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Monday Morning Meanders Stour Valley Supporters Group Walks start at 10am and last up to 2 hours. With the improvements at Kingfisher Barn, the Stour Valley Guided Walks No need to book, and the walks are free. Supporters Group is going from strength to strength. This local community group is dedicated to promoting and enhancing the beauty of the Stour Valley Local Nature and Events Reserve through conservation work and events. If you are interested in getting involved, they will be very pleased to hear from you. Please contact [email protected] September to December 2016 for more information.
Bournemouth Parks
12 Sep Strouden Woods Side of Homebase, Castle Lane Retail Park (BH8 9PE) 19 Sep Hengistbury Head Solent Meads golf course car park, Rolls Drive (BH6 4NA) 26 Sep Millhams Mead St. Andrew’s Church car park, Millhams Road (BH10 7LN) 3 Oct The Chines Southern entrance to Alum Chine, Alumhurst Rd (BH4 8HS) 10 Oct Southbourne Overcliff Fisherman’s Walk cliff lift (BH6 3TD) Contact us
17 Oct Stour Valley (Wilderness Way) Join us on social media for Granby Road car park, off Muscliff Lane (BH9 1PZ) S T the latest news and events. 24 Oct Redhill Park and Common Redhill Park car park, off Redhill Drive (BH9 2SW) Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre / Ranger Team Phone: 01202 451618 31 Oct Longham Lakes E-mail: [email protected] Car park off A348, just passed Kings Arms (BH22 9AA) Address: Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre Broadway, Bournemouth BH6 4EN 7 Nov Boscombe Chine Gardens Gravel car park off East Overcliff Drive (BH1 3HP) Kingfisher Barn/StourValley Ranger Team 14 Nov Throop Phone: 01202 451548 Throop Mill car park, Throop Road (BH8 0DH) E-mail: [email protected] Address: Kingfisher Barn, Stour Acres, Granby Road, 21 Nov Turbary Common Muscliff, Bournemouth BH9 3NZ Layby opposite 120 Turbary Park Avenue (BH11 8HJ) 28 Nov Littledown and Kings Park Steps in Littledown Centre car park (BH7 7DX) Working in partnership 5 Dec Iford Meadows Playing fields car park, off Iford Lane (BH6 5NF) 12 Dec Stanpit Marsh © Bournemouth Borough Council 2016. All rights reserved. In car park in Stanpit (road) (BH23 3ND) All information correct at time of going to print. Events Timetable: September to December 2016 22-23 Sep 12-4pm Thu 13 Oct Sun 30 Oct 11am - 3pm Sat 26 Nov 2pm - 4pm 24-25 Sep 12-6pm 10am - 12.30pm The Lost Village of Challenge Hengistbury Join us on social media for Inside Out Festival - Autumn Wonders Look for Bournemouth Come and HeadEggs Come and S T the latest news and events. Hengistbury Headlines all things autumn - leaf search for clues of past test your knowledge of Performance and installation colour, fruits, fungi and more. times and see if you can Hengistbury Head nature mingle in eight new Includes refreshments at discover the Lost Village of For Hengistbury Head events, reserve and its history commissions that are deeply Hiker Café. £7.50 per person. Bournemouth. please phone 01202 451618. against that of our famous rooted in the heritage of this These events all start at the Visitor Centre. Hengistbury HeadEggs! stunning location. Visit Sun 16 Oct 11am - 3pm Thu 3 Nov 6.30pm - 8pm £1 p/p, or make a donation. www.insideoutdorset.co.uk Dirty Den Building Day Get Satellites and Stars Look Booking essential. For Stour Valley events, for more details. muddy and get building in for satellites, learn some please phone 07775 912899 unless otherwise stated. our temporary den building constellations, and see any Sun 27 Nov These events all start at Kingfisher Barn. Sat 24 Sep area... campfire cooked soup planets on view. Cancelled if 11am - 3pm 6.30pm - 8pm available all day. cloudy. Booking essential. Snappy Sunday Bring digital Twilight Walk Come along £5 adults, £2 under-16s. cameras or smart phones for a twilight walk around Tue 18 Oct 11am - 12pm REGULAR EVENTS along to take some wild this stunning nature reserve Toddlers’ Tales Rhymes, Sun 6 Nov 11am - 3pm photos of people and/or Tues 10.30am - 11.30am Thursdays 15 Sep, as we look for owls, bats and songs and tales for toddlers, Clay Day Join Gemma from nature and add to our display! Nature Tots Give your 17 Nov, 15 Dec 12pm - 3pm other creatures of the dark. all with a nature theme. £2 Home Thrown Studio to get Free. little ones a love of nature Clay Crafts Workshop Booking essential. per child. No need to book. creative with this natural with these fun activities. Join local expert Gemma £5 per adult, £2 under-16s material - make nature- Sat 3/10, Sun 4/11 Dec Suggested donation £2 per Mordle to learn how to use Thur 20 Oct themed or crafty creations! 