Friday 26 August 2011
Fairhaven Annual Dog Show - Saturday, September 10
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, South Walsham is staging its second Annual Dog Show on Saturday, September 10,from 10am to 4pm.
The event, which is sponsored by James Wellbeloved and Acle Feed and Seed, is a fun day for all dog lovers and a great opportunity for local residents to demonstrate their pride in their dogs.
There are 11 categories in the Dog Show including best puppy, waggiest tail, best young handler, scruffiest mutt, prettiest bitch and most handsome male. It costs £1 to enter each category and all proceeds will go to FAITH Animal Rescue, The Dogs Trust and Canine Partners. There is no need to enter in advance, just bring your dog along on the day and join in the fun.
Other activities are terrier racing, doggy line dancing and face painting. The Dogs Trust, F.A.I.T.H Animal Rescue Centre and Canine Partners will all be at the show,
along with doggy stalls.
Admission is £2 adults, £1 children (under 5 free) and dogs free. The Dog Show is being staged next to the main car park. There will be plenty of free parking.
Full List of Dog Show Categories
10.45am best puppy
11.05am best senior dog
11.25am prettiest bitch (puppy to 5 years)
11.45am prettiest bitch (6+ years)
12.05pm handsome male (puppy to 5 years)
12.25pm handsome male (6+ years)
1.15pm best rescue
1.35pm best young handler
1.55pm waggiest tail
2.15pm scruffiest mutt
2.45pm best in show
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is at South Walsham, nine miles east of Norwich, signposted off A47 at B1140 junction, also signposted from Acle, tel. 01603 270449, www.fairhavengarden.co.uk.
The garden is open daily all year, 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day), also open Wednesday and Thursday until 9pm to the end of August; free parking and free admission to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales. Admission: adult £5.50, concessions £5, child £3 (under 5 free).
There is wheelchair access to most of the garden, including the events area. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available. Dogs are welcome on leads; small charge to cover poop scoop.
Dig! – Archaeology in Action at The Forum – Sunday, September 4
BBC Dig! with Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, Norwich HEART, The Mo: Sheringham Museum, Norfolk Family Learning, Sedgeford excavation, Caistor Roman Town, The Forum and The Millennium Library are staging a free Archaeology in Action day at The Forum.
Activities include:
drop-in session with archaeologists and local finds officers who will be on hand to discuss your discoveries.
artefacts excavated from Sedgeford - see items from the Anglo Saxon settlement and cemetery on display including skeletons of the people who were buried there.
handling geological specimens.
children’s activities including storytelling, pot making, rock painting and making fossils to take home.
drop in sessions run by Norwich HEART exploring the archaeology of Norwich – what the excavations unearthed and what were the people like who lived there?
talk by Dr Will Bowden project leader at Caistor Roman Town excavation at 2pm in the Millennium Library.
view over 55,000 records that make up the historic environment of Norfolk.
This is just one of a series of ancient and archaeology themed events taking place across Norfolk. Full details can be found at www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/dig and www.bbc.co.uk/handsonhistory .
Activities include:
drop-in session with archaeologists and local finds officers who will be on hand to discuss your discoveries.
artefacts excavated from Sedgeford - see items from the Anglo Saxon settlement and cemetery on display including skeletons of the people who were buried there.
handling geological specimens.
children’s activities including storytelling, pot making, rock painting and making fossils to take home.
drop in sessions run by Norwich HEART exploring the archaeology of Norwich – what the excavations unearthed and what were the people like who lived there?
talk by Dr Will Bowden project leader at Caistor Roman Town excavation at 2pm in the Millennium Library.
view over 55,000 records that make up the historic environment of Norfolk.
This is just one of a series of ancient and archaeology themed events taking place across Norfolk. Full details can be found at www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/dig and www.bbc.co.uk/handsonhistory .
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Raveningham Gardens Opening in aid of Priscilla Bacon Lodge September 4
Raveningham Gardens is opening in aid of Priscilla Bacon Lodge on Sunday, September 4 from 2pm to 5pm. Priscilla Bacon Lodge is a centre for specialist palliative care services in Norwich.
Enjoy the herbaceous borders, 18th century walled kitchen garden, Victorian glasshouses, orchard, arboretum, herb garden, contemporary sculptures and views across the new lake established at the turn of the Millennium.
Admission is adults £4, concessions £3.50 and children under 16 free. The gardens (NR14 6NS) are 10 miles south east of Norwich, signposted off the A146 at Hales, then B1136, tel. 01508 548152, email office@raveningham.com , www.raveningham.com.
Evocations – Top Norfolk Sculptors at Wymondham Arts Centre
Norwich sculptor, Ros Newman is curating, Evocations an exhibition featuring work from 12 of Norfolk’s top sculptors, a special autumn show at Wymondham Arts Centre, Norfolk. Evocations runs from Tuesday, September 20 to Sunday, October 2, open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 12noon to 5pm, free entry, http://www.wymondhamarts.com/.
