Woodland Events

Holt Country Park Events

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Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times

February Half Term

Tuesday 12th February 10am-2pm
Mobile Gym and Walking Day
Enjoy guided walks around the park and find out about other health walks happening in your area
£1 per person for the gym (over 11s only)
It is required that a medical form be completed before using the gym

Wednesday 13th February 10am-12pm and 1-3pm
Make Your Own Bird Boxes
Come and enjoy a walk around the park and see how many different types of birds you can spot, before coming back to the Visitors Centre to make a bat or bird box and a fir cone bird feeder
£1 per child plus £3 if you would like to take your bird box home

Thursday 14th February 1-3pm
Make Your Own Bird Box
Come and enjoy a walk around the woods and see how many different types of bird you can spot, before coming back to the picnic area to make a bird box and a fir cone bird feeder,
£1/ child plus £3 if you wish to take the bird box home with you.

Friday 15th February 10am-4pm
The Vikings in Norfolk
Come and help local artist Maggie Campbell to reconstruct our Viking Longboat using living willow withies; and discover more about the Viking influence in East Anglia with Community Librarian, Alan Leventhall. Take part in our Viking-inspired competition with prizes for the most imaginative drawings and inspirational poems
FREE entry

Mothers Day Special

Saturday 1st March 10am-12pm and 1-3pm
Mothers Day Gifts
Come and make beautiful gifts and cards to make that special someone's day on Sunday
£1.20 per child

Easter Holidays

Tuesday 25th March 10am-3pm
Mobile Gym and Frisbee Golf
Enjoy a walk around the park with a difference, playing "Frisbee Golf". Go round the course totting up your scores - a game of golf with a difference! You will need to bring your own Frisbee, preferably one per player. The Mobile Gym returns, inviting people over 11 years to try out the equipment
£1 per person for the gym (over 11s only)
It is required that a medical form be completed before using the gym

Friday 28th March 10.30am-3.30pm
A Feast of Fungi!
Celebrating the arrival of newly-commissioned sculptures by artists Jessica Perry and Colin Yorke
Come and join us in our mushroom madness: make and decorate your own mushroom using clay and plaster with Jess Perry; warm up with some home-made mushroom soup; marvel as sculptor, Colin Yorke, demonstrates his art; and be transformed as Paul Jackson tells magical mushroom tales in his Mongolian Yurt. Stretch your legs and your brains by taking part in our quiz trail dedicated to the magical, mythical world of mushrooms with prizes for the mushroom maestros!
FREE entry with a small charge for soup

Sunday 30th March 1-3pm
Spring Forwards
Enjoy a walk around the park whilst discovering the answers to a Spring Quiz, returning to the Visitors Centre for an egg and the answers. Help make a "many-hands" spring picture, a basket for your egg and a "spring" lamb
£1.20 per child

Tuesday 1st April 10.30am-3.30pm
Fools Day with Circus Avago!
Presented by Magic Carpet Theatre
Roll Up! Take part in Circus Avago - starring YOU! Try juggling, unicycling, rola-bola, diabolo, clowning, tumbling and loads more in this action-packed event for all ages. It's total participation and non-stop fun for everyone, your chance to be a circus star, and maybe even lie on a bed of nails!
"A terrific workshop, Magic Carpet are extremely competent in their supervision, a lot of energy is used and no time is wasted" The Scotsman
Take part in our circus themed crafty bits and our 'Tall Tales, True or Bluff' quiz with prizes for the clowniest drawing. Bring a picnic and make a day of it
FREE entry

Spring Bank Hoilday

Saturday 3rd May from 6pm
Great Fire of Holt 1708 Celebration
Did you know that, on May Day 1708 "there happened a sudden and lamentable Fire at Holt…?
To commemorate this historic event, we are hosting an evening celebration featuring period music and dancing, fire-eating, lantern-making and parade, traditional refreshments, Hog Roast and locally-brewed ales by Yetmans, and fireworks
Prizes for the best period costume on the night, child and adult categories
Bring a torch!
For more information about other Great Fire events contact Di Dann at Holt Town Council 01263 712149

