National Parks remain some of the darkest places in England and we are excited to celebrate this with our Dark Skies Festivals. The Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland, North York Moors and the South Downs will be running a joint festival in February 2019. Our Dark Skies festivals are all about discovering, learning and enjoying the dark...
Open daily 10am – 6pm (last entry 5pm). Make the journey from shelf to shore as we explore the voyage of everlasting plastics and impact they have on our oceans. Solve the clues in the message in a bottle trail, get your face painted at craft corner (choose your favourite animal design from shark, penguin,...
Join us at Eden Camp for bags of February Fun this half term. We’ve got dressing up, traditional wartime games and we’ll be rolling out the brand new ‘Ration Run’ quiz, with some great prizes up for grabs. Not forgetting that the majority of our displays are indoors, so it’s a great day out, whatever...
Recognised as the largest event of its kind in Europe, the annual JORVIK Viking Festival is a city-wide celebration of York’s rich Norse heritage. Visit York in February 2019 for a week-long celebration of all things Viking! With an exciting programme of events including living history encampments, walks, talks, tours and of course, dramatic combat...
Head outdoors to follow the ‘Hetty the hibernating hedgehog’ trail, and get ready fro spring by makng a bird box or building a bug hotel for the smallest of critters in your garden. 01439 748283
This interactive two day course will give you the internationally accredited Mental Health First Aid certificate and will allow you recognise when a mental health condition may be developing or an existing, diagnosed mental health condition is deteriorating. The course will be held at the Memorial Hall in Pickering. Numbers are restricted to 16 delegates....
Make two pots of stretchy, glitter or fluffy slime. £7 per child. Booking essential. Facebook Message, call or pop in with name and ages of children. 01653690502
coffee morning and cake sale to raise funds for Freddie’s Fight. All of the community are welcome - no toddler required! More details HERE
It is to promote their upcoming tour of Still Blazin' touring to multiple venues in Ryedale. RJC Dance will be offering two free dance workshops in Ryedale to promote their upcoming tour of Still Blazin' touring to multiple venues in Ryedale. The Workshops will be on Tuesday 26th February, 4.30pm at Helmsley Arts Centre (book on...
Normal admission prices apply, but your ticket will give you 12 months admission to the museum.
Little Moon Boots Follow the lunar trail and then come in and enjoy some space crafts. Drop in anytime. No booking required. Wheelchair accessible. Sorry no dogs. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Minimum Age – 3 Cost: Adult – Free. Child – £4.50 How to book: Reservations essential, book online or call 01439...
Rockets & Aliens Have a go at making fantastic rockets you can actually launch! Then design a fabulous alien spaceship to take home. Wheelchair accessible. Sorry no dogs. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Minimum Age – 4 Cost: Adult – Free. Child – £4.50 How to book: Reservations essential, book online or call...
Six years after the events of “Wreck-It Ralph”, Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure. Length of film: 112mins £7.50 Under 16 £5.50 Buy tickets here Helmsley YO62 5DW Tickets: 01439 771700 Website
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Stargazing with Hidden Horizons Enjoy a guided tour under the dark skies of Sutton Bank with the team from Hidden Horizons. See distant galaxies, nebulae, star clusters and maybe even a planet through a large telescope. The Hidden Horizons immersive star dome will be showing an astronomy themed show too. Wrap up warm as it...
Mountain Biking Courses for Youngsters, starting with Beginners. Each kids skills course is for ages 8-16 starting 9am-12pm :Beginners 12:30am-3:30pm: Improvers. (If you have a younger, confident cyclist, do ask the team as they may have something else coming up). These courses entail 3 hours of expert coaching based in and around Low Dalby covering...
We will have Fossil Hunters activity for kids in our Activities Room. Activity included in our normal admission cost. Normal admission prices apply, but your ticket will give you 12 months admission to the museum.
Grinter is a giant. She lives happily alone in her huge cold house, surrounded by her huge snowy gardens, enclosed by her high, frost-covered walls. She shuts out the world, because long ago, the world shut her out, and so she hides, safe and quiet in her peaceful, icy home. Outside the towering walls of...
80% of the world’s population live under light polluted skies. What do we lose when we lose sight of the stars? Excessive and improper lighting robs us of our night skies, disrupts our sleep patterns and endangers nocturnal habitats. Saving the Dark explores the need to preserve night skies and what we can do to...
Come and explore the wonders of the winter night sky with members of Whitby & District Astronomical Society on hand to guide you around the heavens. If conditions are not conducive for observing outside, the universe will come indoors with a presentation on the winter night sky. Soup and hot drinks available. Wrap up warm!...
Come to Sutton Bank and join enthusiastic members of The York Astronomical Society for a night of stargazing. There will be a talk in the cafe followed by sky observing using a range of telescopes of all shapes and sizes. Although the moon will not be visible on this night, viewers can enjoy the wonders...
