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Woodland adventure day A closer look at the Hoogstraten Frost fayre Veteran tree walk BATH AND BRISTOL Thu 1 Nov, 10.30am-2.30pm Thu 29 Nov, 11.30am-12.30pm, 2-3pm Sat 15 - Sun 16 Dec, 11am-3pm Sat 10 Nov, 10am-12noon Go wild outdoors with a day of fire A talk by Dr Tarnya Cooper, Curatorial In the seventeenth century the A walk with our ranger Tor Stanfield lighting, games, creativity and cooking & Collections Director, and Rupert Thames froze every few years, and a around Leigh Woods National Nature Bath Skyline over the campfire. This event is for Goulding, Lead Curator (South West), ‘Frost Fayre’ was held on the frozen Reserve, discovering our wonderful Bath BA2 5AH accompanied children age 5+ and with an opportunity for a closer look river. Our Frost Fayre is in the stables veteran trees, what makes them so takes place in Fairy Wood, at ‘A view through a house’. with a range of Christmas gifts special and how we look after them. Flavours of autumn Claverton Down. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 for sale. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Sun 14 Oct, 10am-2.30pm Booking essential 0344 249 1895 £5 £7.50 Join our Skyline ranger to explore Child £12 Wassailing part of the Bath Skyline, stopping off The Lord of Misrule trail Sun 6 Jan, 11am-2pm Walk with an archaeologist on the way round for some warming New Year’s ramble Sat 1 - Mon 31 Dec, 10am-3pm Join us for a noisy start to the year to Sat 24 Nov, 10am-12noon homemade soup around the campfire. Sun 6 Jan, 9.30am-2pm The Lord of Misrule can be traced encourage the pear harvest. Perry and Discover the secrets of Stokeleigh Iron Booking essential 0344 249 1895 This will be a fairly fast-paced walk from medieval England to the spiced toast will be flicked at the trees Age hill fort with archaeologist Martin £12 of the Skyline, beginning at Bushey seventeenth century. He was in charge and you can join in the live music by Papworth. Stokeleigh Camp is the Norwood, to burn some of those of all mischief and entertainment at bashing pots and pans. largest of three Iron Age hill forts Colours of autumn Christmas calories (but with a minor Christmas. We have our own hiding built to guard the approach of the Sun 28 Oct, 12.30-5pm diversion to Prior Park for a sneaky around Dyrham to track down. Leigh Woods River Avon. This autumn walk will look at the hot chocolate). Near Bristol BS8 3PL Booking essential 0344 249 1895 veteran trees, fungi and autumn Booking essential 0344 249 1895 A seventeenth-century Christmas £10 colours of the Bath Skyline, led £10 Sat 1 Dec - Tue 1 Jan, 10am-4pm Fungi foray by the Bath Skyline ranger and Experience a Christmas before Sun 7 Oct, 10am-12noon Prior Park local naturalists. indoor Christmas trees, tinsel or Wander round the woods looking Landscape Garden Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Dyrham Park baubles. Instead journey back to for fungi, learn to identify the Bath BA2 5AH £6 Near Bath SN14 8ER a time with the ‘Lord of Misrule’ different types of fungi that grow in causing mischief, choirs singing in the the woods with help from our two Halloween trail Wild Wednesday: Halloween The revolting reality of the church, dried flower decorations and knowledgeable experts. Sat 27 Oct – Fri 2 Nov, 10am-4.30pm, Wed 31 Oct, 10.30am-12.30pm seventeenth century children’s crafts. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Sat 3 – Sun 4 Nov, 10am-3pm The Woodland Play Area is the setting Sat 20 Oct - Sun 4 Nov, 10am-3pm £10 A coven of witches have spread some for a morning of Halloween and In this trail you’ll find out the Halloween potions around the garden. autumnal activities. gruesome truth behind exquisite Can you follow the trail to claim a Child £1 portraits. Prepare yourself for black prize? teeth, small pox and lice as you £1.50 discover the grim reality of the seventeenth century. £1

