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Bronze Sculptures Exhibition

Nunnington Hall Nunnington, York

Bronze Sculptures exhibition by Lloyd Le Blanc & Judith Holmes Drewry, Tuesday 26 June (Until Sunday 7 October) Explore the beautiful work of two spectacular sculptors, as you wander through...

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Summer Activity Trail at Yorkshire Arboretum

Yorkshire Arboretum Castle Howard, York,

Follow the fun trails and each clue will lead you closer to your sticker or ask for a collecting strip and see what you can find on your own adventure.

Brick Flicks LEGO bricks exhibition

Nunnington Hall Nunnington, York

Brick Flicks LEGO bricks exhibition From Wayne's World to West Side Story, The Matrix to Mary Poppins, and Laurel & Hardy to the Life of Pi, Brick Flicks is an...

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Hands on History: Knights and Princesses

Scarborough Castle Castle Road, Scarborough

Join the Hands on History Crew at Scarborough Castle this summer holiday and enjoy family-friendly Knights and Princesses activities every day. Sat 21 Jul - Sun 2 Sep, everyday except...

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Hands on History: Ahoy!

Whitby Abbey Whitby

Join the Hands on History Crew at Whitby Abbey this summer holiday and enjoy hands on sea themed activities every day. Mon 23 Jul - Sun 2 Sep, every day...

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Ryedale Folk Museum – Toys Through the Ages

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

Do you know your Merrills from your Hnefatafl? Your Knuckles from your Jacks? Discover how toys and games have changed over the past 4000 years, with some for you to...

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Bushcraft for Families

Dalby Forest Pickering

Join the Hidden Horizons team for a day of bushcraft activities. This family oriented day will include a range of activities, such as animal tracking, plant and tree identification, shelter...

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Nature Detectives

Sutton Bank National Park Centre Sutton Bank

Play detectives looking for the hidden treasures of nature. Remember X marks the spot. Minimum age 6. Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Booking Essential. For more information see: www.northyorkmoors.com

The Great Wizard Gathering

Burnby Hall Gardens Pocklington

Children's activity day included in the admission price

Worm-Charming Champs

Sutton Bank National Park Centre Sutton Bank

Hunt for worms using our traditional techniques. Who will be crowned Worm-Charming Champ? Bring an empty, see through, 2-litre drinks bottle to make a wormery. Minimum age 6 Adult: Free...

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KBH VIRGINIA SAND ART WORKSHOPS

Norton Hive Commercial Street, Norton

Norton Hive & Community Hub Ages 3 plus £5 per child including refreshments Booking required Norton Hive & Community Hub Call 07506 712034

Outdoor Theatre: A Midsummer Nights Dream

Whitby Abbey Whitby

Spend an evening in the open air at Whitby Abbey as The Three Inch Fools perform A Midsummer Nights Dream like you've never seen it before. Armed with their musical...

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Family Woodland Arts

Howsham Mill Howsham

Come for a 10am start, when there will be a tour and welcome. Stay until 2pm to take part in all the activities. Learn the ancient art of Hapa Zome...

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Family Forest School

Howsham Mill Howsham

Come and make bows and arrows, have a go at some woodland crafts, cook marshmallows over a fire, and build dens! £3 All children must be accompanied by an adult;...

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Outdoor Theatre: Sense and Sensiblity

Scarborough Castle Castle Road, Scarborough

An evening in the open air at Scarborough Castle as Chapterhouse Theatre Company present Sense and Sensibility. Join Elinor and Marianne Dashwood as they make their first forays into the...

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Clash of Knights

Helmsley Castle Castlegate

Experience this all-action contest as teams of knights battle it out for victory armed only with clubs and shields, strength and skill. In this adrenalin-fuelled combat only one team will...

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Magical Unicorn Baking Workshop

Helmsley Walled Garden

Magical Unicorn Baking Workshop Step into a world of edible glitter, and all the colours of the rainbow, as we create mystical unicorn delights. Unicorn cupcakes with rainbow sponge, Pink...

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Tractor Ted

Yorkshire Museum of Farming Murton Park, York

After the great fun had by all last year Tractor Ted Live will once again be coming to Murton Park. This is set to be a fun day for the...

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Teddy Bears’ Picnic

Sledmere House

Children bring along your teddies and enjoy our teddy treasure hunt around the gardens. There will also be face painting, a bouncy castle, games and magic shows. Normal admissions apply...

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Dalby’s Duck Dash Day

Dalby Forest Pickering

Down in the stream below the Visitor Centre Playpark Come and join us and the friends of Dalby Forest for this summer's great Dalby Duck Dash Day! Want to know...

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Ripon Races – Family Days

Ripon Racecourse Boroughbridge Road

Children’s Day. We have lots of free fun for the Children including: Mini Farm, Face Painting, Barrel Train ride, Balloon Modelling, Cup and Saucer Ride, Kub Karts, Bouncy Castles and...

