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Please note: Details are subject to alteration.
If your event is not listed, it's probably because we haven't been told about it!
| January | ||
| 1 | WWT Tick and Twitch join our expert
guides in the hide to view as many birds as possible. 10am - 5pm.
www.wwt.org.uk
Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 5 | WWT New Year's Workout: Volunteer
with the Welney wardens for the day. 10am - 4pm. Free entry for
participants. Booking essential.
www.wwt.org.uk
Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 5 | Exotic Shorthair Cat Show Tel 01945
780027 | |
| 6 | WWT Sunday Symphonies: Musical
performance every Sunday in January 4pm. Free entry for participants. Booking essential. www.wwt.org.uk Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 11-13 | Straw Bear Festival, Whittlesey.
Procession starts 10.30am
www.strawbear.org.uk | |
| 13 | Swans Awake Watch thousands of swans
wake 6.30am meet in the car park. £7 (£5 WWT members). Optional breakfast
£4.50. Booking essential.
www.wwt.org.uk
Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
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14 | The Wisbech Society illustrated talk:
‘The Garden of Surprises” by Richard Allam, Head Gardener at the Elizabethan
Gardens at Burghley House. 7.30pm, Wisbech Grammar School.
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| February | ||
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WWT Family
Activities for Half-Term. Tel 01354 860711 | ||
| 2 | World Wetlands Day Welney Wetland
Centre ‘Healthy wetlands, healthy humans?’ Celebrate wetlands and what they
do for us. Free entry for under 16s. www.wwt.org.uk Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 18 | The Wisbech Society illustrated talk
“The new St. Germans Pumping Station. Why and How?” by Iain Smith, Clerk and
Chief Executive to the Middle Level Commissioners. 7.30pm Wisbech Grammar
School | |
| 27 |
Wisbech Winter ‘Armchair Walks’ “A Day in the Life of the Port of Wisbech”
by Peter Harvey. £2.50 Adults £1 Children St Peter’s Church Hall 7.30pm
Tel 01945 583263
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| March | ||
| 2 |
“Mothering Sunday Afternoon Tea” Peckover House & Garden, Wisbech. 2-5pm.
Booking essential tickets Adults £7.50 Child £5 Tel 01945 583463
www.peckoverhouse.co.uk
Booking essential | |
| 8-15 |
Mart Fair Wisbech | |
| 10 |
The Wisbech Society illustrated talk “The Work of Fauna and Flora
International?” by Mark Rose, Chief Executive Officer 7.30pm Wisbech
Grammar School | |
| 20 |
Easter Flowers, Peckover House and Garden. Make an Easter flower
arrangement. Light lunch included. Adult £12, child £6 Tel 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk Booking essential | |
| 21-24 |
EASTER | |
| 21 |
Easter Bunny Fun Trail at Peckover House. Special children’s trail for
Easter with chocolate prize. 12noon – 4pm £1 per child plus normal admission. Tel 01945 583463 | |
| 22- 7 April |
Easter Arts Trail, Welney Wetland Centre. Self-guided trail and activities
for al the family. www.wwt.org.uk Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 22 |
Easter Arts, Welney Wetlands Centre. Make a ‘rubbish’ Easter bonnet from
recycled materials. Easter bonnet parade 3pm in Wigeon café with prizes
for the best bonnets. Easter egg hunt and trail on the resrve 11am-3pm
www.wwt.org.uk
Tel/Fax 01353 860711
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| April | ||
| 5-6 |
Behind the Scenes tour of Peckover House. Tour of rooms not normally open
to the public. 1pm and 3pm. Book on the day – limited numbers. £2.50 plus
normal admission. Note: the tour will involve several flights of stairs. Tel 01945 583463 | |
| 26 |
“Penny Farthings and All That” Peckover House & Garden. Display by March
Veteran Vintage Cycle Club of vintage and 1940s/Home Guard bicycles. Tel
