Events Calendar

Drive-in Filmhouse @ Delapre – Paddington (PG)

Delapre Abbey Abbey Cottage, Delapré Abbey, United Kingdom

Watch your favourite filmhouse movies against the beautiful and historic backdrop of Delapré Abbey with our new Drive-In Cinema experience, Filmhouse @ Delapré

Drive-in Filmhouse @ Delapre – Downton Abbey (PG)

Delapre Abbey Abbey Cottage, Delapré Abbey, United Kingdom

Watch your favourite filmhouse movies against the beautiful and historic backdrop of Delapré Abbey with our new Drive-In Cinema experience, Filmhouse @ Delapré

Event Series Guided Cycle Ride

Guided Cycle Ride

Nene Park , United Kingdom

Join our Instructors at Nene Outdoors for a Guided Cycle Ride through the Park and out into the Countryside beyond. Enjoy a challenging ride along country roads, over scenic bridleways and through local beauty spots. Rides will be approximately 20km in length (approx 3 hrs) and feature a variety of terrain and challenge. Gain confidence with our instructors to see ... Read More

Event Series Cycle Skills Track

Cycle Skills Track

rushden car park

There will be temporary cycle skills track laid out at Nene Outdoors for anyone to have a go at aged 8yrs+. Pay £2 to have a go or it's free when you hire a bike from Nene Outdoors.

Truckfest 2020

The East of England Showground Peterborough, United Kingdom

This year’s TRUCKFEST (usually held over May Bank Holiday) was unfortunately delayed, but with the necessary health and safety guidelines and Covid19 precautions in place, it’s back temporarily over August Bank Holiday weekend. Truckers, truck fans and families, who enjoy this annual spectacle, will now be able to walk around the East of England Arena and Events Centre, getting those ... Read More

Event Series Guided Cycle Ride

Guided Cycle Ride

Nene Park , United Kingdom

Join our Instructors at Nene Outdoors for a Guided Cycle Ride through the Park and out into the Countryside beyond. Enjoy a challenging ride along country roads, over scenic bridleways and through local beauty spots. Rides will be approximately 20km in length (approx 3 hrs) and feature a variety of terrain and challenge. Gain confidence with our instructors to see ... Read More

Event Series Cycle Skills Track

Cycle Skills Track

rushden car park

There will be temporary cycle skills track laid out at Nene Outdoors for anyone to have a go at aged 8yrs+. Pay £2 to have a go or it's free when you hire a bike from Nene Outdoors.

Event Series Guided Cycle Ride

Guided Cycle Ride

Nene Park , United Kingdom

Join our Instructors at Nene Outdoors for a Guided Cycle Ride through the Park and out into the Countryside beyond. Enjoy a challenging ride along country roads, over scenic bridleways and through local beauty spots. Rides will be approximately 20km in length (approx 3 hrs) and feature a variety of terrain and challenge. Gain confidence with our instructors to see ... Read More

Event Series Guided Cycle Ride

Guided Cycle Ride

Nene Park , United Kingdom

Join our Instructors at Nene Outdoors for a Guided Cycle Ride through the Park and out into the Countryside beyond. Enjoy a challenging ride along country roads, over scenic bridleways and through local beauty spots. Rides will be approximately 20km in length (approx 3 hrs) and feature a variety of terrain and challenge. Gain confidence with our instructors to see ... Read More

Roger Morgan-Grenville – Liquid Gold: Bees and the Pursuit of Midlife Honey

Online , United Kingdom

After a chance meeting in the pub, Roger Morgan-Grenville and his friend Duncan decide to take up beekeeping. Their enthusiasm matched only by their ignorance; they are pitched into an arcane world of unexpected challenges. Coping with many setbacks along the way – stings are not even the half of it – they manage to create a colony of beehives, ... Read More

£6.00

Peterborough Urban Pedal and Villages

Nene Park , United Kingdom

Starting from - meet outside Rutland Cycles in Ham Lane Ferry Meadows, PE2 5UU Mainly cycle paths and quiet roads. Refreshments at the end of ride if good weather and first-timers welcome!

Peterborough Urban Pedal and Villages

Nene Park , United Kingdom

Starting from - meet outside Rutland Cycles in Ham Lane Ferry Meadows, PE2 5UU Mainly cycle paths and quiet roads. Refreshments at the end of ride if good weather and first-timers welcome!  

Peterborough Urban Pedal and Villages

Nene Park , United Kingdom

Starting from - meet outside Rutland Cycles in Ham Lane Ferry Meadows, PE2 5UU Mainly cycle paths and quiet roads. Refreshments at the end of ride if good weather and first-timers welcome!

