North Brink, Wisbech
North Brink, Wisbech, Cambs.


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Tourist Information Centre
2 - 3 Bridge Street, Wisbech, Cambs PE13 1AF

Tel 01945 583263 Fax 01945 427199
Open Mon - Sat 9.30am - 5pm

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October
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December
 

250 years since the birth of Thomas Clarkson

 

 

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August    
    Music in the Park March Riverside Park. Jazz, Brass & Folk – Sunday afternoons at the bandstand. Please check in advance with March Town Hall Tel. 01354 653709 for details.

Throughout the Summer holidays
National Trust Peckover House & Garden, Traditional children’s games to play in the garden, (croquet available for adults). Tel. 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk
  1-31 Peckover House and Garden ‘Austen Attired Throughout August’. See some of the character costumes from the film and TV productions of Jane Austen novels including, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park. 1-4pm. Tel. 01945 583463 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/peckover
  1-2

 Wisbech Town Festival Youth Music Festival and Multi cultural Music and Dance at the Thomas Clarkson Community College, Wisbech (organised by Wisbech Town Council Tel.: 01945461333)
 

  1  Italia in Piazza – The Real Italian Food Market will be in the Market Place, March.
  1 Dunham’s Wood and Railway (situated off the B1099), March. Admission £2 adults, 50p children. Wood walks, train rides, children’s trails, light refreshments. Plenty of free parking. ‘Tree Trails’. Open from 2-5pm Tel. 01354 652134
  1

 Elgood’s Brewery & Garden ‘Special Sunday Openings’ Garden and Visitor Centre 10am-4pm. Tel. 01945 583160

  1 Elme Hall Sunday Rock and Blues Club present ‘The Brink’ + support. Doors open 3.30pm. www.elmehall.co.uk



  7 Join Gerry Burrows at the Trinity Methodist Church, Wisbech, for an evening of fun, music and slides. 6.30pm. Tickets £7 including a 3 course supper.

  7-18  Atelier East presents its 5th Annual Summer Exhibition at the Wisbech & Fenland
Sept. Museum. This includes a diverse range of selection of work by talented artists. Vote for your ‘Best in Show’. Free admission, 10am-4pm Tues. – Sat.. For more information www.atelier-east.co.uk Opening reception is on Friday 6th August, 7-9pm with live music, raffle, and buffet supper; RSVP info@atelier-east.co.uk.
  8 Dunham’s Wood, March. ‘Tree Trails’ 2-5pm Tel. 01354 652134
  8 Wisbech & District Historic Vehicle Club 15th Annual Road Run, Start from Church Terrace Car Park at 9.30am, 1 - 4 static display. Tel. 01945 584717
  8

 Multi-cultural Music and Dance Festival Wisbech Town Council www.wisbechtowncouncil.org.uk

  8

 Octavia Hill Society Coach Day outing Tel. 01945 476358 www.octaviahill.org

  8 Upwell Playing Field Summer Fayre. Vintage cars, dog fly ball team display, face painting, 13th Alabama Historic Society, bungee trampoline, bouncy slide, home make cakes, lots of stalls licensed bar and lots more. 11.30am-4pm (official opening at 12noon).
  11 The Oasis Centre, Wisbech presents a Free Family Fun Day for families with disabled or special needs children. There will be arts and crafts, games, prizes, special guests, free refreshments and loads more. 10am start. Part of the Wisbech Group, Friends in the Fens,
  14-15  Peckover House and Garden presents ‘Behind the Scenes’ guided tour of rooms not normally open to visitors. Tours are 1pm and 2.30pm, £2.50 plus normal admission. Tel. 01945 583463 www.wwt.org.uk/welney
  14-18  Canoe Safari at Welney WWT. Explore the hidden reaches of the reserve by canoe! Led by a professional & experienced canoeist together with a Welney warden; see the habitats and hide-aways of some of our elusive wildlife on their level. Three 3-hour safaris per day, starting at 6am, 10am & 2pm. £25 per person. Booking essential via Tel 0845 409 1303. www.wwt.org.uk/welney
  15  Dunham’s Wood, March. ‘Tree Trails’ 2-5pm Tel. 01354 652134
  17  Peckover House and Garden’s Cuttings Day, 10am-12 noon. Their gardeners will show you how to select plant material to use as cuttings from a variety of plants. £7.50 and booking essential. Tel. 01945 583463 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/peckover
  21  Greener Living Fair at West End Park, March. Come along for an afternoon of free activities for the family: circus skills, rock climbing, building musical instruments from junk, making a bug hotel, designing clothes from rubbish. Supported by BBC breathing places and FDC Tel. 01354 654321.
  22 Dunham’s Wood, March. ‘Tree Trails’ 2-5pm Tel. 01354 652134
  24-28  31st Peterborough Beer Festival Tel. 01733 422279
www.beer-fest.org.uk
  29 Dunham’s Wood, March. ‘Tree Trails’ 2-5pm Tel. 01354 652134
  30  Annual Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Dunham’s Wood, March, 2-5pm. Train Rides & Refreshments available. Tel. 01354 652134.
  30

