Events for autumn/winter 2018 Devon and What’s on Find

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The selection of events here is a small part of what’s on offer. You can visit the events Events near page of our website at nationaltrust.org.uk/ ©National Trust Images/John Millar you for autumn whats-on and use the search function to find & winter 2018 out everything that’s going on near you, or at your favourite place. For events at a specific place you can also go straight to their Key to homepage. How to book ©National TrustImages/William Shaw We have indicated where there is an event charge and where symbols Facilities and access booking is necessary. Please note that normal admission information can be found charges apply unless you are a member. All children must be on each place’s homepage accompanied by an adult. And please check beforehand as to on the website, as can whether or not dogs are welcome. We do take every effort to contact details if you ensure that all event details are correct at the time of going to require further information. press. The National Trust reserves the right to cancel or change Christmas events if necessary. Tickets are non-refundable.

Halloween at Antony Fright night in Cotehele House Commemoration Garland in the CORNWALL Tue 23 - Thu 25 Oct, Tue 30 - Sat 27 Oct, 5.30-7.30pm Great Hall Glendurgan Garden Wed 31 Oct, 12noon-4.30pm Wander around atmospheric Cotehele Sat 10 Nov - Sun 6 Jan, 11am-4pm Near Falmouth TR11 5JZ Spot the pumpkins hidden around House by torchlight for this spooky Alongside our traditional Christmas Antony the garden and claim a prize. There’s event suitable for children and cut flower garland will be an artwork Silent Space at Glendurgan PL11 2QA lots going on including face-painting families. Please bring a torch. Timed- created by Dominique Coiffait, Wed 3, 10, 17 Oct, 12noon-3.30pm and storytelling. tickets will be issued on arrival. inspired by the ebb and flow of life Enjoy the tranquillity of the Olive Conservation in action Pumpkin trail £2 The Barn Restaurant and shop will in Cotehele garden, to Grove and School Room in our Tue 16 Oct, 12.30-4pm be open. commemorate the centenary of Silent Space in the garden. Explore Join the conservation team to find Cotehele the First World War ending. the opportunities to reflect without out how they look after a house full Near PL12 6TA Winter craft fair interruptions of daily life. of personal treasures collected by Sat 3 & Sun 4 Nov, 11am-4pm Secret Cotehele tour and lunch generations of the Carew Pole family Autumn market at Cotehele Get ahead of the game this year with Wed 14, Thu 15, Mon 19, Tue 20 Nov, Woodland crowns right up to the present day. Sat 20 & Sun 21 Oct, 10am-4pm some early Christmas shopping at 10am-1.30pm Sat 20 & Sun 21, Tue 23 – Sun 28 Oct, You’ll find great local food and crafts our annual craft fair. You’ll find local You’ll meet the team as they give the 10.30am-4.30pm Glorious garden tour at our first autumn market, with stalls art and craft makers exhibiting and house its annual deep clean, learn Collect a willow crown from the Wed 17 Oct, 2.30-4pm selling everything from tasty Cornish selling a range of handmade and about conservation practices and entrance and decorate it with This year marks the bicentenary of pasties to modern jewellery. affordable gifts. peek behind closed doors. Morning colourful fallen leaves from the garden Humphry Repton who designed the coffee and lunch included. floor. An autumn activity for the whole garden. This walk and talk with the Haunting Halloween week at Festive family trail Booking essential 01579 351346 family to enjoy. garden team will give you an insight Cotehele Mill Sat 10 Nov - Sun 6 Jan, 11am-4pm £27.50 into Repton and a rare opportunity to Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 11am-4pm Wrap up warm and bring the family Godolphin view the Bath House. The mill will be decorated, staff and to Cotehele to follow this fun East Pool Mine