Sculptors featured in the show are Andrew Campbell, Chedgey,
Polly Cruse, Mark Haywood, David Holgate, Rachael Long, Ros Newman, Vanessa Pooley, Joanna Reynolds, Ann Richardson, Louise Richardson, and Chris Wade.
“I have chosen sculptors for Evocations with whom I have worked and whose work I enjoy,” explained Ros Newman. “They are mainly members of Norwich Twenty Group, which comprises many of Norfolk’s best artists across all disciplines. The exhibition will feature new work from each sculptor.”
Professor Arthur Lucas, Chairman of Wymondham Arts Centre’s steering group, said: ”The ambience of Becket’s Chapel is especially suited to sculpture, and we invite a practising sculptor to curate a show each autumn. I was pleased that Ros Newman accepted our invitation. Her show will engage the imagination of the viewer and give an opportunity to compare excellent work in a variety of 3-Dimensional media.”
Evocations – The Sculptors
Ros Newman (Norwich) specialises in creating small steel sculptures using oxy-acetylene welding. Her passion for the medium, coupled with her love of the human form, is undiminished nearly 40 years after being introduced to welding at Hammersmith College of Art, and continues to yield sculpture reflecting the variety of her personal view. Involvement in the first Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail (1997) broadened her work to outdoors and she has become well known for chickens, cockerels and flights of birds in stainless steel.
Andrew Campbell (Norwich) captures personal fleeting moments that convey his interest in the past and future of landscapes. He makes reference to isolated, significant objects within the landscape and delights in the rediscovery of things forgotten.
Chedgey (Norwich) is a painter and sculptor who specialises in surreal self-mocking works. Last year he began developing Honoré as his alter ego, initially as a children’s story. Honoré has come to life in a series of automaton’s and sculptures.
Polly Cruse (Norwich) constructs objects and photographs, which capture moments of dreamt freedom. The work is open to viewers’ imagination and alludes to times of much needed escape referencing childhood fantasies.
Mark Haywood (Happisburgh) explores the landscapes of clouds, waves, fire and smoke, often sculpting these usually ephemeral objects in translucent materials. Mark is also commissioned to develop and run community arts projects. From 2001-2008, he was the creator and co-ordinator of the highly acclaimed Lightbox Project, a community art project to improve Guy Street Park in South East London.
David Holgate (Norwich) David served as apprentice and assistant to David Kindersley (Cambridge) for seven years. He now runs a small workshop in Norwich with his assistant Philippa. Most of the workshop output is commissioned – work for churches, architectural practices, new buildings and private clients with a very occasional piece made specifically for exhibition. David works in stone, slate, wood, metal and glass. He has taught at all levels of education from first school workshops through to degree courses at art schools and universities. He is also a musician.
Rachel Long (Wreningham) is fascinated by the skeletons and musculature of animals and birds. She transforms redundant industrial and agricultural iron and steel machine parts into a form that conveys the essence of living creatures.
Vanessa Pooley (Norwich) creates figurative bronze sculptures focussing on the female form. Her ‘Mother and Child’ series has been well received – ‘Mother and Child’… is a world apart, a full stop: a portrayal of intimacy so strong that you can catch your breath – Telegraph Magazine. Vanessa has started the Dancer series of sculptures that explore movement inspired by the ballet The Nutcracker.
Joanna Reynolds (Norwich) domestic panoramas investigate and celebrate the ordinary. Through the medium of pen and ink drawings and paper cutouts she takes a snap shot of family life.
Ann Richardson (Norwich). Ann’s subject matter is animal and human form, carefully worked from observation, but always expressive and full of character.
Louise Richardson (Norwich), storytelling and humanity form the basis of Louise’s work. Garments and sculptures made from a diverse selection of materials give a glimpse of untold tales.
Chris Wade (Norwich), a professional civil engineer creates small, mainly figurative, sculpture in bronze welded steel and carvings in alabaster and soapstone.
Wymondham Arts Centre is at Becket’s Chapel, Church Street, Wymondham, NR18 0PH, email info@wymondhamarts.com, http://www.wymondhamarts.com/.
Sculptors featured in the show are Andrew Campbell, Chedgey,
Polly Cruse, Mark Haywood, David Holgate, Rachael Long, Ros Newman, Vanessa Pooley, Joanna Reynolds, Ann Richardson, Louise Richardson, and Chris Wade.
“I have chosen sculptors for Evocations with whom I have worked and whose work I enjoy,” explained Ros Newman. “They are mainly members of Norwich Twenty Group, which comprises many of Norfolk’s best artists across all disciplines. The exhibition will feature new work from each sculptor.”
Professor Arthur Lucas, Chairman of Wymondham Arts Centre’s steering group, said: ”The ambience of Becket’s Chapel is especially suited to sculpture, and we invite a practising sculptor to curate a show each autumn. I was pleased that Ros Newman accepted our invitation. Her show will engage the imagination of the viewer and give an opportunity to compare excellent work in a variety of 3-Dimensional media.”