Peterborough Urban Pedal and Villages

Nene Park , United Kingdom

Mainly cycle paths and quiet roads. Refreshments at the end of ride if good weather and first-timers welcome! Starting from - meet outside Rutland Cycles in Ham Lane Ferry Meadows, PE2 5UU

Young Artists’ Programme Lunchtime Recital – Magnus Walker tenor, Gus Tredwell piano

St Peter's Church, Oundle

The second of our two Royal Academy of Music recitals is given by the young British baritone, Magnus Walker accompanied by Gus Tredwell. They explore music born of the complicated relationship between the Schumanns and Brahms. Brahms was hopelessly in love with Clara Schumann and supported her through Robert’s illness and death. Brahms and Clara were life-long friends, maybe more ... Read More

£7.00

Classic Motorcycle Rally

Rushden Station Goods Shed, John Clark Way, Rushden, NN10 0AW John Clark Way, Rushden

Start & Finish at the Goods Shed. Bring your Classic Motorbike out for a spin. We will guide you on a run out into Rural Northamptonshire, before returning to the Station, where our Sausage & Cider Festival will be in full swing, so that you can enjoy a chat afterwards.

Delapre Abbey – GoodToBee Green at Delapré Abbey

Delapre Abbey Abbey Cottage, Delapré Abbey, United Kingdom

Free entry (suggested donation £3) (Please note that this event will no longer be taking place on Saturday 23rd October) We’ve partnered with GoodToBee to bring you our first eco fair at Delapré Abbey. Join us for a day of activity focussed on sustainable, plastic free living with stalls, demonstrations, and family activities. Activities include foraging demos, talks on beekeeping, ... Read More

£3

Build a Bird Feeder

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United Kingdom

Attract more birds into your garden or outdoor space by making your own bird feeder using recycled materials. All materials and starter packs of bird food will be supplied. For children aged 5 and over. Children must be accompanied. £3.50

£3.50

Build a Bird Feeder

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United Kingdom

Attract more birds into your garden or outdoor space by making your own bird feeder using recycled materials. All materials and starter packs of bird food will be supplied. For children aged 5 and over. Children must be accompanied. £3.50

£3.50

Build a Bird Feeder

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United Kingdom

Attract more birds into your garden or outdoor space by making your own bird feeder using recycled materials. All materials and starter packs of bird food will be supplied. For children aged 5 and over. Children must be accompanied. £3.50

£3.50

Art History Lecture Series: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle: Interventions in Art

Abington Park Park Avenue South, Northampton, United Kingdom

This first series of our new strand of art history lectures themed specifically around events and exhibitions taking place at Abington Park Museum explores different ways in which interventive means have been used in art. Inspired by Hit List, a visual guide to the extinction of animals, an exhibition of works by Tom Van Herrewege running in parallel to this ... Read More

£6

Art History Lecture Series: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle: Interventions in Art

Abington Park Park Avenue South, Northampton, United Kingdom

This first series of our new strand of art history lectures themed specifically around events and exhibitions taking place at Abington Park Museum explores different ways in which interventive means have been used in art. Inspired by Hit List, a visual guide to the extinction of animals, an exhibition of works by Tom Van Herrewege running in parallel to this ... Read More

£6

Art History Lecture Series: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle: Interventions in Art

Abington Park Park Avenue South, Northampton, United Kingdom

This first series of our new strand of art history lectures themed specifically around events and exhibitions taking place at Abington Park Museum explores different ways in which interventive means have been used in art. Inspired by Hit List, a visual guide to the extinction of animals, an exhibition of works by Tom Van Herrewege running in parallel to this ... Read More

£6

Art History Lecture Series: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle: Interventions in Art

Abington Park Park Avenue South, Northampton, United Kingdom

This first series of our new strand of art history lectures themed specifically around events and exhibitions taking place at Abington Park Museum explores different ways in which interventive means have been used in art. Inspired by Hit List, a visual guide to the extinction of animals, an exhibition of works by Tom Van Herrewege running in parallel to this ... Read More

£6

Pay and Play Hire

Ferry Meadows, Overton Bank, Ham Lane, , PETERBOROUGH, PE2 5UU , United Kingdom

Boat and cycle hire is available at Nene Outdoors every day during the Easter School holidays. Will you try something new or do you have a favourite boat to enjoy the lake? Suitable for: all ages - age restrictions of 8yrs+ apply for children in a boat on their own and other restrictions may apply depending on weather / wind conditions.

Cycle for Cransley 2022

We are so excited to be able to welcome you back to ride together. Cycle for Cransley 2022 offers something for all ages and abilities with a choice of four exhilarating and picturesque routes through the rolling Northamptonshire countryside. There are four different rides, each starting from “Kettering Rugby Club” 10-mile family fun spin! 25-mile Cransley Cruise 50-mile Fabulous “50” ... Read More

Oundle on Show: Cardboard Oundle Workshop

The Queen Victoria Hall, Oundle 7 West Street, Oundle, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Cardboard Oundle is a workshop that invites families of Oundle (children aged 7-11, younger and older are welcome) to build a cardboard version of Oundle using recycled cardboard. During the workshop, artist Tim Neath shares his passion for working with recycled cardboard and model making will both encourage and support your ideas to ensure they become a reality. Everyone taking ... Read More

