What’s On Free in South Derbyshire and The National Forest

Spring 2020 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 2 Welcome... to the Spring edition of What’s On in South Derbyshire and The National Forest

Amid rolling English countryside dotted with picturesque villages you will find so much to enjoy; from historic houses and gardens, to meandering rivers and canals, to archery and snowboarding. All set in the heart of The National Forest, Britain’s most ambitious environmental project. Linking the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood, more than eight million trees have already been planted. The woodland is being created on a scale not seen for more than a thousand years. Come and enjoy it this season. There’s so much more to explore... Find out more about what’s on offer in South Derbyshire from Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre • local and national accommodation information • places to visit • events and what’s on information • public transport information • tickets for local events • tickets for Derbyshire Wayfarer • tickets for day trips with local coach companies • souvenirs, postcards, maps, local history books and self-guided walks Phone 01283 222848 Email [email protected] You will find us located within Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 9DG Open Mon - Sat, 10am - 4.30pm Find out What’s On in South Derbyshire and tell us what you are doing via social media #SDwhatson

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the national forest walking festival 16th-28th May 2020 Walks for all ages and abilities to enjoy Guided and themed walks & activities Beautiful places to explore Places to stay from B&Bs to Forest Lodges www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk 4 Spring Highlights...

Spring is here and now is the time to get out and enjoy it in South Derbyshire with a great line up of events...

Get eggcited with Easter holiday events at Calke Abbey, Mercia Marina and Swadlincote Snowsports Centre, Easter craft activities at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum and Swadlincote Adult Education Centre, and a Golden Egg Trail at Elvaston Castle

Experience Japanese culture with the chance to try Raku pottery, Japanese cooking and Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing), plus lots of Japan- UK Season of Culture events

Make the most of the National Forest on your doorstep with the walking festival, wildlife watching, bushcraft days, dawn chorus walks and nature-inspired life planning courses, plus lots of open gardens

Mark the occasion with Rosliston Forestry Centre’s 25th birthday, Etwall Well Dressing Festival’s 50th year and the VE Day 75th anniversary

Try something new with golf coaching, astronomy, Nordic walking, science discovery, photography and wine tasting, plus arts and crafts workshops including pottery, painting, fused glass, machine embroidery, woodturning and wire poppy-making

Enjoy great performances with Box of Tricks at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, The King and I at Repton School, and the India Electric Co., the Bootleg Bee Gees and a Motown tribute at Melbourne Assembly Rooms

Make a date for the big days out including the Festival of Transport and Festival of Leisure in Swadlincote, Midsummerish Music Festival at Whistlewood Common, Newton Solney’s Village Festival, the Willington Carnival and Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering at Catton Park

Love Your Local Market with a new trader day, a Spring Extravaganza and monthly Open Mic, as Swadlincote joins in with the national celebration of market culture visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 5 What’s On in South Derbyshire and The National Forest March

Sun 1 Mar, 10.30am - 4.30pm Sun 1 Mar, 11am - 4pm Winter Warmer Retreat Vintage and Handmade Fair Whistlewood Common, The Common, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Melbourne, DE73 8DH Local makers, designers and vintage traders Join us at Wellbeing at Whistlewood for a are coming together in the Riding School day of aromatherapy, homeopathy, forest to offer a range of beautiful goods. Find bathing, foraging, expressive arts and lots of antique gems for your home or a handmade hot chocolate! Held in our roundhouse with gift for someone special at this fabulous some outdoor activities and gentle walking, event. you will also be able to warm up around the Tel: 01332 863822 wood burning stove. The price includes a Email: [email protected] two course vegetarian meal and the gift of a www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke wellbeing journal. Price: Free event; Tel: 01332 865342 Parkland admission charges apply. Email: [email protected] www.wellbeingatwhistlewood.co.uk Price: £65; Booking essential. Tue 3 Mar, 2.30 - 4pm Valuation Day Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Sun 1 Mar, 11am Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Circular Walk from Melbourne to Bamford’s Auctioneers will be in the Breedon on the Hill Museum and will advise you on the value Starting from: Church Square, Melbourne, of your family heirlooms and treasured DE73 8JH possessions both monetary and historic. Leisurely 5.2miles/8.4km circular walk All proceeds going towards the upkeep over fields to the golf course at Breedon of the Museum. Café on site open for on the Hill and return to Melbourne. Grid refreshments. Reference SK389249. Please wear suitable Tel: 01283 222600 footwear and clothing. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01332 702820 / 07951 205199 – www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Christine Price: £1 per item or set. www.derbyramblers.org.uk Price: Free (Non-members can join up to Free 3 walks for free) Wed 4 Mar, 6.30 - 9pm Derwent Woodturning Club Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Professional demonstration by internationally-famous wood turner Mick Hanbury. Visitors welcome. Tel: 07726 618151 Email: [email protected] www.derwentwoodturners.simdif.com Price: £5. 6 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Thu 5 Mar, 7.30 - 9.30pm Fri 6 Mar, 1.30 - 2.30pm Hilton and Marston History Group Relaxation Hour Hilton Methodist Chapel, Main Street, DE65 5FF Swadlincote Chiropractic and Wellbeing Clinic, Annual General Meeting. 6 Hill Street, DE11 8HL Tel: 01283 733069 Life stressful? Needing ways to de-stress Email: [email protected] and relax? Learn techniques to help you feel Find us on Facebook calmer in everyday life. This event is held Price: £3 for non members; on the first Friday afternoon of each month, Membership £12 per year. excluding Bank Holidays. Tel: 07999 552508 Email: [email protected] Fri 6 Mar, 10 - 11am Price: £7; Booking essential. Tots Play Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Fri 6 Mar, 7.30 – 9pm Toddler play - enjoy a different activity each Sing Gospel Concert week with your toddler (4 sessions): Week The Pingle Academy, Coronation Street, 1 - Toot toot; Week 2 – Duplo; Week 3 - Swadlincote, DE11 0QA Sand and water play; Week 4 - Teddy bear’s This ‘Sing out Concert’ supported by South picnic. Limited to 14 tots per session. Derbyshire Music Centre’s Swing Band is the Tel: 01283 222600 culmination of four workshops taking place Email: museum.assistant@ throughout February/March, in conjunction sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk with the South Derbyshire Music Centre www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk and Derbyshire Music Education Hub. Come Price: £2.50 for first child; £1.50 sibling along and enjoy the sounds of gospel rate; Includes tea/coffee, juice and a biscuit; music and voices in what promises to be Booking essential. an uplifting concert. Tickets available on the door or in advance via the telephone number below. Tel: 07860 101417 - For further details Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshiremusic.org/sing-out/ Price: Adult £5; Children free. Watch great football in South Derbyshire Sat 7 Mar, 10am - 4pm Come along and support the Machine Embroidery Workshop ‘Moatmen’ and see Elvis Gresley in action! Melbourne Festival Pop Up Gallery, 2 Market Place, Melbourne, DE73 8DS March This workshop with Emily Smalley will Saturday 7th – Selston allow you to become more creative with Saturday 21st – AFC Wulfrunians your sewing machine than you previously thought possible. Maximum 6 people. April Tel: 07765 819428 Saturday 11th – Stourport Swifts Email: [email protected] Monday 13th – Long Eaton United www.emilysmalley.co.uk Saturday 25th – Boldmere St Michael’s Price: £55 per person; Booking essential. Moat Ground, Moat Street, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, DE11 9RE Phone: 01283 216315 Email: [email protected] Web: www.gresleyfc.com Prices: Adults £8; Over 60yrs £5; Under 16yrs (accompanied by a full paying adult) £1 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 7

Sat 7 Mar, 10.30am - 12.30pm Tue 10 Mar and Tue 24 Mar, 6.30 - 7.30pm Saturday Talk – Hearts of Oak Relaxation Evening Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote Chiropractic and Wellbeing Clinic, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG 6 Hill Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8HL Join us for International Women’s Day Life stressful? Needing ways to de-stress and listen to this amusing and interesting and relax? Learn techniques to help you talk from Bob Massey exploring the feel calmer in everyday life. This event stories of women who, over the centuries, is held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday each masqueraded as men to join the military calendar month. and do other men’s jobs. Tel: 07999 552508 Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] Email: museum.assistant@ Price: £7; Booking essential. sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £5 including light refreshments; Tue 10 Mar, 7.30 - 9.30pm Booking essential. The Wonderful World of Agapanthus - Talk Sat 7 Mar, 3 - 4.30pm Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JX A talk with Steve Hickman, RHS Master South Derbyshire Community Grower, for Ticknall Garden Club, which Drummers meets on the second Tuesday of every The Dance and Music Centre, month, except in August. 11 The Delph Centre, Swadlincote, DE11 9DA Tel: 01283 214784 Djembe drumming sessions for adults Email: [email protected] (16 years +). Have fun and play the djembe www.ticknallgardenclub.org.uk in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, no Price: Members £1; Visitors £3. experience necessary and plenty of drums available for use at the session. Tel: 01283 225741 Wed 11 Mar, 10.15am Email: [email protected] Japanese Cooking Class www.tribalvibes.net Seasoned Cookery School, The Stables, Catton, Price: £4 per person. Walton upon Trent, DE12 8LN This one-day Japanese cookery course Tue 10 Mar, 10 - 11am explores the flavours and skills to make authentic Japanese food at home. Led by Nordic Walking Taster Session one of the UK’s best Japanese chefs and Oakland Village, Hall Farm Road, Swadlincote, MasterChef finalist in 2012, Andrew Kojima. DE11 8ND Please see website for full list of cookery Try out Nordic Walking. Burn up to 40% courses. more calories during your walk! This taster Tel: 01283 711681 session will introduce you to the basics. Led Email: [email protected] by a qualified instructor. www.seasonedcourses.com Tel: 01283 595906 Price: £175 Email: [email protected] Price: £3.50 if you are hiring poles; £1.75 if you bring your own. Nature’sSouth Derbyshire has great farm shops Bounty! and garden centres offering local food & drink and plants & flowers, including:

Betty’s Farm Butchery, Farm Shop & Tearooms, Willington 01283 703582 www.bettysfarmshop.co.uk

Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery, Smisby 01530 413700 www.bluebellnursery.com

Calke Abbey Restaurant and Café, Chapmans Nurseries & Topiary Tearoom, Ticknall Rosliston 01332 863822 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke-abbey 01283 543546 www.chapmans-nurseries.co.uk

Dobbies Garden Centre Derby Firs Farm Nursery & Pippins Coffee Shop, (with Restaurant), Findern Scropton 01332 514268 www.dobbies.com 01283 520331 www.firsfarmnursery.co.uk

Garden King, Newhall Heaths Farm Shop & Nursery, Melbourne 01283 550516 www.gardenking.co.uk 01332 862645 www.heathsfarmshop.co.uk

Scaddows Farm Shop & Pick Your Own, Planters at Bretby (with Restaurant) Ticknall 01283 703355 www.plantersgc.com 01332 865709 www.scaddowsfarm.co.uk

Swarkestone Nursery & Garden Centre Stanton Nurseries (with Restaurant) 01283 214144 www.stantonnurseries.weebly.com 01332 700800 www.swarkestonenursery.co.uk

The Beetroot Tree Deli & Coffee House, Mercia Marina 01283 707325 www.merciamarina.co.uk

The Shed (Farm Shop, Kitchen, Coffee), Hilton 07757 793463 www.fedintheshed.co.uk

Tori and Ben’s Butchery & Farm Shop, Kings Newton 01332 865698 www.toriandbensfarm.co.uk