The Lord of Misrule Celebrating autumn at half term Studland after dark Autumn half term pumpkin trail Nature talk and tea with Professor Fri 14, Sat 15, Sun 16, Fri 21, Sat 22, Sun Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 11am-4pm Sat 27 Oct, 6.30-8.30pm Mon 22 - Sun 28 Oct, 10am-4pm Richard Delahay 23, Wed 26, Thu 27, Fri 28, Sat 29, Sun Join us for some fun over half term; Join us this Halloween for mulled cider Make sure you have your creative hat Wed 7 Nov, 1.15-4.30pm 30, Mon 31 Dec, see website for times. celebrate the harvest, autumn and sausage casserole at the beach on and come and join us for a special Professor Richard Delahay, Wildlife Dating back to medieval England, the produce and all the beautiful autumn and, if you’re feeling brave, take a crafts inspired pumpkin trail around Biologist from the Animal and Lord of Misrule tradition continued colour with a series of hands on night time walk under dark skies. the garden. Seasonal specials will also Plant Health Agency, will be joining right through into the 17th-century. activities. Booking essential 01929 450500 be available in the café. us for a talk about the life of Join Corfe Castle’s very own 17th- Adult £12, child £9 badgers focussing on those that century mischief-maker for stories November house tours Wreath making workshop with at Woodchester Park, near Stroud. & games as you journey through the Thu 1 - Sun 25 Nov, 11am-2pm Winter Solstice roast lunch Includes afternoon tea. castle ruins. Take part in a guided tour around the Fri 21 Dec, 7.15-9.15am Fri 7 Dec, 9.30am-3pm Booking essential 0344 349 1895 State and Ground floor rooms, and View the sunrise from Old Harry This workshop includes all materials £28 Christmas carols in the castle discover the women who have shaped Rocks on the shortest day of the year from the garden, a two course roast Sun 9 Dec, 5-6.30pm Kingston Lacy. Tours start every 30 followed by a full English breakfast at lunch with all the trimmings and Newark Park Create a new family tradition with minutes and last approximately an Knoll Beach café. refreshments. This smaller group Near Wotton-under-Edge GL12 7PZ carols in the castle. Step inside the hour and a quarter. Booking essential 01929 450500 will receive individual tuition and an ruins and join in with songs old and Booking essential 0344 249 1895 £15 exclusive tour of the garden. Newark at night new. A selection of delicious winter Booking essential 01386 438333 Wed 31 Oct, 6.30-7.45pm, 7.30- warmers will also be available from the Christmas at Kingston Lacy £95 8.45pm, 8.30-9.45pm tea-room. Fri 30 Nov – Mon 1 Jan (closed 25 GLOUCESTERSHIRE Experience Newark at night with this Dec), Mon & Tue 10am-4pm, Wed – Wreath making workshops new Halloween evening for adults. Winter lights Sun 10am-7pm Sat 8 Dec, 15 Dec, 9.30am-2pm Hear eerie tales through spooky Fri – Sun, 14 – 30 Dec, dusk-7pm During December Kingston Lacy is Chedworth Roman Villa You will be guided through making tours of the gardens and basement Halloween storytelling Take in the festive atmosphere with transformed both inside and out with Yanworth GL54 3LJ a wreath to adorn your door this kitchens. Includes light refreshments. Tue 23, Thu 25 Oct, 12noon-4pm Coleridge Cottage our beacons, braziers, lanterns and twinkling lights, stunning decorations Christmas with materials from the Booking essential 01453 842 644 Soak up the atmosphere this Nether Stowey TA5 1NQ contemporary lighting as you explore and delicate frosts. Further details October half term garden. We provide all materials £20 Halloween at Snowshill. Come and the castle grounds. The Lord of on website. Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 10am-4.30pm and tuition, you just need to come listen as our storyteller weaves Apple Day Misrule will also be causing mischief at Join us for a special bat talk, follow the with ideas. Includes two course lunch Christmas fair mysterious tales from the writings of Sat 13 Oct, 11am-5pm 5pm & 6pm. Portland House bat trail or get crafty in the pavilion. and refreshments. Sat 1 & Sun 2 Dec, 11am-4pm Charles Wade. Have you ever wanted to make your Weymouth DT4 8RZ There’s plenty to keep everyone Booking essential 01386 438333 Join us at Newark Park for our own apple juice? Bring along your own Winter solstice entertained this half term. £65 wonderfully festive Christmas fair, Westbury Court Garden apples and press them into