Events Calendar
Nick Sharratt’s : Pirates, Pants and Wellyphants Exhibition
Peterborough Museum Priestgate, PeterboroughFree entry (except for special event days). Meet Nick Sharratt himself on Saturday 11th January - 10.30am - 4pm.
Hedgelaying Course
Aldwincle Village Hall 58 Main St, Aldwincle, KetteringCome and learn the countryside art of hedgelaying under the guidance and supervision of experienced hedgelayer, and Midland Intermediate Hedgelaying Champion Paul Martin. This course is being supported and run through the Farming for the Future project, part of the Nenescape Landscape Partnership, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Hedgelaying is of tremendous importance in conserving and maintaining the ... Read More
Old Scarlett Tours
Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough, UK, PeterboroughThis family friendly tour of the Cathedral will be led by ‘Old Scarlett the Tudor gravedigger.’ Old Scarlett was the gravedigger for the Cathedral and St John's Church on Cathedral Square. He lived to be 98 years old - a remarkable age especially in Tudor times. He buried both Katharine of Aragon and Mary, Queen of Scots
At Home with the Tudors
Peterborough Museum Priestgate, PeterboroughTravel back in time to the 1500s, with a chance to meet Tudor characters such as the Barber Surgeon with his gruesome cures. Mind your manners with a Tudor lady, handle arms and armour with our soldiers and try some period food. Take part in family activities and crafts with a Tudor theme. Tickets: £3 children, £4 adult, £12 family. ... Read More
Digging Deeper Tudor Tour
Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough, UK, PeterboroughThis guided tour of the Cathedral will have a specifically Tudor focus as part of the Katharine of Aragon Festival. Hear about how Peterborough Abbey fared when Henry VIII embarked on the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and about the Abbot's unique transition to become the first Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Peterborough. Who is depicted in the carvings ... Read More
Hedgelaying Course
Aldwincle Village Hall 58 Main St, Aldwincle, KetteringCome and learn the countryside art of hedgelaying under the guidance and supervision of experienced hedgelayer, and Midland Intermediate Hedgelaying Champion Paul Martin. This course is being supported and run through the Farming for the Future project, part of the Nenescape Landscape Partnership, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Hedgelaying is of tremendous importance in conserving and maintaining the ... Read More