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Fri 13 Mar, 10 - 11am Sat 14 Mar Tots Play Orchid Day Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Planters at Bretby, Bretby Lane, DE15 0QS Swadlincote, DE11 9DG A day dedicated to everything Orchid - Toddler play - enjoy a different activity each further details to be announced. week with your toddler (4 sessions): Week Tel: 01283 703355 1 - Toot toot; Week 2 – Duplo; Week 3 - www.plantersgc.com Sand and water play; Week 4 - Teddy bear’s picnic. Limited to 14 tots per session. Sat 14 Mar, 10am - 4pm Tel: 01283 222600 Email: An Introduction to Botanical Art [email protected] White Hollows Studio, Box Lane, Ticknall, www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk DE73 7JN Price: £2.50 for first child; £1.50 sibling Learn the basics of drawing and painting on rate; Includes tea/coffee, juice and a biscuit; this one day course and start to master the Booking essential. many techniques to create a small botanical illustration, with Michael Lakin botanical artist, illustrator and tutor. A free paint book Fri 13 March, 7.30 - 9.30pm is provided to all students during this course. Introducing Astronomy Tel: 01332 862757 Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Email: [email protected] Rosliston Astronomy Group are an www.michaellakinart.co.uk enthusiastic group of amateur astronomers Price: £79; Booking essential. who regularly meet to discuss all things related to the night sky and (when clear) Sat 14 Mar look at the stars and other night sky objects. Beginners and Improvers 10.30am - 1pm; Beginners welcome. RAG’s mid-month Intermediate 2 - 4.30pm meetings consist of a variety of practicals, hands-on activities, teachings to develop Tribal Taiko Drumming confidence in finding night sky objects, and Gresley Old Hall, Gresley Wood Road, Church general equipment management. Gresley, DE11 9QW Tel: 07770 841767 Workshops are held monthly. No previous Email: [email protected] drumming experience is necessary, but www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk please note this can be a rigorous activity Price: Adult £3.50; Reduced prices for children; and requires a degree of fitness. This Membership applies after two meetings. workshop is suitable for people aged 16 years and over. Tel: 01283 225741 Sat 14 and Sun 15 Mar, 10am - 4pm Email: [email protected] Country Food and Drink Fair www.tribalvibes.net Riding School, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Price: £20 per session; Booking essential. Enjoy the best of the season at the Fair, where you’ll find a range of local suppliers, Sat 14 Mar, doors open 7.30pm from estate-brewed beer to fresh, locally- The Bootleg Bee Gees grown produce. Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Tel: 01332 863822 DE73 8GJ Email: [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Dance the night away to the live sounds of Price: Free event; the Bootleg Bee Gees and all your favourite Parkland admission charges apply. songs. Saturday Night Fever comes to town. Tel: 01332 863522 Email: [email protected] www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Price: £10; Tickets online at: www.ticketsource.co.uk search under venue or contact Melbourne Assembly Rooms.

Please contact for opening times (some not open all year round) Mon 16 Mar, 10am - 1pm Hedgehog Survey Training Event YHA National Forest, Moira Road, Moira, DE12 6BD A free hedgehog survey training day ODEON Event Cinema delivered by Derek Crawley. An opportunity Your ticket to the greatest shows on Earth to learn about hedgehog habits and take Lose yourself in the action of the world’s greatest part in our hedgehog survey work in a local performances, brought to you live via satellite or recorded, woodland. Booking essential. straight onto the big screen Tel: 01283 228766 From captivating theatre, opera, music and dance, to Email: exhilarating sporting events, you’ll never miss a moment [email protected] Free Price: Free. Highlights include: Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (2020) Tue 17 Mar, 7.30pm National Theatre Live: Cyrano De Bergerac Royal Opera House: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci Saints in History - Talk Methodist Chapel Schoolroom, Willington Road, Etwall, DE65 6HX Get ready for edge-of-your-seat shows like you’ve never seen them before, with breathtaking surround sound for an This talk by Dr Trevor James is part of Etwall unforgettable, larger-than-life experience History Group’s monthly meeting. With ODEON Event Cinema you’ll always have the best seat Tel: 01283 730287 in the house, with close-up action so real you’ll feel like www.etwallhistory.org you’re there Price: Visitors welcome at all meetings £3. For further information ring 01283 559 060 or go to www.odeon.co.uk Wed 18 Mar, 6.30 - 9pm Derwent Woodturning Club Sun 15 to Sat 29 Mar Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG It’s Spring! – Exhibition Professional demonstration by nationally- Ingleby Gallery, DE73 7HW acclaimed wood turner and carver Emma An exhibition celebrating the exuberance Cook ‘The Tiny Turner’. Visitors welcome. of Spring through various media. Artists Tel: 07726 618151 include, Anuk Naumann (stained glass), Email: [email protected] Helen Hallows (mixed media), Jill Williams www.derwentwoodturners.simdif.com (watercolour), Joanne Rost (milliner and Price: £5. artist), Peter D Watson (artist), Rob Wilson (landscape artist). Gallery is open: Wed - Fri 10am - 4pm and Sat - Sun 12noon - 5pm. Thu 19 Mar, doors open 7pm Tel: 01332 865995 The Beautiful Game Email: [email protected] Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, www.ingleby-gallery.co.uk DE73 8GJ In association with Live and Local and Next Door Dance, some love it, some loathe it, the Beautiful Game is a laugh out loud look at our national game, celebrating everything from punditry, rituals and our obsession. Tel: 01332 863522 Email: [email protected] www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Price: £10; Tickets online at: www.ticketsource.co.uk search under venue or contact Melbourne Assembly Rooms. Fri 20 Mar, 10 - 11am Tots Play Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Toddler play - enjoy a different activity each week with your toddler (4 Sessions): Week 1 - Toot toot; Week 2 – Duplo; Week 3 - Sand and water play; Week 4 - Teddy bear’s picnic. Limited to 14 tots per session. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: museum.assistant@ sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £2.50 for first child; £1.50 sibling rate; Includes tea/coffee, juice and a biscuit; Booking essential.

Sat 21 Mar, 11am – 1pm Mother’s Day Crafts Sharpes’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Hop into Spring and join our volunteers for a special Mother’s Day crafting session. Suitable for all the family. Drop in event. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: museum.assistant@ sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Free Price: Free.

Sun 22 Mar, 11am - 1pm Family Event Days Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Recycle and reuse - Are you a creative family looking for something fun to do on Sunday? Are you passionate about the environment? Take part in our modelling events using cardboard, paper and other materials. Each event will have a theme. Contact us for further information. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: museum.assistant@ sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Tickets £5 per family; Family ticket includes 4 people with a minimum of one child and one adult;

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Sun 22 Mar, 4 - 5.30pm Fri 27 Mar, 7.30 - 9pm Mothering Sunday: A Time to Pestilence, Intrigue and Murder Remember Mum Memorial and Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JX Reflection Ian Morgan explores the impact on St George’s and St Mary’s Church Community medieval society of the Black Death. Part Centre, Church Street, Church Gresley, of Ticknall Preservation and Historical DE11 9NR Society’s programme of historical talks and An opportunity for those who have lost tours. their Mothers to join us in a reflective way, Tel: 01530 810266 to light a candle and remember on this Email: [email protected] particular Sunday set aside to remember www.ticknalllife.co.uk/community Mothers. A one off event, booking is really Price: £2 visitors; £1 members, helpful but not essential, just required for including refreshments; catering purposes. Tea and cake will follow Outside tours - extra charge may be made. this reflection. Tel: 07814 270347 Sat 28 Mar, 10am - 4pm Email: [email protected] Free Price: Free. Connecting with the Moon Mooi Therapies at Newhall, 113 High Street, Newhall, DE11 0HT Wed 25 and Thu 26 Mar, 7.30pm In astrology, the ever changing moon Swadlincote International Supper represents our capacity to reflect, adapt Club and nurture. On this one-day workshop, we will work with the moon’s cycles, astrology, The Angel Restaurant, Church Street, crystals and meditation to connect with this Swadlincote, DE11 8LF energy as we move into spring and plant Join us on an epicurean adventure through some seeds in this season of growth and Ireland with a three course supper inspired new beginnings. Your hosts for the day will by some of Ireland’s cuisine and a welcome be astrologer Claire Manion, DMS Astrol, drink upon arrival. Hosted by SwadStyle’s and complementary therapist Editor, Ingrid van der Weide, and Not Just Helen Dartnell, SNHS Dip, VTCT, IHHT. Travel’s, Sandra Dowling, you will find out Tel: 07749 731380 what is so special about Ireland, enjoy some Email: [email protected] special travel offers and have the chance to Price: £45 per person, including refreshments win a bottle of wine in the table quiz. (please bring your own lunch); Booking Tel: 01283 220029 essential. Email: [email protected] Price: £35 per person; Booking essential. Sat 28 Mar, 10.30am – 2pm Fri 27 Mar, 10 - 11am Open Mic on The Delph High Street, Swadlincote Town Centre, Tots Play DE11 8JE Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Up to thirty-minute slots available for any Swadlincote, DE11 9DG musicians, singers, bands or buskers who Toddler play - enjoy a different activity each want to showcase their talents. To book a week with your toddler (4 sessions): Week free slot contact organiser John Beer. 1 - Toot toot; Week 2 – Duplo; Week 3 - Sand Tel: 07799 666522 and water play; Week 4 - Teddy bears picnic. Email: [email protected] Limited to 14 tots per session. Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Free Tel: 01283 222600 Price: Free. Email: museum.assistant@ sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £2.50 for first child; £1.50 sibling rate; Includes tea/coffee, juice and a biscuit; Booking essential.

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Sat 28 and Sun 29 Mar, 11am - 3.30pm Tue 31 Mar, 3 - 6pm Lambing at Home Farm Job Opportunities Day Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Join us at Home Farm to see newborn lambs Swadlincote, DE11 9DG finding their feet! A magical opportunity to Find your future direction! If you are see lambs from Calke’s rare-breed Portland unemployed, thinking of becoming self- sheep, and if you’re lucky, you might even employed, looking for a new career or see a lamb being born. wanting to develop your skills then this Tel: 01332 863822 event is for you. Learn all about a huge Email: [email protected] range of training and opportunities www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke available in the local area, including Price: Free event apprenticeships, jobs and volunteering. Lots (Parkland admission charges apply). of advice on offer for you and your family, whatever your age. Price: Free entry and free parking. Free Sat 28 Mar, 11.30am - 1pm Forest Bathing Walk Environmental Education Project, Rosliston Tue 31 Mar – Sat 4 Apr, 7.30pm Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX (Matinee Sat 4 Apr, 2.30pm) Forest Bathing is a nature-inspired wellness The King and I practice (Shinrin-Yoku). Reduce stress and Repton School, 400 Hall Theatre, improve the immune system. Reconnect Willington Road, DE65 6FH with nature and each other. You will be Musical presented by the Ashbeian Musical invited to take part in various sensory Theatre Group. experiences and a short walk. No swimming Tel: Box Office 07527 228945 involved! Led by a Certified Forest Bathing www.amtg.org.uk/box-office Guide. Adults and children aged 10+. Price: Seats £17; Booking essential. Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk/events Tue 31 Mar, 8pm and www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk Quiz Night Price: £15 per person per walk; Booking essential. The Wheel Inn, Burton Road, Midway, DE11 0DH Mon 30 Mar, 7.30pm A friendly and fun pub quiz with a picture South Derbyshire Badger Group round and eight quiz rounds. Prizes for Meeting winners and losers. Teams of 2-6 people welcome, bring your own or join a team on Ticknall Village Hall Board Room, 7 Rose Lane, DE73 7JW the night. Food available. Tel: 07727 257262 Group AGM and social. Email: [email protected] Tel: 07754 094177 Price: £2 per person. Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshirebadgergroup.co.uk Price: Members £2; Non members £3.