Near TR13 9RE volunteers will be dressed up and festive trail. Near TR15 3NP Twilight ramble there will be a children’s trail with Guided walks on Godolphin’s estate Mon 22 Oct, 6-8.30pm treats. We’ll be milling on Thursday Mining monsters Every Weds, 11am See Antony’s landscape in a different and both Sundays, plus there’ll be Sat 20, Tue 23, Wed 24, Thu 25, Fri 26, Join a guided walk of the estate at light as we search for creatures of the some scary baking. Sat 27 Oct, 11am-4pm Godolphin and discover the nature night. Includes hot chocolate and cake. Are you brave enough to tackle the and history at this important site. Booking essential 01752 812 191 Halloween trail of horrors? A spooky Distance of walks are approximately 3 Adult £8, child £6 search for the escaped monsters. Find miles. Dogs welcome. them all and receive a trick or treat bag full of goodies. Besom broom making Late night discount shopping Celebrating the harvest Feast and festivity - An Elizabethan Fri 26 Oct, 11am-3pm Fri 14 Dec, 4-8pm Sat 20 - Sun 21 Oct, 11am-3pm East Devon coast Christmas at home Join the rangers in the copse for Come to the shop this evening and A weekend dedicated to Arlington’s and countryside Sat 1 Dec - Tue 1 Jan traditional besom broom making. receive 10% off all your purchases. autumnal seasonal produce. With a (closed 24-26 Dec), 11am-4pm £5 Linger by the cosy log burner with a magnificent display of crops from the Lop and chop, family See the kitchen getting ready for a complimentary glass of mulled wine Walled Kitchen Garden, apple tasting, hedge-laying day festive feast, admire the greenery and WW1 Beacons of Light and a mince pie, while listening to recipe suggestions and family activities. Sat 13 Oct, 10am-3pm floral displays in the Great Hall and commemoration Christmas songs. Hedge laying has been carried out for discover peace and tranquillity in Sun 11 Nov, 7-8.30pm Spooky night walk hundreds of years, and now the whole the Chapel. On 11 November 2018, the United Trerice Fri 26 Oct, 6.30-7.15pm, 7.15-8pm, family can have a go in Exmouth using Kingdom and its friends overseas will Near TR8 4PG 8-8.45pm traditional tools like loppers, billhooks Christmas at Buckland mark the day 100 years ago when Book on a tour of the grounds at night and saws (with careful supervision). Sat 1 Dec - Tue 1 Jan (closed 24-26 the First World War ended. Join us at Stargazing and follow a spooky tale of unusual Booking essential 01752 346585 Dec), 10am-4pm Trelissick for the lighting of a beacon. Sat 20 Oct, 6.30-9pm happenings at Arlington. Listen out Celebrate the Christmas season as Tick off one of your ‘50 things’ and for bumps and shrieks in the night Beacons of Light at Branscombe the Great Barn is filled with this year’s Trelissick Christmas craft fair take a look at the night sky above and see if you can spot any ghostly Sun 11 Nov, 6.30-9pm seasonal display. Sun 25 Nov, 10.30am-4.30pm Trerice. With displays, talks and visitors. Pay your respects to those who gave Pick up that perfect Christmas gift telescopes, Kernow Astronomers Booking essential 0344 249 1895 their lives for the country during the Wassail with Dartmoor Border Morris from the Trelissick craft fair, with a will guide you through our amazing Adult £5, child £3.50 First World War, with the lighting of Sun 6 Jan, 12noon-3pm, variety of gifts handmade by Trelissick Cornish skies (if they’re clear). a beacon. Grab your bells, bring along your staff and volunteers. Christmas craft fair pot and pans and join the annual Willow wreaths Sat 17 & Sun 18 Nov, 10.30am-4pm Countryside ranger day: Wassail. Kick start celebrations with

