Events Calendar
Open Water Swimming at Sywell Country Park
Sywell Country Park Washbrook Lane, EctonEnjoy a summer-long series of open water swimming sessions at Sywell Country Park offers the chance to swim in a safe and controlled environment. Public sessions are planned every Saturday from 8am to 10am until 28 September 2019 and are open to all ages and abilities.
Oxfordshire Craft Guild – Diversity in Design and Craft
Closed Mondays. The Oxfordshire Craft Guild comprises high-quality designer/makers each with their own individuality across different crafts in the Guild. Works in the exhibition are for sale. All items are unique and can be purchased, and range in price from easily affordable to slightly more expensive.
Charles Kitchen – Into the Light
78 Derngate 78-82 Derngate, NorthamptonClosed Mondays. Light effects from both coastal and inland scenes inspired the works in this exhibition. By working to translate nature’s colours and weather effects onto a two dimensional surface the artist is able to evoke the atmosphere of each scene rather than produce a copied representation of it. Gathered here are paintings from a career spanning thirty-five years.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Heritage Open Days – Jeyes of Earls Barton
Jeyes 26-28 The Square, Earls BartonExplore fascinating exhibitions in celebration of Heritage Open Days and Nene Valley Festival 2019!
All Aboard for Rushden
The Greenway The Greenway, RushdenRushden Greenway, between High St and Crown Way. Bring your smartphone or tablet to the Greenway in Rushden and discover some interesting characters from Rushden’s past, including the strong-minded suffragettes and the cracking story of an egg delivery lady. Scan all the railway stop signs at least once to enter a competition to win a prize worth at £100. Download ... Read More
Nene Valley Trail
Barnwell Country Park Barnwell Road, Oundle10am to 4pm. Enjoy a self-led trail around the park looking for interesting River Nene Facts! Available at the Kingfisher Café.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Blodeuwedd Untold by Jo Blake
Royal and Derngate 19-21 Guildhall Rd, NorthamptonCaptured in the pages of a medieval book, the ancient myth of Blodeuwedd describes a woman made out of flowers who was turned into an owl as punishment for adultery. But who was this woman before being confined to the page?
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Rainbow Café
Stanwick LakesMovement to sing and dance. For children under 5 enjoy free Hodeaway entrance before and after the sessions. Please book. Tel: 01933 625522.
Prize-winning Poet Charles Bennett: Cloud River
The Old Barn Mill Lane, WadenhoeCloud River is a book of lyrical landscape poetry set in the Cambridgeshire Fens; a landscape which, at first impression, seems flat, dull and featureless. The startling originality of the book stems from its mission to revise and overturn these impressions.
Walking for Health – Rushden Hall Park
Rushden Museum The Old Stable Block, Rushden Hall Park,, Hall Avenue, RushdenWe depart at 10am for an even paced walk lasting up to 60 minutes, although we can adjust the route to suit the participants. Our walks are designed for people to use walking as a way of improving and maintaining their health. We visit different areas of the Town each week and the majority of the routes are on hard ... Read More
Stanwick Stitchers
Stanwick LakesJoin the Stanwick Stitchers to stitch and chat over coffee and cake. The group welcomes experienced stitchers who’d like to share ideas and have some company and beginners who’d like some help, hints and tips.
Walking for Health – Nassington
Black Horse Pub Fotheringhay Rd, NassingtonA friendly and welcoming group walk meets at The Black Horse Pub, at the entrance to the Village on Fotheringhay Road.
On the Write Path
Wildlife Trust Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre Rushden Lakes, RushdenEnjoy mindful nature writing activities and a stroll around Skew Bridge Lake. £8 per person (refreshments included). All welcome. No creative writing experience needed.
Phipp’s Albion Brewery Tours
Phipps Albion Brewery 54 Kingswell Street, NorthamptonTour the historic 1884 Albion Brewery and see where and how Phipps' Northamptonshire heritage beers and gin are produced. Learn how the central position of Northampton at the junction of the navigable River Nene and the Grand Union canal attracted many large breweries to the town in the 19th century. Stay a while in the Albion Brewery bar after the ... Read More
Bat Walk
Sacrewell Farm Great North Road, PeterboroughA pipistrelle bat can eat over 3000 insects in one night, which makes them very useful to farmers who are worried about insects damaging their crops. We’ve invited Antony from the Cambridgeshire Bat Group to come and lead a walk around the farm to see which species of bat we have living here. He’ll give us an introductory talk about bats ... Read More
Marty Wilde and the Wildcats
The Castle Theatre WellingboroughA chance to see live on stage one of the only performing Rock'n'Roll Pioneers in the World today. Marty began his career in 1957 - and was one of the first British singers to play a leading part in those early formative and groundbreaking Rock'n'Roll’ years’.
Aled Jones & Russell Watson: In Harmony
Royal and Derngate 19-21 Guildhall Rd, NorthamptonAled Jones and Russell Watson, two of the world’s greatest classical voices, released their debut album In Harmony in 2018 and now they take to the stage together for their first joint UK and Ireland tour. As two of the classical world’s vocal powerhouses, Aled and Russell have received countless prestigious awards, record-breaking sales and chart successes. Don’t miss the ... Read More