Mon 30 Mar, 7.30 - 9pm Derbyshire Castles - Talk Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, DE73 8GJ Melbourne Civic Society A.G.M. followed by a talk on Derbyshire castles by Robert Mee. Tel: 07970 752508 Email: [email protected] Price: £2 members; £3 non members. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 17 What’s On in South Derbyshire and The National Forest April

Wed 1 Apr, 6.30 - 9pm Fri 3 Apr, 1.30 - 2.30pm Derwent Woodturning Club Relaxation Hour Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote Chiropractic and Wellbeing Clinic, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG 6 Hill Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8HL A hands on evening. Curious about wood Life stressful? Needing ways to de-stress turning? Always ‘fancied having a go’ but and relax? Learn techniques to help you feel never got round to it? Always wondered calmer in everyday life. This event is held ‘how do you do that?’ Come and share an on the first Friday afternoon of each month evening at our club where some or all of excluding Bank Holidays. your questions may be answered. Tel: 07999 552508 Tel: 07726 618151 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Price: £7; Booking essential. www.derwentwoodturners.simdif.com Free Price: Free. From 3 Apr Open Wed, Sat, Sun, 1.30 – 5.30pm Thu 2 Apr, 7.30 - 9.30pm Melbourne Hall Gardens - Opening Transportation and Beyond - Talk Melbourne Hall, Church Square, DE73 8EN Hilton Methodist Chapel, Main Street, Melbourne Hall Gardens with its broad DE65 5FF sweeps of lawn, avenues and unexpected A talk by John Barnett for the Hilton and vistas is one of the most treasured historical Marston History Group. gardens in the country and is the best Tel: 01283 733069 surviving early 18th century English garden Email: [email protected] in the manner of le Notre. It is noted for its Find us on Facebook long tunnel of Yew, its wrought iron pagoda Price: £3 for non members; created by Robert Bakewell and its statuary Membership £12 per year. by Jan van Nost, notably the four seasons monument, a gift from Queen Anne. Fri 3 and Sat 4 Apr, 10am - 4pm Tel: 01332 862502 Email: [email protected] The Spring Garden (Two Day www.melbournehallgardens.com Course) Price: Adult £6; OAPs/children 5-15 yrs £5; White Hollows Studio, Box Lane, Ticknall, Family of 2 adults+2 children £17. DE73 7JN Illustrating all the beautiful spring flowers that fill our gardens and countryside, with Michael Lakin botanical artist, illustrator and tutor. Tel: 01332 862757 Email: [email protected] www.michaellakinart.co.uk Price: £150; Booking essential.

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Fri 3 and Sat 4 Apr, 7.30pm Sat 4 Apr, 9am - 3pm Burgers, Hotdogs and Music with Small Business Saturday Market Box of Tricks (Musical Duo) Lower High Street, Swadlincote Town Centre, Café Espesso in Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, DE11 8JA Off Alexandra Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Visit the Small Business Saturday Pop Up The popular duo return with music as Market to meet some of Swadlincote’s diverse as ABBA and Dylan. There will fantastic small businesses face to face with be Swaddy songs including the 712 and plenty of special offers, competitions and Bost’Im Jack. Slideshows accompany many give aways throughout the day. As part of the songs. Licensed bar and raffle with all Swadlincote Spring Eggstravaganza, there proceeds from the evenings being donated will also be live entertainment, face painting, to Macmillan Cancer Support and the fairground rides, bouncy castle, displays, the Derbyshire Blood Bikes. (Even if you can’t annual Easter Egg Hunt as well as the regular attend please donate through our pages on Swadlincote Saturday Market. Traders please their websites). Bar opens 7pm for 7.30pm contact the organiser for stall fees. start. Tel: 07727 257262 Tel: 01283 222848 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Facebook.com/swadstyletownteam Free www.magicattic.org.uk Price: Free entry and free parking. Price: £9 including hotdog or burger; Booking essential; Tickets available from The Magic Attic or Café Espresso. Sat 4, 11am - 3.30pm Lambing at Home Farm Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Sat 4 Apr, 9am - 3pm Join us at Home Farm to see newborn lambs Swadlincote Spring finding their feet! A magical opportunity to Eggstravaganza see lambs from Calke’s rare-breed Portland High Street, Swadlincote Town Centre, sheep, and if you’re lucky, you might even DE11 8JE see a lamb being born. A free family fun day with live Tel: 01332 863822 entertainment, face painting, fairground Email: [email protected] attractions, displays, craft and community www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke stands, roaming characters, Exotic Animal Price: Free event; Encounters at Stan’s Pals, the regular Parkland admission charges apply. Swadlincote Saturday Market as well as the Small Business Saturday Pop Up Market with Sat 4 to Sun 19 Apr, 11am to 4pm special offers, competitions, giveaways and the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Traders please Easter Holiday Fun contact the organiser for stall fees. Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Tel: 07727 257262 Keep the holiday boredom at bay this Easter. Email: [email protected] Squirt’s Stable and the Riding School will be www.facebook.com/swadstyletownteam Free bursting with nature-themed activities to get Price: Free entry and free parking. those creative cogs working. Open every day of the school holidays. Tel: 01332 863822 Email: [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Price: Free event; Parkland admission charges apply. 20 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Sat 4 Apr, 3 - 4.30pm Sun 5 Apr, 9.30 - 11am South Derbyshire Community Rosliston Breakfast Walk Drummers Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, The Dance and Music Centre, DE11 0AH 11 The Delph Centre, Swadlincote, DE11 9DA Join us for a pleasant walk through the Djembe drumming sessions for adults (16 lesser used paths of the Centre and into years +). Have fun and play the djembe Rosliston village. We will be stopping at the in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, no Honey Pot Tea Rooms for breakfast, before experience necessary and plenty of drums heading back to the Forestry Centre. available for use at the session. Tel: 01283 595906 Tel: 01283 225741 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Price: £2 per person for the walk www.tribalvibes.net (refreshments optional at the cafe); Price: £4 per person. Booking essential.

Sat 4 Apr, 6.30 - 9.30pm Sun 5 Apr, 11am - 3.30pm Luna Society Supper Club Lambing at Home Farm Whistlewood Common, The Common, National Trust Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Melbourne, DE73 8BQ Join us at Home Farm to see newborn lambs A special atmosphere awaits you in the finding their feet! A magical opportunity to beautiful Whistlewood Roundhouse see lambs from Calke’s rare-breed Portland where you’ll be served a tasty two course sheep, and if you’re lucky, you might even vegetarian meal of home produced foods, see a lamb being born. on hand crafted plates (Vegan options Tel: 01332 863822 available). Alongside the food we’ll bring Email: [email protected] you talks, readings and/or music – intriguing www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke ideas, and a little sprinkle of fun. Price: Free event; Tel: 01332 865342 Parkland admission charges apply. Email: [email protected] www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Mon 6 – Fri 17 Apr, 9am – 3.15pm Price: £20; Booking essential. Easter Holiday Camps Swadlincote Snowsports Centre, Sat 4 Apr, doors open 7.30pm Sir Herbert Wragg Way, DE11 8LP The Sensational Motown Tribute Camps include ski, board, tube and Show toboggan, with lunch included. Please telephone for further information and to Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, DE73 8GJ book. Tel: 01283 890089 The award-winning show features three Email: [email protected] glamorous singers performing the www.jnlswadlincote.co.uk unforgettable sounds of Martha Reeves, Price: £30 per day; 2 for 1 offer on places. Diana Ross, The Supremes, The Temptations and all the greatest Tamla hits with stunning costume changes and slick routines. Dance the night away to Baby Love, Jimmy Mack, Third Finger Left Hand and so many more. Tel: 01332 863522 Email: [email protected] www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Price: £12.50; Tickets online at: www.ticketsource.co.uk search under venue or contact Melbourne Assembly Rooms. 21

Tue 7 Apr, 2 - 4pm Wildlife Watch - Easter Animal Egg Hunt Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Birds are not the only creatures to produce eggs! Come to the classroom between 2pm and 3.30pm. Explore the site to discover what else might be laying eggs, and where! Return to the classroom by 3.30pm for help with identification. Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] Swadlincote ODEON Silver Cinema www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Silver Cinema is a series of film screenings for guests who EnvironmentalEducation or are over 55. Tickets are from £3 each and include tea, coffee www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk and biscuits before the film. Unwind and catch up with Price: £2.50 per group/set of resources friends over aromatic tea and coffee and buttery biscuits as borrowed. you get ready to be transported to another reality. Whether you’re watching a critically acclaimed classic or talk-of-the- town new release, we’ll lead you to another time, another Tue 7 Apr, 2.30 - 4pm place. Relax as we dim the lights, raise the curtain and bring Valuation Day the screen leaping to life. Inspiring biopics. Laugh-out-loud Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, comedies. Ageless romances. Let us take you there. Swadlincote, DE11 9DG For further information ring 01283 559 060 Bamford’s Auctioneers will be in the or go to www.odeon.co.uk Museum and will advise you on the value of your family heirlooms and treasured possessions both monetary and historic. Mon 6, Tue 7, Wed 8 and Thu 9 Apr, All proceeds going towards the upkeep 10am - 12noon of the Museum. Café on site open for refreshments. Easter Crafts Tel: 01283 222600 Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Email: [email protected] Swadlincote, DE11 9DG www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Celebrate Easter and take part in a free Price: £1 per item or set. Easter egg trail, as well as our Easter crafts and events including clay, and a local artist. Contact us for further information. Thu 9 Apr, 9.30am – 4.30pm Tel: 01283 222600 Family Bushcraft Day Email: museum.assistant@ Grangewood Farm, Netherseal, DE12 8BJ sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk A great mini adventure for the whole family. www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Build a good shelter, create fire with friction, Price: Various. make a pot hanger, as well as sample something tasty from the wild. Tue 7 Apr, 10.30am - 12.30pm Tel: 07736 225035 Email: [email protected] Family Learning - Easter Crafts www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com Swadlincote Adult Community Education Price: Adult £50; Child (under 16) £30. Centre, Rink Drive, DE11 8JL Come and join us for some eggcellent Easter crafts. Create happy hens, chirpy chicks and brilliant bunnies. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tel: 01629 533290 Email: [email protected] www.derbyshire.gov.uk/adulteducation Price: £1 child; £2 adult; Booking essential.