Evocations – The Sculptors
Ros Newman (Norwich) specialises in creating small steel sculptures using oxy-acetylene welding. Her passion for the medium, coupled with her love of the human form, is undiminished nearly 40 years after being introduced to welding at Hammersmith College of Art, and continues to yield sculpture reflecting the variety of her personal view. Involvement in the first Bergh Apton Sculpture Trail (1997) broadened her work to outdoors and she has become well known for chickens, cockerels and flights of birds in stainless steel.
Andrew Campbell (Norwich) captures personal fleeting moments that convey his interest in the past and future of landscapes. He makes reference to isolated, significant objects within the landscape and delights in the rediscovery of things forgotten.
Chedgey (Norwich) is a painter and sculptor who specialises in surreal self-mocking works. Last year he began developing Honoré as his alter ego, initially as a children’s story. Honoré has come to life in a series of automaton’s and sculptures.
Polly Cruse (Norwich) constructs objects and photographs, which capture moments of dreamt freedom. The work is open to viewers’ imagination and alludes to times of much needed escape referencing childhood fantasies.
Mark Haywood (Happisburgh) explores the landscapes of clouds, waves, fire and smoke, often sculpting these usually ephemeral objects in translucent materials. Mark is also commissioned to develop and run community arts projects. From 2001-2008, he was the creator and co-ordinator of the highly acclaimed Lightbox Project, a community art project to improve Guy Street Park in South East London.
David Holgate (Norwich) David served as apprentice and assistant to David Kindersley (Cambridge) for seven years. He now runs a small workshop in Norwich with his assistant Philippa. Most of the workshop output is commissioned – work for churches, architectural practices, new buildings and private clients with a very occasional piece made specifically for exhibition. David works in stone, slate, wood, metal and glass. He has taught at all levels of education from first school workshops through to degree courses at art schools and universities. He is also a musician.
Rachel Long (Wreningham) is fascinated by the skeletons and musculature of animals and birds. She transforms redundant industrial and agricultural iron and steel machine parts into a form that conveys the essence of living creatures.
Vanessa Pooley (Norwich) creates figurative bronze sculptures focussing on the female form. Her ‘Mother and Child’ series has been well received – ‘Mother and Child’… is a world apart, a full stop: a portrayal of intimacy so strong that you can catch your breath – Telegraph Magazine. Vanessa has started the Dancer series of sculptures that explore movement inspired by the ballet The Nutcracker.
Joanna Reynolds (Norwich) domestic panoramas investigate and celebrate the ordinary. Through the medium of pen and ink drawings and paper cutouts she takes a snap shot of family life.
Ann Richardson (Norwich). Ann’s subject matter is animal and human form, carefully worked from observation, but always expressive and full of character.
Louise Richardson (Norwich), storytelling and humanity form the basis of Louise’s work. Garments and sculptures made from a diverse selection of materials give a glimpse of untold tales.
Chris Wade (Norwich), a professional civil engineer creates small, mainly figurative, sculpture in bronze welded steel and carvings in alabaster and soapstone.
Wymondham Arts Centre is at Becket’s Chapel, Church Street, Wymondham, NR18 0PH, email info@wymondhamarts.com, http://www.wymondhamarts.com/.
Photograph: Ros Newman - red current tart
Monday 22 August 2011
Pavilion Swing Band - Summer Music in The Glade
Pavilion Swing Band - Summer Music in The Glade at Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden . This open air concert is from 2pm to 4pm. Normal admission charges apply, adult £5.50, concessions £5 and child £3, under five free. There is no additional charge for Summer Music events.
There is wheelchair access to most of the garden, including the events area. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available. Dogs are welcome on leads; small charge to cover poop scoop.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is at South Walsham, nine miles east of Norwich, signposted off A47 at B1140 junction, tel. 01603 270449, www.fairhavengarden.co.uk. The garden is open daily all year, 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day), also open Wednesday and Thursday until 9pm to the end of August; free parking and free admission to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales.
There is wheelchair access to most of the garden, including the events area. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available. Dogs are welcome on leads; small charge to cover poop scoop.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is at South Walsham, nine miles east of Norwich, signposted off A47 at B1140 junction, tel. 01603 270449, www.fairhavengarden.co.uk. The garden is open daily all year, 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day), also open Wednesday and Thursday until 9pm to the end of August; free parking and free admission to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales.
Thursday 18 August 2011
Fairhaven Garden – Pirate Children’s Day Wednesday August 31
Head to Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, South Walsham for a special piratical children’s day on Wednesday, August 31 from 11am to 3pm. Normal admission charges apply, adult £5.50, senior citizen £5 and child £3, under five free.
Enjoy pirate magic and complete the challenges on the treasure map, which leads to the Smuggler’s Den. Also enjoy face painting, children’s crafts and a bouncy castle.
There is wheelchair access to most of the garden, including the events area. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available. Dogs are welcome on leads; small charge to cover poop scoop.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is at South Walsham, nine miles east of Norwich, signposted off A47 at B1140 junction, tel. 01603 270449, www.fairhavengarden.co.uk. The garden is open daily all year, 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day), also open Wednesday and Thursday until 9pm to the end of August; free parking and free admission to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales.
