beautiful estate walks get involved. 24 May, 10-11.45am & 1-2.45pm child £15 Volunteer drop-in day throughout the year. Storytelling, crafts and games for Sat 9 Feb, 11am-3pm Champers and a hamper two to five year olds and their Seashore ramble Meet staff and volunteers at Corfe Snowdrops Sat 16 Feb, 12-3pm families inspired by classic stories Fri 22 Mar, 11am-1pm. Fri 26 Apr & 24 Castle welcome centre. Find out Fri 1 - Thu 28 Feb, 10am-4pm You could treat yourself and a loved including ‘Thumbelina,’ ‘The Little Red May, 2-3pm about the different volunteering On a walk through the gardens at one to a Valentine’s champagne picnic Hen,’ ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ and Explore Brownsea’s coastlines on this opportunities on offer and how you this time of year, you’ll find carpets hamper for two. A spectacular picnic ‘Peter Rabbit.’ free, ranger-led wildlife walk. Learn can get involved. of brilliant white. Over 40 varieties of hamper, a bottle of champagne and a Booking essential 0344 249 1895 about the curious creatures that make snowdrop on display are a welcome roaring outdoor fire are sure to make Child £8, two children £14, three this shoreline their home such as February half-term fun at King sign that spring is on its way. you feel special. children £21 shore crabs and snakelocks anemones. John’s castle Booking essential on website Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10am-3.30pm Celebrating spring £50 Celebrating Mother’s Day at Young knights and damsels can take Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10am-4pm Tyntesfield part in a series of interactive activities Discover the first signs of spring this Mon 25 - Fri 29 Mar, 4-5pm this half term, including the ‘Great half term by exploring the garden Sat 30 - Sun 31 Mar, 11am-3pm Escape’ teddy bear zip wire, family and parkland with a family activity & 12 noon-4pm castle quest and castle building. booklet. Get hands on and have a go Why not treat your mum at Tyntesfield at some spring-themed crafty fun. this Mother’s Day with an afternoon tea, a handmade card, a gift from the garden team, or all of the above? Price details on the website

nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest Second World War submerged Beginners enamel workshop Wild about wild garlic May Day fun at Studland Sat 6 Apr, 10am-4pm Daily in Apr & May, 11am-5pm Mon 6 May, 10.30am-4pm Sat 23 Mar - Thu 4 Apr, You could learn how to make a Head out into the fresh air and With plenty of fun activities going on, WILTSHIRE 10.30am-3.30pm beautiful piece of enameled discover the beautiful views over the there will be something for everyone Discover the fantastic research being jewellery or a key ring during this Cotswold countryside awash with to enjoy at this May Day celebration – done about the Valentine Tanks workshop for beginners. swathes of wild garlic this spring. including a traditional maypole dance. Avebury which tragically sank in 1944. This free Booking essential 01386 438333 Near Marlborough SN8 1RD exhibition showcases the submerged £50 Snowshill Manor Wildlife days tanks and history of Operation Smash. and Garden Tue 28 - Fri 31 May, 10.30am-3pm Still digging... recent excavations Easter origami workshop Broadway WR12 7JU At these wildlife days there will be around Avebury Sat 13 Apr, 2-4pm wildlife crafts and a variety of hands- Daily from Mon 29 Apr, 10am-5.30pm GLOUCESTERSHIRE Expert origami artist Tony O’Hare Snowshill garden talks on activities with friends from local A pop-up exhibition in the Alexander will be teaching how to make spring- Various dates from Mon 18 Mar - Fri 31 wildlife charities. Keiller Museum, shining a light on the inspired pieces. May, please see website, 11am-4pm results of excavations over the last 20 Chedworth Roman Villa Booking essential 01386 438333 From overgrown wilderness to rural Coleridge Cottage to 30 years alongside a selection of Yanworth GL54 3LJ Adult £15, child £12 idyll, a garden guide will take you on a Nether Stowey TA5 1NQ the artefacts discovered. tour of the garden revealing its hidden February half term Easter at Hidcote secrets and sharing the vision behind Family story time May Day celebrations Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 11am-3pm Mon 15 - Sun 28 Apr, 10am-5pm its design. Sun 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Mar, 2-3pm Mon 6 May, 11am-4pm This February half term there’s An extra-special nature inspired trail Every Sunday afternoon in March a Have you ever wanted to dance a special trail to complete, craft around the garden with activities to Family trail family-friendly story time takes place around the maypole? At Avebury, you activities for children and even the get involved in and prizes to be won Sat 6 - Sun 28 Apr, 11am-5.30pm in the garden room. can celebrate the