©National Trust Images/Hilary Daniel Trelissick illuminated Sat & Sun, 3 – 25 Nov, 11am-3pm Local stall holders will be selling hedge-laying a Mummers Play at 1pm, then join in Art day - winter moorland Trust10 trail run at Coleton Fishacre Fri – Sun, 30 Nov – 16 Dec & daily Make a festive, welcoming wreath for a variety of items including jams, Tue 13 Nov, 10am-3pm with the Wassail from 2pm. Thu 8 Nov, 10.30am-3.30pm Sun 28 Oct, 25 Nov, 23 Dec, 9am Mon 17 – Sun 23 Dec, 4-7pm your front door with willow and foliage. chutneys, jewellery, textile items, Using traditional tools like loppers, Artist Celia Olsson will show you how A free monthly 10k trail run along the Explore new pathways showered with £4 home furnishings, scarves, quilts, saws and billhooks, learn the art of Castle Drogo to capture winter Dartmoor days in rugged South West Coast Path and light as a new illuminated route of the toys, cards, decorations, wood work hedge-laying with a hands-on practical Dartmoor EX6 6PB paint. You will have a go at painting through Coleton Fishacre garden. garden is revealed this December. Christmas Tudor banquet and more. day in Exmouth. Learn about the Dartmoor under a light covering of Registration on the day is at 8.30am in Fri 23 Nov, Fri 21 Dec, 7.30-10pm £3 traditional farming methods and how Hard hat tours snow and when golden grasses stand Coleton Fishacre car park and the run An audience with Father Christmas It’s 1573 and Sir John Arundell has the practice benefits many species. Tue 9 Oct, 10.30am-12noon out against the grey sky. starts at 9am. Sat & Sun, 1 – 9 Dec & daily Fri 14 - invited you to a Christmas feast in his Christmas at the Court Booking essential 01752 346585 Don your hard hats and join the Castle Booking essential 01647 433306 Sun 23 Dec, 11am-6pm brand new mansion. The night will be Sat & Sun, 24 Nov – 23 Dec, 11am-4pm Drogo project manager for a very £35 Coleton Aglow volunteer induction Bring the family as Father Christmas filled with a three-course meal and live Enjoy a Victorian Christmas at Buckland Abbey special behind the scenes tour of the Tue 20 Nov, 11.30am-1pm Halloween happenings Scrub ‘n’ spuds at Trevose Head tells a festive story in the stables at entertainment, with music and song Arlington Court this winter, with Yelverton PL20 6EY building project to save Castle Drogo Drogo Christmas market We are looking for volunteers to help Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 10am-5pm Sat 13 Oct, 10am-3pm South Cornwall coast Trelissick this Christmas. from a bygone era. stunning decorations in the house, an (restrictions apply). Sat 8 & Sun 9 Dec, 11am-4pm bring our magical Christmas event Complete the shrunken apple head Spend a day out in the fresh air and and countryside Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Booking essential 01637 839910 or outdoor festive trail and family crafts. Drake’s Drum - the World Booking essential 01647 433306 Beat the Christmas rush and enjoy to life. Whether you want to put Halloween trail and on select dates play a part in important conservation Child £5 01637 875404 Encompassed £7.50 a leisurely shopping experience. A your experience to good use or try have a go at pressing some Godolphin work. Help the local ranger team clear Roseland community beach cleans £32 Rag rug Christmas wreath Until Sun 28 Oct, 11am-5pm variety of local specialist crafts and something brand new, there’s a role apples in the Cider House and tasting scrub and as a small thank you for Mon 1 Oct, Mon 5 Nov, Mon 3 Dec, Reindeer workshop A celebration of Francis Drake’s Autumn woodland deer walk unique gifts will be on sale in marquees for you. the sweet juice. your efforts, enjoy a jacket spud baked Mon 7 Jan, Porthcurnick 10-11am, Sat 1, 8, 15, 22 Dec, 11.30am-2.30pm Christmas choir performances Sat 1 Dec, 10am-2.30pm famous drum currently on display at and breakfast surrounding the visitor centre. on the bonfire. Pendower 2-4pm The reindeer fly in for a festive visit to Sat & Sun, 1 – 23 Dec, 2-4pm Learn the skill of rag rug making the Abbey. Local ceramicist Fi Smart Sat 13 & Sun 14 Oct, 7.15-10am Coleton Aglow Spooky stories Booking essential 01208 863821 Soak in fantastic views and fresh air the stable yard this Christmas. Celebrate with local choirs to create a unique and colourful celebrates Drake’s drum and his Join