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Thu 9 Apr, 10.30am – 1.30pm Mon 13 Apr Foremark Reservoir’s Big Spring Easter Bank Holiday Bonanza Clean Swadlincote Snowsports Centre, Sir Herbert Repton Road, Milton, DE65 6EG Wragg Way, DE11 8LP The Ranger team have a constant battle with Enjoy the Bank Holiday at the Centre with: littering and are looking to clean up the site Tube, 4 toboggan and 4 drop slides for £10 before the Summer season – come and give per person; Ski and snowboard tasters £10; them a hand and help keep Foremark tidy! and, Open practice sessions £10. Every Tel: 01332 865081 child pre-booked for activities will receive Email: [email protected] an Easter-themed sweet cone! Plus, family www.keepbritaintidy.org pizza and chips deal for four at £10. Price: Free event. Free Tel: 01283 890089 Email: [email protected] www.jnlswadlincote.co.uk Fri 10 Apr, 10.30am – 3.30pm Price: Tel for further details and bookings. Elvaston Golden Egg Trail Elvaston Castle and Country Park, Mon 13 Apr, 11am - 2pm Borrowash Road (A6120), Elvaston, DE72 3EP (Meet in The Courtyards) Brick Day Join us and the Easter Bunny for some Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, eggciting Easter Fun at Elvaston. Hop on Swadlincote, DE11 9DG down and follow the famous Golden Egg International Brick Day - take part in this Trail to claim a reward. Length - less than two lesser-known international day and create miles. a model from the famous coloured LEGO Tel: 01629 533870 bricks. Ages 3 to 103 all welcome. Three Email: [email protected] sessions available, places limited. Contact www.derbyshire.gov.uk/elvaston for further information. Cost: £4 per trail sheet. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: museum.assistant@ sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Fri 10 and Sat 11 Apr, 11.30am – 4.30pm www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Easter Event Price: £3; Sibling rate £2.50; Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Booking essential. DE65 6DW The Marina’s Easter event will feature giant Tue 14 Apr, 10.30am - 12noon eggs, an Easter trail, bubble artists and an Kids with Cameras Walk Easter photo board, plus free face painting. Tel: 01283 703332 Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Email: [email protected] Come and join the photography team on a kids camera walk and have some fun looking www.merciamarina.co.uk Free Price: Free entry and free parking. for different views to photograph. Pick up some handy tips and tricks along the way - don’t forget to bring a camera and an adult! Sun 12 Apr, 12noon - 4pm Tel: 01332 863822 Easter Sunday Cruise Special Email: [email protected] Mercia Swan Canal Boat Trips, Mercia Marina, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Findern Lane, Willington, DE65 6DW Price: Free event; Sailings from Mercia Marina to Willington Parkland admission charges apply. and return on the hour. All children cruising with us will receive a free Cadbury’s Crème Egg. Book at Still Waters shop at the Marina or call. Tel: 07399 875552. Email: [email protected] www.merciaswan.co.uk Price: See website or call for details. Tue 14 Apr and Tue 28 Apr, 6.30 - 7.30pm Relaxation Evening Swadlincote Chiropractic and Wellbeing Clinic, 6 Hill Street, DE11 8HL Life stressful? Needing ways to de-stress Call for Young and relax? Learn techniques to help you feel calmer in everyday life. This event is held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday each calendar month. Artists Tel: 07999 552508 Melbourne Festival Email: [email protected] Emerging Artist Award 2020 Price: £7; Booking essential. Melbourne Festival, one of the biggest art festivals in the East Midlands, would like to invite young artists to take part in their Emerging Artist Tue 14 Apr, 7.30 - 9.30pm Competition. It is targeted at artists aged 17 to The Way We Were: How We 25 (or within five years of graduation) who are studying, working or living in the region and Gardened 60 Years Ago - Talk pursuing a career in or studying Art Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JX First Prize: £500 A talk with Doug Stewart, professional Closing Date: 30 April 2020 gardener and speaker, for Ticknall Garden Club which meets on the second Tuesday of every month, except in August. Tel: 01283 214784 To enter or for more details Email: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.ticknallgardenclub.og.uk or visit: www.melbournefestival.co.uk Price: Members £1; Visitors £3.

Tue 14 Apr, 2 - 4pm Wed 15 Apr, 6.30 - 9pm Wildlife Watch Minibeast Derwent Woodturning Club Springwatch Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG DE12 8JX Professional demonstration by local We’re not the only ones looking forward to renowned wood turner Robin Barlow. warmer weather! Lots of small creatures are Visitors welcome. resuming full activity after the Winter. Come Tel: 07726 618151 to the classroom between 2pm and 3.30pm. Email: [email protected] Explore the site to look for evidence and www.derwentwoodturners.simdif.com then return to the classroom by 3.30pm for Price: £5. help with identification. Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] Fri 17 Apr, 10am - 12noon www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ Brilliant Books EnvironmentalEducation or Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Price: £2.50 per group/set of resources Are you a budding writer or just a reader? borrowed. Celebrate your joy of books by creating your own book cover or book mark. For further information please contact us. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: museum.assistant@ sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £1.50. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 25

Sat 18 Apr, 9.30am – 4.30pm Tue 21 Apr, 7.30pm Wild Food and Wilderness Cookery Ladybird Books - Talk Spring Wood, Grangewood Farm, Netherseal, Methodist Chapel Schoolroom, DE12 8BJ Willington Road, Etwall, DE65 6HX Have a great day out in the woods whilst A talk by Paul Newsham as part of Etwall also gaining inspiration, understanding History Group’s monthly meeting. Visitors and confidence about some of the many welcome at all meetings. seasonal wild foods available in our Tel: 01283 730287 woodlands and countryside. You will learn www.etwallhistory.org how to identify various plants, trees and Price: £3. fungi, as well as discover how to create a variety of dishes combining what you gather with various simple ingredients/wild food. Wed 22 Apr, 29 Apr and 13 May, 9.30am - Tel: 07736 225035 4.30pm (This is a 3 day course) Email: [email protected] Think Like a Tree - Nature Inspired www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com Life Planning Course Price: £74. Environmental Education Project - Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Sat 18 Apr Unlock nature’s secrets to happiness, health Beginners and Improvers 10.30am - 1pm; and wellbeing. Stuck in a rut? Trying to Intermediate 2 - 4.30pm make an important life decision? Seeking a new direction? Or working in education, Tribal Taiko Drumming outdoor education or forest schools? Gresley Old Hall, Gresley Wood Road, Seeking to support others with their own Church Gresley, DE11 9QW life challenges? We associate woodlands, Workshops are held monthly. No previous forests and other natural ecosystems with drumming experience is necessary, but resilience, longevity, health and harmony, please note this can be a rigorous activity but often struggle to experience these and requires a degree of fitness. This in our own lives. By exploring principles workshop is suitable for people aged 16 derived from nature, this course introduces years and over. a design cycle (a personal/project plan) that Tel: 01283 225741 can be used for a wide range of personal Email: [email protected] circumstances – relationships, health, www.tribalvibes.net wellbeing, leisure and work. Spending time Price: £20 per session; Booking essential. in nature through the course will allow us to experience what nature has to offer and help teach us about ourselves. Sat 18 Apr, 11.30am - 1.30pm Tel: 01283 535039 Junior Golf Coaching Email: [email protected] Swadlincote Family Golf Centre, www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk/events or William Nadin Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB https://www.thinklikeatree.co.uk Free junior coaching during the Easter Price: £160 per person, including holiday for ages 3-12 years old. refreshments (drinks) for the 3 day course; Tel: 07821 075277 Booking essential. Email: [email protected] www.adamjmasongolf.com Free Price: Free; Booking essential. 26 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Thu 23 Apr, 1.30 - 3.30pm Sat 25 Apr, 11am - 2pm Heritage Walk - Grangewood and Raku the Site of Netherseal Colliery Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Linton Village Hall Car Park, Winchester Drive, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG DE12 6PW Join John Nigel Gossage an award-winning A circular walk from Linton. Find out about Leicester potter and raku practitioner in this the work of the Timber Corps in World War II, centuries old process of raku firing. During Netherseal Colliery and its colliery cottages. this workshop you will chose a bespoke pre- Hopefully bluebells will be flowering. 3 made hand thrown pot and using raku glazes miles, 2 stiles. Stout footwear essential and or horsehair you will create your own unique wet weather clothing. Please leave the dog design. Following firing you will walk away at home. with your own priceless piece of ceramic art. Tel: 01283 819020 Limited places. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01283 222600 Email: www.magicattic.org.uk Free Price: Free. [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £30; Booking essential. Fri 24 Apr, 2 - 4pm Staunton Harold Church - Visit Sat 25 Apr, 8 – 10.15pm (doors open 7pm) Staunton Harold Estate, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1RW Village Folk Present the India A visit to Staunton Harold Church with Becky Electric Co. Elliott followed by refreshments. Becky talks Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, of Staunton Harold and the Shirley’s that DE73 8GF built it. Part of Ticknall Preservation and India Electric Co. are multi instrumentalists Historical Society’s programme of historical Cole Stacey and Joe O’Keefe - sometimes talks and tours. folk, sometimes not, playing traditional Tel: 01530 810266 instruments in contemporary styles. After Email: [email protected] releasing their debut album in 2015, www.ticknalllife.co.uk/community they began extensively supporting and Price: Please contact for details. performing as Midge Ure’s (Ultravox) band, touring with him around the world. With recent live sessions on BBC Radio 2 and 6 Sat 25 Apr, 10.30am – 2pm Music, performances at Glastonbury and Open Mic on The Delph Cambridge Folk Festival, the duo are now High Street, Swadlincote Town Centre, embarking on their own headline, album DE11 8JE launch tour of the UK. Up to thirty-minute slots available for any Tel: 01332 863522 musicians, singers, bands or buskers who Email: [email protected] want to showcase their talents. To book a www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk free slot contact organiser John Beer. Price: £12; Tel: 07799 666522 Tickets online at: www.ticketsource.co.uk Email: [email protected] search under venue or contact Melbourne Assembly Rooms. Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Free Price: Free.

For details of bus and rail services in the area go to www.traveline.info Sun 26 Apr, 10am - 4pm Sun 26 Apr, 12noon - 4pm Spring into Spring Retreat Day NGS Open Day – Elvaston Castle Whistlewood Common, The Common, ElvastonJapan-UK Castle and Country Park, Melbourne, DE73 8BQ BorrowashSeason Road (A6120), of Elvaston, Culture DE72 3EP Enjoy a day of relaxation and reconnection (Meet at the Old English walled garden) with nature. Partake of forest bathing Come and discover2019-20 the beauty of the (Shinrin Yoku), expressive arts, and massage. Old English walled garden. Take in the The day is all about rest and restoration, peaceful atmosphere and enjoy the scents regrounding and discovering the beauty of and colours of the tree varieties, summer Spring at Whistlewood. The price includes a beddingDerbyshire and herbaceous has enjoyed borders. a unique Estate two course vegetarian meal. gardenersinternational are on hand relationship during the with day, Toyota and Tel: 01332 865342 refreshmentsCity in Japan available. since Find the out establishment more at Email: [email protected] www.ngs.org.ukof the Toyota car plant at Burnaston www.wellbeingatwhistlewood.co.uk Tel: 01629 533870 Price: £75; Booking essential. Email: countrysideservice@ derbyshire.gov.ukThe Japan-UK Season www.derbyshire.gov.uk/of Culture in the UK Sun 26 Apr, 11am - 12.15pm elvastonshowcases Japanese Family Bluebell Walk Price:culture Adult £2.50; and art Children Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Under 16 free. DE12 8JX Join our annual pilgrimage to the nearly “hidden” bluebell wood. Bring your camera. For further details of events in Derbyshire: Please note there are a few stiles en route. Tel: 01283 595906 www.derbyshire.gov.uk/toyotacity Email: [email protected] Japan-UK Season of Culture 2019-20 Price: £1.50 per person.

Sun 26 Apr, 11am - 1pm Family Event Days Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Recycle and reuse - Are you a creative family looking for something fun to do on Sunday? Are you passionate about the environment? Take part in our modelling events using cardboard, paper and other materials. Each event will have a theme. For further information please contact us. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Tickets £5 per family; Family ticket includes 4 people with a minimum of one child and one adult; 28 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Mon 27 Apr, 7.30 - 9pm Wed 29 and Thu 30 Apr, 7.30pm The Far Side of the Moon - Talk Swadlincote International Supper Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Club DE73 8GJ The Angel Restaurant, Church Street, A talk by Dr. Julian Onions for Melbourne Swadlincote, DE11 8LF Civic Society. Join us on an epicurean adventure through Tel: 07970 752508 Spain with a 3 course supper inspired by Email: [email protected] some of Spain’s finest foods and a welcome Price: £1.50 members; £2.50 non members. drink upon arrival. Hosted by SwadStyle’s Editor, Ingrid van der Weide, and Not Just Mon 27 Apr, 7.30pm Travel’s, Sandra Dowling, you will find out what is so special about Spain, enjoy some Engineering With a Difference - Talk special travel offers and have the chance to Ticknall Village Hall Board Room, 7 Rose Lane, win a bottle of wine in the table quiz. DE73 7JW Tel: 01283 220029 A talk on sustainable construction Email: [email protected] techniques by Jules for South Derbyshire Price: £35 per person; Booking essential. Badger Group. Tel: 07754 094177 Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshirebadgergroup.co.uk Price: Members £2; Non members £3.