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Ryedale Folk Museum – Viking Settlers

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

The Vikings have landed! Come and visit their home and taste their food. Learn how they turned wool into clothing and explore the importance of pottery by creating your own...

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Tapestry Tuesdays

Nunnington Hall Nunnington, York

Get hands on throughout the summer holiday and have a go at tapestry weaving, embroidery and more. Tapestry Tuesdays, Every Tuesday in August 12pm-3pm

Illyria – The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

When Doctor John Dolittle is taught by his wise old parrot Polynesia how to talk to animals, news of his skills spreads far and wide. Soon animals across the world...

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Ryedale Folk Museum – Marvellous Medicine

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

Every wondered what lies within the jars of our chemist shop? Explore the golden age of Victorian poisons and therapies; and concoct your own remedy to take away. Standard Museum...

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Yorkshire Arboretum Discovery Day

Yorkshire Arboretum Castle Howard, York,

Free for children. Children aged 4-11 will discover the natural world during these hour-long sessions which start on the hour from 10am-1pm. Today’s activities are pond dipping and orienteering. Indoor...

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World War One Discovery Day

Burnby Hall Gardens Pocklington

Children's activity day included in the admission price

Renewable Energy for Families

Howsham Mill Howsham

Come for a 10am start when there will be a tour and welcome. Stay until 2pm to take part in all the activities. Learn about renewable energy at Howsham Mill;...

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Family minibeast safari

Howsham Mill Howsham

Come for a 10am start when there will be a tour and welcome. Stay until 2pm to take part in all the activities. Join us for a minibeast safari, meet...

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The Gruffalo at Flamingo Land

Flamingo Land Kirby Misperston

Join Flamingo Land for a live character childrens event; The Gruffalo. Enjoy a tot’s party celebration that includes singing, dancing and face-painting. Come and see your favourite characters, for no...

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Absolutely Cultured – Dominoes

Hull Kingston Square, Hull

                3.5km. Over 12,000 blocks. 450 volunteers. Dominoes by Station House Opera will be our first major event for the city. Internationally acclaimed,...

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Malton Monthly Food Festival

Malton MarketPlace 88 Old Maltongate, Malton

Every second Saturday of the Month, Malton Monthly Food Market returns with 35 specialist food stalls, street food, live chef demos, music and trips to Talbot Yard. Popular with all...

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Bespoke Craft Fair Helmsley

The Feathers Hotel Helmsley

  Showcasing talented producers from around north Yorkshire Open Free admission

Mermaid Magical Quest

Peagreen Pottery 3 Market Street, Malton

Mermaid fans! Come and meet our very own Mermaid with Magical Quests Ltd North and Peagreen Pottery Our magical adventure includes games, snacks and painting your own pottery Sea Creature...

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Make your favourite Cartoon Character

Kirkbymoorside Library Church House, 7 High Market Place, Kirkbymoorside

A craft activity for children linked to the Summer Reading Challenge (there is still time to join this - details here 

Tournament: Joust and Melee

Scarborough Castle Castle Road, Scarborough

Jousting goes back to its roots in this no-holds-barred contest of strength, skill and horsemanship. Marvel at the power of our four daring knights as they battle it out in...

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North York Moors Chamber Music Festival

North York Moors

The festival celebrates great music through friendship, landscape, history and architecture, taking audiences on a journey throughout the North York Moors National Park, stirring the musical spirit within us all....

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Street Food Sunday – Malton Marketplace

Malton MarketPlace 88 Old Maltongate, Malton

Malton's alfresco summer lunch party. Think deckchairs, craft beer, fab music and serious street food all set on a delightful grassy pop up picnic area! ​ Summer Sunday lunch just...

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Sutton Bank Sunday: Fun Outdoors

Sutton Bank National Park Centre Sutton Bank

Join in a day of music and dancing.Have a go at welly-wanging. Brush up on your bushcraft skills, including firecraft and foraging, with the Trailblazer Team. Free, No booking required....

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The Macmillan Acoustic Picnic Mini Festival

Newlands Cottage Paddock Newlands Road, Cloughton

This is a Macmillan Special Event. Enjoy a great chilled out day of acoustic music from accomplished recording musicians in a picnic atmosphere whilst taking in breathtaking views. Boutique BAR,...

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Ripon Races – Family Days

Ripon Racecourse Boroughbridge Road

Alice in Wonderland Family Day. We are inviting the young racegoers to experience the ‘Alice’s Magical Wonderland’ with our special secret adventures for FREE! Ticket Office 01765 530530 Website: www.ripon-races.co.uk

Ryedale Folk Museum – The Great Victorian Wash Day

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

Come and join us in the Victorian wash house for a day of scrubbing, starching, possing, wringing and bluing. Standard Museum admission prices apply – or visit for free if...