delicious Fri 21 Dec, 7.15-9am Portland House autumn opening with lots of enchanting stalls selling a Westbury-on-Severn GL14 1PD juice in Coleridge’s orchard. Experience the rare opportunity to Fri 5 Oct, 2-5pm, Sat 6 Oct, 11am-5pm, Needle felting workshop Father Christmas comes to Hidcote range of unique gifts, seasonal treats, Walk with the head gardener A very Victorian Christmas at October half term watch the sun rise on the shortest Sun 7 Oct, 11am-4pm Sat 10 Nov, 11am-3pm Sat 15 & Sun 16 Dec, 11am-3pm traditional crafts, hand-made goodies Apple weekend A Georgian Christmas Sun 18 Nov, 9-11am Tyntesfield Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 10am-4pm day of the year from the castle ruins. Come down to Portland House in Try your hand at the traditional craft Follow the festive trail around the and more. Sat 13 & Sun 14 Oct, 10am-4.30pm Sat & Sun, 1 – 16 Dec, 11am-4pm Head gardener Alice will be exploring Sat 24 Nov -Sun 23 Dec, Wed 26, Get spooky this half term and have Includes a hot drink and breakfast roll. Weymouth for a special peek inside of needle felting, and make some garden and meet Father Christmas A chance to try and buy apples grown Celebrate Christmas Georgian style, the garden and its history and looking Thu 27 Dec, Sun 30 Dec, Tue 1, Wed a go on our trail or try your hand at Booking essential 0344 249 1895 this stunning 1930s art deco holiday festive decorations to take home. who’ll be waiting to hear your Christmas celebrations and at Westbury Court and other National with garlands, spice bags, gingerbread at plans for the future, finishing with 2 Jan, 10am-5pm , Mon 24 & 31 Dec, some crafts in the Visitor Centre. Plus £12 villa, not usually open to the public. Lunch and materials included. Christmas wish. Father Christmas Trust gardens. Taste and buy apples men, and an open log fire morning refreshments in the tea garden. 10am-3pm free family red squirrel walks, daily at Booking essential 0844 249 1895 Child £5 Sat & Sun, 8 – 16 Dec, 11am-4pm from Roman to Edwardian times. An as the cottage transforms for a cosy Booking essential 0344 249 1895 We’re bringing Christmas traditions 11am & 1.30pm. Golden Cap Max Gate £35 Explore Newark House beautifully apple quiz will be available for children. 18th century Christmas. £8 to life with our immersive Victorian Dorchester DT1 2FN Behind the scenes winter tours decorated for the season with experience. You can meet members Poole Harbour Bird Boats Golden Cap evening torchlight walk Tablet weaving workshop Fri 4, Sat 5, Fri 11, Fri 18, Sat 19, Fri 25 greenery from the estate. Create Dunster Castle Christmas trail of Tyntesfield’s Victorian household, Thu 22, Sat 24 Nov, Sat 8 Dec, Sun Fri 12 Oct, 7-8.30pm Tess: A Pure Woman Sat 24 Nov, 11am-3pm Jan, 11am-12.30pm some crafts and Father Christmas SOMERSET Near Minehead TA24 6SL Sat & Sun, 1 Dec – 30 Dec, 10am-3pm play games, join in with festive sing-a- 6,Thu 10, Sun 20 Jan, Sun 3 Feb, see Join this evening flaming torchlight Thu – Sun, 1 Nov – 30 Nov & 3 Jan – Enjoy a fascinating workshop where During selected dates in January you will also be dropping by. Further This festive season there’s a longs and listen in on some website for times walk to the top of Golden Cap from 24 Feb, 11am-4pm you will learn the ancient art of will be guided around the garden to details on website. Halloween trail: The Dunster Castle landscape-wide advert calendar to seasonal storytelling. The National Trust, Dorset Wildlife Langdon Hill, as part of the South Thomas Hardy controversially tablet weaving and make something learn more about what happens in the Booking essential 01453 842 644 Barrington Court School of Magic discover at Prior Park. Seek out all the Trust and the RSPB have partnered West Coast Path Challenge. subtitled Tess of the d’Urbervilles ‘A special to take home. Lunch and winter after our gates are closed. Child £4 Barrington TA19 0NQ Sat 20 Oct - Sun 4 Nov, 10am-4pm doors to learn a Georgian carol. Christmas evening opening at up to showcase Poole Harbour, its Booking essential online. Pure Woman’ and later wrote that materials included. Follow the trail and solve the clues Tyntesfield islands