this guided walk during the Father Christmas comes to Fri 30 Nov - Sun 2 Dec, Fri 7 – Sun 9 Sun 21, Tue 23, Thu 25, Sun 28 Oct, whilst helping to keep this beautiful this Christmas and enjoy carol decoration, with Deborah Hastings. voyages through an astonishing piece fallow deer rut to search for the sights Castle Drogo Dec, Fri 14 – Sun 16 Dec, Wed 19 – 24 11am-3pm Sun and stars at Carnewas beach clean. Gloves, bags and litter- Trengwainton Garden performances and festive treats in the You’ll take home a completed wreath of ceramic sculpture. and sounds of deer in the colourful Sat & Sun, 15 – 23 Dec, 11am-4pm Dec, Thu 27 – Mon 31 Dec, 5.30-8pm Professional storyteller Mark Sat 13 Oct, 6.30-8.30pm pickers provided. Just bring your Near TR20 8RZ barn restaurant. ready to hang. woods. Afterwards enjoy a delicious Father Christmas will be making a very The house and garden are lit for an Harandon will be at Godolphin this Join the National Trust rangers enthusiasm to help out for an hour Booking essential 0344 249 1895 World Encompassed half term home cooked full English breakfast in special visit to Castle Drogo. Follow opulent 1920s Christmas party. The Halloween telling spine-tingling and Kernow Astronomers for some or so. Pumpkin fun day Tudor Father Christmas £20 family fun our café. the trail through the garden to find illuminated route leads you around the spooky tales to intrigue children and stargazing at this stunning cliff-top Sun 21 Oct, 11am-3pm Sat & Sun, 1 – 23 Dec, 11am-4pm Mon 22 - Sun 28 Oct, 11am-4pm Booking essential 01647 433306 him and receive a special present. garden and inside to see the festivities adults alike. location awarded Dark Skies status. Hemmick beach cleans Bring the family for pumpkin carving, Father Christmas will be sharing Father Christmas Family craft activities inspired by Adult £17.50, child £10 Father Christmas £3.50 of the house decorated for a party. Sat 6 Oct, Sat 3 Nov, Sat 1 Dec, pumpkin-themed games and tales and traditions of Christmas Sat & Sun, 15 – 23 Dec, 12noon- Drake’s famous voyage. See website Booking essential 01803 842382 Christmas House open weekends Geology rocks at Bossiney Sat 5 Jan, 10-11am activities, and pumpkin snacks to try. past with 30 minute performances at 12.30pm, 12.30-1pm, 1-1.30pm, 1.30- for more details. Meet the builders day Coleton Fishacre Adult £12, child £6, family £30, Sat & Sun, 1 – 16 Dec, 10am-4pm Mon 22 Oct, 10.30am-12.30pm Help us keep Hemmick beach There’ll be a pumpkin trail around the 11.30am, 12.15pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 2pm, 2-2.30pm, 2.30-3pm Child £2 Tue 23 Oct, 11am-4pm Kingswear TQ6 0EQ group £10 The house will be traditionally Come along to the stretch of coast beautiful. Can you spare half an garden and pumpkin flavoured dishes 3.15pm. All children will go home with Come to our festive grotto in the As the building project to save Castle decorated for Christmas so soak up between Boscastle and Tintagel and hour or so to help us keep Hemmick in the tea-room. a present. stables at the Carriage Museum and Christmas craft and food fair Drogo reaches a conclusion, we are Countryside walks at Christmas carols, cocktails the warm atmosphere. Sit in front of join local expert, Jane Anderson, who beach looking beautiful, and safer for Pumpkin carving £3 Adult £3, child £4 meet our traditional green Father Fri 9 - Sun 11 Nov, 10am-4pm offering one last opportunity to meet Coleton Fishacre and canapés one of the fires, enjoy a mince pie and will guide us through the geological wildlife? Equipment supplied. Christmas. All good girls and boys will Our annual Christmas craft and food the Castle Drogo builders. Fri 19 Oct, 11.30am-2.30pm Thu 6 Dec, Wed 12 Dec, 6.30-9pm listen to carols. history of the area. Includes some October half-term fun Christmas crafts receive a present. fair returns with over 40 stalls of the The ranger team will be leading What better way to get into the steep, stepped coast path walking. Tintagel