Enjoy pirate magic and complete the challenges on the treasure map, which leads to the Smuggler’s Den. Also enjoy face painting, children’s crafts and a bouncy castle.
There is wheelchair access to most of the garden, including the events area. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available. Dogs are welcome on leads; small charge to cover poop scoop.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is at South Walsham, nine miles east of Norwich, signposted off A47 at B1140 junction, tel. 01603 270449, www.fairhavengarden.co.uk. The garden is open daily all year, 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day), also open Wednesday and Thursday until 9pm to the end of August; free parking and free admission to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales.
Thursday 11 August 2011
FANN-XI – Norfolk Festival of Architecture October 10-28, 2011
FANN-XI, Norfolk Association of Architects’ biennial festival celebrating the county’s contemporary architecture returns from Monday, October 10 to Friday, October 28.
A packed programme of special events, many free, features exhibitions, lectures and talks, films, opportunities to visit architects’ studios and new buildings and a special architects art trail in galleries and other venues across Norwich. Phillip Johnson of Populous Architects, partner in charge of the Olympic Stadium project, will be giving the annual Norwich Lecture and there’s the chance for primary school children to go on an architecture ‘course’ at the Sainsbury Centre.
The final programme will be available at the beginning of September at http://www.fann-xi.org.uk, email info@fann-xi.org.uk, tel. 01603 706632.
FANNXI Highlights:
The Work of Norfolk Architects - exhibition at The Forum featuring Norfolk architects' and Norfolk student architects' work from Monday, October 10 to Friday, October 21, 9am to 6pm daily, including McArthur Tring, Allman Woodcock, NPS (South East), Chaplin Farrant, Hudson Architects, Frith Associated, David Marris, CEA and Lucas Hickman Smith.
The Norwich Lecture – Phillip Johnson of Populous Architects, partner in charge of the Olympic Stadium project: London 2012 Olympic Stadium: Designing to be Different, Thursday, October 13, 6.30pm for 7pm, UEA Lecture Theatre One.
The Architect Talks - a series of lunchtime talks at The Curve in The Forum featuring architects included in the exhibition
Perspectives - early evening talks at The Forum on October 11, 12, 18, 19 and 20, starting at 6.30pm.
Film and Form - a season of architecture themed films at Cinema City Norwich, between September 25 and October 23, www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Cinema_City.
Norfolk Artists and Architects – FANN-XI Art Trail, a series of exhibitions in venues across Norwich showing art created by Norfolk architects, plus work from Norfolk artists and photographers who get their inspiration from the built environment. Work will be displayed between October 10 and 28. Locations include The Grapevine Gallery, Gallery 18/21, The Bicycle Shop Café Bar, Norwich Playhouse Playroom, No 33 Café Bar and The Workshop Café Bar.
Open Studios and Open Buildings - throughout Norfolk, October 10-21.
Children’s half term architecture workshops at Sainsbury Centre Norwich, October 24-28.
Norfolk Art and Architecture - short films by Norwich University College of the Arts students’ to be shown at The Forum and Sainsbury Centre.
Norfolk Architecture on the Page - book displays in Norwich at The Book Hive, Jarrold and Waterstones.
Pecha Kucha 20x20 – quick fire presentations on architectural themes at Cinema City, October 26.
Jon Greenfield, Chair FANN-XI steering group said: “We have created a diverse programme of activities, which we hope will increase interest and understanding of the role that contemporary architecture plays in Norfolk’s cultural life and the changing face of the county. We look forward to welcoming visitors to our exhibition and talks at The Forum and the open buildings and studios throughout the county. In the year before the Olympics we are also delighted that Philip Johnson will be discussing the Olympic stadium project at The Norwich Lecture and expect a full house at UEA.”
Norfolk Tourism heads for Birdwatcher’s ‘Glastonbury’, August 19-21
Norfolk Tourism is promoting the county’s credentials as the UK’s premier birdwatching destination at this year’s British Birdfair. More than 20,000 wildlife enthusiasts are expected to descend on the Birdfair at Rutland Water, from August 19 to 21. The event, now in its 23rd year, is known as the birdwatcher’s ‘Glastonbury’, the world’s largest international birdwatching event www.birdfair.org.uk.
Birdwatchers can also find out much more online at www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/birdwatching, which features links to RSPB, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, National Trust and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserves and offers online accommodation booking for birding breaks.
Visitors to the Norfolk Tourism stand will be invited to enter a draw to win a £300 voucher towards a holiday with Norfolk Country Cottages www.norfolkcottages.co.uk and a three-night short break at Dairy Barns Hickling’s new self-catering Cowman’s Cottage, with an arrival supper for two, www.dairybarns.co.uk.