01945 583463
www.peckoverhouse.co.uk | |
| 26 |
Dawn Chorus Welney Wetland Centre. Enjoy the dawn chorus with a warden on
hand to identify the songs 6am-9am £7 (£5 members) booking essential
www.wwt.org.uk
Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 29 |
Elgood’s Brewery & Gardens opening. Tel 01945 583160
www.elgoods-brewery.co.uk
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| May | ||
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Wednesday evening Programme of Guided Walks from May
to July will include Clarkson – details from TIC Tel 01945-583263. | ||
| 3 |
Bat and Barn Owls, Welney Wetland Centre. Discover the sights and sounds
of the reserve by night with a guide. 9.30pm- midnight £10 (£7 member)
www.wwt.org.uk
Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 4 |
‘Wild about Spring’, Welney Wetland Centre. Learn to identify our summer
migrants by song and sight. Presentation followed by guided session on the
reserve with a Welney warden. 7am-12noon £15 (£12 member) Booking
essential
www.wwt.org.uk Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 10 |
College of West Anglia Horticultural Open Day, Wisbech, 10am–2pm Tel
01945 581024 | |
| 11 |
Elgood’s Brewery & Garden ‘Plants and Craft Fair’ 10am-4pm Tel 01945
583160 | |
| 18 |
Marshland Smeeth & Fen Museum Open Day 2-6pm Tel 07733 093714 | |
| 21 |
“Bloomers on n the Garden” Peckover House & Garden. Lecture lunch with
Twigs Way on women gardeners and garden writers in the late Victorian and
Edwardian period. Twigs is author of Virgins, Weeders and Queens. Includes
lunch and tour of garden. £25. Booking essential. Tel 01945 583463
www.peckoverhouse.co.uk | |
| 21 |
“What did the Plant Hunters do for us?” Peckover House 2pm. Specialist
talk/walk in the garden with one of the Peckover gardeners. Booking advisable £2.50 plus normal admission. Tel 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk | |
| 24- |
‘Fen Tiger Trail’ Welney Wetland Centre. Self-guided trail and activities
for all the family.
www.wwt.org.uk 1 June Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 25 |
Dawn Chorus walk at Welney Wetland 6am-9am. £7 (£5 members)
www.wwt.org.uk
Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 27 - 31st |
The Boy Friend-performed by Wisbech Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society. The Thomas Clarkson Community College, Corporation Road, Wisbech. Visit www.waods.org.uk for details. | |
| 31- 4 June |
46th Annual Walpole St Peter Flower Festival 9am–6pm daily, except Sunday
12-6 Tel 01945 780206
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| June | ||
| 1 |
‘A Fen Tiger’s Tale’ Welney Wetland Centre. Come and meet the
colourful characters of the Fens at this celebration of the Fen Tigers’
lives. Meet modern-day Fen Tigers practicing their traditional crafts and
tasks 1-4pm
www.wwt.org.uk Tel/Fax 01353 860711 | |
| 13 |
Victorian Home Cooking, Peckover House & Garden. Demonstration of
traditional Victorian cooking and includes lunch and tour of Old Kitchen.
10am – 2pm £12. Booking essential. Tel 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk | |
| 15 |
Marshland Smeeth & Fen Museum Open Day 2-6pm Tel 07733 093714 | |
| 15 |
Father’s Day BBQ and Family Fun Day at Welney Wetland Centre. 12noon-3pm.
Tel 01353 860711 | |
| 15 |
“What’s in There?” Peckover House & Garden. A special cabinet day, when
doors, drawers, cupboards and rooms not normally open to the public will
be on show in the house. 1 – 4.30pm. Normal admission applies. Tel 01945
583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk | |
| 18 |
“Victorian gardens” Peckover House & Garden. A specialist talk/walk
in the garden, given by one of the Peckover gardeners. Learn about
Victorian gardens, and see the features illustrated in the gardens at
Peckover House. Limited numbers – booking in advance advisable. 2pm £2.50.