10am - 4pm child – free hot drinks for clay to make models and pots. Sun 25 Sep 11am - 12.30pm Suggested donation £3 for Reindeer Making and adults! Booking essential. £15 per 10.30am - 1pm Nature Walk Join the materials. Christmas Crafts Book on person. Fungal Foray Join the rangers to discover some of to our ever-popular reindeer Tuesdays 2pm - 3pm experts as we look for the the wildlife of this riverside Sun 6 Nov 11am - 1pm making workshop…or just 1st, 2nd & 3rd Tues Natural Choices Weekly super variety of fungi to be reserve. Free event – no need Kids’ Wild Art Club Join turn up and complete our Oct/Nov 7.30pm health referral session to found at Hengistbury Head. to book. our artist in residence, Christmassy trails. Get How to become a wild parent help develop an interest in Booking essential. Heidi Steller, to get wild and warm by our campfire and course 3-week course on nature with walks, talks and £5 adults, £2 under-16s. creative using the river as a enjoy a mince pie or some how to get the family out and activities. Booking essential. source of inspiration. soup. Booking essential for about enjoying and making Sun 25 Sep Suggested donation £2.50. Booking essential. reindeer making. £7 per the most of nature. Free. 11am - 12.30pm £5 per child. reindeer. Tuesdays 4pm - 6pm Booking essential. Moth Morning Discover some Woodland Explorers After- of the moths of the Stour Tue 8 Nov Sat 3 Dec 1pm-3pm Fridays school Club Learn, explore Valley. Free event – no need 10am - 12.30pm Always 16 Sep, 21 Oct, 18 Nov, Reindeer Making and have fun by the river, and to book. Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness a very popular event so in the meadows and woods, 16 Dec 10am - 12pm Thu 20 Oct 7pm - 9.30pm Look for autumn wildlife and Heritage Craft Mornings Sun 25 Sep 11am - 3pm please book early to avoid rounded off with a campfire Ghost Stories enjoy seasonal poetry, as well disappointment. Available dinner. Booking essential. Bring along your own crafts Autumn’s Colours Explore by Lamplight Hear spooky as a nice cup of tea and a slice or be inspired by others with the fantastic array of colours in half-hour slots. £5 per child. tales and songs, and get of cake! Booking essential. Booking essential. £7 per the Stour Power W.I. group. that autumn brings….can you creative with help from local £6.50 per person. Thursdays 10am - 12pm reindeer. Suggested donation £3. complete the autumn palette writer, Jane Skellett. For You’re never too old for challenge?! adults and older children. pond dipping Why should Fridays Includes tea, coffee and kids have all the fun?! 16 Sep, 21 Oct, 18 Nov, biscuits. Different activities each week, 16 Dec 10am - 4pm Booking essential. £5 adults, £2 under-16s. all designed for a range of Pop-up Vintage Tea Room abilities and mobilities, and 100 years ago there was a Sun 23 Oct to Sat 29 Oct always fun. Free. very popular tea room in this 11am - 4pm Booking essential. area. Recapture those days Let there be Light!! As part with the Stour Power W.I. Thursdays 3.30pm - 5pm of our Festival of Light week, Go wild after school! Give Fridays help make natural sculptures Sat 12 Nov and your own lantern to bring your kids a dose of nature 16 Sep, 21 Oct, 18 Nov, Tue 27 Sep 11am - 12.30pm Sun 4 Dec 11am - 1pm along on Sat 29th Oct for our after school with different 16 Dec 1pm - 4pm 10am - 11.30pm Poetry Competition results Kids’ Wild Art Club Join procession. drop-in activities each week. Memory Afternoons Visit Pushchair Safari A guided and prizes Find out which our artist in residence, our pop-up tea room and Free. walk with one of the Rangers. October half-term poems won our competition, Heidi Steller to get wild and share your memories of Introduce your little one(s) to afternoons and hear some of them read creative, using the river as a the local area with others. nature. £2 per pushchair. No Heads-Up Club Fun writing out. Find out about writing source of inspiration. Bring photographs and other need to book. activities for children. Free events at Hengistbury Head. Booking essential. £5 per memorabilia. Free. No need to