Tue 28 Apr Mayflower Jewellery Workshop Ingleby Gallery, DE73 7HW Please contact for further details and prices. Tel: 01332 865995 Email: [email protected] www.ingleby-gallery.co.uk

Tue 28 Apr, 8pm Quiz Night The Wheel Inn, Burton Road, Midway, Congratulations to all of the finalists, DE11 0DH including: A friendly and fun pub quiz with a picture round and eight quiz rounds. Prizes for The Dragon at Willington winners and losers. Teams of 2-6 people Winner of the Leisure & Hospitality Award and finalist in the welcome, bring your own or join a team on Business of the Year and Best Customer Service Performance categories the night. Food available. 01283 704795, www.thedragonatwillington.co.uk Tel: 07727 257262 Email: [email protected] Field Sport UK Price: £2 per person. Winner of the Best Customer Service Performance and finalist in the Leisure & Hospitality Award for the outdoor activity centre 01283 763350, www.fieldsportuk.co.uk

The Boot Brewery Finalist in the Manufacturer of the Year category and served at The Boot inn at Repton, with brewery tours also available 01283 346047, www.thebootatrepton.co.uk

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Sat 2 May, 5 - 7.30am Sat 2 May, 10am - 4pm Dawn Chorus Walk Raku Pottery - Tradition, Art and Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Alchemy DE12 8JX Whistlewood Common, The Common, Meet at 5am prompt in the Centre’s Foyer. Melbourne, DE73 8DH Join us for a leisurely walk with bird expert A great opportunity to experience Raku Dave Scattergood to discover the wonders Pottery. A fascinating technique inspired of the dawn chorus. Suitable for children by the ancient rituals of the tea ceremony over 12 and adults. originating from 16th Century Japan. Tel: 01283 535039 Choose from a selection of biscuit-fired Email: [email protected] pots, then be guided through creative www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ glazing techniques, finally leading to EnvironmentalEducation or dramatic ‘live’ kiln firings, revealing the www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk unique character of Raku. Includes a Price: £10 per person, includes hot snack and Japanese Tea Ceremony and a Japanese drink; Booking essential. lunch. Tel: 01332 865342 Sat 2 May, 10am - 2pm Email: [email protected] www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Craft Workshop Price: £55; Booking essential. Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Drop in to this bunting making workshop Sat 2 May, 10.30am - 4pm to help decorate the Museum for a month Science Discovery Fun Day of VE celebrations. Contact us for further Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, information. DE12 8JX Tel: 01283 222600 Join us for fun with science - have a go at Email: museum.assistant@ simple experiments with the Environmental sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Education team, Rolls-Royce plc and the www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Free Astronomy Group. Price: Free. Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ EnvironmentalEducation or www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk Price: Free Free (may be a small charge for some activities). 30 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Sat 2 May, 12noon – 8pm Tue 5 May, 2.30 - 4pm StrEATfood Social Valuation Day Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, DE65 6DW Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Street food market with live music. Bamford’s Auctioneers will be in the Tel: 01283 703332 Museum and will advise you on the value Email: [email protected] of your family heirlooms and treasured www.merciamarina.co.uk Free possessions both monetary and historic. Price: Free entry and free parking. All proceeds going towards the upkeep of the Museum. Café on site open for refreshments. Sun 3 May Tel: 01283 222600 Classic Car Show Email: [email protected] Catton Estate, Walton upon Trent, DE12 8LN www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk The popular classic motor show returns Price: £1 per item or set. with a live arena and commentary all day featuring up to 700 classic motors from the Wed 6 May, 6.30 - 9pm 1930s to the ‘90s. Tel: 0845 8791028 Derwent Woodturning Club Email: [email protected] Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, www.classicmotorshows.co.uk Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Price: Contact for details. Demonstration of wood turning by one of our own members. Visitors welcome. Tel: 07726 618151 Sun 3 May, 10.30am - 4.30pm Email: [email protected] Wire Poppies and Seed Head www.derwentwoodturners.simdif.com Free Workshop Price: Free. Whistlewood Common, The Common, Melbourne, DE73 8DH Fri 8 and Sat 9 May, 10am - 4pm On this full day flower workshop you will learn to make poppies and poppy seed If You Can Paint a Leaf Then You heads and will be provided with a selection Can Paint the World - of different wires to develop your designs Ruskin (Two Day Course) in. All the materials are supplied and you’ll White Hollows Studio, Box Lane, Ticknall, get a handout to remind you of how to DE73 7JN do the basics as well as suggestions for But can you paint a leaf? This course suppliers. helps you to understand venation, surface Tel: 01332 865342 modelling, leaf serration and colour mixing Email: [email protected] to achieve the correct tone of green for www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org many different leaf forms, with Price: £55; Booking essential. Michael Lakin botanical artist, illustrator and tutor. Tel: 01332 862757 Email: [email protected] www.michaellakinart.co.uk Price: £150; Booking essential. Fri 8, Sat 9 and Sun 10 May, 10am – 4pm Fri 8 May, 7.30 - 9.30pm VE Day Weekend Celebration Introducing Astronomy Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG DE12 8JX Party 1940s style and celebrate 75 years Rosliston Astronomy Group are an since VE day at this three day event which enthusiastic group of amateur astronomers will include a street party, craft and vintage who regularly meet to discuss all things stalls, music and other entertainment. related to the night sky and (when clear) Contact for further information. look at the stars and other night sky objects. Tel: 01283 222600 Beginners welcome. RAG’s mid-month Email: museum.assistant@ meetings, consist of a variety of practicals, sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk hands-on activities, teachings to develop www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk confidence in finding night sky objects, and Price: Free entry Free general equipment management. (charges for some entertainment). Tel: 07770 841767 Email: [email protected] www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk Price: Adult £3.50; Reduced prices for children; Membership applies after two meetings. 32 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Sat 9 May, 5 - 8am Sat 9 May, 3 - 4.30pm Dawn Chorus Day Walk and South Derbyshire Community Breakfast Drummers Whistlewood Common, The Common, The Dance and Music Centre, 11 The Delph Melbourne, DE73 8DH Centre, Swadlincote, DE11 9DA Come and join us for an early start to catch Djembe drumming sessions for adults (16 the sunrise and listen to birdsong, led by years +). Have fun and play the djembe an expert ornithologist, David Scattergood. in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, no We’ll return to the Whistlewood experience necessary and plenty of drums Roundhouse to sit, relax and enjoy a available for use at the session. delicious breakfast, cooked by Suburban Tel: 01283 225741 Peasant, Andy Mason. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01332 865342 www. tribalvibes.net Email: [email protected] Price: £4 per person. www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Price: £12; Booking essential. Sun 10 May, 10am - 12noon Spring Plant Sale Sat 9 May, 10.30am - 12.30pm Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JX Capture Calke on Camera Walk Ticknall Garden Club’s Sale will offer a good Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF selection of shrubs, perennials, flowers, Want to get some handy hints on how vegetable, salad and fruit plants, plus to take better photos? Come and join gardening sundries all at very reasonable members of the photography team on prices. Home made cakes also available to a walk and have some fun looking for buy. different views to photograph. Beginners, Tel: 01283 214784 intermediate and experts welcome! Don’t Email: [email protected] forget to bring along your camera. www.ticknallgardenclub.og.uk Tel: 01332 863822 Price: Entrance £1, which includes Email: [email protected] refreshments. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Price: Free event (Parkland admission charges apply). Sun 10 May, 10am - 12.30pm Fused Glass Birds and Butterflies Sat 9 May, 10.30am - 12.30pm Workshop Whistlewood Common, The Common, Saturday Morning Talk Melbourne, DE73 8DH Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Enjoy a morning spent making your own Swadlincote, DE11 9DG fused glass hangings and be inspired by the Join Kath Reynolds for this ‘make do birds and butterflies while we try to capture and mend’ talk in connection with the the beautiful iridescent colours which we VE day celebrations. Contact for further see in nature. Stevie Davies will teach you information. the technique of cutting and layering sheet Tel: 01283 222600 glass to produce your own unique creations. Email: museum.assistant@ Tel: 01332 865342 sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Price: £5 including light refreshments; Price: £42; Booking essential. Booking essential. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 33

Tue 12 May and Tue 26 May, 6.30 - 7.30pm Wed 13 May, 9am - 5pm Relaxation Evening NGS Open Garden - Swadlincote Chiropractic and Wellbeing Clinic, Bluebell Arboretum 6 Hill Street, DE11 8HL Annwell Lane, Smisby, LE65 2TA Life stressful? Needing ways to de-stress Beautiful nine-acre woodland garden with and relax? Learn techniques to help you feel a large collection of rare trees and shrubs. calmer in everyday life. This event is held Adjacent specialist tree and shrub nursery. every 2nd and 4th Tuesday each calendar Please be aware this is not a wood full of month. bluebells, despite the name. Please wear Tel: 07999 552508 sturdy, waterproof footwear during or after Email: [email protected] wet weather! Full wheelchair access in dry, Price: £7; Booking essential. warm weather, however grass paths can become wet and inaccessible in snow or Tue 12 May, 7.30 - 9.30pm after rain. Tea/coffee available on request at the office. Dark and Desirable - Talk Tel: 01530 413700 Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JX Email: [email protected] A talk with Paul Green of Green’s Leaves www.bluebellnursery.com Nursery for Ticknall Garden Club, which Price: Adult £5; Child free. meets on the second Tuesday of every month, except in August. Tel: 01283 214784 Email: [email protected] www.ticknallgardenclub.og.uk Price: Members £1; Visitors £3. 34 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Wed 13 May, 10am - 2.30pm Fri 15 May, 7 - 9pm (Preview Evening) Liberation Day Sat 16 May, 10am – 4pm Gresley Old Hall, Gresley Wood Road, Sun 17 May, 12noon – 4pm Church Gresley, DE11 9QW Newton Solney Art Exhibition Are you 60+? Join us for a VE Day St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Newton Solney, Celebration complete with flags! Enjoy DE15 0SR musical entertainment, whilst gathering View the work of talented local artists in information on things like health, safety, the beautiful and atmospheric setting of fitness and security. Free transport and St Mary’s Church. Preview Evening (15 refreshments available. May) tickets available from Newton Solney Tel: 01283 595795 School or by emailing. No tickets needed Email: [email protected] for weekend admission. Refreshments www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/liberation available. If you are interested in exhibiting Price: Free; Booking essential as spaces please email for a submission form. are limited; Registration lines open Free Tel: 07708 943808 3 March 2020. Email: [email protected] Price: Preview Evening £10; Weekend Thu 14 May, 10.15am admission – Adults £2, Children free. Eat Well All Week - Course Seasoned Cookery School, The Stables, Catton, Fri 15 May, 7.30 - 9pm Walton upon Trent, DE12 8LN TG Green Pottery - Talk A course for those who struggle to find Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JX time to shop and cook from scratch mid- Iain Hambling gives an illustrated talk on week, but want to eat something tasty this local pottery manufacturer for Ticknall and nutritious. Led by Jenny Chandler, this Preservation and Historical Society. course will focus on dishes that can either Tel: 01530 810266 be batch cooked at the weekend, or created Email: [email protected] out of a clever instant store cupboard of www.ticknalllife.co.uk/community good quality staple ingredients, so that your Price: £2 visitors; £1 members, including shopping and cooking mid-week can be refreshments. simple and efficient. Please see website for full list of cookery courses. Tel: 01283 711681 Sat 16 May to Thu 28 May Email: [email protected] The National Forest Walking www.seasonedcourses.com Price: £165 Festival Various locations in and around the National Forest Fri 15 May, 10am - 1pm Annual Walking Festival with some 100 Clay Play St George and the walks and other outdoor activities over two Dragon weeks. Walks for all ages and abilities, from 1-10 miles. Walks are guided, including the Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, opportunity to explore local history and Swadlincote, DE11 9DG wildlife. Come along and create your own knights Tel: 01283 222848 and dragons in air-dry clay. All ages Email: [email protected] welcome – just drop in. www.thenationalforestwalkingfestival.org.uk Tel: 01283 222600 Price: Most walks are free and do not require Email: booking - see Festival Guide for details. [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: £1 per ball of clay.

