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A Winter Wander with The Snowman™ and The Snowdog at Queen Elizabeth Country Park
Winchester Ready to be enchanted? - Join The Snowman™ and The Snowdog on a festive winter wander around some of Hampshire's most spectacular country parks.
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Make your way around Lepe Country Park, Royal Victoria Country Park or Queen Elizabeth Country Park, completing themed activities as you go. Inspired by the hit sequel to Raymond Briggs' much-loved classic, this wintry adventure is suitable for children aged 3 and upwards. There'll even be free showings of the animated short onsite for trail customers to enjoy! Don your hat, scarf and gloves and relive the magic of this enchanting story as you explore Hampshire's countryside at its wintry best.
What's included? Trail packs cost £7 and include an activity booklet, crayon, a voucher for little ones to enjoy a free babyccino and a special The Snowman™ and The Snowdog gift. Please visit Winchester Cathedral's website for further details regarding accessibility, facilities and group bookings.
Until 2 Jan 2023 - Monday - Sunday from 10am to 2pm Lepe Country Park, Exbury, Southampton, SO45 1AD
Glow Christmas at Marwell Zoo
Join Marwell Zoo for an immersive light extravaganza that will see Marwell's majestic grounds turned into a twinkling wonderland full of fairy lights, magic, and delight. Glow Marwell invites guests to explore the zoo in a whole new light with more than 250,000 LED bulbs making up their wonderful illuminations. Full of gently glowing displays and spots for reflection, the winter light trail event promises an uplifting evening of festive delights. Along the route they'll have winter warming catering with plenty of seasonal treats including marshmallow toasting round cosy firepits. This incredibly special, after dark event is set in their beautiful 140-acre park full of ancient trees, winding paths and, of course, Marwell Hall itself. Glow Marwell will be a magical experience full of wonder that families will remember for years to come – they'll even be Instagram-worthy photo opportunities!
Book now to secure your tickets! During the event period the zoo will close to day guests at 4pm and reopen at 5pm for the Glow Marwell winter light trail. To ensure the welfare of the animals, guests will not be able to bring torches or lights of any kind with them. The displays included in Glow Marwell have all been carefully designed to minimise disturbance to the animals.
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Bishop's Waltham in Bloom
We are seeking to recruit 2 or 3 people to share the watering of the floral displays in the town centre for approximately 2 hours per day from May till September. This consists of some 80 hanging baskets and 20 planters. In the event of a very hot summer it may include the necessity to water the flower beds which would take additional time.
One needs to be reasonably fit and hold a driving licence since the watering is done with a water tank in a 30 cwt Transit van. Whilst much of the care and maintenance of our floral displays is done by volunteers, the watering needs to be done at unsociable hours to avoid traffic and people in the High Street so we do pay the waterers.
If you can contribute to the attractiveness of our town and would like to discuss in more detail please contact the Treasurer, Ian Leesmith on ian. leesmith@btinternet.com or on 01489 895795.
Mysterious Fun in January
The NEW Bishop's Waltham Festival Team is bringing back our annual post-Christmas theatre play! Sherlock Holmes and The Music Hall Mystery will be at: The Jubilee Hall on Sunday 22nd January at 3.00pm - Little Shore Lane, Bishop's Waltham SO32 1ED.
Last year Rain or Shine, our favourite theatre company, took us Around The World In 80 Days in 1872. This year we are staying firmly in Victorian London. When Sherlock Holmes and his trusty assistant Dr. Watson are asked for help by a music hall performer in distress, the pair spring into action to foil a deeply dastartdly plot of national importance that rocks London to its core. Forget the January back-to-work, back-to-school winter blues and lose yourself in this afternoon of adventure, mishaps, tomfoolery and lashings of comedy. Doors open 2.30pm: Interval soft drinks and snacks available. Ticket Prices: £12 per adult and £8.00 per child (age 5 – 15 yrs).