book. Free. child. Sat 1 & Sun 2 Oct event. Please call ahead on 01202 451618 to check dates 11am - 3pm Sun 13 Nov 11am - 3pm Sun 4 Dec 1pm - 3pm and times. Big Wild Bakeoff Weekend Wellies in the Willows Reindeer Making Think Mears vs Berry for Tue 25 Oct 11am - 1pm Break out the wellies and go See Sat 3 Dec 1st & 3rd Thurs of month fantastic fun. Drop in and & 2pm - 4pm splashing through puddles, 6pm - 8pm Tue 6 Dec sign up for an hour of baking, Life under the Microscope river-dipping, and follow our Night time fun 10am - 12.30pm Moon River competing against others to Discover the secret lives of muddy trail. Certificates for looking for bats, otters and Starlings and Scones Our be crowned BWBO champion insects and plants. Look at muddy boots only! owls (depending on the time final monthly wildlife walk of the hour (on the Stour). how deep a stone tool can of year). Suggested donation Mon 31 Oct, 7 & 14 Nov Tue 15 Nov 11am - 12pm of the year, looking for winter cut through bone. Booking £5 adults, £2.50 kids. or Thu 24 Nov, 1 & 8 Dec Sat 1 Oct Toddlers’ Tales Rhymes, birds and lots more. Includes 10am-12pm essential. Free event. Booking essential. 10.30am - 12pm songs and tales for toddlers, a hot drink and cake at Beginners’ Birdwatching Songs and Stories with a nature theme. Hiker Café. £7 per person. 2nd & 4th Thurs of month Course Learn to watch birds Wed 26 Oct Songs and stories for young 1.30pm - 3.30pm £2 per child. No need to book. Booking essential. 6pm - 9pm on this 3 week course with children with a nature theme, Sand Art Workshop Make a Campfire Safari Help the RSPB - choosing and with the chance to join in with lovely picture using colourful Tue 15 Nov prepare, cook and then eat using binoculars, identifying sounds, music and more. £2 sand. Pictures £4 and £3, 11am - 12.30pm a campfire feast before a birds and more. Free. per child. Booking essential. siblings half price. Just turn Winter Trees Join the night time safari. Suggested Booking essential. up. Phone ahead if raining. rangers to identify some of donation £5 adults, £2.50 Sat 1 Oct 6.30pm - 8pm the trees of the Stour Valley. kids, plus whatever you think Thurs 8 Sep, 13 Oct, Twilight Walk Another 10 Nov, 8 Dec 1.30pm - Thu 27 Oct 2pm - 3pm Free – no need to book. dinner is worth! walk as darkness falls, to A 2.30pm Talk (about) the Dead Booking essential. look for creatures of the night. virtual tour of strange Dementia Friendly Wild Times Booking essential. Bronze Age burials that Tuesdays 13 Sep, 11 Oct, Specifically for people living £5 per adult, £2 under-16s 8 Nov, 13 Dec 10am - 12pm with dementia. Connect with revealed unusual customs Thu 8 Dec 7pm to 9pm Explore the Stour Explore nature through walking, Thu 6 Oct 2pm - 4pm in the region. Drinks, Tricks Moon Night See fantastic the Stour - its wildlife and talking, seeing, touching, National Poetry Day and Treats. £1 per person. views of the Moon through a history. Suggested donation hearing, making and tasting. Enjoy wildlife-themed poetry Booking essential. telescope, as well as looking £2.50, includes hot drink. Booking essential. whilst walking on the reserve. for planets, stars and more. Sat 29/Sun 30 Oct Cancelled if cloudy. Have a go at writing your 10.30am to 3pm Booking essential. own poem. £4 per person, Very Spooky Halloween Trail! ONE-OFF EVENTS £5 adults, £2 under-16s. Thu 22 Sep including a cup of tea and a It’s back, and scarier than Sun 18 Sep 9am - 10am 2.30pm - 4pm biscuit. Booking essential. Sat 19 & Sun 20 Nov ever - our Halloween Trail! Tue 13 Dec 11am - 12pm A double 10am - 4pm I Can’t Believe They’re Writers’ Corner Collect a small prize if you Toddlers’ Tales Rhymes, Not Butterflies event to launch the Sun 9 Oct 11am - 3pm Kingfisher Weekend/Halcyon Hedgehog Day With fresh make it to the end….!! Starts songs and tales for toddlers, Moth morning followed by…….. Hengistbury Head poetry from the Visitor Centre. Days We (almost) guarantee soup and crusty bread, come that you will see a kingfisher with a nature theme. competition, and a new No need to book. Suitable £2 per child. No need to book. Sun 18th Sept 11am - 3pm creative writing newsletter and discover all about our if you bring yourself and a bit Utterly Butterflies Discover prickly mammals, why they for children aged 5+. called ‘The Head’. Free event. of patience to Kingfisher Barn. Sun 17 Dec 11am - 3pm the species of the Stour, see