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Sat 16, Sun 17, and Mon 18 May, Sat 16 May 10am - 6pm Beginners and Improvers 10.30am - 1pm; Etwall Well Dressing Festival - 50th! Intermediate 2 - 4.30pm Various location in Etwall Village, Main Street, Tribal Taiko Drumming DE65 6LU Gresley Old Hall, Gresley Wood Road, This year the Village will be celebrating Church Gresley, DE11 9QW 50 years of Well Dressing in Etwall. It all Workshops are held monthly. No previous began back in 1970 with just two well drumming experience is necessary, but dressings - this year there will be eight please note this can be a rigorous activity sites to visit around the village, as well and requires a degree of fitness. This as the opportunity to have-a-go, under workshop is suitable for people aged 16 expert supervision, in our demo tent. Both years and over. churches will also have themed floral Tel: 01283 225741 decoration. You can watch one of this year’s Email: [email protected] well dressings being made between 11- www.tribalvibes.net 14 May (the week before the Festival) by Price: £20 per session; Booking essential. phoning 01283 734233 or 0781 2025833, or emailing: [email protected], for an appointment. The Blessing of the Wells Sat 16 May, 10.30am - 4.30pm Service will take place at around midday Hiking Stick Making Workshop on the Saturday to officially open the Whistlewood Common, The Common, Festival. There will be a variety of family Melbourne, DE73 8BQ entertainment on the Saturday and Sunday Make a traditional hiking or pilgrim stick, including: morris dancing, maypole dancing, shepherd’s crook, hook or contemporary wind bands, birds of prey, face painting, design stick from scratch. We will discuss puppet shows, children’s fairground rides, the nature, purpose and use of hiking sticks a target bowls competition, a climbing as we cut our own green sticks in a local wall, a possible fly-by and a special 50th woodland. Then we will craft, shape and birthday cakes auction. There will also be finish these or seasoned sticks (if preferred) an art exhibition by local artists, a crafts to suit personal taste. Tools and finishing fair with over 20 stalls, a classic vehicles oils provided. display, a well dressing archive display, Tel: 01332 865342 a local history display and the popular Email: [email protected] Children’s Trail. Finally, there will be several www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org places around the village for visitors to take Price: £45; Booking essential. a break and sample home-made cakes and refreshments, or visit one of the local pubs. Tel: 01283 223443 Sun 17 May, 10am - 4pm Email: [email protected] Swadlincote Festival of Transport www.well-dressing.co.uk Throughout Swadlincote Town Centre, Find us on Facebook: Etwall Well Dressing DE11 9DG Association Annual cavalcade of vehicles within Price: Free entry and free parking for cars Free and coaches. Swadlincote Town Centre attracting varied vehicles from all over the country. Live entertainment and many other attractions and stalls, plus food outlets for all the family. Many of the businesses and other attractions within the town will be holding complementary events. A great free day out for all ages. Tel: 07850 666125 Email: [email protected] www.sfot.uk Price: Vehicles £5 to exhibit; Free Public free entry. Mon 18 May, 7.30 - 9pm Wed 20 May, 12.15 - 1.45pm Derbyshire at Sea - Talk Forest Bathing Walk Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Environmental Education Project - Rosliston DE73 8GJ Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX A talk by Liz Kelley for Melbourne Civic Forest Bathing is a nature-inspired wellness Society. practice (Shinrin-Yoku). Reduce stress and Tel: 07970 752508 improve the immune system; Reconnect Email: [email protected] with nature and each other. You will be Price: £1.50 members; £2.50 non members. invited to take part in various sensory experiences and a short walk. No swimming involved! Led by a Certified Forest Bathing Tue 19 May, 7.30pm Guide. Adults and children aged 10+. Markeaton Park - Talk Tel: 01283 535039 Methodist Chapel Schoolroom, Email: [email protected] Willington Road, Etwall, DE65 6HX www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk/events Etwall History Group AGM followed by talk or www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk from Linda Proud. Price: £15 per person per walk; Booking essential. Tel: 01283 730287 www.etwallhistory.org Price: Visitors welcome at all meetings £3.

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Wed 20 May, 6.30 - 9pm Sat 23 May, 10.30am – 2pm Derwent Woodturning Club Open Mic on The Delph Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, High Street, Swadlincote Town Centre, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG DE11 8JE Hands-on evening. Curious about wood Up to thirty-minute slots available for any turning? Always ‘fancied having a go’, but musicians, singers, bands or buskers who never got round to it. Come and share an want to showcase their talents. To book a evening at our club where some or all of free slot contact organiser John Beer. your questions may be answered. Visitors Tel: 07799 666522 welcome. Email: [email protected] Tel: 07726 618151 Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Free Email: [email protected] Price: Free. www.derwentwoodturners.simdif.com Free Price: Free. Sat 23 May, 11am - 1pm Forest Bathing Walk Thu 21 - Sun 24 May Environmental Education Project - Rosliston Bearded Theory’s Spring Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Gathering Forest Bathing is a nature-inspired wellness Catton Park, Walton upon Trent, DE12 8LN practice (Shinrin-Yoku). Reduce stress and Multi-award winning creative and improve the immune system. Reconnect performing arts festival set in the beautiful with nature and each other. You will be grounds of Catton Hall in the heart of the invited to take part in various sensory National Forest, including Children’s Village. experiences and a short walk. No swimming The festival is audience-led, booking involved! Led by a Certified Forest Bathing acts off the back of recommendations, Guide. Adults and children aged 10+. improving infrastructure in line with Tel: 01283 535039 feedback and sourcing the vendors and Email: [email protected] bars from the suggestions of people that www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk/events attend. For 2020 the line up includes The or www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk Flaming Lips, Patti Smith, Primal Scream, Price: £20 per person; Booking essential. The Damned, Sugar Hill Gang, Passenger, Leftfield (DJ), The Swingers, Lehmanns Sun 24 May, 11am - 1pm Brothers, Iron Boot Scrapers, Kelvin 373, Chris Liberator, James Monro, My Bad Sister, Family Event Days Bustawidemove and One Eyed God - across Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, multiple stages. The four day festival offers Swadlincote, DE11 9DG a diverse range of entertainment and Recycle and reuse: Are you a creative family overnight accommodation, from camping looking for something fun to do on Sunday? and glamping to local B&Bs and hotels. Are you passionate about the environment? Tel: 08444 098157 Take part in our modelling events using Email: [email protected] cardboard, paper and other materials. Each www.beardedtheory.co.uk event will have a theme. Contact for further Price: See website for tickets types and prices; information. Booking essential. Tel: 01283 222600 Email: museum.assistant@ sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Tickets £5 per family; Family ticket includes 4 people with a minimum of one child and one adult; 40 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Tue 26, Thu 28 and Fri 29 May, Friday 27 May, 10am - 1pm 10am - 12noon Clay Play May Half Term Crafts Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Come along and create your own designs in Inspired by the VE celebrations take part in air-dry clay. All ages welcome – just drop in. a variety of crafts including clay and paper. Tel: 01283 222600 Contact for further information. Email: museum.assistant@ Tel: 01283 222600 sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Email: www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk [email protected] Price: £1 per ball of clay. www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Various. Thu 28 May, 1.30 - 3.30pm Heritage Walk - Dimminsdale and Tue 26 May, 10am - 12noon South Wood Florence Nightingale’s 200th Car park at the southern end of Staunton Birthday Celebration Harold Reservoir, Grid Reference SK378220, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Dimminsdale, Staunton Harold Swadlincote, DE11 9DG A circular walk to visit Dimminsdale and Inspired by her 200th birthday, celebrate by South Wood, both are on the southern making the famous lamp she carried as she edge of the Calke estate and have much of tended to the sick and the wounded. historical interest including lime working, Tel: 01283 222600 bell pits, Sir Vauncey’s bothy and the Email: museum.assistant@ Dimminsdale spur of the horse-drawn sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk tramway. Spring flowers too. 3 stiles, 4 www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk miles. Please wear stout shoes/boots and Price: £1.50 per child. carry wet weather clothing. Please leave the dogs at home. Tel: 01283 819020 Tue 26 May, 2 - 4pm Email: [email protected] Wildlife Watch Nature Detectives www.magicattic.org.uk Free Walk Price: Free. Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Thu 28 May, 2 - 3pm Gather in the classroom from 2pm to Teddy Walk start promptly at 2.15pm. Join us for a guided walk and be a Rosliston nature Eureka Park, Newhall Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BA detective! We will be looking for clues to tell us what lives on the site and what it Your little ones will love this Teddy walk. needs to survive, and discovering many Follow Bertie Bear on his adventures around other interesting facts. Session will finish Eureka Park in Swadlincote. This guided between 3.30pm and 4pm. Walk suitable walk takes you through the park, whilst for children aged 4-12 years. Part of The reading the story of Bertie Bear on his trail. National Forest Walking Festival. Tel: 01283 595906 Tel: 01283 535039 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Price: Free. Free www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/ environmentaleducation or www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk Price: £2.50 per child (must be accompanied by an adult). visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 41

Fri 29 May, 9am – 3pm Sun 31 May, 1.30 - 5.30pm LYLM – New Market Trader Day on NGS Open Garden - Repton Swadlincote Market 10 Chestnut Way, Repton, DE65 6FQ High Street, Swadlincote Town Centre, A large garden full of interesting and DE11 8JE unusual plants designed to have colour and Love Your Local Market is a national interest throughout the year. The recent celebration of market culture in the UK. felling of some large trees has given the This year Swadlincote Market will be giving opportunity for some new planting. Many people who would like to be a market trader benches to sit and soak up the atmosphere the chance to have a go. Prospective market enjoying our renowned tea and cake and traders can get advice and support, whilst unusual sculptures. Plant stall. Home-made the public can come along and try the new teas available. stalls on Friday 29 May. Tel: 01283 702267 Tel: 07784 033414 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Free www.littlegarden.org.uk Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Price: Adult £4; Child free.

Fri 29 May, doors open 7.30pm Sun 31 May, 1.30 - 5.30pm The Psychic Comedium NGS Open Gardens – Repton Melbourne Assembly Rooms, High Street, Village DE73 8GJ Repton Village, DE65 6FH Tom Binns is the star and co-writer of the The village gardens are all very different, BBC 1 Friday Night Comedy Series Hospital ranging from the very small to very large, People. He is also an award-winning several of them have new features for 2020. character comedian. Widely regarded Askew Cottage is a professionally designed as three of the best headliners working garden and has many structural features in British Comedy, Tom’s ventriloquist linked together by curving paths. 22 Pinfold act, alter egos hospital radio DJ Ivan Close is a small garden but is packed Brackenbury and psychic Ian D Montfort full with a special interest in tropical have won him many awards nationally and plants. Repton Allotments is a small set of internationally. allotments currently undergoing a revival Tel: 01332 863522 with community area, new polytunnel Email: [email protected] and attractive views across Derbyshire. www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk Woodend Cottage is an organic garden Price: £10; Tickets online at: with stunning views, a grass labyrinth and www.ticketsource.co.uk search under venue or rose pergola. Some gardens have grass or contact Melbourne Assembly Rooms. gravel paths, but most areas are wheelchair accessible. Homemade teas at 10 Chestnut Sun 31 May Way (for NGS) and Woodend Cottage (for St. Wystan’s Church). Friction Fire Lighting Day Tel: 01283 702267 Spring Wood, Grangewood Farm, Netherseal, Email: [email protected] DE12 8BJ www.ngs.org.uk A great opportunity to gain some real Price: Adult £6; Child Free; For group openings confidence and understanding with the bow pay one admission price and get entry to all drill as well as the hand drill, friction fire the gardens on that day. lighting methods. Tel: 07736 225035 Email: [email protected] www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com Price: £85.