Old Post Office Mon 22 - Thu 25 Oct, Sun 28 Oct, Sat & Sun, 1 – 23 Dec, 11am-3pm Booking essential 0344 249 1895 finest local produce. This year we’re Photography workshop countryside walks from Coleton Christmas spirit than a 1920s Christmas wreath making and high Booking essential 01208 863046 Tintagel PL34 0DB 11am-4pm Make decorations and presents Child £5 hosting a free park and ride service Thu 1 Nov, 11am-3pm Fishacre to Pudcombe Cove, along cocktail party, complete with carol tea tours £3 We’ve got pumpkin-themed games in this December in a Christmas craft from Harrowbeer Aerodrome. Join local photographer John Howells the South West Coast Path to Ivy singing in the Art Deco Saloon at Mon 3 - Fri 7 Dec, Mon 10 – Fri 14 Dec, Photography competition shortlist the Orchard plus apple bobbing with workshop at Trerice. Prices vary, see £3 in the Castle Drogo garden or by Cove, and back to Coleton Fishacre via Coleton Fishacre? 11am-4pm Half term ranger day - build a bird Sat 6 – Mon 15 Oct, 11am-3.30pm Trengwainton-grown apples. There’ll website for more details. the River Teign to find new aspects, Coleton Camp. Booking essential 01803 843235 Book onto a Christmas wreath making box at Polzeath The theme for this year’s photography also be a pumpkin trail around the An audience with the Lord landscapes and wildlife. He’ll help you £30 workshop or Christmas high tea tour Wed 24 Oct, 10am-1pm competition has been ‘home’. See garden that’s great for welly-walking. of Misrule in understanding your camera whilst Pirate day in Godolphin House for a special treat Come to the Tubestation above how visitors over the year have DEVON Sat & Sun, 1 – 23 Dec, 11am-4pm also teaching new composition ideas. Tue 23 Oct, 2-4pm Compton Castle this Christmas. Polzeath beach to build your bird box interpreted the Old Post Office and Spooky storytelling A storytelling experience with a tudor Booking essential 01647 433306 Raise the main sail and climb the Marldon TQ3 1TA Booking essential 01736 763194 and we’ll give you some handy tips on vote for your favourite photograph. Thu 25 Oct, 11am-4pm twist. Meet the Lord of Misrule as he £37 rigging. Please come dressed in your High tea tour £25, wreath making £35 how to put it up in your garden Tales of Trengwainton with a spooky A la Ronde tells tales of Christmas past and gives pirate best and join the creative pirate Spooky spiders castle trail at at home. Torchlight terrors twist, as told by Mark Harandon. Exmouth EX8 5BD each child a special gift for their tree. school, making pirate treasure crafts Compton Castle Christmas storytelling Bird box £5 Sat 20 – Sun 28 Oct, 11am-3pm Stories start on the hour (none at Child £3 and pirate crowns with autumn leaves. Tue 23 - Thu 25 Oct, 10.30am-4pm Sat 15 & Sun 16 Dec, 21 – 23 Dec, 26 – For a trick of treats, uncover the 1pm) in the bell tent in the orchard. Beautiful bouquets Child £3 Spooky spiders are hiding around 30 Dec, 11am-3pm Geology rocks at Boscastle spooky symbols hidden in the dark Mon 1 – Sun 28 Oct, 11am-5pm Compton Castle. Spot them all to Book your family onto a Christmas Sat 10 Nov, 10am-1pm places of the house using a UV torch, Visit Father Christmas Local artists have created unique Wild Wednesdays claim a small prize. storytelling experience for a short Hear about the extraordinary cliffs and solve the puzzle to win yourself a Fri 7 - Sat 8 Dec, 5.30-8pm flower arrangements using different Wed 24 Oct, 2-4pm story that’ll have you feeling festive. and rocks of the area over a cuppa, bag of ghastly goodies. No trip to the annual lantern walk materials and techniques to display Join in on Wild Wednesday, during the Finch Foundry There will be a small gift at the end of and then explore the geology and its Trail £2 would be complete without a visit around A la Ronde. school holidays, at Coleton Fishacre Near Okehampton EX20 2NW each performance for every child. wildlife on a walk with local expert to Father Christmas in his garden- where the team