 Bank Holiday, ‘Star’ the Pony’s birthday at Woodhouse Farm Park. Friday Bridge. Tel. 01945 860309 www.woodhousefarmpark.co.uk

 


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September    
  Sept.  The Octagon Gallery - Exhibition - Daniel Kiff
5 MARKET STREET, WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE PE13 1EX 01945 42912

  1-18

Atelier East continues its 5th Annual Summer Exhibition at the Wisbech & Fenland Museum. This a diverse range of work by artists. Vote for your ‘Best in Show’. Free admission, 10am-4pm Tuesdays – Saturdays. For more information www.atelier-east.co.uk info@atelier-east.co.uk
 

  4 Barroway Drove Show - 1950’s and 60’s Party at Barroway Drove Village Hall, Downham Market. Entrance £3.50. For more information Tel. 01945 772712 or steamatic@tiscali.co.uk
4-6

Quilt, Patchwork and Needlework Exhibition, Leverington Church. Contact 01945 581778
 

  5

Elgood’s Brewery & Garden ‘Garden Show and Craft Fair’ 10am-4pm. Tel. 01945 583160

  5 Elme Hall Sunday Rock and Blues Club present ‘Storm’ – classic rock. Tel. 01945 475566, contact Michael Mead michael.mead@fenweb.co.uk Doors open at 3.30pm, www.elmehall.co.uk
  9-12  Heritage Open Days Historic buildings across Fenland open to the public. Tel. 01945 583263

  9

As part of Heritage Open Days there will be a Quiz Night at Octavia Hill Birthplace House, 7 South Brink, Wisbech. 7.30pm. Teams of 4 people, £5 per person (includes light refreshment) bring your own drinks. Proceeds go to Octavia Hill Birthplace House. Book now, contact Susanah Farmer Tel 01945 580239 or susanah.farmer@tesco.net

  10-12 Heritage Open Days, when Historic buildings across Fenland are open to the public to celebrate its architecture and culture. There will be free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or would normally charge admission. For more details Tel. 01945 583263 www.wisbechtowncouncil.org.uk and www.heritageopendays.org.uk
  11

‘Early birders’ at Welney Wetland Centre will be able to access the site between 8-8.30am to see the autumn waders. www.wwt.org.uk/welney Tel. 01353 860711

 

11-16

Walsoken Flower Festival at All Saints’ Church – Walsoken. 10am – 4pm (Sunday 12noon – 4pm).

  12

Whittlesey Festival, Street Market and Carnival will be a whole town event with an arts festival, entertainment and attractions such as crafts, marching band, buskers, puppet show. The fairground rides are free for all children Tel. 01354 654321 ask for Mike Chapman or Wisbech Tourist Information. www.fenland.gov.uk

  12

Elme Hall Sunday Rock and Blues Club present ‘Breeze’ – classic and contemporary rock. Tel. 01945 475566, contact Michael Mead michael.mead@fenweb.co.uk and www.elmehall.co.ukDoors open at 3.30pm.

  18

Fenland Family History Society presents a ‘Family History Day’ at St Peter’s Church Hall, Wisbech. 10am-4.30pm. For more information Tel. 01945 587723

  18

A tea party for Diabetes UK is being held at the Robert Hall Centre, St Augustine’s Road, Wisbech, 10.30-12.30. There will also be a ‘Bring and Buy’ stall.