“Norfolk is Britain’s premier birdwatching destination,” said Lydia Smith, Director Norfolk Tourism. “We have many internationally and nationally important reserves on the Norfolk Coast and in the Broads. Pensthorpe’s starring role in BBC Springwatch has also given a great boost to our profile. The Birdfair gives us a fantastic opportunity to showcase what the county has to offer.”
Publicity material at the show will include Birdwatching in West Norfolk, Birds in the Brecks, and Walking & Cycling in Broadland leaflets.
Birdwatchers can also find out much more online at www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/birdwatching, which features links to RSPB, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, National Trust and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserves and offers online accommodation booking for birding breaks.
Visitors to the Norfolk Tourism stand will be invited to enter a draw to win a £300 voucher towards a holiday with Norfolk Country Cottages www.norfolkcottages.co.uk and a three-night short break at Dairy Barns Hickling’s new self-catering Cowman’s Cottage, with an arrival supper for two, www.dairybarns.co.uk.
“Norfolk is Britain’s premier birdwatching destination,” said Lydia Smith, Director Norfolk Tourism. “We have many internationally and nationally important reserves on the Norfolk Coast and in the Broads. Pensthorpe’s starring role in BBC Springwatch has also given a great boost to our profile. The Birdfair gives us a fantastic opportunity to showcase what the county has to offer.”
Publicity material at the show will include Birdwatching in West Norfolk, Birds in the Brecks, and Walking & Cycling in Broadland leaflets.
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Lady May and her Fourteen Piglets at Wroxham Barns
Lady May one of the sows at Junior Farm Wroxham Barns had 14 piglets yesterday - mother and piglets are doing well as can be seen from the photograph.
Here's a link to Wroxham Barns Facebook page where they are attracting attention - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wroxham-Barns/315007937026.
Here's a link to Wroxham Barns Facebook page where they are attracting attention - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wroxham-Barns/315007937026.
Friday 5 August 2011
New Wroxham Barns iPhone and Android App
Owners of iPhones and android phones can now download a free Wroxham Barns app created by Mark Oakden of Norfolk business Pocket Places. The app provides all the latest information about Wroxham Barns on the move.
In a first for a Pocket Places app, Mr Oakden has included a facility for Wroxham Barns’ latest news and offers along with the restaurant menu. Information about the main elements of a visit to the barns are also featured – Junior Farm, minigolf and funfair, shopping and craft studios, as well as opening arrangements and a location map.
Mark Oakden explained: “The new app is more than just an electronic version of the Wroxham Barns leaflet. I am really pleased with the restaurant menu facility, which gives people the chance to choose and book lunch before they arrive. The news section is a totally new development for one of my apps. News and offers will automatically update. Once the app is downloaded all content runs from the phone, so access to information is almost instant.”
Ian Russell, Director Wroxham Barns said: “We are really pleased to have our own app. Having the ability to send our latest news direct to our customers’ mobile phones is a very exciting development for us. “
Pocket Places, www.pocketplaces.info, has produced apps for Norwich, Norfolk, Norfolk Broads, Cambridge and London. A new comprehensive Norfolk-wide app is currently in production.
Wroxham Barns, www.wroxhambarns.co.uk, tel. 01603 783762 is open daily 10am to 5pm, 10 miles from Norwich, take A1151 to Wroxham then follow brown and white tourist signs for 1.5miles on the Tunstead road. Free parking.
In a first for a Pocket Places app, Mr Oakden has included a facility for Wroxham Barns’ latest news and offers along with the restaurant menu. Information about the main elements of a visit to the barns are also featured – Junior Farm, minigolf and funfair, shopping and craft studios, as well as opening arrangements and a location map.
Mark Oakden explained: “The new app is more than just an electronic version of the Wroxham Barns leaflet. I am really pleased with the restaurant menu facility, which gives people the chance to choose and book lunch before they arrive. The news section is a totally new development for one of my apps. News and offers will automatically update. Once the app is downloaded all content runs from the phone, so access to information is almost instant.”
Ian Russell, Director Wroxham Barns said: “We are really pleased to have our own app. Having the ability to send our latest news direct to our customers’ mobile phones is a very exciting development for us. “
Pocket Places, www.pocketplaces.info, has produced apps for Norwich, Norfolk, Norfolk Broads, Cambridge and London. A new comprehensive Norfolk-wide app is currently in production.
Wroxham Barns, www.wroxhambarns.co.uk, tel. 01603 783762 is open daily 10am to 5pm, 10 miles from Norwich, take A1151 to Wroxham then follow brown and white tourist signs for 1.5miles on the Tunstead road. Free parking.
Photograph: Mark Oakden demonstrating the new Wroxham Barns app.
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Touch the Earth – folk music evening at Fairhaven Garden
Folk band Touch the Earth will be at Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden South Walsham for an evening concert in The Glade on Saturday, August 13, 6.30pm to 9.30pm. Tickets are £7 in advance from Fairhaven tel. 01603 270449, fairhavengarden@btconnect.com, or £8 on the night. Bring a picnic, blankets and chairs; refreshments available.