beginning of May chance to meet Chedworth’s Romans. for completed trails. The garden is full of secrets and is a with traditional festivities including Look out for the children’s mosaic £3 magical place at this time of the year. Dunster Castle Morris Dancing and maypole dancing, workshop on Thu 21 Feb. Why not come to explore and find Near Minehead TA24 6SL as well as family craft activities. Rachel Dein: Hidcote through out more about Charles Wade’s Matronalia at the Villa the seasons special garden? Dunster Castle: under the sheets Spring foraging course Sat 30 - Sun 31 Mar, 11am-3pm Daily from Mon 29 Apr, 10am-5pm Sat 16 Feb - Sun 3 Mar, 11am-5pm Sun 19 May, 12.30-4.30pm You can learn the secrets of Roman Acclaimed botanical artist Rachel Dein Waking up Wolf’s Cove The dust cloths are out, the On this half-day foraging course, make-up and fashion this Mother’s will be exhibiting her unique castings Sat 13 - Sun 14 Apr, 11am-5.30pm scaffolding is up and the collection you’ll be guided through the Avebury Day weekend with demonstrations at Hidcote, made using plants and The team will be ‘waking up’ Wolf’s shown as never before as Dunster landscape by Fred Gillam, who will from an expert, or make a special gift flowers from the garden collected Cove, the tiny Cornish fishing village Castle opens for the first time in teach you how to identify the edible for your mum in the craft room. throughout the seasons. in the heart of Snowshill garden, after February, with the winter clean in plants growing in hedgerows, field its winter sleep. Find out about the full swing. and woods. Easter activities at the Villa Lodge Park and conservation work that has taken Booking essential 3442491895 Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-4.30pm Sherborne Estate place here. Dunster Castle uncovered £50 This Easter there’s a fun seasonal Aldsworth GL54 3PP Sat & Sun, 2 - 31 Mar, 11am-4pm nature trail for children and adults Storytelling for all You can take a peek behind closed May half-term fun to enjoy, children’s craft activities to Sherborne Park ranger walks Various dates from Sat 25 May - Sun 2 doors and discover parts of the Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 12 noon-4pm complete and the chance to meet Fri 29 Mar, 12 & 26 Apr, 10 & 24 May, Jun, please see website, 12 noon-4pm castle you won’t have seen before This half term, children can join in Chedworth’s Romans. 10am-12 noon The garden is at its best in spring, with on these 45 minute tours, which run with the ‘50 things to do before You could join the rangers for a walk the orchard full of blossom. Why not throughout the day and are not you’re 11¾’ activities where they can May half term off the beaten track to find some come and explore, then settle down pre-bookable. discover more about the natural world Sat 25 May - Sun 2 Jun, 10am-4.30pm of the farmland birds, raptors and and let your imagination go as the whilst making something special to As the days get longer it’s the perfect other wildlife, and see sweeping storyteller weaves tales of Snowshill Have-a-go archery take home. time for a fun-filled family day out, with views across Sherborne Old Park and and beyond? Sun 7 - Wed 10, Sun 14 - Wed 17, Sun Small charge to cover materials seasonal craft activities from making Sherborne Brook. 21 - Tue 23 Apr, 11am-4pm a mosaic, badge or paper-craft, to Booking essential 01451 844257 How good is your aim? You can have Lacock Abbey, fashioning yourself as a Roman. £5 SOMERSET a go at archery on Green Court. Pistol Fox Talbot Museum shooting will be available on selected and Village Hidcote Nature talk with Brett Westwood dates as well. Nr Chippenham SN15 2LG Near Chipping Campden GL55 6LR Thu 11 Apr, 10.30am-1.30pm Barrington Court £4 for eight arrows Brett Westwood, author and presenter Barrington TA19 0NQ The explorer’s guide to Lacock Make a willow garden structure on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Two’s Armada alert with the Until Sun 19 May, 10.30am-5pm Sat 23 Mar, 10am-4pm Springwatch, will give this talk about Half-term fun and den building Taunton Garrison Following the explorer’s guide, Why not join professional basket how wildlife in the UK is changing, Sat 16 - Sun 24 Feb, 10.30am-3pm Sat 4 - Sun 5 May, 10.30am-4pm families could use different senses to maker Helen Lomberg as she teaches and new species which are emerging, This February half term there’s plenty With live demonstrations of rolling make the most of what spring has to you to make a willow structure for followed by a light lunch. to interest all the family, including den skirmishes, weaponry displays and offer around the garden and village. your garden? Booking essential 0344 249 1895 building and outdoor activities with musket displays from the Taunton Booking essential 01386 438333 £32 the