Buy in person at Best Wishes, Brook Street, BW from 1st December or On-line from www.rainorshine.co.uk or phone 03306 600541
Bishop's Waltham Town Team
What a great year it has been! From early February through to late October the Town Team has been able to bring to Bishop’s Waltham and its surrounding villages a range of activities. • Starting in February we enjoyed the first Where’s Henry, Here’s
Henry Trail and Procession – celebrating the anniversary of Henry
VIII’s visit to Bishop’s Waltham 500 years ago. • In April we ran our first Bishop’s Waltham Bites for 2022 – another sell-out event raising £1000 towards community events in the town. • Over the Easter holidays we ran the second Where’s Henry, Here’s
Henry Trail and Procession. • In June we worked with Bishop’s Waltham in Bloom on the Yarn
Bombing which was displayed in local shops and around the
High Street. • In July we reaped the benefit of six months of preparatory work that we, the Bishop’s Waltham Society, and the Museum had put in to putting on the Tudor Experience Weekend – and what a magnificent weekend it was. We even managed to make charitable donations to Naomi House/Jack’s Place and to English Heritage from the proceeds. • In September we learned that the Tudor Experience was the winner of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Government Award for the Best Community Event of the Year. It has been agreed by the three participating organisations (The BW Town Team, the BW
Society and the BW Museum) that the £100 cheque we received as the winners of this award will be donated to the Meon Valley
Foodbank. • In October we ran our second Bishop’s Waltham Bites – raising another £1,000 for local community activities. • And finally, from May to October we ran 6 Give & Take Stalls in
St George’s Square on the last Saturday of each month. Each with a different thems, they were all very successful and although it is always a free exchange, we were delighted to be able to make donations of over £600 to Rowan’s and to Re-vitalize from the charity collection boxes to which people contributed.
All these activities were 100 percent planned and managed by volunteers; people from Bishop’s Waltham who take pride in our town and want to ensure that our town centre continues to be a vibrant social and community hub.
We would like to thank everyone who helped put on these events, who participated and joined in with them and who supported our work in 2022. We wish everyone all the very best for the festive season.
If you would like to find out more about our work visit our website www.lovebishopswaltham.com or email us at bishopswalthamtownteam@gmail.com.
Participants enjoying the BW Bites event in October
Our local member of parliament Flick Drummond visiting the October Halloween and Festive Season Give & Take Stall.
Here at Shedfield Riding School, we are a small dedicated team with a passion to teach. We teach all abilities and ages from 3 upwards. We are a registered RDA centre and also hold Pony club every Saturday and Sunday. Our stables house various breeds, ages, sizes and abilities for all riders.
Shows We hold regular shows onsite throughout the year including monthly unaffiliated Dressage and monthly unaffiliated Show Jumping and Combined Training. We hold our ever popular Summer Show every year as well as a Fun Show for the children, a Halloween Show and a Winter Woolies later on in the year.
Regular Dressage and Pole work Clinics These are a fun alternative to everyday lessons and a great way to improve rhythm, control and balance. These include various clinics run by lots of different professionals for all equestrian disciplines including Julia RydeRogers, Kelly Jones and many more.
Birthday Parties Why not treat your pony mad child to something totally different? We hold birthday parties for children aged 4+. Our birthday packages include a 1 hour session consisting of grooming and tacking up, riding instruction and gymkhana games, races and activities, followed by food and birthday cake if required.
We have a range of horses to suit everyone from safe, friendly ponies to experienced horses. For information on Prices and Lessons please phone us. We are also have an official Pony Club centre and a Riding For The Disabled (RDA) approved facility. Our most popular lesson types are:
Private lesson from £29.00, Group lesson from £21.50, Pony Club £35.50, After-School Club £34.50. We also offer arena/working hunter hire, prices start from £12.50 for 30 minutes.
Save 15% off
Save 15% off any of our prices shown throughout October by calling us now and quoting Forum Offer. Offer available to the end of December 2022.
Opening Times: Monday 9am - 6pm Tuesday 9am - 8pm Wednesday 9am - 7pm Thursday 9am - 8pm Friday 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 5pm Sunday 9am - 5pm
Shedfield Riding School Shedfield Equestrian, Botley Road, Shedfield, SO32 2HN www.shedfieldridingschool.co.uk Tel: 01329 830387
Shedfield Riding School, Event & Livery Yard
We are a small, friendly livery yard and riding school in Shedfield catering for all needs of rider from complete beginners to competent riders wishing to further their knowledge or compete in different disciplines