Touch the Earth draw their inspiration from the natural world and feature flute, fiddle, guitar and drums, www.myspace.com/touchtheearth.
There is wheelchair access to most of the garden, including the events area. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is at South Walsham, nine miles east of Norwich, signposted off A47 at B1140 junction, http://www.fairhavengarden.co.uk/. The garden is open daily all year, 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day), also open Wednesday and Thursday until 9pm to the end of August; free parking and free admission to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales.
Touch the Earth draw their inspiration from the natural world and feature flute, fiddle, guitar and drums, www.myspace.com/touchtheearth.
There is wheelchair access to most of the garden, including the events area. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is at South Walsham, nine miles east of Norwich, signposted off A47 at B1140 junction, http://www.fairhavengarden.co.uk/. The garden is open daily all year, 10am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day), also open Wednesday and Thursday until 9pm to the end of August; free parking and free admission to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales.
Fishley Church – Stone Coffin Investigation – Open Churches Week
Fishley Church near Acle is open every day during Norfolk Open Churches Week, Saturday August 6 to Saturday, August 13.
One of the highlights of the week will be the investigation of the lid of a 13th century stone coffin located in the churchyard, on Friday, August 12, from 11am to 1pm. Dr Julian Litten, an expert in church monuments and mausoleums, based in King’s Lynn will be attempting to unravel who might have been buried in the coffin.
Fishley Church is open daily 10am to 5pm during Open Churches Week and there will be Evensong on Sunday, August 7 at 6pm.
Fishley Church was built before the Norman Conquest. It is an isolated church set on a high point surrounded by agricultural land overlooking the Acle Marshes. The doorway was added during the Norman period. The church was restored in 1861, http://www.stmarys-fishley.com/.
Norfolk Open Churches Week http://www.norfolkopenchurches.com/.
One of the highlights of the week will be the investigation of the lid of a 13th century stone coffin located in the churchyard, on Friday, August 12, from 11am to 1pm. Dr Julian Litten, an expert in church monuments and mausoleums, based in King’s Lynn will be attempting to unravel who might have been buried in the coffin.
Fishley Church is open daily 10am to 5pm during Open Churches Week and there will be Evensong on Sunday, August 7 at 6pm.
Fishley Church was built before the Norman Conquest. It is an isolated church set on a high point surrounded by agricultural land overlooking the Acle Marshes. The doorway was added during the Norman period. The church was restored in 1861, http://www.stmarys-fishley.com/.
Norfolk Open Churches Week http://www.norfolkopenchurches.com/.
Monday 1 August 2011
Norfolk Open Churches Week – Saturday, August 6 to Saturday, August 13
Norfolk Open Churches Week 2011, Saturday, August 6 to Sunday, August 13, features more than 300 historic churches across the county, running a packed programme of special events and activities.
Enjoy the ecclesiastical car rally from Norwich Cathedral to Raveningham, hop on and off a vintage bus and visit the Elmham group of churches, enjoy Jacobean Japes at Forncett St Mary and take part in the annual service at St Benet’s Abbey in the heart of the Broads.
There are events celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, including a trail round the Scarrowbeck group of churches in North Norfolk, plus concerts, flower festivals, children’s activities, craft demonstrations and author talks.
Download guides to open churches week at www.norfolkopenchurches.com, or pick up the Open Churches 2011 booklet at TICs throughout the county. Open Churches Week features churches in the Diocese of Norwich and the Diocese of Ely (churches around Downham Market). For general information about Norfolk see www.visitnorfolk.co.uk.
Open Churches Week Highlights
Ecclesiastical Car Rally, Saturday, August 6 – The week gets off to a ‘roaring’ start with the fourth annual Ecclesiastical Car Rally on Saturday, August 6, featuring more than 60 cars. The oldest cars are Talbot 1936, MG Magnette1934 and a Rolls Royce 1932. The rally leaves Norwich Cathedral Close at 9.30am, then heads to Raveningham via Caistor St Edmunds, Shotesham, Chedgrave, Loddon, Hales, Stockton and Toft Monks finishing at lunchtime at the Raveningham Centre.
Scarrowbeck Group Bible Trail, Saturday, August 6 to Sunday, August 14, daily, celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible; St Lawrence Ingworth, introduction to the trail; St Mary’s Erpingham, from scroll to book, early Bible manuscripts; Our Lady & St Margaret Catlthorpe, printing changes things, the Bible from Wycliffe to Tyndale; St Mary’s Aldborough, the creation of the King James Bible; All Saints Thwaite, taking the bible round the world and Flower Festival; St Ethelbert’s Alby, Bibles since the King James Version – more information tel. 01263 768073 or 768209.
St Andrew’s Norwich, NR2 4AD, Saturday, August 6 and Monday, August 8 to Friday, August 12, open 2.30pm to 5pm, display celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible and the history of the church in the 17th century; Tuesday, August 9, 1pm, organ recital by David Ballard organist at St Nicholas, North Walsham ‘Giving thanks for the Bible’.