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Throughout June Tue 2 Jun, 2.30 - 4pm Mercia Swan Canal Boat Trips Valuation Day Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, DE65 6DW Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Join us for a leisurely canal boat cruise Bamford’s Auctioneers will be in the along the picturesque Trent and Mersey Museum and will advise you on the value Canal, with regular trips between Mercia of your family heirlooms and treasured Marina and Willington/Stenson Lock. See possessions both monetary and historic. our sailing schedule for details and prices. All proceeds going towards the upkeep We operate every day except Mondays, of the Museum. Café on site open for unless there are prior bookings for private refreshments. charter. Tel: 01283 222600 Tel: 07399 875552 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.merciaswan.co.uk Price: £1 per item or set. Price: See website or call for details. Wed 3 June, 5.30 – 8pm Mon 1 Jun (onwards) Thinking of Starting a Business? Private Vineyard Tours and Wine Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Tastings Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Sealwood Cottage Vineyard, Sealwood Lane, Have you ever wondered about running Linton, DE12 6PA your own business? Or recently become Enjoy a private tour and tasting in the self-employed? This event will provide an tranquil setting of Sealwood Vineyard. The introduction to everything that you need to visit includes a talk, and an opportunity for think about to be your own boss, including questions and answers. any grants and loans that may be available. Tel: 01283 761371 It is open to all, with help and advice on Email: [email protected] offer from the South Derbyshire Business www.sealwoodcottage.co.uk Advice Service (supported by South Price: Please contact for details. Derbyshire District Council). Tel: 01283 595791 Free Email: [email protected] Mon 1 Jun, 7.30pm www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/businessnewsevents Whistlewood Common - Talk Price: Free. Ticknall Village Hall Board Room, 7 Rose Lane, DE73 7JW South Derbyshire Badger Group meeting with talk by Kathlene Parish. Tel: 07754 094177 Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshirebadgergroup.co.uk Price: Members £2; Non members £3. Thu 4 Jun, 7.30 - 9.30pm Sat 6 and Sun 7 Jun, 10am - 5pm Mary Queen of Scots - Talk NGS Open Garden – The Dower Hilton Methodist Chapel, Main Street, House DE65 5FF Church Square, Melbourne, DE73 8JH The Road to Fotheringhay - the final Beautiful view of Melbourne Pool from the instalment 1584-1587, a talk by David balustraded terrace running the length of Templeman for Hilton and Marston History the 1829 house. The Garden drops steeply Group. by paths and steps to lawn with herbaceous Tel: 01283 733069 borders and bank of shrubs. Numerous Email: [email protected] paths lead to different areas of intimacy or Find us on Facebook openness providing a variety of planting Price: £3 for non members; opportunities - a bog garden, glade, Membership £12 per year. shrubbery, grasses, herb and vegetable garden, rose tunnel, orchard and small Fri 5 Jun, 1.30 - 2.30pm woodland. Children enjoy the garden as it is full of hidden paths and different areas Relaxation Hour worth exploring. They can also be set to find Swadlincote Chiropractic and Wellbeing Clinic, various animals such as a bronze crocodile 6 Hill Street, DE11 8HL and stone dragon. Wheelchair access to top Life stressful? Needing ways to de-stress half of the garden only. Shoes with a good and relax? Learn techniques to help you feel grip are highly recommended as slopes are calmer in everyday life. This event is held steep. No parking within 50 yards. on the first Friday afternoon each month Tel: 01332 864756 excluding Bank Holidays. Email: [email protected] Tel: 07999 552508 Price: £5; Child free. Email: [email protected] Price: £7; Booking essential. Sat 6 Jun, 3 - 4.30pm South Derbyshire Community Drummers The Dance and Music Centre, 11 The Delph Centre, Swadlincote, DE11 9DA Djembe drumming sessions for adults (16 years +). Have fun and play the djembe in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, no experience necessary and plenty of drums available for use at the session. Tel: 01283 225741 Email: [email protected] www.tribalvibes.net Price: £4 per person. The Delph Swadlincote Town Centre Sun 7 to Sun 21 June Summer Exhibition Swadlincote’s market place is available for events, Ingleby Gallery, DE73 7HW promotions and performances. The Gallery’s Summer Exhibition opens on There is no charge for use by community/charitable 7 June. organisations. Tel: 01332 865995 For further information and bookings: Email: [email protected] 01283 595782 or www.ingleby-gallery.co.uk [email protected] Sun 7 Jun, 10.30am - 4.30pm Creative Watercolours Sat 6 Jun, 10.30am - 12.30pm Whistlewood Common, The Common, Saturday Morning Talk Melbourne, DE73 8DH Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Whether you are a complete novice or Swadlincote, DE11 9DG seasoned watercolour painter, come To introduce our pottery workshops spend to our watercolour fun day. You will be a relaxing morning with Maria Picken as she given the opportunity to experiment with describes her work and inspirations from techniques and colour mixing with some the natural environment to create pots in beautiful views and flora to paint, with vibrant bright colours. Contact for further advice, instruction and hints and tips. Paper information. and paint will be provided, but bring your Tel: 01283 222600 favourite watercolours if you would prefer. Email: museum.assistant@ Tel: 01332 865342 sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Email: [email protected] www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Price: £5 including light refreshments; Price: £40; Booking essential. Booking essential.

Sat 6 Jun, 2 - 3pm Butterfly Walk Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE12 8JX Join our local enthusiast Peter Brewster on a butterfly safari. Using Identification charts, you will learn some useful tips on butterfly identification. This is a great walk for adults and children. Tel: 01283 595906 Email: [email protected] Price: £1.50 per person. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 47

Tue 9 Jun and Tue 23 Jun, 6.30 - 7.30pm Wed 10, 17, 24 Jun and Wed 1, 8, 15 Jul, Relaxation Evening 6 - 8.30pm (6 week course Wednesday Swadlincote Chiropractic and Wellbeing Clinic, evenings) 6 Hill Street, DE11 8HL Think Like A Tree Programme Life stressful? Needing ways to de-stress Whistlewood Common, The Common, and relax? Learn techniques to help you Melbourne, DE73 8DH feel calmer in everyday life. This event We associate woodlands, forests and is held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday each other natural ecosystems with resilience, calendar month. longevity and harmony, but often struggle Tel: 07999 552508 to experience these in our own lives. By Email: [email protected] exploring principles derived from nature, Price: £7; Booking essential. this programme will guide you step-by-step through a design cycle that can be used for Tue 9 Jun, 7.30 - 9.30pm a wide range of personal circumstances – relationships, health, wellbeing, leisure and Scented and Medicinal Herbs - Talk work. The Tutor is Sarah Spencer, author Ticknall Village Hall, Ingleby Lane, DE73 7JX of Think like a Tree: The natural principles A talk with Malcolm Dickson of Hooksgreen guide to life. Herbs for Ticknall Garden Club, which Tel: 07930 470565 meets on the second Tuesday of every Email: [email protected] month, except in August. www.thinklikeatree.co.uk Tel: 01283 214784 Price: £120; Booking essential; 2 half price Email: [email protected] places available for students/low income. www.ticknallgardenclub.og.uk Price: Members £1; Visitors £3.

Wed 10 Jun, 9am - 5pm NGS Open Garden - Bluebell Arboretum Annwell Lane, Smisby, LE65 2TA Beautiful nine-acre woodland garden with a large collection of rare trees and shrubs. Adjacent specialist tree and shrub nursery. Please be aware this is not a wood full of bluebells, despite the name. Please wear sturdy, waterproof footwear during or after wet weather. Full wheelchair access in dry, warm weather however grass paths can become wet and inaccessible in snow or after rain. Tea/coffee available on request at the office. Tel: 01530 413700 Email: [email protected] EURO 2020 www.bluebellnursery.com Price: Adult £5; Child free. The UEFA EURO 2020 tournament starts on the 12 June, with England’s first match at Wembley on 14 June - this is the first time England has hosted senior international tournament football since 1996

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Fri 12 and Sat 13 Jun, 10am - 4pm Sat 13 Jun Drawing and Painting British Birds Introductory Bushcraft Day (Two Day Course) Spring Wood, Grangewood Farm, Netherseal, White Hollows Studio, Box Lane, Ticknall, DE12 8BJ DE73 7JN A great day grasping the basics of bushcraft Learn to draw and paint birds from original – effective shelter construction, efficient fire photos or computer, with Michael Lakin lighting, successful friction fire lighting as botanical artist, illustrator and tutor. well as wild food tasting, string making and Understand feather direction, the correct more besides. way to paint eyes, feet and the difficult Tel: 07736 225035 parts of bird painting. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01332 862757 www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com Email: [email protected] Price: £90. www.michaellakinart.co.uk Price: £150. Sat 13 Jun, 10am - 4pm Make, Bake, Eat or Take Fri 12 June, 7.30 - 9.30pm Whistlewood Common, The Common, Introducing Astronomy Melbourne, DE73 8BH Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, Starting with a simple mixed grain bread DE12 8JX recipe then adjusting and modifying, Rosliston Astronomy Group are an including cornbread, sourdough and some enthusiastic group of amateur astronomers live stove top cooking – crumpets, pikelets who regularly meet to discuss all things etc. Using efficient methods and recipe related to the night sky and (when clear) formulas always with simplicity, flavour, look at the stars and other night sky objects. and nutrition in mind, aiming at the aspiring Beginners welcome. RAG’s mid-month baker – beginners, intermediate level or meetings consist of a variety of practicals, anyone who wants a fun, active, foodie day. hands-on activities, teachings to develop Tel: 01332 865342 confidence in finding night sky objects, and Email: [email protected] general equipment management. www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Tel: 07770 841767 Price: £40: Booking essential. Email: [email protected] www.roslistonastronomy.org.uk Price: Adult £3.50; Reduced prices for children; Sat 13 June Membership applies after two meetings. Beginners and Improvers 10.30am - 1pm; Intermediate 2 - 4.30pm Sat 13 and Sun 14 June Tribal Taiko Drumming Catton Park Horse Trials Gresley Old Hall, Gresley Wood Road, Catton Estate, Walton upon Trent, DE12 8LN Church Gresley, DE11 9QW A BE National event with some of the Workshops are held monthly. No previous country’s top riders competing at dressage, drumming experience is necessary, but show jumping and cross country. please note this can be a rigorous activity Tel: 01283 716311 and requires a degree of fitness. This Email: [email protected] workshop is suitable for people aged 16 www.catton-hall.com years and over. Price: Contact for details. Tel: 01283 225741 Email: [email protected] www.tribalvibes.net Price: £20 per session; Booking essential. Great Pubs and Bars Great Nights Out

South Derbyshire has many fantastic pubs – this year’s award winners include:

Good Pub Guide 2020 - CAMRA South Derbyshire - Top Ten Own Brew Pubs and Top Ten New Pubs Branch Pub of the Year 2019 The Boot Colvile Arms 12 Boot Hill, Repton, DE65 6FT Main Street, Lullington, DE12 8EG 01283 346 047 07510 870980 www.thebootatrepton.co.uk www.thecolvilearms.com The Boot is a 17th Century A beautiful country pub in the pretty village of Coaching Inn in the historic Lullington. Real ales on every night with regular village of Repton. The Boot, guest beers from around the country. A fabulous has just been renovated and selection of gins plus much more. refurbished to a very high The pub has a standard, and now offers traditional interior luxurious accommodation, with a large beer award winning classic and garden catering contemporary dishes and real ales for the smallest of including Boot Beer – which is brewed in the gatherings to wedding Boot’s own micro-brewery functions alike

Micropubs come to South Derbyshire! Bodell’s The Chip & Pin 5 Belmont Street, 8-10 High Street, Melbourne, DE73 8GN Swadlincote, DE11 8JU www.chipandpinpub.com www.bodells.pub 0795 780 6454 0771 509 7797 The Chip & Pin micropub is owned by a small Bodell’s opened in May group of Melbourne people who share a passion 2019. Co-owner Pete for real ale. During outings to the local beer Spittals opened The Last festival they discussed the idea of bringing Heretic in Burton several years ago and was a wider range of real ales frequently asked by customers to open a place to Melbourne and how to in Swadlincote. He eventually found the former complement the existing restaurant and named it after local heavyweight popular pub and restaurant boxer Jack Bodell. Bodell was a British, trade. When a disused bank European and Commonwealth champion became available in the boasting 58 wins in 71 fights, with 31 town, the friends jumped at knockouts, and memorabilia from his career is the chance to take on this displayed around the micropub old building and give it a new lease of life