and the spectacular wildlife Adult £6, child free he ‘lost his heart to Tess as he wrote Booking essential 0844 2491895 Lodge Park and Snowshill Manor Apple days to gain admittance to the Dunster Tyntesfield Wed, Fri, Sat, 5 – 22 Dec, 5-7.30pm that depends on it at this special time about her’. Delve into the novel and £35 Sherborne Estate and Garden Sat 27 & Sun 28 Oct, 10.30am-4.30pm Castle School of Magic. Have you got Near Bristol BS48 1NX Perfect for picking up festive gifts, of year. Hardy’s Cottage find out the stories behind it. Aldsworth GL54 3PP Broadway WR12 7JU A celebration of all things apple. the wizarding skills to pass the tests? enjoying a warming drink, or Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Near Dorchester DT2 8QJ Hidcote This fun and lively weekend is for Includes prize. TYNTEtots 2018 enjoying a tranquil wander through Adult £25, child £12.50 Flute and harp with Virginia and Near Chipping Campden GL55 6LR Nature talk and tea with October: a celebration of autumn everyone, with much of the activity £2.50 Wed 17, Thu 18 Oct, Wed 21, Thu 22 the formal garden. Please bring a Hard times and hungry months Florence Astley Dr Pat Morris Mon 1 - Sun 28 Oct, 11am-5.30pm centred around the orchards and Nov, Mon 17, Tue 18 Dec, Fri 21 Dec, good torch as there will be minimal Christmas carols and guided ramble Nov, Jan & Feb, see website for Wed 3 Oct, Sun 4 Nov, 12noon- Behind the scenes in autumn Wed 10 Oct, 1.15-4.30pm During October there will be pressing barn. Ghost tours 10-11.45am, 1-2.45pm lighting on the paths. Tue 18 & Thu 20 Dec, 10am-1pm open days 12.30pm, 2-2.30pm, 3.30-4pm Mon 8, 22, 29 Oct, 10.30am-11am Dr Pat Morris, President of the British something new to discover each day Sat 27 & Wed 31 Oct, from 6.20pm Storytelling, crafts and games for 2-5 Non-members £5 Lift your spirits with Christmas carols Gather around the warm hearth and Music, stories and poetry from Our gardeners look after everything Hedgehog Preservation Society, as we celebrate autumn. From helping Half term Halloween happenings Dare you take a candlelight tour of year olds and their families inspired by and a guided ramble taking in the discover how hard life would have Hardy’s time bring his home to life. from tree surveys to compost. During will be speaking about the dramatic to collect the windfall in the orchards, Mon 29 Oct - Sun 4 Nov, the most haunted parts of the castle? classic stories including ‘Hansel and Christmas concerts in the winter wildlife on Brownsea. Finish been for Victorian families, with frost these tours you will be able to learn a decline that hedgehogs are facing, to trying the apple-inspired food in 11am-4.30pm This 50 minute tour is not suitable for Gretel’, ‘The Enormous Turnip’ and Tyntesfield chapel your morning with some warming in the air and the landscape stripped Armistice Day 1918 little bit more about how we care for and how we can help them survive. the tea room. We’ve a spooky Halloween trail under 12’s. ‘The Night Before Christmas: A Visit Wed, Fri, Sat, 5 – 22 Dec, 6pm, plus mince pies and mulled wine in our bare. Further details on website. Sun 11 Nov, 2-4pm Hidcote. Please check the website for Includes afternoon tea. through the orchards, den building in Booking essential 01643 821314 from St Nicholas’. Wed 19, Fri 21, Sat 22 Dec, 4.15pm island church. To mark the centenary of the full details. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Halloween trail the woods and craft activities. Spooks £13 Booking essential 0344 249 1895 A range of local choirs sing in the Adult £25, child £12.50 Christmas at Hardy’s Cottage Armistice we will be looking at Hardy’s £5 £28 Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 11am-5.30pm parade for those who come dressed as Child £7, two children £12, three festive season in the beautiful Thu – Sun, 1 – 30 Dec, 11am-4pm war poetry, along with the war poems There’s some mysterious happenings a ghost, ghoul or creepy creature on After dark - family fright night children £18 surrounds of Tyntesfield’s Victorian Clouds Hill All through December you can enjoy of some famous poets who visited occurring this half term. Follow