Christ Church Fulmodeston, NR21 0LZ, Saturday, August 6 to Sunday, August 14, open daily dawn to dusk, exhibition celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible featuring a facsimile copy of the original edition; Saturday, August 6, 5pm, concert celebrating the King James Bible in songs and readings with Meg Starling, Stephen Miles and Kathleen Wyatt, free (retiring collection); Sunday, August 7, 5pm, Festival Choral Evensong with the Richeldis Singers – more information tel. 01328 878364.
St Catherine’s Ludham, NR29 5QA, Saturday, August 6 at 7.30pm St Catherine’s Singers concert Mad Dogs & Englishmen, ticket £8, tel. 01692 678437 or 678427 and Sunday, August 7 to Sunday, August 14 daily 10am to 5pm, Ludham at Work exhibition.
St Peter’s Hedenham, NR35 2LF, Saturday, August 6 to Saturday, August 13, open daily 10am to 4pm, activities: brass rubbing for children, local artists exhibition, local history display. Special events: Sunday, August 7, 1pm to 4pm readings by author Diana Athill; Tuesday, August 9, readings by The Right Hon. The Earl of Ferrers, author of ‘Whatever Next’; Wednesday, August 10, 10am to1pm, pottery display and pottery activity for children, and 1pm-4pm organists practice: Saturday, August 13, 10am to 1pm Sally Connor craft and jewellery maker – hands-on session and 1pm to 4pm readings by author Diana Athill.
St John the Baptist Mileham, PE32 2RD, Saturday, August 6 to Saturday, August 13, open daily, Bible display including a history of The Bible in Britain, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.
St Mary’s Whissonsett, NR20 5ST, Saturday, August 6 to Sunday, August 13, open daily, celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with The Art of the Book, display of bibles of all types plus contemporary artists books, floral displays and demonstrations of book related arts e.g. bookbinding and conservation, plus papermaking and hands-on opportunities for visitors.
Elmham Group of Churches, Sunday, August 7, hop on and off the vintage bus and visit Elmham, Guist, Twyford, Bintree, Billingford and Worthing churches and take part in the Treasure Trail for a chance to win a prize hamper. Free half-hourly service to all churches between 12noon and 5.30pm. Vintage buses provided by The Eastern Transport Collection and sponsored by GF Atthowe Builders and Eastern Office Equipment. Parking at Elmham, Bintree, Billingford and Worthing, tel. 01362 668435 for more information.
St Benet’s Abbey, Sunday, August 7 – The Bishop of Norwich, who is also Abbott of St Benet’s, will be conducting the annual service at the abbey at 3.30pm.
St Mary’s Heacham, PE31 7HJ, Monday, August 8 to Friday, August 12, music in the church at 12noon and exhibition about the history of Heacham including the village’s connection to Pocahontas; Saturday, August 13, 7.30pm, concert with Jenny Vickers and friends, ticket £6.
St Mary’s Wroxham, NR12 8SG, Thursday, August 11 to Sunday, August 14, 10am to 5pm daily, Flower Festival.
St Michaels & All Angels Bunwell, NR16 1TE, Thursday, August 11 at 7.30pm, Col. John Crosland CBE MC presents the second David Money Memorial Lecture, The Black Hat, The Cog and The Wheel.
St Peter’s Forncett St Peter, Low Road, Forncett St Peter, Saturday, August 13, 4pm, full choral Evensong using liturgy from the King James Bible, read from a 17th century copy of the work featuring music from Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd.
St Mary’s Forncett St Mary, Low Road, Forncett St Mary, Saturday, August 13, 1pm-3pm poetry workshop with Caroline Gilfillan, pre-booked only tel. 01508 4818576 and 7pm, Jacobean Japes, Vioamente presents a programme of secular songs and instrumental music by composers active around 1611, notably Gibbons, Byrd and Ravenscroft. Ticketed event tel. 01508 481856.
Enjoy the ecclesiastical car rally from Norwich Cathedral to Raveningham, hop on and off a vintage bus and visit the Elmham group of churches, enjoy Jacobean Japes at Forncett St Mary and take part in the annual service at St Benet’s Abbey in the heart of the Broads.
There are events celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, including a trail round the Scarrowbeck group of churches in North Norfolk, plus concerts, flower festivals, children’s activities, craft demonstrations and author talks.
Download guides to open churches week at www.norfolkopenchurches.com, or pick up the Open Churches 2011 booklet at TICs throughout the county. Open Churches Week features churches in the Diocese of Norwich and the Diocese of Ely (churches around Downham Market). For general information about Norfolk see www.visitnorfolk.co.uk.
Open Churches Week Highlights
Ecclesiastical Car Rally, Saturday, August 6 – The week gets off to a ‘roaring’ start with the fourth annual Ecclesiastical Car Rally on Saturday, August 6, featuring more than 60 cars. The oldest cars are Talbot 1936, MG Magnette1934 and a Rolls Royce 1932. The rally leaves Norwich Cathedral Close at 9.30am, then heads to Raveningham via Caistor St Edmunds, Shotesham, Chedgrave, Loddon, Hales, Stockton and Toft Monks finishing at lunchtime at the Raveningham Centre.