18

Apple Day at Willock Farm, Rummers Lane, Wisbech St Mary. Including a guided walk around a 22 acre organic orchard, apple identification, apples and juice for sale. 10am-4pm

  18-22

‘Food, Glorious Food’ Flower Festival at the National Trust Peckover House and Garden, celebrating the diversity of food expressed through floral arrangements. 1-7pm Tel. 01945 583463 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/peckover

  19

‘Bug Buddies’ at Welney Wetland Centre with activities for all ages. A programme will include ‘Moths for Breakfast’ - help the warden identify the moths caught in the moth traps overnight; ‘Pondemonium’ - pond-dipping session; ‘Minibeast Mayhem’ - search the grasses for the creepy crawlies lurking there as well as arts & crafts‘ 10am – 4pm. Normal admission applies Tel. 01353 860711 www.wwt.org.uk/welney

  19

Elme Hall Sunday Rock and Blues Club present ‘Soft Tone Needles’ – summer soul. Tel. 01945 475566, contact Michael Mead michael.mead@fenweb.co.uk Doors open at 3.30pm, www.elmehall.co.uk

  22

 Flower Arranging special taster sessions at Octavia Hill House, Wisbech 9.30-11.30am. £5 per session, just bring scissors or secateurs. Limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment. Tel. 01945 581360

  22

The WEA presents a series of ten lectures on ‘A History of Clothes’ with Honor Ridout. At St John’s Ambulance Hall, William Road, Wisbech, 10.30am -12noon. Cost £44. Tel. 01945 587420.

  22-25

Wisbech Statute Fair.  The Fairground rides and stalls are sited in Chapel Road Car Park and part of Somers Road Car Park. This Fair is on site for one week and is operated by 'The Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain'. Tel. 01354 654321 ask for Mike Chapman or Wisbech Tourist Information. www.fenland.gov.uk

25

 Autumn Fair at WWT Welney with art & craft exhibitions, stalls and demonstrations. Fun for all the family. 10.30am-4.30pm Tel. 01353 860711, info.welney@wwt.org.uk www.wwt.org.uk/welney

  23-26 March Statute Fair. This Fair occupies the whole of City Road Car Park and the adjacent Lorry Park and usually on site one week - operated by 'Stanley Thurston and Sons'. Tel. 01354 654321 ask for Mike Chapman or Wisbech Tourist Information. www.fenland.gov.uk
  29

Flower Arranging special taster sessions at Octavia Hill House, Wisbech 9.30-11.30am. £5 per session, just bring scissors or secateurs. Limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment. Tel. 01945 581360

  30  - 2 Oct

30–2 Elgood's Beer Festival, Elgood’s Brewery & Garden 12 noon -10.30pm Tel. 01945 583160

 

 

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October    
  Oct The Octagon Gallery - Exhibition - Julie Quance
5 MARKET STREET, WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE PE13 1EX 01945 429122
  15-16

 Apple Day weekend celebrations in Wisbech town centre. Tel. 01945 583263.


24  —1 Nov

 End of Season Booksale, Peckover House and Garden. in the second-hand bookshop, l2noon-5pm Tel. 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk

Half term Activities, including pumpkin carving and bat trails at Woodhouse Farm Park, Friday Bridge. Tel. 01945 860309 www.woodhousefarmpark.co.uk

 

  31

 Halloween party (tickets only) at Woodhouse Farm Park. Friday Bridge. Tel. 01945 860309 www.woodhousefarmoark.co.uk


  31

 “Halloween Activities”, Peckover House and Garden. 12— 4 Apple bobbing, crafts, mask making and many more activities!. LI Tel. 01945 583463

 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk

31-
7 Nov

 Wisbech Art Club Winter Exhibition at St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Wisbech. Open 10am — 4pm daily. Pictures for Sale- all media. Tel.: (01945) 587487


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November    
7

 “Putting the House to Bed”, Peckover House and Garden. See how the National Trust cleans and prepares the house for winter. Price includes light lunch. 10am or 1pm £12 Booking essential. Tel. 01945 583463 w-ww.peckoverhouse.co.uk


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December
5-6

 Elgood’s Brewery Christmas Shopping Weekend with free Brewery Tours and Christmas beer available to order. Tel. 01945 583160 www.elgoods-brewery.co.uk

5

 Octavia Hill Commemoration Day Tel. 01945 476358 www.octaviahill.org

12

 “Festive Foliage Workshop”, Peckover House and Garden. John Richmond will hold his ever-popular demonstration and workshop using seasonal foliage and decorations. Take home your own creations. Lunch and refreshments included. £27 Booking essential. Tel. 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk

12-14

 “Christmas Tree Festival”, Peckover House. See Peckover House decorated for Christmas, including trees decorated by local groups and organisations. See the House lit up at night. £3 Adults, children free. Tel. 01945 583463 www.peckoverhouse.co.uk

   

Christmas activities at Woodhouse Farm Park, Friday Bridge. Tel. 01945 860309 www.woodhousefarmpark.co.uk

  21

 Fenland Christmas Market. In Wisbech Town Centre from 8am. Tel. 01945 583263

 

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