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Sand Art Drop in Sessions – Peagreen Pottery

Peagreen Pottery 3 Market Street, Malton

Sand Art Drop in Sessions Just add sand to create a magical underwater, seaside or jungle animal scene! Simply peel off the top layer to reveal the sticky surface then...

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Cartoon Creations

Malton Library St Michael's Street, Malton

Cartoon creations with animated  objects Theatre Company - £2 – per child – families

Butterflies Chocolates Summer Holiday Chocolate Workshop

Hovingham Village Hall Worsley Arms Farm, High Street, York

Using the finest Belgian milk chocolate and professional equipment children will become a chocolatier for the afternoon with chocolatiers Butterflies Chocolates. Children will make and decorate a large bar, a...

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Ryedale Folk Museum – Let’s Go Fly a Kite

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

Learn how to make your own traditional kite before heading out to test them – here’s hoping for a windy day! Standard Museum admission prices apply – or visit for...

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Lucy Lamb and a Spot of Bother

Sutton Bank National Park Centre Sutton Bank

Lucy escapes through an open gate and gets into a spot of bother. Join for some woolly fun. Ages 3-6 Adult - Free Child - £4.50 Booking Essential For more...

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Big Beasts; Mini Beasts

Burnby Hall Gardens Pocklington

Children's activity day included in the admission price

Flutterbies and Creepie Crawlies

Nunnington Hall Nunnington, York

‘We’re going on a bug hunt, we’re gonna catch a big one!’ Join fellow nature detectives for a butterfly and beastie hunt round the garden to see what you find.

Beverley Races – Family Days

Beverley Racecourse York Road

Join for an afternoon of fun and racing at Beverley Racecourse, featuring the return of the RB Save the Children Camel Derby! It’s afternoon racing at Beverley Racecourse…with a twist!...

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Tribfest

Sledmere House

The world's biggest tribute band music festival with over 50 tribute bands playing throughout the weekend. Plus comedy marquee, unsigned marquee, acoustic marquee, under 20s marquee and Kidzone. Please visit...

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Hawaiian Beach Party with Toddler Sense

Ryedale Indoor Bowling Club Bowling Lane, Malton

Hawaiian Beach Party with Toddler Sense 10am – 11am: 13 months to 2 years 1 month 11.15am – 12.15pm: 2 years to 5 years at the Indoor Bowling Club (next...

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Seaweed Tutu & Paper Prawns at Peagreen Pottery

Peagreen Pottery 3 Market Street, Malton

Seaweed Tutu & Paper Prawns Make a colourful seaweed skirt and a fun paper prawn! £2.50 per child limited spaces booking essential.

Rosedale Show

Milburn Arms Field Rosedale Abbey

Held in a most beautiful setting in Rosedale Abbey, in the Milburn Arms field. There is lots on including: Annual Show of Cattle Hunters, Heavy Horses, Ponies, Jumping Sheep Produce,...

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Countryside Crafts Weekend

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

See a variety of rural crafts in action - from basket weaving to blacksmithing, wood turning to spoon whittling, with a chance to have a go at some yourself. Take...

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The Gin Fayre: Malton

Malton MarketPlace 88 Old Maltongate, Malton

The Gin Fayre brings you a wide variety of gins from across Scotland, the rest of the UK and indeed, the rest of the world under one roof. Jam-packed with...

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Party in the Park – Pixie Lott

Flamingo Land Kirby Misperston

Pixie Lott will be performing at Flamingo Land as part of Party in the Park. Party in the Park is part of general admission to the theme park for that...

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Sherlock Holmes Garden Theatre

Nunnington Hall Nunnington, York

Sherlock Holmes garden theatre You’ll be on the edge of your seat with this new captivating telling of Sherlock Holmes from the Chapterhouse Theatre Company. When the wife of Doctor...

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Jumanji – Forest Sleep Over

Dalby Forest Pickering

Join Dalby Forest for our Jumanji Forest Sleep Over. There will be a GIANT movie screen in Adderstone Field for a one off open air screening of Jumanji on SATURDAY...

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Wetwang Garage Sales

Wetwang Village Hall

Wetwang garage sales and The Village Hall will be open from 8am for maps, drinks and bacon butties

York’s Pregnancy, Baby and Child Mini Market

St. Sampson's Church 4 Church Street, York

An artisan style mini market for all things pregnancy, baby and toddler in the heart of York! Join us for a cute and quirky pregnancy, baby and toddler mini market...

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‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Family Day

Thirsk Racecourse Station Road

The Family Enclosure boasts grandstand viewing, a betting ring, Totepool betting windows and a fantastic children’s playground for the youngsters. Snacks, fast food outlets and bar facilities are available throughout...