of rangers lead Booking essential 01736 763194 Jane Anderson. Trelissick themed grotto. Numbers will be Creative crafts family trail ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾’ Halloween fun at Finch £4 £4 Near TR3 6QL limited, so book your tickets now to Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 10.30am-4.30pm activities in the garden. Sun 28 Oct, 11am-4pm avoid disappointment. Papercraft, sculptures, painting and Child £2 The fiery furnaces of Finch present Lanhydrock Scrub & spuds at Pentire Head, near Apple weekend Booking essential 0344 249 1895 music - the women of A la Ronde were a spooky backdrop for some scary Near PL30 5AD Polzeath Fri 5 - Sun 7 Oct, 10.30am-5.30pm Child £3 very creative. Be inspired and have a Pirate trail stories. Spooky costumes welcome. Sat 10 Nov, Sat 8 Dec, 10am-3pm A weekend of family activities in the go at making your own on this crafty Wed 24 - Sun 28 Oct, 10.30am-5pm Victorian Christmas at Lanhydrock Help reduce gorse and blackthorn orchard including a specialist day on Christmas lantern walk autumn trail to win a prize. Avast me hearties, can you follow the St Clement’s Day Sat 1 Dec - Tue 1 Jan, 11am-4pm and aid the wildlife living in our Friday for those wanting to delve into Fri 7 & Sat 8 Dec, 5.30-8pm £2 pirate trail? X marks the spot. Claim Sat 24 Nov, 11am-4pm Take a slice of Victorian kitchen valuable coastal habitats at Pentire the world of cultivating, growing and Admission to the lantern walk will your small prize once the trail Blacksmiths from all over converge to and add a flourish of dining room Head. As a thank you for your efforts the uses of apples. only be via pre-booked tickets this Arlington Court and is complete. compete and have some fun. There elegance to concoct the perfect family we’ll cook up a jacket potato lunch on year. Don’t miss out on the magical the National Trust will be demonstrations, big bangs, and Christmas setting. the bonfire. Pumpkin carving atmosphere of the walled gardens Carriage Museum Gun batteries and gardens by items for sale along with mince pies in Booking essential 01208 863821 Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 11.30am-3.30pm lit by hundreds of lanterns and fairy Near Barnstaple EX31 4LP flaming torchlight the tearoom. North Cornwall coast Pick a pumpkin, scoop out the middle lights. Fri 26 Oct, 6-9pm and countryside Geology rocks at Sandymouth and carve out your pumpkin face. Booking essential (including Autumn deer walks This evening flaming torchlit walk Greenway Sat 24 Nov, 10am-1pm How spooky can you make yours? members) 0344 249 1895 Sun 14 Oct, Sun 21 Oct, 8.30-10.30am takes in the South West Coast Path Near Brixham TQ5 0ES Stories of St Agnes and Chapel Hear about the extraordinary £3 Non-member adult £4.30, child £2.15 Join an expert ranger for a morning around Coleton Fishacre and Froward Porth: SWCP Challenge walk cliffs and rocks of the area and its stroll in search of the beautiful red Point as part of the South West Coast Walk with a ranger Fri 5 Oct, 5-7.15pm associated wildlife with local expert Autumn trail deer which live on the Arlington Path Challenge. Thu 18 Oct, 11.30am-12.30pm Join us on a South West Coast Path Jane Anderson, on a walk between Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 10.30am-5pm estate. In this autumn walk we hope Booking essential Why not join the countryside rangers challenge walk for a circular route Sandymouth and . Includes a Walk the autumn trail to learn how the to see the rutting stags with their southwestcoastpath.org.uk/challenge for a walk through the garden to see from St Agnes Head to Chapel Porth. drink at Sandymouth café. wildlife at Trelissick gets ready for the impressive antlers. £10 the autumn woodland colours? Booking essential £4 cold winter months and how we can Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Pre-booked parking essential. southwestcoastpath.org.uk/events help provide a home for them in our £5 £10 own gardens.

nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest Creepy quest Spooky day Saltram Mon 22 - Thu 25 Oct, 4-6pm Fri 26 Sun 28 Oct, 11am-3pm Near Plymouth PL7 1UH Oct, Sat 27 Oct, 4-7pm Get into the spirit of Halloween. Make Learn more about the weird and your very own broomstick, fashion Trust 10 wonderful Gothic tales of the yourself a finger bat and Sun 23 Sep, 28 Oct, 25 Nov, 16 Dec, Victorians with our creepy quest. take home a magic wand. Join in 8.45-10.30am £1 the potions class to brew up some A free 10k run around Saltram park. strange concoctions. Come along and enjoy a fully marked Halloween spook-fest Child £5 and marshalled course for fun, Fri 26 & Sat 27 Oct, 4-7pm training or as a fitness goal. Immerse yourself in spine-chilling Winter fair stories throughout the darkened Sat 1 & Sun 2 Dec, 11am-3pm Apple and cider day ©National Trust Images/John Millar house this Halloween. Each room Pick up a Dartmoor Christmas Sat 29 Sep, 10am-4pm displays a different gothic tale and is tree and do some Christmas Celebrate the apple harvest with us filled with candles and cobwebs. Dare shopping, supporting local craft by helping to press apples from the you come up and see us after dark? and food producers. Saltram orchard to make scrummy Booking essential 0344 249 1895 apple juice and cider. North Devon coast Carvery lunches and countryside October half term fun Sundays, 4 Nov - 30 Dec, Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 10am-4pm 12noon-2.30pm Fungi and foraging Try out the new Awesome Autumn Enjoy one of our delicious carvery Sun 7 Oct, 10.30am-12.30pm trail in the garden, dress up in the Harvest trail at Greenway Pumpkin trail lunches in the stables café. Made Fungi come in many shapes, sizes house, join in with spooky storytelling, Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 10.30am-4.30pm Sat 20 Oct - Sun 4 Nov, 11am-4pm using local produce, much of it grown and colours - some very edible, bike rides in the park, autumnal Can your little-ones follow the clues Join the trail and hunt for pumpkins in our very own Kitchen Garden and some poisonous. Would you like to displays, warming one-pots and drinks around Greenway garden on this around the garden and parkland sourced from our tenant farmers. learn more? Join fungi & foraging in the café. harvest-themed trail with a literary this Halloween. Regular £10.95, small £8.95 expert Patrick Watts-Mabbott and an twist? Claim your small prize when Exmoor ranger. Christmas Festival - craft and you’ve found them all. Christmas at Killerton: Christmas craft & gift fair Booking essential 01271 891972 food fair Pre-booked parking essential. The Snow Queen Fri 16 - Sun 18 Nov, 10am-4pm Adult £6, child £3 Fri 16 Nov, 10am-4pm, Sat 17 & Sun 18 Sat 24 Nov – Sun 6 Jan (closed 25 & The best local, artisan craftspeople Nov, 9am-4pm Christmas volunteer induction 26 Dec), times on website and producers - we’ve got over Autumn deer walk on West Exmoor Transform your Christmas Fri 23 Nov, 11.30am-1pm Step into Killerton House and follow 50 stalls selling everything from Thu 18 or Fri 19, 4.30pm-6pm shopping with the perfect antidote to We’re looking for volunteers to help Gerda’s journey to rescue her friend sheepskins and handmade jewellery, Join ranger Marcus for this special hectic high streets in the beauty bring Greenway’s magical Christmas Kay from the Snow Queen’s palace. to prints and chocolate. Ideal for guided walk in search of the beautiful of Saltram’s garden. to life. Whether you want to try The story continues outside, following finding the perfect festive treats. red deer that live on Exmoor. Walk something new, meet new friends, or the twinkling trail through the garden is weather-dependent and will take Enchanted Christmas at Saltram help make someone’s day, there’s a and parkland. Christmas food and drink fair place on whichever day is the most Thu 22 Nov - Sun 30 Dec, 12noon- role to suit you. Further details and booking at Sat 24 & Sun 25 Nov, 10am-4pm suitable. 