Free

Twelfth Night

Lyveden Near Oundle, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

The world’s first cycling theatre company, The HandleBards, pedal from venue to venue with all the set, props and costume necessary to perform environmentally sustainable Shakespeare across the globe. Join The Handlebards for a bicycle-powered, laugh-out-loud production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Duke Orsino is in love with Lady Olivia, but she won't have anything to do with suitors.  Viola is shipwrecked ... Read More

£7 – £45

Awful Auntie

Barnwell Country Park Barnwell Road, Oundle, United Kingdom

Awful Auntie by David Walliams, adapted for the outdoor stage by Heartbreak Productions, is a truly thrilling tale. Owls, Ghosts, chases, escapes, motorcycle rides and tiddlywinks all fill Stella's days as she evades her menacing Aunt and saves the family home. This family-friendly open-air theatre event is the highlight of the diary for all ages.  Bring your picnic and low-backed ... Read More

£7 – £45

Cycle Skills Track

Nene Park , United Kingdom

There will be temporary cycle skills track laid out at Nene Outdoors for anyone to have a go. Recommended minimum age 8yrs+. Helmets Essential. This is a free have a go session, thanks to funding from On Your Bike / PECT. Drop in anytime between 11am and 4pm, no need to book. Suitable for: 8yrs+ Meeting point: Nene Outdoors, close to the ... Read More

Let’s Go Green

Rushden Lakes Rushden, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Join our friends at Rushden Lakes for the Let’s Go Green event, learn more about local sustainability initiatives and get rewarded for visiting us car-free! Free to attend with various activities to get involved in and interact with! Here's a taste of what's happening Talk to Alison from Brightwayz and learn more about how she is working with Rushden Lakes ... Read More

Event Series Northampton Castle and Heritage Park

Northampton Castle and Heritage Park

Chalk Lane, Northampton, , Northamptonshire, NN1 2RW , United Kingdom

Take a short tour of the site of Northampton Castle, one of the most important Mediaeval castles. Sadly most of the castle was lost when railway marshalling yards were built in the 19th century, but enough of the site remains to give a picture of this imposing; one of the biggest British castles At Northampton, there was once a massive ... Read More

Cycle Skills Track

Nene Park , United Kingdom

There will be temporary cycle skills track laid out at Nene Outdoors for anyone to have a go. Recommended minimum age 8yrs+. Helmets Essential. This is a free have a go session, thanks to funding from LNER for the On Ya Bike project in partnership with PECT. Drop in anytime between 11am and 4pm. No need to book. Suitable for: 8yrs+ ... Read More

Event Series Northampton Castle and Heritage Park

Northampton Castle and Heritage Park

Chalk Lane, Northampton, , Northamptonshire, NN1 2RW , United Kingdom

Take a short tour of the site of Northampton Castle, one of the most important Mediaeval castles. Sadly most of the castle was lost when railway marshalling yards were built in the 19th century, but enough of the site remains to give a picture of this imposing; one of the biggest British castles At Northampton, there was once a massive ... Read More

Run What Ya Brung

Stanwick Lakes Stanwick, Wellingborough, United Kingdom

At Run What Ya Brung days you can take your car or motorcycle out on the famous quarter-mile dragstrip and test it's performance limits in a safe and legal environment. You don't have to apply for a race licence or own a supercar, most drivers who come along will be racing in normal road cars and bikes. Some participants may ... Read More

£45

Jon Richardson: The Knitwit

Royal and Derngate 19-21 Guildhall Rd, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Will the recycling be put out on the right day?  Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine?  How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs? Watch Jon pretend that these aren’t his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last one. Best known as a team captain on 8 Out of ... Read More

£25

Run What Ya Brung

Santa Pod , United Kingdom

At Run What Ya Brung days you can take your car or motorcycle out on the famous quarter-mile dragstrip and test it’s performance limits in a safe and legal environment. You don’t have to apply for a race licence or own a supercar, most drivers who come along will be racing in normal road cars and bikes. Some participants may ... Read More

£45

Run What Ya Brung

Santa Pod , United Kingdom

At Run What Ya Brung days you can take your car or motorcycle out on the famous quarter-mile dragstrip and test it’s performance limits in a safe and legal environment. You don’t have to apply for a race licence or own a supercar, most drivers who come along will be racing in normal road cars and bikes. Some participants may ... Read More

£45

Talk Trainers

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United Kingdom

Join us in a collaboration with the University of Northampton for an afternoon exploring and celebrating the training shoe. Fully immerse yourself in trainer culture by meeting and hearing from trainer designers, collectors, manufacturers and customisers, including designer Bobby Nangla talking about his partnership with Converse, local artist and digital footwear illustrator Amar Shah and Goodsoles founder Liam Wood about ... Read More

Northamptonshire Historic Churches Trust – Ride and Stride event

A day in the open air ... plan your own route. 350+ churches and chapels to visit within Northamptonshire, whether on foot or cycling: many of them open and serving refreshments. All sponsorship money received will be divided equally between the Northamptonshire Historic Churches Trust and the church or chapel chosen by the participant.

Free