Tel 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk | |
| 27 |
“The Sword in the Stone” Peckover House & Garden. An outdoor performance
of the children’s classic, based on the story of King Arthur. Suitable for
all ages from 3 upwards. Performed on the lawn by Cambridge Touring
Theatre. Bring your own rugs/chairs and a picnic. Ice cream and light
refreshments available. 6-8pm Advance prices: adult £10, child £5, family £25. Prices on the door (if available): £12 / £6 / £27. Booking essential. Tel 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk
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| July | ||
| 2-5 |
Wisbech Rose Fair (Parade on Saturday), Theme “The Power of the Pen”.
Preview evening at St Peter’s Church Wisbech free entry 7.30pm. Tel 01945
583263 www.wisbech-rosefair.co.uk | |
| 2-5 |
Peckover House & Garden open for the Wisbech Rose Fair 12noon-5pm,
including Thursday and Friday. Normal admission. Tel 01945 583463 | |
| 6 |
Wild About Summer Welney Wetland Centre. Learn how to identify dragonflies
and butterflies with our wardens. 10am-3pm. £15 (£12 members) Booking essential. www.wwt.org.uk/welney Tel 01353 860711. | |
| 12-13 |
Top Stitch Quilters at Peckover House. Exhibition and sale of work by the
local Wisbech quilting group. Normal admission. 12noon – 5pm Tel 01945
583463. | |
| 12-13 |
Walpole St Andrew Steam Rally and Country Fair, Police Road 10am-5pm Tel
01945 461494 / 07976 125688 | |
| 19 |
National Gardens Scheme, Peckover House & Garden. All proceeds from
admissions and plant sales donated to the National Gardens Scheme. Garden
only: £3.50 (donation requested from NT members) House and garden: £5.50
12 noon – 5pm Tel 01945 583463. | |
| 20 |
Marshland Smeeth & Fen Museum Open Day 2-6pm Tel 07733 093714 | |
| 23 - 8 Aug |
Wetland Olympics, Welney Wetland Centre. Self guided trail and activities
for all the family.
www.wwt.org.uk/welney Tel 01353 860711
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| August | ||
| 2-27 |
(Open days only) “The Quaker Tapestry” Peckover House & Garden. An
exhibition of a selection of photographic panels from the Quaker Tapestry,
a colourful and inspiring modern tapestry chronicling Quaker life through
the centuries. Originally created by over 4000 individuals from 15
countries between 1981 and 1996, this exhibition shows 12 of the panels
most relevant to Peckover House. Tel. 01945 583463 | |
| 2 |
“Garden Swing” Peckover House & Garden. Big Band sound with the Alan
Norris Band. Bring chairs/rugs and a picnic and relax outside on the
croquet lawn while the Alan Norris Band provide an evening of musical
entertainment. 7:30pm Advance tickets: adult £12, child £8. On the door
(if available): £15 / £10. Booking advisable 01945 583463 | |
| 9-31 |
Frogs and Toads Trail Welney Wetland Centre, Self guided trail and
activities
www.wwt.org.uk/welney Tel 01353 860711 | |
| 9-31 |
Bats and Barn Owls at Welney Wetland Centre. Discover the sights and
sounds of the reserve by night with a guide. 9.30pm-midnight. £10 (£7
members).
www.wwt.org.uk/welney Tel 01353 860711 | |
| 10 | Wisbech & District Historic Vehicle Club's road run starting 0930 Somers Road Car Park returning around 1400 hrs | |
| 13 |
“What did the Plant Hunters do for us?” Peckover House 2pm. Specialist
talk/walk in the garden with one of the Peckover gardeners. Booking
advisable £2.50 plus normal admission. Tel 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk | |
| 17 |
Marshland Smeeth & Fen Museum Open Day 2-6pm Tel 07733 093714
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| September | ||
| 7 |
Elgood’s Brewery & Garden ‘Plants and Craft Fair’ 10am-4pm. Tel 01945
583160 | |
| 12-14 |
Heritage and Harmony Festival | |
| 12-14 |
Heritage Open Days Historic buildings across Fenland open to the public.