the Sun 28 Oct. Mon 29 Oct, Thu 1 Nov, 6-9pm chapel. Mince pie and a hot drink Bovington BH20 7NQ a warm festive welcome with the Max Gate, such as Siegfried Sassoon trail to discover more about Scare yourself silly on our self-led Make a Windsor chair with the included or option of Christmas cottage decked for Christmas. Come and Robert Graves. spooky Snowshill. ‘Battle’s Over’ beacon ghostly gardens walk. Who knows Somerset Bodgers dinner with evening concerts. The taking of Damascus: October 1918 and warm your toes by the open fire. Sun 11 Nov, 5.30-8pm what could be lurking around the Mon 22 - Sat 27 Oct, 9am-5pm Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Mon 1 - Wed 31 Oct, 11am-4.30pm Full details on website. Christmas at Max Gate To mark 100 years of remembrance next corner? If it all gets just a bit Make your very own Windsor chair £15, with Christmas dinner £30 We are marking the footsteps and Thu – Sun, 1 – 30 Dec, 11am-4pm following the end of the First World too scary stop off at our tea-room from scratch with master craftspeople, exploits of T E Lawrence 100 years on, Winter words See the house decked out for a War, we’ll be lighting a beacon in halfway around. the Somerset Bodgers, on this six-day during the last month of his Arabian Sat 8 Dec, Sun 16 Dec, Victorian Christmas, plus craft Barrington’s parkland as part of the Adult £5, child £2 course. Materials, use of tools, food DORSET campaign, at the end of WWI - 12noon & 1.30pm activities for children and seasonal national ‘Battle’s Over’ tribute. and drink included. his ‘road to Damascus’. Full details Join the New Hardy Players as they treats. Musical and theatrical Creepy critters with Exmoor Zoo Booking essential 0344 249 1895 on website. weave together a verbal anthology performances on Sat 1, Fri 7, Sun 9, Father Christmas Mon 29 Oct - Fri 2 Nov, 11am-4pm £360 Brownsea Island of Hardy’s favourite wintry words, Thu 13, Sat 15, Sun 16, Fri 21 & Sat & Sun, 1 – 23 Dec, 11am-3pm Exmoor Zoo have brought some of Poole Harbour Corfe Castle against the backdrop of his beloved Sun 23 Dec. Meet Father Christmas in his cosy their creepiest critters. Dare you step Victorian murder mystery Wareham BH20 5EZ childhood home. study. He will have a quality gift for inside the Tenant’s Hall to see them? Fri 2 & Sat 3 Nov, 7-11pm Red squirrel walks Studland Bay each child who books in to see him. Travel back in time with the critically Mon 24 Sep - Fri 19 Oct, 11.30am- October half term Kingston Lacy Studland Booking opens 5 Nov. Dunster by Candlelight acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre 12.30pm, 2-3pm Sat 20 - Sun 28 Oct, 10am-5pm Near Wimborne BH21 4EA Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Fri 7 & Sat 8 Dec, 4-9pm Company. Meet some eerie characters Join our free guided walks and see Explore our spooky All Hallows quest Wild food walk and lunch Child £10 See the Castle spectacularly floodlit and put your sleuthing skills to the how many rare red squirrels you and see if you can find the missing Guided walk: Holt Heath Sat 6 & 13 Oct, 11am-2pm and the rooms dressed for Christmas. test to solve an immersive murder can spot. At this time of year they pumpkins. Includes The Great Escape Fri 5 Oct, 10am-1pm Join a ranger-led walk to discover the Jolly midwinter merriment Live music from local performers mystery. Includes evening meal. come down from the canopy to store (teddy zip wire) and daily missile Enjoy a six-mile stroll on the ancient food growing wild around us and then Fri – Mon, 1 – 23 Dec, 11am-3pm will fill the castle’s halls and delicious Booking essential 0344 249 1895 food and can be seen playing in the launches from Corfe’s medieval Holt Heath, one of Dorset’s largest enjoy a two course ‘wild food’ lunch at The court house and garden will be seasonal treats will be available. £40 low branches. siege engine. areas of unspoilt lowland heathland, Knoll Beach café. sparkling and festive with music, Visit the Watermill to see milling taking in beautiful views to the south. Booking essential 01929 450500 dancing, games and activities for all. by candlelight. Terrifying Tyntesfield Fungi foray Get crafty at Christmas £20 Enjoy the more relaxed ambiance on Tue 30 Oct, Thu 1 Nov, 10.30am- Sat 29 Sep, Sat 13 Oct, 7.30-10am Sat & Sun, 1 – 23 Dec, 11am-4pm Out of hours guided walks Fridays and Mondays, or family fun on A Christmas Castle and illuminated 12.30pm, 1.30-3.30pm Experts will talk you through all the Make your own natural Christmas Mon 15 Oct, Mon 19 Nov, Woodland walk and draw Saturdays and Sundays. winter walk There have been some spooky goings interesting fungi on the island, then decoration when you visit Corfe 9.30-10.30am Sun 21 Oct, 10.30am-3.30pm Fri, Sat & Sun, 8 – 23 Dec, 11am-6pm on in the woods at Tyntesfield and return to the Villano café for some Castle this December. An opportunity to experience some Come to the woods and dunes for See the rooms dressed to reflect some we need some brave detectives to tasty mushrooms on toast. Includes £1.50 areas not normally accessible, before inspiration and get creative using the of their stories and enjoy live festive help us figure out who - or what - is boat ride, walk and breakfast. the grounds open to the public. A natural things around you. music on selected dates. Once the sun responsible. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Twelve days of Christmas gentle stroll of approximately 3 miles goes down the illuminated winter walk Booking essential 0344 249 1895 £25 family quest starting from the car park. is a great way to explore the grounds. Adult £2, child £6 Sat 1 Dec - Sun 6 Jan, 10am-4pm Search for the shields hidden in the castle ruins and complete the activities to complete the Christmas- themed family castle quest.

nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest Christmas wreath making Community Christmas tree festival Midwinter archaeology walk workshops Sat 1 Dec - Fri 4 Jan (closed 25-26 Dec Thu 20 Dec, 1-4pm Wed 28 Nov, Wed 5 Dec, 10am-2pm & 1 Jan), 10.30am-4pm On the midwinter Solstice you can Nothing says Christmas like putting Experience one of Lacock Abbey’s explore the ancient monuments of the up a home-made wreath on your more recent Christmas traditions Stonehenge Landscape. This walk is front door. This workshop with a with over 20 beautifully decorated around five miles. professional florist will allow you to trees in set in the atmospheric Booking essential 0344 249 1895 craft your own festive wreath using medieval cloister. Adult £8, child free natural greenery. Parking and lunch included. Volunteer recruitment day Stourhead Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Sat 19 Jan, 10am-12noon Near Warminster BA12 6QD £48 Have you ever wanted to start volunteering, but weren’t sure where The works of Anouk Mercier Winter warmer walks to begin? Lacock’s volunteers are Sat 1 Sep - Sun 11 Nov, 10.30am-4pm, Fri 7, Fri 14 Dec, 10.30am-12.30pm integral to the running of Lacock Mon 12 - Sun 25 Nov, 12noon-2.30pm Why not leave the crowds behind and helping with conservation, room Discover the artwork that join Archaeologist Dr Nick Snashall guiding, gardening, children’s contemporary artist Anouk has for a winter ramble around the stone activities, events and more. created, inspired by her time at circles? Festive refreshments and Stourhead. Throughout the exhibition parking included. Mompesson House the artwork will be on display inside Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Salisbury SP1 2EL the Temple of Flora. £16 Father Christmas at the Castle LyteScary Halloween trail Get creative this autumn Autumn leaves trail Sun 9, Sat 15, Sun 16, Fri 21, Sat 22, Fri 26 Oct - Sun 4 Nov, 11am-3.30pm Christmas tours of Avebury Manor Sat 1 Sep - Wed 31 Oct, 11am-4.30pm Mon 1 Oct - Sun 11 Nov, 9am-5pm Sun 23 Dec, 11am-6pm Pick up a LyteScary trail, follow Wed 12, 19 Dec, 1.30-3.30pm Be inspired by our stumpwork Discover this magical story around the A very special visitor will be stopping the clues and be rewarded with a Join one of the Christmas tours and pictures and explore autumn using grounds of Stourhead alongside some at Dunster Castle this Christmas. little prize. discover the story of Saint Nicholas fabric and threads. of our most magnificent trees, in all Meet Father Christmas in his grotto £1.50 while admiring