Featured activities
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WED 29 MAY
RSPB Firth of Forth Seabird Cruise
South Queensferry, South Queensferry
Run by: RSPB Scotland
Let us introduce you to the colourful puffins of the Firth of Forth, and be prepared for company! Skuas, gannets, razorbills and dolph…
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SAT 25 MAY
Research Rangers
WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre, Comber
Run by: WWT Castle Espie
Join us for a day in the life of a warden to learn about research, helping with our bird counts, butterfly and baseline moth counts on …
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SAT 25 MAY
FREE
Karate Classes For All
Wanstead Leisure Centre, London
Run by: Karate London
Shotokan karate classes at Wanstead Karate Club are open to all abilities. Shotokan karate focuses on skills such as strength and stabi…
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SAT 25 MAY
Mary Anning Walks
Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis
Run by: Lyme Regis Museum
See the landmarks of Lyme Regis's most famous fossil-hunter in small groups with local expert Natalie Manifold.
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SAT 25 MAY
Family Amphibians Course
Epping Forest Field Centre, Loughton
Run by: Epping Forest Field Centre
A brief talk about the type of amphibians you might find in Epping Forest and a chance to see newts close up in the classroom. Followed…
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SAT 25 MAY
Go wild at Jupiter!
Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre, Grangemouth
Run by: Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre
A chance to explore everything Jupiter has to offer! Try your hand at pond dipping, minibeast hunting, bird watching and more as we try…
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SUN 26 MAY
FREE
Spring Steamings At Bolton Steam Museum
Bolton Steam Museum, Bolton
Run by: Bolton Steam Museum
Come and discover stationary steam engines restored and running in steam.
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SUN 26 MAY
Cave Critters at Creswell Crags
Creswell Crags Museum and Visitor Centre, Wellbeck
Run by: RSPB
Join the RSPB along with invertebrate specialists to delve deep into the caves on the hunt for all things creepy crawly, including the …
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MON 27 MAY
Geevor Crafts
Geevor Tin Mine Museum, Penzance
Run by: Geevor Tin Mine Museum
Join us for a drop in craft session and design your own engine house. Make a badge or shadow picture to take home with you.
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MON 27 MAY
FREE
What a Lovely Long Logboat
Derby Museums and Art Gallery, Derby
Run by: Derby Museums
Take a closer look at the Bronze Age Logboat from Shardlow Quarry. Learn about how these boats were made and used more than 3000 years …
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MON 27 MAY
Art Fun Inventor Lab
The Public, West Bromwich
Run by: The Public
Join our team of artists to help invent digital, mechanical and interactive works of art - with heaps of problem solving along the way!
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MON 27 MAY
Hand Drilling
Geevor Tin Mine Museum, Penzance
Run by: Geevor Tin Mine Museum
Have a go at early mining methods and learn about the different jobs in Cornish Tin Mines. Discover how inventions made working in a mi…
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SUN 26 MAY
Half-Term Hunt
Dove Cottage, Ambleside
Run by: The Wordsworth Trust
Explore the cottage, museum and our beautiful garden as you hunt for clues to solve our half-term nature hunt and win something special…
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SUN 26 MAY
Secret Palace and Garden Explorers
The Bishop's Palace, Wells
Run by: The Bishop's Palace
Take a deeper look into the mysterious world of the palace gardens - what will you find? Hear? See? Smell? There's a pack of fun activi…
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SUN 26 MAY
May Half Term: Camouflage - The Science of HidingMay Half Term: Camouflage - The Science…
The Tank Museum, Bovington
Run by: The Tank Museum
Join us for a week of fun family activities exploring the varieties, use and history of camouflage!
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SUN 26 MAY
Fantastic Fifties Trail
Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
Run by: National Trust - Berrington Hall
Learn about life in the 1950s with a family trail around the gardens with a focus on 50s inventions. Hunt the clues then collect your p…
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SUN 26 MAY
Be A ‘Smithy' For The Day
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Holywood
Run by: Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Experience what it was like to work in a blacksmith's forge in the nineteenth century.
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SUN 26 MAY
Guided Tunnel Boat Trips
London Canal Museum, London
Run by: London Canal Museum
Lasting about 50 minutes, your guide will explain the history of London's longest canal tunnel.
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SAT 25 MAY
Drakelow's Hidden Secrets
Drakelow, Burton upon Trent
Run by: Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
Discover the secrets of this permit-only nature reserve managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
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SAT 25 MAY
Living Seas Safari
Flamborough Cliffs Nature Reserve, Bridlington
Run by: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
This joint venture between local fishermen and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust offers an unforgettable boat trip around the spectacular chalk …
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SAT 25 MAY
FREE
Urban Naturalist: Spring Wild Food ForageUrban Naturalist: Spring Wild Food…
The Manchester Museum, Manchester
Run by: Manchester Museum
Explore biodiversity on your doorstep from wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification.
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SAT 25 MAY
Hops and Slithers
Fen Drayton Lakes, St Ives
Run by: RSPB
Ever wondered who ribbits mysteriously at dusk or slides silently out of sight as you appear? If so this walk is for you!
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SAT 25 MAY
FREE
Walk: A Ramble Around The Rhododendrons
Epping Forest Visitor Centre, London
Run by: Epping Forest Information Centre
Forest keeper, Tristan Vetta, leads a walk through the historic Paul's Nursery area of the forest, taking a look at some of the site's …
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SAT 25 MAY
Family Badger Watch
Falls of Clyde Visitor Centre and Reserve, New Lanark
Run by: Scottish Wildlife Trust
Follow the clues to a secret sett! A badger evening but for a younger audience. Have the chance to view badgers, bats and other nocturn…
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SAT 25 MAY
Judo
Hereward College, Coventry
Run by: Coventry Judo Club
Judo for juniors (aged 6 to 16 years) and seniors. Classes run all summer, also on other days - see website for more details
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SAT 25 MAY
Saturday Skate School
Heston Community Sports Halls, Hounslow
Run by: RollaDome All Skate
Our Saturday School delivers coaching using the British Roller Sports Federation, the national governing body for roller sports here in…
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SAT 25 MAY
FREE
Hockey Clubs
Heston Community Sports Halls, Hounslow
Run by: RollaDome All Skate
Roller Hockey played on quad skates and Roller Hockey played on Inline skates have different rules and equipment, and they involve diff…
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SAT 25 MAY
FREE
Roller Skating Project
Derbyshire Hill Youth Club, Merseyside
Run by: RollaDome All Skate
A new roller skating project is starting in St Helens from Saturday 6 April 2013. All 12 to 16 years olds are welcome to attend.(waitin…
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SAT 25 MAY
Last Man Stands Cricket
St Chad's Broomfield Cricket Club, Leeds
Run by: St Chad's Broomfield Cricket Club
Twenty20 cricket available for players of all standards.
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SUN 26 MAY
Kayaking and Canoeing Starter Session
Port Of Plymouth Canoeing Association, Plymouth
Run by: Port of Plymouth Canoeing Association (PPCA)
2 hour starter taster session introducing kayaking and canoeing from the Port of Plymouth Canoeing Association.
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