ranger team, where you can learn Garrison throughout the weekend, Spring flowers at Lacock Abbey £50 new skills and use your imagination. you can see what life was like Until Fri 31 May, 11am-4pm Newark Park defending the castle with the threat Lacock’s wooded grounds are full of Unearthing Hidcote: Arts and Crafts Near Wotton-under-Edge GL12 7PZ Springtime nature trail of the Spanish Armada. flowers over the spring months. All Daily from Mon 1 Apr, 10am-5pm Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-4pm spring there are lots of things to spot During 2019, Hidcote will be exploring Snowdrop season This family-friendly nature-themed Montacute House in the grounds; how many you can the Arts and Crafts movement that Daily from Sat 2 - Sun 17 Feb, trail will lead intrepid explorers out Near Yeovil TA15 6XP spot on this family trail? grew in the North Cotswolds and how 10am-4pm into the wider estate, to learn how it may have influenced the garden. You could pull on your walking boots Barrington’s natural habitats and the ‘Elizabeth of Bohemia: Look inside a Lacock cottage and enjoy a wintry walk, discovering creatures that call the estate home the Winter Queen’ Mon 4 - Fri 8 Feb, 11am-3pm the carpets of snowdrops across the are cared for. Daily, 11am-4pm Peek behind one of the oldest Newark estate. The National Portrait Gallery’s special buildings in the village as the holiday exhibition, ‘Elizabeth of Bohemia: the cottage, 2 High Street, is open for you Winter Queen’ features contemporary to explore. portraits of this fascinating woman and those connected to her. Valentine’s Day flower count Sat 9 - Sun 17 Feb, 10.30am-5pm Spring escapades Every year the garden team take part Fri 1 Mar - Fri 31 May, 10am-3pm in a national Valentine’s Day flower You could take the challenge of St count to find out how many different Michael’s Hill, steeped in wildlife and blooms are growing in the abbey history, by climbing to the top for one grounds. How many can you count? of the best views of Somerset. Pick up a trail from reception. Healing herbs in the Botanic Graden Daily from Sat 20 Apr, 10.30-5pm Level’s best farmers’ and craft markets 800 years ago, the nuns of Lacock Various dates from Sat 30 Mar - Abbey couldn’t just pop down to the Sat 29 Jun, 10am-2pm doctors for their medicine, so they Held in the old stables, this ever grew their own. Find out about what popular and award winning ‘best in plants they used to cure ailments. Somerset’ market is filled with top quality local produce and crafts. Channel of Peace Usually held on the last Saturday of Daily from Sat 4 May, 10.30am-5pm the month. The second in a series of artistic responses to the art commission ‘Peace’ at Lacock. Inspired by the place’s history of sanctuary, contemplation and reflection, the artists will create a reflective experience.

nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest Stonehenge Wild Wednesday Winter warmer weekends in Spring flowers Wed 10 Apr, 10.30am-1.30pm the house Daily (closed Weds) 2 Mar – 21 Apr, This fun activity day gives children Sat & Sun, 2 Feb - 3 Mar, 11am-3pm 11am-5.30pm time away from the digital world and Why not warm up by the log fire in Crocuses, daffodils, snowdrops, allows them to get close to nature, on the Entrance Hall? There’ll be board primroses and hellebores; the flowers a 2.5 mile trail on King Barrow Ridge, games for you to play, and volunteers of spring burst into glorious life. Every with activities along the way. will be on hand to share Stourhead’s visit to The Courts will be different Booking essential 0344 249 1895 history with you. as the flowers wake up after a long winter’s rest. Wings over Stonehenge - Meet the makers of Stourhead Stonehenge Airfield and Daily from Sat 16 Mar, 9am-6pm Wiltshire countryside Larkhill Airfield The 2019 programme explores the Sat 27 Apr & Wed 22 May, 10am-1pm lives of the artists and craftspeople Dinton Park dawn walk The Stonehenge and Larkhill Airfields whose skills built the Stourhead we Sat 20 Apr, 6-9am were key sites in aviation history, know today. Discover the builders, Why not join a ranger for this 3-4 particularly in training pilots to fly gardeners, furniture-makers and artists mile dawn walk around the woodland aircraft into battle during the First who left their mark on Stourhead. parkland in search of the wonders World War. These walks are led by present at this time of year, followed expert guides. Sam Smith: contemporary by coffee and pastries? Booking essential 0344 249 1895 artist 2019 £8 £8 Daily from Sat 27 Apr, 9am-6pm Video artist Sam Smith will unveil two Orchid Walk in Sutton Mompesson House Stonehenge Landscape Stonehenge dawn walk new site-specific works, which will Lane Meadows Salisbury SP1 2EL Near Amesbury Sun 28 Apr, 6.15-9am explore the symbiotic relationship Sun 12 