Tel 01945 583263 | |
| 20-24 |
60th Anniversary Flower Festival, Peckover House & Garden. Peckover House
will be decorated for a special anniversary flower festival, using
seasonal foliage, flowers and produce from Fenland. 1–4.30pm. Tel. 01945
583463 | |
| 21 |
Marshland Smeeth & Fen Museum Open Day 2-6pm Tel 07733 093714 | |
| 25 |
Elgood’s Brewery & Garden last day opening 10am-4pm. Tel 01945 583160 | |
| 27 |
“Puddings Galore” Peckover House & Garden. Taste a varied array of
different puddings, with accompanying dessert wines. £25. 7 - 9pm Booking essential Tel. 01945 583463 | |
| 27-28 |
“Behind the Scenes Tour” Peckover House & Garden. Tour of rooms not
normally open to the public. Limited numbers - booking in advance
advisable. NB: the tour will involve several flights of stairs. £2.50. 1 &
3pm Booking essential. Tel. 01945 583463
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| October | ||
| 17-18 | Apple Day celebrations in Wisbech town centre. Tel 01945 583263. | |
| 18-22 |
“Apple Week” Peckover House & Garden A variety of apple-based dishes
will be on offer on the menu in the Tea-room. | |
| 19 |
Marshland Smeeth & Fen Museum Open Day 2-6pm Tel 07733 093714 | |
| 26 |
Children’s day at Welney Wetland Centre. Pumpkin-carving, arts and crafts
plus a treasure hunt and trail on the reserve.11am – 3pm. Tel 01353
860711.
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| November | ||
| 1-2 |
End of Season Book Sale at Peckover House. Grab some bargains in the
second-hand bookshop. 12noon-5pm. Normal admission. Tel 01945 583463 | |
| 1-2 |
“Behind the Scenes Tour” Peckover House & Garden. Tour of rooms not
normally open to the public. Limited numbers - booking in advance
advisable. NB: the tour will involve several flights of stairs. £2.50. 1 &
3pm Booking essential. Tel. 01945 583463 | |
| 6 Nov –Feb |
Welney Wetland Centre Evening Wild Swan Feeds. 6.30pm (floodlit), Thursday
to Sunday only, Adult £7.50, Concession £5.50, Child £4.50. Bookings essential for 26 Dec-3 Jan. Tel 01353 860711 | |
| 15-19 |
Festival of Swans at Welney Wetland Centre. Family activities 10am-8pm.
Tel 01353 860711 www.wwt.org.uk/welney.
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| December | ||
| 7 |
Octavia Hill Commemoration Day Tel 01945 476358 | |
| 7 |
Eco-Christmas Fair at Welney Wetland Centre. Buy some eco-friendly gifts
and help us celebrate an eco-Christmas. 10am-5pm. Tel 01353 860711
www.wwt.org.ukvisit//welney | |
| 13 |
Festive Foliage Workshop at Peckover House. John Richmond will hold a
demonstration and workshop using seasonal foliage and decorations. Take
home your own creations. £25 with lunch and refreshments included.
10am-4pmBooking essential Tel 01945 583463 | |
| 13-15 |
Deck the Halls at Peckover House. See the ground-floor rooms decorated for
Christmas 12 noon to 3:30pm. £5 adult, £2.50 child, NT members £3. Tel.
01945 583463 | |
| 14 |
Swan’s Awake Welney Wetland Centre, Watch thousands of swans wake from
their roost and fly out to the arable fields. 6.30am start £7 (£5
members). Optional Breakfast (£4.50). Tel 01353 860711
www.wwt.org.uk/welney
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| 15 |
Christmas Readings at Peckover House 7:30pm. A popular programme of
favourite comic, traditional and sentimental Christmas poems and prose,
read by Geoff Hales of the Travelling Theatre. Refreshments included. £5.
Booking essential. Tel. 01945 583463 | |
| 15 |
Fenland Christmas Market. In Wisbech Town Centre from 8am. Tel 01945
583263 | |
| 19 |
Christmas Family Trail Welney Wetland Centre, Follow self-guided trail and
make a Whooper Swan Christmas Card.
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