the house decorated their autumn splendour. and share your Christmas wishes for the festive season. Free parking The Christmas House with him. Visits will be in 10 minute Montacute House and a delicious cream tea included. Thu – Sun, 24 Nov – 23 Dec, The Big Draw time slots. Montacute TA15 6XP Booking essential 0344 2491895 11am-3.30pm Sat 6 Oct, 10am-4pm Booking essential 01643 821314 £16 You’re invited to explore the ground Join us for a full day of arty fun all Child £6 Levels’ Best Craft & Farmers’ Markets floor rooms and experience Christmas across the property. This fundraising Sat 27 Oct, Sat 24 Nov, Sat 15 Dec, Dinton Park and through the ages. Enjoy mulled wine event is for all the family, with Fyne Court 10am-2pm Philipps House and mince pies in the tea-room and activities around the property to get Near Bridgewater TA5 2EQ Held in the old stables, this ever Dinton SP3 5HH some Christmas shopping in the shop. hands-on with. popular and award winning ‘best in Carols under the stars Somerset’ market is a must for those Wild Wednesday Stonehenge Landscape Father Christmas’s grand tour trail Sat 8 Dec, 7.30-9pm who like top quality local produce Wed 31 Oct, 11am-3pm Near Amesbury Sat 24 Nov - Sun 23 Dec, 11am- A special chance for the whole family and crafts. Pick, bob, squish and eat - come and 3.30pm to see Fyne Court’s garden lit with have fun with apples this Halloween Discover Durrington Walls Father Christmas treated himself to a torches. Members of the local choir, Elizabeth of Bohemia: at Dinton Park. There will also be a Thu 4 Oct, Sat 20 Oct, Wed 21 Nov, grand tour of Europe this year, visiting Company of Voices will lead the the Winter Queen chance to tick off some of your ‘50 1.30-4pm places recommended to him by Henry singing. Mince pies and mulled wine Until Fri 14 Dec, 11am-4pm things to do before you are 11 ¾’. Have you ever wondered where the the Magnificent. Can you find all the will be available. The National Portrait Gallery’s special builders of Stonehenge lived? Our postcards he sent sharing his travels? exhibition, ‘Elizabeth of Bohemia: the Lacock Abbey, guides will take you on a 2.5 mile Glastonbury Tor Winter Queen’, features contemporary Fox Talbot Museum walk to explore the Durrington Walls Christmas at Stourhead Glastonbury portraits of this fascinating woman and Village and discover 6,000 years of hidden Sat 24 Nov - Sat 5 Jan, 9am-4pm and those connected to her. Nr Chippenham SN15 2LG history. Christmas is a time to get together Family apple picking Booking essential 0344 249 1895 and enjoy traditions old and new. Sat & Sun, 13 – 21 Oct, 10.30am-3pm Misrule and Merriment Peace - by Anna Heinrich & Adult £8, child free Stourhead is beautifully decorated Join us this October for our family Sat 22 – Mon 5 Jan (closed 25 &26 Leon Palmer with the house opening its doors to apple picking days, how many will Dec), 3-7pm Until Sun 18 Nov, 10.30am-4pm Wings over Stonehenge - show off new decorations and some you collect? We will be holding four Witness the Misrule and Merriment The first in a series of artistic Stonehenge airfield walk rooms decked out for Christmas for family apple picking days this October at Montacute House this Christmas responses to the art commission Fri 5 & Tue 9 Oct, 10am-1pm the first time. in the orchards at the foot season. ‘Peace’ at Lacock. Inspired by To mark the centenary of the end of Glastonbury Tor. the places history of sanctuary, of the First World War an expert Meet Father Christmas Wellington Monument contemplation and reflection guide will take you around the Sat & Sun, 1 Dec – 23 Dec, 10.30am- Wassailing at Avalon Orchard Near Taunton the artists will create an landscape and explain this key site in 1.30pm Sat 19 Jan, 2-6pm immersive experience. aviation history; pilots learnt to fly at There’s a magical story from the jolly Wassailing is an ancient custom that Carols under the stars Stonehenge airfield. man in red and presents for all the involves drinking cider, singing to the Fri 7 Dec, 7.15-9pm Magic themed family trail Booking essential 0344 249 1895 children in his grotto. Families can trees in the hope of a good harvest A special chance to