are in such decline and how £2 per child. No need to book. Lots of crafty stuff to do too! Holly and the Ivy Complete some super images taken you can help. our Christmas Trail, be locally, and find out about Wed 23 Nov 7pm - 9pm creative with our Christmas their amazing migration Sun 9 Oct 11am - 1pm Ranger Life at crafts, get all seasonally journeys. Kids’ Wild Art Club Join Hengistbury Head: an our artist in residence, illustrated talk Learn about warm and Christmassy next Tue 20 Sep 11am - 12pm Heidi Steller to get wild and the work of our Rangers to the fire, and east some Toddlers’ Tales Rhymes, creative, using the river as during the past year. Booking campfire-cooked mince pies. songs and tales for toddlers, a source of inspiration. essential. £4 adults, £2 Soup available too! Free; with a nature theme. £2 per Booking essential. under-16s donations welcome. child. No need to book. £5 per child. To book a Hengistbury Head event: To book a Stour Valley event: Tel: 01202 451618 Tel: 01202 451548 Visit: www.visithengistburyhead.co.uk Hengistbury Head Volunteering at Hengistbury Hengistbury Head Poetry Calendar, 2017 Head Visitor Centre Competition 2016 and Kingfisher Barn With Christmas not far away now is the time to start On the 22nd of September we are launching the second thinking about a calendar for the New Year! The Hengistbury Head poetry competition. We are hoping Do you have any free time? Would you like to become Hengistbury Head calendar for 2017 is the perfect gift to attract even more entries than we did with our first a volunteer at Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre or for yourself or someone else this Christmas! competition last year. You can view last year’s winners Kingfisher Barn? If so, we would love to hear from you on the Hengistbury Head website. The new calendar features seasonal views of as we are looking for more volunteers to help us. Hengistbury Head, celebrating the talented entrants We are looking for original poems with Hengistbury from our annual Hengistbury Head Photography Volunteering at the Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre is Head and its landscapes and wildlife as the inspiration Competition, and our newly-launched Instagram varied and interesting, and includes welcoming visitors, and setting. However, we also have a one-word theme Photography Competition, both of which took place serving at the till and looking after the stock in the that must be reflected in the poems, in however small earlier this year. shop. Volunteers also help out in the interpretation area, a way - the theme is ‘changes’. The closing date for the engaging with visitors, and help with various events and competition will be Monday 31st October. activities including crafts, archaeology events and more.
Volunteers are also needed at the new Kingfisher Barn at Stour Acres in Muscliffe. Volunteers assist with welcoming visitors, giving information about the Stour Valley, selling refreshments and assisting with guided walks and events.
There are many benefits to volunteering at Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre and Kingfisher Barn: If you are looking for inspiration and ideas for your poem(s) then why not come along to the launch on 22nd Flexible volunteering - you volunteer when September between 2.30pm and 4pm? If you can’t make it suits you it, please contact Richard Hesketh on 01202 451618 Meet new friends or email [email protected] or pick Health and wellbeing up a flyer from the Visitor Centre, for full details of the The large number of entries in the two competitions Assisting the local community and visitors to the area competition. meant that there were plenty of stunning images to choose from when it came to putting the calendar For Hengistbury Head volunteering, please phone On the same day, we will also be launching a new together. Richard Hesketh on 01202 451618 or email creative writing newsletter called ‘The Head’, perfect [email protected] for anyone who loves writing and is passionate about The calendar is available from the Visitor Centre shop, Hengistbury Head. The newsletter will be free, and we priced £4.99. Limited stocks are available, so why not For Kingfisher Barn, please phone Tom Clarke on will be looking for creative contributions from people stop by and grab your copy today? 07775 912899, or email [email protected] for future editions.