Your Guide to Local Events Suitable for Families
(Don't forget to view 'What's On' for local NCT events)
Every Day
Ickworth - 50 Things
to do before you're 11 and three quarters, 9am-5pm
Come to Ickworth to try out some activities every child
should do before they're 11 and three quarters. Join us for a series of
activities and try out some new things; eat some wild blackberries, find a
geocache, build a den or climb a tree. You can also look inside a tree, make a
mud pie and enjoy a wide variety of activities with friends and family. See how
many things you can do at Ickworth and other National Trust properties.
Saturday 1 September
Cambridge University
Botanic Gardens – Family Saturday, 11am-3pm
Pick up a trail map and discover what you may find in the
Garden. Draw what you see, and compete with your family and friends, ticking
things off as you spot them!
Fitzwilliam Museum –
Family First Saturday, 2pm-4pm
On the first Saturday of each month, visit our Fitz Family
Welcome Point and collect drawing materials, activities and trails to use
throughout the Museum.
Wood Green – The
Animals Charity: Rabbit Awareness Week, 10am-4pm
Join us for some rabbit fun and free advice along with face
painting, toy making, story time, ask the experts and lots of stalls and
goodies.
Saturday 1 to Wednesday 5 September
Summer at Welney Wildfowl
and Wetlands Trust
Summer at WWT Welney is full of wildflowers in bloom,
waterways teaming with insects and amphibians and young birds taking flight for
the first time. Pond-dipping equipment
at the platforms is available all day everyday with led pond-dipping sessions
on the weekends. Taking our explorer backpacks along the bug stations will
reveal a world of insects and reptiles. Activity clipboards will help your
children get the most out of their visit. The tranquil dragonfly ponds are the
ideal spot to sit and watch our dragonfly and damselfly species skimming the
water’s surface.
Thursday 6 September to Sunday 9 September
Heritage Open Days
Heritage Open Days celebrates England’s fantastic architecture and
culture by offering free access to places that are usually closed to the
public or normally charge for admission. Heritage Open Days is an event for everyone, whatever their background,
age and ability. From castles to city halls, tunnels to tower tops,
police cells to private homes, workshops to woodland walks, the variety
of places and ways to discover them are endless.
For events near you, see http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory
Saturday 8 September
Houghton Mill - Heritage
Open Day: A Victorian Mill, 11am-4.30pm
Come and meet some of the people who would have worked at
Houghton Mill in Victorian times. The mill will also be working from 1 - 4.30pm
using water power to produce stoneground flour (river levels permitting).
Cambridge Leper Chapel – Celebration of the Historic
Stourbridge Fair, 12-4pm
Stalls and entertainment with a medieval flavour. Open
Cambridge and Heritage Open Day Weekend - come at midday for the traditional
opening of the fair or drop by through the afternoon.
Saturday 8 and Sunday
9 September
Haddenham Steam Rally
& Heavy Horse Show, from 9am
Haddenham Steam Rally is a traditional steam and country
fair and has something for everyone. Whether you are an avid steam enthusiast
or just looking for a day out with the family there is something for all to
enjoy. There are over 600 exhibits from steam engines, Vintage Cars, stationary
engines, vintage tractors and Lorries, to the old tyme fair.
Sunday 9 September
Ely Cinema – Ice Age
4: Continental Drift (U), 3pm
Sunday 9 and Thursday 13 September
Ely Cinema – The Dark
Knight Rises (12A), 7.30pm
Saturday 15 September
Anglesey Abbey -
Family Muck-In Day: Perfect homes for birds and owls, 11am-2.30pm
Help create new places that are safe and warm for birds to
lay their eggs and raise their young
Cherry Hinton
Festival Family Day Out, 9am-5pm
A day of free activities for the family in Cherry Hinton.
Workshops including ballet, streetdance and drama, Puppet Shows, Alien and
Robot Making, Film Show, Cambridge learning bus and The Dec, Archery, Sports
Zone with ultimate sports and tennis, Circus skills workshop, Science Roadshow,
Duck Race, Peter Pan Kids Cafe and lots more.... and it´s all free. Workshop
places are limited to book your free tickets via the website.
Sunday 16 September
Wood Green – The
Animals Charity: Animal Fun Day, 10am-4pm
Novelty Dog Show; Get up close and personal with the animals
at feeding time including goats, chickens, rodents, rabbits and pigs; meet the
rats, mice and gerbils; Guinea pig story time; Dog agility demonstrations;
Bring your dog and take part in fun dog game;. Meet the alpacas; Tours - see what
happens ´behind the scenes´; See demonstrations by Riding for Disabled
Association; Entertain the little ones with a bouncy castle and the onsite
children´s playground; colouring; badge making; make enrichment toys to take
home for your pets and much, much more.
Ely Cinema - Dr
Seuss’ The Lorax (U), 3pm
Living History –
Ickworth House,
11am-3pm
You've seen Downton Abbey. Now come and experience Ickworth
Lives, the real stories of the people who lived and worked at Ickworth in the
thirties. Join us for a special historic day and follow in the footsteps of Mr
Collins, the Butler, who liked the odd tipple or two, Mrs Sangster the Cook,
who managed the kitchens for over 50 years, the hall boys, kitchen maids and
the gardeners. Experience what life was like for servants and estate workers on
this grand estate.
Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 September
Wimpole Estate -
Wimpole at War- 1940's Weekend, 10.30am-5pm
Wimpole travels back in time to the 1940s when food was
rationed and growing your own became vital to your survival. Re-enactors
displays and demonsrations throughout the day. Estate wide event and all
tickets include the House, Gardens and Farm.
Sunday 23 September
Ely Cinema - Diary of
a Wimpy Kid : Dog Days (U), 3pm
Ely Cinema -
Searching for Sugar Man (12A), 7.30pm
Charity Family Fun
Day, Hinchingbrooke Country Park, 1pm
The afternoon will start with a 5km Sponsored Walk (shorter
1km route for little legs), goodie bags at the finishing line followed by
refreshments for walkers. Everyone Active leisure centre staff will then led a
mini Olympics Challenge! There will also be a bouncy castle and fundraising
stalls. Raising funds for JDRF - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Saturday 29 September
Soham Pumpkin Fair,
Soham Recreation Ground, 1.30-5pm
An annual event open to all. There will be a funfair along
with a wide range of stalls, car boot sales, vintage cars, tractors and
bygones. Competition entries need to be at the recreation ground between 9.30am
and 11.30am.
Mumford Theatre – The
Selfish Crocodile, 11.30am and 2.30pm
The funny tale of a brave little mouse and a very snappy
crocodile. This is a heart-warming tale with a very happy ending, which reminds
us all that the smallest act of kindness often has the greatest impact. Using
song, music and a host of beautiful puppets to bring this watery adventure to
life, this is for ages 4+, their grown-ups, and of course, anybody with a pet
crocodile!
Living History –
Ickworth House,
11am-3pm
See Sunday 16 September for more information.
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