{"id":5868,"date":"2021-07-23T15:23:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T15:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2023-06-13T08:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:26:26","slug":"summer-fun-in-the-geopark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/2021\/07\/summer-fun-in-the-geopark\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Fun in the Geopark!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join us in the Geopark at one of the visitor centres<\/a>, where there\u2019s plenty to do for the family.<\/p>\n

As well as the usual fantastic visits and spaces, many of our Geopark Forum members have special events for families over the holidays.<\/p>\n

Bewdley Museum<\/a>, Severn Valley Country Park<\/a>, Hartlebury Castle<\/a> and Worcester Cathedral<\/a> have lots of exciting craft activities and activities to do.<\/p>\n

Worcester Cathedral<\/a> have free \u2018Back to the Charter\u2019 activities on various dates throughout the holidays. There is also the chance to have a go at a Civil war pike drill on 16, 18 and 20 August 11am and 1pm.<\/p>\n

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Hartlebury Castle <\/a>have Summer Fun each week Tuesday to Thursday. There will be fun hands on craft activities. Week one is Gypsy caravans, followed by nature, creating dinosaurs and crafty pirates. Usual ad\"\"<\/a>mission applies, with \u00a32 per activity. They also have a bat walk on sat 31st<\/sup> July. The holidays end with a performance of Treasure Island on Sun 29 August, followed by a Swashbuckling Bank Holiday\u00a0 Monday – Join Captain Sharkbreath and his First Mate Ruby Cutlass to learn how to talk like a pirate, all about cannon drills and hear some pirate tales in our Swashbuckle Sessions.<\/p>\n

Severn Valley Country Park<\/a> have bug hunts, crafts, orienteering and den building with their Rangers on various dates. \u00a32 each, booking required.<\/p>\n

Bewdley Museum have crafts each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with different crafts each day including Viking shields, photo frames, superhero capes and bird feeders. Each cost \u00a35 and need to be booked in advance.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The Great British Staycation is running this summer at Severn Valley Railway<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunshine, the taste of ice cream, the feel of sand between your toes, the sounds of Punch and Judy, donkeys trotting on the beach and steam train adventures \u2013 the Great British Staycation returns to the Severn Valley Railway. From\u00a0July 17th\u00a0to\u00a0September 5th, there\u2019s so much to do for children of all ages, harking back to summer holidays from years gone by.<\/p>\n

Alongside your journey, there\u2019ll be a variety of interactive activities throughout the whole summer at\u00a0The Engine House, including: A HUGE indoor beach\u00a0every day, a giant deckchair, free Donkey Rides (every Monday starting 2nd August), Free interactive yellow-coat summer stage shows (every Tuesday from July 27th), Free Punch & Judy Shows (every Wednesday), Free Crazy Golf (every Thursday)<\/p>\n

If you are looking for events at home then Lapworth Museum have events on Zoom each Wednesday. Ichthyosaur Jigsaw, Mammoth Fun, Family Fun day and a Quiz are some of the sessions. There will also be an Insect Safari on the University of Birmingham\u2019s campus on 25th<\/sup> August.<\/p>\n

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Dudmaston <\/a>will have traditional outdoor games out to play, plus a sheet with ideas of activities to do whilst you are visiting. Brockhampton <\/a>will also have cards with nature-based activities to have a go at.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for trails then Arley Arboretum<\/a> have a choice of a fairy door or wildlife trail you can enjoy the tranquility of the Arboretum whilst the kids follow their clues.<\/p>\n

Coupled with a maze, play area and lots of nooks and crannies to explore the Arboretum is a kids paradise! Visits need to be booked in advance.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s another chance to have a go at being an archaeology with an Archaeology Quest<\/a> at The Hive. Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology are running their popular event on Fri 30 July. It\u2019s free, but booking required.<\/p>\n

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The visitor centres<\/a> are also well worth visiting in their own right, and plenty of space where you can get out and explore and run off energy. Cob House, Arley Arboretum<\/a>, NT Croome, Wyre Forest and other places are great for a day out.<\/p>\n

Check out details before visiting, as details can change, especially at present time!\u00a0 You can also check out the GeoFest<\/a>\u00a0pages for even more suggestions!<\/p>\n

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Thank you to Merlin for sponsoring GeoFest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join us in the Geopark at one of the visitor centres, where there\u2019s plenty to do for the family.<\/p>\n

As well as the usual fantastic visits and spaces, many of our Geopark Forum members have special events for families over the holidays.<\/p>\n

Bewdley Museum, Severn Valley Country Park, Hartlebury Castle and Worcester Cathedral have lots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5868"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5868"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6392,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5868\/revisions\/6392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}