Scarrowbeck Group Bible Trail, Saturday, August 6 to Sunday, August 14, daily, celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible; St Lawrence Ingworth, introduction to the trail; St Mary’s Erpingham, from scroll to book, early Bible manuscripts; Our Lady & St Margaret Catlthorpe, printing changes things, the Bible from Wycliffe to Tyndale; St Mary’s Aldborough, the creation of the King James Bible; All Saints Thwaite, taking the bible round the world and Flower Festival; St Ethelbert’s Alby, Bibles since the King James Version – more information tel. 01263 768073 or 768209.
St Andrew’s Norwich, NR2 4AD, Saturday, August 6 and Monday, August 8 to Friday, August 12, open 2.30pm to 5pm, display celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible and the history of the church in the 17th century; Tuesday, August 9, 1pm, organ recital by David Ballard organist at St Nicholas, North Walsham ‘Giving thanks for the Bible’.
Christ Church Fulmodeston, NR21 0LZ, Saturday, August 6 to Sunday, August 14, open daily dawn to dusk, exhibition celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible featuring a facsimile copy of the original edition; Saturday, August 6, 5pm, concert celebrating the King James Bible in songs and readings with Meg Starling, Stephen Miles and Kathleen Wyatt, free (retiring collection); Sunday, August 7, 5pm, Festival Choral Evensong with the Richeldis Singers – more information tel. 01328 878364.
St Catherine’s Ludham, NR29 5QA, Saturday, August 6 at 7.30pm St Catherine’s Singers concert Mad Dogs & Englishmen, ticket £8, tel. 01692 678437 or 678427 and Sunday, August 7 to Sunday, August 14 daily 10am to 5pm, Ludham at Work exhibition.
St Peter’s Hedenham, NR35 2LF, Saturday, August 6 to Saturday, August 13, open daily 10am to 4pm, activities: brass rubbing for children, local artists exhibition, local history display. Special events: Sunday, August 7, 1pm to 4pm readings by author Diana Athill; Tuesday, August 9, readings by The Right Hon. The Earl of Ferrers, author of ‘Whatever Next’; Wednesday, August 10, 10am to1pm, pottery display and pottery activity for children, and 1pm-4pm organists practice: Saturday, August 13, 10am to 1pm Sally Connor craft and jewellery maker – hands-on session and 1pm to 4pm readings by author Diana Athill.
St John the Baptist Mileham, PE32 2RD, Saturday, August 6 to Saturday, August 13, open daily, Bible display including a history of The Bible in Britain, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.
St Mary’s Whissonsett, NR20 5ST, Saturday, August 6 to Sunday, August 13, open daily, celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with The Art of the Book, display of bibles of all types plus contemporary artists books, floral displays and demonstrations of book related arts e.g. bookbinding and conservation, plus papermaking and hands-on opportunities for visitors.
Elmham Group of Churches, Sunday, August 7, hop on and off the vintage bus and visit Elmham, Guist, Twyford, Bintree, Billingford and Worthing churches and take part in the Treasure Trail for a chance to win a prize hamper. Free half-hourly service to all churches between 12noon and 5.30pm. Vintage buses provided by The Eastern Transport Collection and sponsored by GF Atthowe Builders and Eastern Office Equipment. Parking at Elmham, Bintree, Billingford and Worthing, tel. 01362 668435 for more information.
St Benet’s Abbey, Sunday, August 7 – The Bishop of Norwich, who is also Abbott of St Benet’s, will be conducting the annual service at the abbey at 3.30pm.
St Mary’s Heacham, PE31 7HJ, Monday, August 8 to Friday, August 12, music in the church at 12noon and exhibition about the history of Heacham including the village’s connection to Pocahontas; Saturday, August 13, 7.30pm, concert with Jenny Vickers and friends, ticket £6.
St Mary’s Wroxham, NR12 8SG, Thursday, August 11 to Sunday, August 14, 10am to 5pm daily, Flower Festival.
St Michaels & All Angels Bunwell, NR16 1TE, Thursday, August 11 at 7.30pm, Col. John Crosland CBE MC presents the second David Money Memorial Lecture, The Black Hat, The Cog and The Wheel.
St Peter’s Forncett St Peter, Low Road, Forncett St Peter, Saturday, August 13, 4pm, full choral Evensong using liturgy from the King James Bible, read from a 17th century copy of the work featuring music from Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd.
St Mary’s Forncett St Mary, Low Road, Forncett St Mary, Saturday, August 13, 1pm-3pm poetry workshop with Caroline Gilfillan, pre-booked only tel. 01508 4818576 and 7pm, Jacobean Japes, Vioamente presents a programme of secular songs and instrumental music by composers active around 1611, notably Gibbons, Byrd and Ravenscroft. Ticketed event tel. 01508 481856.
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