May Weekend Special

Sunday 11th May 11am-3pm
Scavenging for Mask and Wand Making
Pick up a bag at the Visitors Centre and go for a stroll in the woods to collect items from your scavenger checklist; then return to base to make masks and wands using items collected on you hunt
£1.20 per child

May Half Term

Tuesday 27th May 2-3.30pm
Mini Beast Hunt
Join our rangers to discover the amazingly industrious and busy world found beneath our feet and all around us. Look closely and realise the wondrous, fascinating life that we are unwittingly surrounded by and dependent on
£1.20 per child

Thursday 29th May 10am-12pm and 2-4pm
Pond Dipping
Try your hand at pond dipping, exploring the wondrous underwater world of our freshwater pond. Using a net, collecting tray, magnifying equipment and a useful user-friendly identity key, discover "dragons", leeches, snails and much, much more
£1.20 per child

Special Event on Beeston Bump

Wednesday 28th May 1-4pm
Let's Go Fly A Kite!
Join our team of rangers in designing, making and ultimately flying your own kite on the blowy bump at Beeston. Prizes for the best flyer, best design and the most colourful and original kites
£1.50 per child

Important Information:

For Holt Country Park, all events start from the Visitor Centre. Please wait for the rangers or group leaders. Do not enter wood unless you know exact location of event and that it has not been cancelled. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Please keep dogs on leads during events. Toddlers have free entry to all events. We advise to bring pushchairs for tiny tired feet. Please wear suitable outdoor clothes.
Whilst every effort is made to keep to the dates and times, we reserve the right to cancel any event at short notice. Parking on site (pay & display). Designated disabled parking. Wheelchair accessible WC Please also see Holt Country Park and Bacton Wood page.

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Bacton Wood Events

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Bacton Wood events start from the main car park. Please wait for rangers or group leaders to guide you. Only enter wood if you know exact location of event. For all events, children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Toddlers have free entry to all events. We advise to bring pushchairs for tiny tired feet. Please wear suitable outdoor clothes. Please keep dogs on leads during events. There are no toilets at Bacton Wood, however North Walsham town is less than 5 minutes drive away.

Easter Holiday

Friday 21st March 1-3pm
Spring Forwards
Enjoy a walk around the park whilst discovering the answers to a Spring Quiz, returning to the Visitors Centre for an egg and the answers. Help make a "many-hands" spring picture, a basket for your egg and a "spring" lamb
£1.20 per child

May Weekend Special

Saturday 17th May 11am-3pm
Scavenging for Mask and Wand Making
Pick up a bag at the Visitors Centre and go for a stroll in the woods to collect items from your scavenger checklist; then return to base to make masks and wands using items collected on you hunt
£1.20 per child

May Half-Term

Sunday 25th May 2-3.30pm
Pond Dipping
Try your hand at pond dipping, exploring the wondrous underwater world of our freshwater pond. Using a net, collecting tray, magnifying equipment and a useful user-friendly identity key, discover "dragons", leeches, snails and much, much more
£1.20 per child
Meet at the pond, following the yellow route clockwise from the car park

Whilst every effort is made to keep to these dates and times, NNDC reserves the right to cancel or change any event at short notice
For ALL events children must be accompanied by an adult at all times and dogs must be kept on leads
For further information contact Emma Bolger 01263 516298 or 07920576634
emma.bolger@north-norfolk.gov.uk
www.northnorfolk.org
Large outdoor car park (level surface)
No WC facilities

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Whilst every effort is made to keep to the dates and times, we reserve the right to cancel any event at short notice. The Event Ranger can be contacted on 01263 516298 or 07920576634.
You can request event leaflets about Holt Country Park and Bacton Wood by emailing emma.bolger@north-norfolk.gov.uk.