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ARCHERY Rosliston Forestry Centre has a range of outdoor activities for all ages and abilities, including cycle hire and the increasingly popular sport of archery www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk 01283 563 483

CANOEING Trent Adventure provide canoeing adventures on the River Trent and Trent & Mersey Canal, from short tasters to overnight expeditions www.trentadventure.com 07876 751 599

CLIMBING APEX at Green Bank Leisure Centre is an indoor sixteen station climbing centre – no experience is needed, just clip on and climb www.activenation.org.uk/apex 01283 216 269

EQUESTRIAN There are a number of stables in the area where you can learn to ride, improve your skills, learn a new discipline or simply enjoy riding out www.bhs.org.uk 02476 840 500

GOLF Swadlincote Family Golf Centre offers a 9-hole course, FootGolf, floodlit driving range and golf lessons with pay-as-you-play www.swadlincotegolfcentre.com 01283 229 839

SKIING Swadlincote Snowsports Centre has a dry ski slope with lessons and activities including skiiing, snowboarding, tubing and tobogganing www.jnlswadlincote.co.uk 01283 890 089 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 51

Sat 13 Jun, 11am – 1pm Sat 20 Jun, 11am - 3pm Beginners Pottery Classes Dad’s Best Friend Dog Show Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, DE73 7JF Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Celebrate Father’s Day with your four- Do you want to try something new? If so, legged friends at Calke Abbey’s summer book onto this two session workshop of dog show, with dog-friendly stalls, fun beginners pottery (the session starts on Sat classes and guided walks in the park. A 13 June and finishes on Sat 20 June). At the pawfect way to celebrate Father’s Day! end of the 4 hours you will have learnt the Tel: 01332 863822 basic techniques of kiln fired clay moulding Email: [email protected] and handling, creating your own unique www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke piece of ceramic art. Contact for further Price: Free event Free information. Limited numbers. (Parkland admission charges apply). Tel: 01283 222600 Email: [email protected] Sat 20 Jun, 12noon – 5pm www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk The Willington Carnival Price: £25 per workshop; Booking essential. Twyford Playing Field, Twyford Road, Willington, DE65 6DE Sat 13 Jun, 2 - 6pm A fun day out for all the family, with lots of games and competitions for all ages Newton Solney Village Festival including climbing wall, zorb balls, the Recreation Field, Newton Close, chicken run, tombola, bouncy castles, raffle, Newton Solney, DE15 0SL tug of war, lots of craft and produce stalls, Featuring live music, bar, tea tent, hot food, a bar and plenty of food stalls. The Carnival children’s races, stalls, miniature railway, procession starts from the Village Hall at games, entertainment and lots more! Bring 11.30am prompt. Everyone is welcome and all the family for an afternoon of fun. there are prizes for the best fancy dress. Tel: 07708 943808 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Free www.willingtoncarnival.co.uk Free Price: Free. Price: Free

Thu 18 Jun, 7 – 9pm Sat 20 Jun, 12noon – 8pm Heritage Walk - Dead Danes Summer Solstice Bottom and Netherseal Mercia Marina, Findern Lane, Willington, Street parking by Overseal Church, DE65 6DW Burton Road, DE12 6LQ Performers, live music, street food market, A circular walk from Overseal Church and Solstice celebrations. visiting Netherseal via Dead Danes Bottom Tel: 01283 703332 and returning by Church Walk. Points of Email: [email protected] interest include Netherseal’s Halls, the www.merciamarina.co.uk Free Almshouses, Sir Nigel Gresley’s grave and Price: Free entry and free parking. the development of the National Forest. 4.5 miles, 3 stiles. Please wear stout footwear and carry wet weather clothing. Please leave the dog at home. Tel: 01283 819020 Email: [email protected] www.magicattic.org.uk Free Price: Free. 52 visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic

Sat 20 and Sun 21 Jun, 1.30 – 5.30pm Sun 21 Jun, 11am – 4pm NGS Open Garden – Melbourne Hall Family Fun Day (The Longest One!) Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Square, Rosliston Forestry Centre, Burton Road, DE73 8EN DE12 8JX A 17-acre historic garden with an Together with our regular facilities there abundance of rare trees and shrubs. will be activities, stalls and lots of fun Woodland and waterside planting with things to do. Bring a picnic or enjoy a hot extensive herbaceous borders. Garden dog or the standard menu from our onsite features include Bakewell’s wrought iron café. Some of the activities available on the arbour, a yew tunnel and fine C18 statuary day will be chargeable. No need to book, and water features. Gravel paths, uneven just turn up. surface in places, some steep slopes. Light Tel: 01283 563483 refreshments in Melbourne Hall Tearooms Email: [email protected] and locally. www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk Tel: 01332 862502 Price: Free entry; Free Email: [email protected] All-day parking ticket £4. www.melbournehallgardens.com Price: Adult £6; Child £5. Sun 21 Jun, 11am - 4pm Ashe Hall Summer Fayre Sat 20 Jun, 3 - 11pm Ash Lane, Etwall, DE65 6HT Midsummerish Music Festival An outstanding local event with fun for all Whistlewood Common, The Common, the family including entertainment, rides, Melbourne, DE73 8DH a fun dog show and fascinating stalls. Now in its seventh year the Festival grows Everyone welcome. in popularity year on year. Local and Tel: 01283 732338 not so local bands perform at their best, Email: [email protected] children are entertained as well with lots www.tarakmc.org of activities, and local food suppliers make Price: Free admission; Free sure everybody is well fed and watered. Car parking charge applies. Tel: 01332 865342 Email: [email protected] www.shop.whistlewoodcommon.org Sun 21 Jun, 12noon - 5pm Price: TBC: Booking essential. NGS Open Garden – Rosliston 58A Main Street, Rosliston, DE12 8JW Sun 21 Jun, 11am - 1pm Large half acre garden formed from a once open field over the last few years. Family Event Days The garden has developed into themed Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, areas and continues to change and mature. Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Japanese, arid beach, bamboo grove with Recycle and reuse: Are you a creative family ferns etc. The one hundred square metre looking for something fun to do on Sunday? indoor garden for cacti, exotic and tender Are you passionate about the environment? plants, is now becoming established as a Take part in our modelling events using mini Eden. There are also vegetable and cardboard, paper and other materials. Each fruit gardens. Areas are easily accessible, event will have a theme. Contact for further although some are only for the sure of foot. information. Light refreshments available. Tel: 01283 222600 Tel: 01283 761011 Email: museum.assistant@ Email: [email protected] sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk www.ngs.org.uk www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Price: Adult £4; Child free. Price: Tickets £5 per family; Family ticket includes 4 people with a minimum of one child and one adult;

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Sun 21 Jun, 1 – 5pm Jun - Date to be announced NGS Open Garden - Swadlincote Midsummer Evening 13 Westfield Road, Swadlincote, DE11 0BG Melbourne Hall, Church Square, DE73 8EN A deceptive country-style garden on two Melbourne Civic Society’s midsummer levels of approx. half acre featuring: Packed evening. herbaceous borders designed for colour; Tel: 07970 752508 Shrubs, baskets and tubs; Lots of roses; Email: [email protected] Greenhouses, raised-bed vegetable area, Price: Contact for details. fruit trees and two ponds; Plus, free range chicken area. Plenty of seating to relax and take in the wonderful planting from two Sat 27 and Sun 28 Jun passionate gardeners. Sausage and Cider Festival Tel: 01283 221167 Catton Estate, Walton upon Trent, DE12 8LN Email: [email protected] Family music festival with camping. www.ngs.org.uk Tel: 01283 329939 Price: Adult £3; Child free. Email: [email protected] www.jamesdeanevents.com Wed 24 Jun, 10.15am Price: Contact for details. Vegan and Vegetarian Indian Cooking Class Sat 27 Jun, 10am – 5pm Seasoned Cookery School, The Stables, Catton, NGS Open Garden – Calke Abbey Walton upon Trent, DE12 8LN Ticknall, DE73 7LE This class is the perfect way to learn The estate’s large kitchen garden, how to balance your spices with some impressive collection of glasshouses, delicious and unusual curries from the garden buildings and tunnels hint at the Indian subcontinent. Within the South work of past gardeners, while today the Asian continent, the use of vegetables in flower garden, herbaceous borders and curry is prominent. The aim of this course unique auricula theatre provide stunning is to inspire you to try different vegetables displays all year. Restaurant at main visitor within your curries which will leave your facilities for light refreshments and locally mouth bursting with flavour. Please see sourced food. House is also open by timed website for full list of cookery courses. ticket only. Electric buggy available for Tel: 01283 711681 those with mobility problems. Email: [email protected] Tel: 01332 863822 www.seasonedcourses.com Email: [email protected] Price: £165. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke Price: Adult £5; Child £2.50. Fri 26 June Ticknall Preservation and Sat 27 and Sun 28 Jun, 10 - 11am Historical Society Whistlewood Wellbeing Gathering Historical visit - check website for details. Whistlewood Common, The Common, Tel: 01530 810266 Melbourne, DE73 8DH Email: [email protected] Join us at Whistlewood for all things www.ticknalllife.co.uk/community ‘Wellbeing’. With talks, stalls, taster Price: £2 visitors; £1 members, including therapies and workshops. Please visit our refreshments; Extra charge may be made for website for more information about the outside tours. event. Tel: 01332 865342 Email: [email protected] www.wellbeingatwhistlewood.co.uk Price: TBC; Booking essential. visit www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/swadlincotetic 55

Sat 27 Jun, 3 - 4.30pm If you would like your event included Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting in the next edition (July – Oct 2020) Sealwood Cottage Vineyard, Sealwood Lane, or would like to advertise in the Linton, DE12 6PA Enjoy a tour and tasting in the tranquil publication, please contact setting of Sealwood Vineyard. The visit Swadlincote TIC on 01283 222848 includes a talk and an opportunity for questions and answers. Tel: 01283 761371 Email: [email protected] Sat 27 Jun, 12.30 – 5pm www.sealwoodcottage.co.uk Open Mic at Festival of Leisure Price: £12. Maurice Lea Memorial Park, York Road, Church Gresley, DE11 9QG Sun 28 Jun, 11am – 5pm The monthly Open Mic for June will take NGS Open Garden - Walton place at Festival of Leisure rather than in the 7 Main Street - Old Shoulder of Mutton, town centre. As usual slots will be available Walton on Trent, DE12 8LY for any musicians, singers, bands or buskers Delightful herbaceous borders fill this who want to showcase their talents. To book former pub garden, transformed in five a free slot contact organiser John Beer. years from a neglected space to a cottage Tel: 07799 666522 garden idyll. From the courtyard, climb the Email: [email protected] steps to the large garden with hens, pond Facebook: Swadlincote Markets Free and wildflower area. Lush foliage fills the Price: Free. deep shade border whilst delphiniums tower over the colourful herbaceous Sat 27 and Sun 28 Jun, 12.30 - 5pm borders. Only the Courtyard is accessible to wheelchairs as access to the main garden Festival of Leisure Weekend is via seven steps. Light refreshments Maurice Lea Memorial Park, York Road, (Refreshments in aid of Outlook Expedition Church Gresley, DE11 9QG - Borneo 2021). A favourite, family–friendly weekend in Email: [email protected] Swadlincote’s event calendar. Come rain www.ngs.org.uk or shine the action, activities, music and Price: Adult £4; Child free. exhibitors will provide entertainment and fun for all to enjoy. Tel: 01283 595878 Email: [email protected] www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/fol Price: Free. Free

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