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Ryedale Folk Museum – Homefront Hutton

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

Unpack the life of an evacuee, a soldier and a housewife during the Second World War, as you delve into their 1940’s suitcases, get hands on with a genuine air...

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Slime Making at Peagreen Pottery

Peagreen Pottery 3 Market Street, Malton

Make one pot of stretchy or fluffy slime. £5 per child. Please note: Our slime activator is Kershaws Laundry Starch which contains Borax in small amounts.

Egton Show

Egton Cross Egton

The 129th Egton Show will be held on Wednesday 22nd August 2018, at Egton, North Yorkshire. This year we will have a wrought iron and farrier display, a farmers market,...

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Ryedale Folk Museum – Rations and Rag Rugs

Ryedale Folk Museum Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire

Create your own recycled rag rug, try your hand at some war time cookery and see what a weekly ration really looked like. Standard Museum admission prices apply – or...

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Yorkshire Arboretum Discovery Day

Yorkshire Arboretum Castle Howard, York,

FREE for children Children aged 4-11 will discover the natural world during these hour-long sessions which start on the hour from 10am-1pm. Today’s activities are minibeasts and story sticks. Indoor...

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Summer Seaside Fun

Burnby Hall Gardens Pocklington

Children's activity day included in the admission price

Family Workshops – Wheels, sails and wings

Malton Museum

How did wheels help the Romans win battles? How did the Vikings use the wind to invade Britain? How did watching birds help engineers design the first planes? Make your...

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Fundraising Quiz night

Malton School

Quiz night £5pp entry Teams min of 2 and max of 6 A raffle, tombola and name a bear (Small additional charges) Drinks - lager, wine and soft drinks will...

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WWII Living History Bank Holiday Weekend

Eden Camp Malton

several small groups of re-enactors including WW2 Days Gone By and Armed Forces Movement Control, will be on site over the bank holiday weekend. The groups will be portraying both...

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Artisan Food and Craft Market

Sledmere House

We’re bringing an old tradition back to Sledmere with our Market for Artisan Food and Crafts. We have handpicked the best of the best Yorkshire suppliers in order to bring...

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Summer Fayre and family fun in Thornton Le Dale

Thornton le Dale Village Hall 5 Pickering Road

Craft Fayre - lots of stalls including handmade cards, homeware, children's items, wooden gifts, candles, cake stalls, cushions, gift wrap, garden gifts and much more. Kids fun including hair braiding,...

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Wizard Weekend Family Fun

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The summer holidays are almost over but you can still enjoy a day out filled with thrills and family fun on the railway! Travel along our 24 mile scenic journey...

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The Trailblazers – Murton Park

Yorkshire Museum of Farming Murton Park, York

The Trailblazers our resident western re-enactors will be transforming the fort into a Western Town – meet the cowboys and be ready for a shoot out!

Thornton le Dale Scarecrow Festival 2018

Thornton le Dale Village Hall 5 Pickering Road

Thornton le Dale Scarecrow Festival takes place during the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Anyone is welcome to enter! Entries close on the 20th August. Prize for the BEST SCARECROW. Entry...

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Stories and Sword School

Rievaulx Abbey

Join Rievaulx Abbey this summer as our performer runs fun activities for children. The monk in residence will share stories from life at the Abbey and encourage young visitors to...

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Vikings

Whitby Abbey Whitby

Come and face our marauding Vikings as they continue their wave of terror along the north east coast. Explore their encampment and witness spectacular displays of combat. Hear tales of...

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Beverley Races – Family Days

Beverley Racecourse York Road

The bank holiday family raceday with funfair rides and stalls is a great day out for all the family. Relaxation is the name of the game on this laid back...

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Ripon Races – Family Days

Ripon Racecourse Boroughbridge Road

Bank Holiday. For our Bank Holiday Family Fun day you can expect lots of FREE fun for the Children in our Course Enclosure including: Balloon Modelling, Cup and Saucer Ride,...

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Picture Book Rhymes

Burnby Hall Gardens Pocklington

Children's activity day included in the admission price

Make a Bear Workshop

Norton Hive Commercial Street, Norton

Make your own 16 inch bear with love and care. Choose a bear, design their t-shirt, stuff your bear, add a wish heart and seal it with love. Ages 3...

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Party in the Park – Vengaboys

Flamingo Land Kirby Misperston

Flamingo Land Resort are pleased to announce that the headline act for our fourth and final 2018 Party in the Park concert is... THE VENGABOYS! The Vengaboys are a Dutch...

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Clubbercise – by LoveFit

Dalby Forest Pickering

Fitness in the Forest brought to you by LoveFit featuring Sonique. Join us at Adderstone Field for our first Dance fitness event. For all information and to book online please...

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