8pm nationaltrust.org.uk/christmas- Stuck for ideas for the perfect Booking essential 01271 891972 Brighten up dark winter nights Father Christmas visits Greenway at-killerton present? At our food and drink £5 with a stroll around the enchanted Sat 8 Dec, Sat 15, Sat 22 Dec, 11am- fair, you’ll find small brewers and illuminated gardens and see the house 12.30pm, 1.30-3pm Father Christmas at Killerton vineyards, selling by the glass and Brownsham family nature trail magically decorated throughout with Father Christmas and his helpers will Sat 1 Dec, 2 Dec, Sat 8, Sun 9 Dec, bottle, alongside stalls selling locally Until Sun 28 Oct, 10am-4pm inspiration taken from some well be stopping off at Greenway on three Sat 15, Sun 16 Dec, Thu 20 - Sun 23 sourced foods and edible gifts. Follow this gentle nature trail through known fairy tales. Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas. Dec, 11am-4pm, Mon 17 – Wed 29 Dec, the beautiful Beckland Woods in He’ll be meeting children and sharing 2-4pm Knightshayes by night search of the hidden clues. Can you Storytime with Father Christmas out keepsake gifts. Meet Father Christmas dressed in his Fri – Sun, 1 Dec – 30 Dec, 4-7pm find them all? Pick up your trail map Sat 1 - Mon 3, Fri 7 – Mon 10, Thu 13 Pre-booked parking essential. traditional Victorian green. A gift for From twinkling fairy lights to for free from the car park. – Mon 17, Thu 20 – Sun 23 Dec, 3pm, Child £5 every child aged 8 or under. shimmering water; discover a hidden 4pm, 5pm, 6pm Booking essential at nationaltrust. world swathed in colour, as we bring Walling workshop Sit down and join Father Christmas 1950s pop-up cinema org.uk/christmas-at-killerton one of the finest gardens in the south Mon 22 - Tue 23 Oct, 10am-4pm in the stables as he shares magical Sat 8, Sun 9, Sat 15, Sun 16, Sat 22, Child £6 west to life with a bit of festive magic. Learn the ancient skills of drystone stories and some festive songs. Sun 23, Thu 27, Fri 28, Sat 29, Sun 30 walling in this action packed two-day Includes a special keepsake. Dec, 3-5.30pm & 6.30-9pm Christmas wreath making An invitation to Christmas course at Mortehoe. Learn about Booking essential online Fri 14, 21, 6.30-9pm, Mon 24, 31 Dec, Sat 1 - Mon 3, Fri 7, Sun 9, Sun 16 Dec at Knightshayes courses, how to shape the stones and Adult £4, child £8 3-5.30pm 10.30am-12.30pm, 2-4.30pm, Tue 4 & Sat 1 - Sun 23 Dec, Thu 27, Fri 28 Dec, what makes a good capping stone. A pop-up 1950s cinema is returning Thu 6 Dec, 10.30am-12.30pm Tue 1 Jan, 10am-5pm This is a hands-on, practical course. Storytime with Father Christmas - to Greenway. A collection of crime Learn the festive art of wreath making See the house in its element as we Booking essential 01271 891972. relaxed session films curated by Sophie Hannah, with Sarah Pepper using foliage from pull out all the stops to decorate it for £40 Sun 2 Dec, Thu 6, Sat 15, Fri 21 Dec, bestselling author of crime fiction, will the Killerton estate. Take home your a traditional family Christmas with 3-3.45pm be screened in a cosy vintage-style beautiful creation and use your new the Heathcoat Amory’s celebrating Barton Woodfest As above. Relaxed performances cinema marquee. talent to make one every year. yuletide traditions from throughout Tue 23 Oct, 10am-3pm are designed to welcome audience Booking essential 01803 842382 Booking essential 01392 881345 the ages. Celebrate the beautiful autumn members who may benefit from a Adult £14.50, child £9.50 £TBC colours with this fun day of woodland more informal experience, such as Father Christmas events and activities for all the family. those with autism and sensory or Killerton Christmas lunch at visits Knightshayes communication needs. Near Exeter EX5 3LE Killerton Kitchen Sat & Sun, 8 – 23 Dec, Family volunteering bash and burn Booking essential online Sat 1 - Mon 24 Dec, 12noon-2.30pm 11am-1pm, 2-4pm Thu 25 Oct, 11am-3pm Adult £4, child £8 The big pick up Enjoy a home-cooked Christmas Father Christmas will be visiting Bring all the family for some Sat 6 & Sun 7 Oct, 11am-4pm lunch in the restaurant with dishes Knightshayes in the run up to the free outdoor fun. Help the rangers Storytime with Father Christmas - Come and have fun picking up apples showcasing local, award-winning food. big day, and will be handing out cut and burn gorse bushes at for grown ups in the orchard at Killerton which are Booking essential 01392 881345 keepsakes in his workshop to the very Mortehoe and then toast some Fri 21 Dec, 6.30-7.15pm then used to make Killerton’s very own Two courses £20, three courses £25 best behaved boys and girls. Includes delicious marshmallows. Who said seeing Father Christmas was cider. 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