The Festival Bowland summer programme is looking blooming marvellous!
Whether you want to soak up the blaze of colour in a Bowland wildflower meadow, have a late night looking for meteors, or spend a relaxing afternoon creating your very own pottery piece, you'll find lots of ways to discover Bowland this summer. Here are a few highlights.....
National Meadows Day
Sunday, 7 July, 13:00 – 16:00, Hermitage Field Community Meadow, Crook o' Lune, Lancaster, LA2 9HU, UK
Celebrate National Meadows Day in Bowland with an afternoon in these wildflower havens at the Crook o' Lune.
More information about the Hermitage Field Community Meadow is available here: https://hermitagefieldcommunitymeadow.com
Free.
No booking needed, but if you can comment on Facebook if you're thinking of going along, that would be really helpful!
Summer Berry Bowl Pottery Workshop
Sunday, 7 July, 13:00 – 16:00, Slaidburn
Let Bowland Pottery help you fashion a stoneware clay berry bowl that's unique to you!
£50.
Booking needed. Please see https://www.numonday.com/product/hand-build-your-own-berry-bowl-pottery-workshop for details.
Scorton Challenge Tramper Trek
Thursday, 18 July, 10:30 – 15:00, Scorton
Join Wyre Coast & Countryside Service's Tramper trek, where they attempt to go where you never dreamed possible – over Nicky Nook Fell! (Weather permitting). Walkers welcome too.
£5.
Booking needed. Please contact: greatoutdoors@wyre.gov.uk or 01253 887502.
All-Terrain Wheelchair Taster Day
Sat, 20 July, 10:00 – 15:30, Sabden
Come and try out a Tramper with us and enjoy the landscape around Churn Clough Reservoir near Sabden!
Free.
Booking needed. Please email sandra.silk@lancashire.gov.uk or phone 07973 923142.
Perseid Meteor Shower
Monday, 12 August, 21:00 – 23:59, Dunsop Bridge
Join members of Preston & District Astronomical Society on this late-night event, as they guide us through the fascinating world of meteors.
Free.
Booking needed. Please email sandra.silk@lancashire.gov.uk or phone 07973 923142.
Wyre Rivers Trust Amble
Wednesday, 14 August, 10:30 – 12:30, Caterall
A gentle amble around tracks and fields around Catterall.
Free.
Booking needed: For further information, and to book, please contact charlie@wyreriverstrust.org
A Walk Through Time
Wed, 21 August, 10:00 – 12:00, Trough of Bowland
Join us in the Trough of Bowland for a closer look at the geology which underpins this well loved part of the National Landscape.
Free.
Booking needed. Please email sandra.silk@lancashire.gov.uk or phone 07973 923142.
Wyre Rivers Trust - Brock Valley Bat Walk
Friday, 23 August, 20:00 – 21:30, Claughton on Brock
Explore the night-time world of these enigmatic creatures as they take flight and forage in the woodlands around the River Brock.
Free.
Booking needed: For further information, and to book, please contact charlie@wyreriverstrust.org
Full details of all these events, and more, are available at Festival Bowland Events | Forest of Bowland National Landscape
(Under 18s need to be accompanied by an adult to all Festival Bowland events and not all events are suitable for children. Please check with the organiser.)
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