May, 11am-12.30pm Dawn in the Stonehenge Landscape between Stourhead’s natural landscape & 1.30-3pm Standing by my darling’s side: Family woodland activity day is a sublime experience. On this 3-4 and those who have cared for it over Sutton Lane Meadows is a a Victorian experience of life, Sat 23 Feb, 10.30am-3pm mile walk with a ranger you may spot the past 300 years. traditionally managed hay meadow, love and loss Family half-term fun with the skylarks, yellowhammers, deer and where an abundance of orchids and Daily from Sat 9 Mar, 11am-4.30pm Stonehenge ranger on King Barrow brown hare that make the World Floralia: a celebration of spring other meadow flowers thrive. On This exhibition tells the untold story Ridge, cutting hazel coppice and ash Heritage Site their home. Daily from Wed 1 May, 9am-6pm a short walk with a ranger you can of former resident Jinny Townsend and then using various woodcraft Booking essential 0344 249 1895 As flowers in the garden begin to explore their floral delights. and focuses on her life in Salisbury’s tools to make things using the £8 bloom, Stourhead celebrates Flora, Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Cathedral Close and her courtship and material that you have cut. Roman goddess of spring and the £4 eventual marriage to Willie Hammick. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Stourhead new life she brings each year. With Adult £10, child £10 Near Warminster BA12 6QD rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias Family trail in bloom, the garden won’t disappoint. Daily from Sat 9 Mar, 11am-4.30pm Spring archaeology walk and Behind closed doors tours Little ones can have a go at some of Durrington Walls walk Mon-Fri, 1 Feb - 8 Mar, 11am-3pm The Courts Garden the activities Jinny Townsend Sat 9, Wed 20, Sat 30 Mar, Wed 1 & A chance to see behind the normally Near Bradford-on-Avon BA14 6RR enjoyed doing when she lived Sat 18 May, 2-5pm closed doors of the house. Tours may at Mompesson House. Wed 13, Sat 23 Mar, Wed 24 Apr & cover four floors with many stairs, and Signs of spring - snowdrops at the Wed 8 May, 1.30-4pm will give you an insight into what goes Courts Garden On these enjoyable and informative on behind the scenes. Sat & Sun, 2 - 24 Feb, then daily walks around the Stonehenge and Booking essential 01747 841152 (closed Weds) 25 Feb - 10 Mar, Durrington Landscape, the expert 11am-5.30pm guides will have you looking at the Welcome in the spring with a landscape with new eyes. refreshing stroll around the garden Booking essential 0344 249 1895 and enjoy this season’s early arrivals. £8 On a self-led snowdrop trail you’ll pick up snowdrop tips and facts.

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Prior Park Landscape Garden Brean Down Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-3.30pm Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-2pm £2.50 £2.50 WILTSHIRE

Tyntesfield Coleridge Cottage Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-3.30pm Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4.30pm Avebury £3 £2 Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm £2.50 Dunster Castle DORSET Sat 6 - Sun 28 Apr, 10am-4pm Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum £2.50 and Village Mon 8 - Mon 15 Apr, 10.30am-4pm Brownsea Island Fyne Court £2.50 Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-4.30pm Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-2.30pm £2.50 £2.50 Mompesson House Max Gate Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4.30pm Corfe Castle Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4.30pm Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm Holnicote Estate £2 Mon - Sat, 6 - 22 Apr, 10.30am-4.30pm £2.50 £2 Fri 19 - Sat 20 Apr, 10am-2pm £2.50 £2.50 Stourhead Studland Bay Newark Park Sat 13 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-3pm Golden Cap Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-3.30pm Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm Lytes Cary Manor £2.50 Fri 19 Apr - Sat 20 Apr, 11am-3pm £2.50 £2.50 Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4pm £2.50 £2.50 Cadbury Easter Egg Hunts while Snowshill Manor and Garden stocks last. Hardy’s Cottage GLOUCESTERSHIRE Sat 13 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-5.30pm Wellington Monument Sat 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-4.15pm £2 Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 11am-2pm £2.50 £2.50 Chedworth Roman Villa Westbury Court Garden Kingston Lacy Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-4.30pm Fri 19 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-4.30pm Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr, 10am-4pm £2.50 £2 £2.50 Woodchester Park Fri 19 – Mon 22 Apr, 10.30am-2pm £2.50

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