get festive in the Until Sun 18 Nov, 10.30am-5pm Adult £8, child free enjoy Stourhead together with lots to and scaring away any evil spirits that outdoors, sing, be merry and see Lacock has hosted many film crews see and do. might be lurking. Wellington Monument lighting up the who captured the magic of this place. Walk with an archaeologist Booking essential 01747 841152 Blackdown Hills. Join us this autumn and enjoy our Wed 10 Oct, 2-4.30pm Child £8 Holnicote Estate magic trail around the grounds and Join Neolithic expert and National Near Minehead cloister where very famous witches Trust archaeologist, Dr Nick Snashall Behind Closed Doors tours WILTSHIRE and wizards have walked. on this half-day exploration of the Mon – Fri, 7 – 31 Jan, 11am-3pm See the deer rut - guided walk landscape and find out about the A rare chance to see behind the Wed 10 Oct, 4-7pm, Sat 20 Oct, Photography exhibition in the Fox latest exciting discoveries. We will be normally closed doors of the house 6-10.30am Avebury Talbot Museum walking around 5 miles. on a volunteer led guided tour. Tours Join our ranger for some dramatic Near Marlborough SN8 1RD Sat 15 Sep - Sun 13 Jan, 10.30am-5pm Booking essential 0344 249 1895 may cover four floors with many stairs, displays with a spot of wildlife spying Our third exhibition in the Women Adult £18, child £5 and show you what goes on behind in the low light dusk or dawn. Hear the Apple grafting workshop and Power programme. Please check the scenes. stags bellowing as they challenge one Thu 11 Oct, 10am-12.30pm our website for more details. Autumn archaeology walk Booking essential 01747 841152 another to be the alpha male. Includes Join us in the Orchard at Avebury for Sat 13 Oct, Sat 10, Sat 24 Nov, 1-4pm supper or breakfast. an apple grafting workshop. Learn Look inside a Lacock cottage The Stonehenge landscape is an The Courts Garden Booking essential 01643 862452 from Head Gardener, Simon Brooks Mon 5 - Sun 11 Nov, 11am-3pm intriguing place with many of its Near Bradford-on-Avon BA14 6RR Adult £11, child £6 and soak up expert knowledge, ideas Peek behind one of Lacock’s closed secrets still lying tantalisingly below and techniques. doors as we open our holiday cottage, ground. This five-mile guided walk Coexistence sculpture exhibition Post-Christmas ramble Booking essential 0344 249 1895 2 High Street, for you to explore. will have you looking at this landscape Daily (closed Wednesdays) until 14 Thu 27 Dec, 10am-1pm £18 It’s one of the oldest buildings in with new eyes. Oct, 11am-5.30pm Join a ranger for an invigorating the village. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Enjoy a striking collection of highly ramble on the Holnicote Estate and Discover the story of Saint Nicholas Adult £8, child free finished metal and glass sculptures learn about the estate, its wildlife and Sat 24 Nov – Tue 1 Jan, 11am-4pm An audience with Father Christmas by artist Ruth Moilliet, inspired by how we look after it. Discover the Christmas story of Sat & Sun, 1 – 16 Dec, 11am-3.30pm On the Trail of Beowulf the plant kingdom and set amid the Booking essential 01643 862 452 Saint Nicholas. There’ll be beautiful Meet Father and Mother Christmas Thu 1 Nov, 2-5pm glorious autumn colours of the decorations in the manor, warming in their festive kitchen at Lacock This Halloween we are telling Courts Garden. Lytes Cary Manor dishes in the café and a well-stocked Abbey. Mother Christmas will be the story of the warrior Beowulf, Near Somerton TA11 7HU shop for Christmas shopping. The telling a story and Father Christmas an action-packed tale that’s been manor is closed on Wednesdays. will be giving gifts to each child. told for many years. This 3 mile West Wing open days Approximately 30 minutes. walk culminates in a warming Fri 12 - Sun 14 Oct, 11am-3pm Booking essential 0344 249 1895 fire, mulled apple juice and Take a look around the Lytes Cary Child £8 toasting marshmallows. Manor west wing, which was built by Booking essential 0344 249 1895 the Jenner family in the early 1900’s Adult £7.50, child £3.50 and is normally rented out as a holiday cottage.

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