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🏛 Free Panacea Museum in Bedford 2025
Friday 28 March 2025
Time: 10:00 - 16:00 Price: £0.00
🏡A FREE MUSEUM IN BEDFORD- The Panacea, a beautiful Victorian House.
Discover the amazing story of the unique religious community that created its own Garden of Eden in the centre of Bedford. The museum has beautiful gardens to walk around.
⭐OPEN:
Thursday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm
(last admission 3.30pm)
📖 SOME INTERESTING HISTORY
The Panacea Society was originally called ‘The Community of the Holy Ghost’, and was made up mostly of women. Its leader was Mabel Barltrop – the widow of an English clergyman, and mother of four children– whose followers called her ‘Octavia’.
Octavia. The founder of the Panacea Society.
During the 1920s, followers of the Panacea Society moved to Bedford to live near Octavia. Eventually, the community was able to combine the gardens of several properties to form ‘the campus’ – a private space between the community houses, with a chapel at its centre.
From this headquarters, the Society operated a religious organisation which reached across the world. Over two thousand people became members of the Panacea Society, in Europe, North America and many parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
From its beginning, the Panacea Society expected the end of the world. Society members were convinced that God would soon act to bring about a new age – a period of peace and happiness called ‘the Millennium’.
The Panacea Society was part of a wider religious movement of groups concerned with prophecy. The Panaceans believed that God was speaking to them through Octavia, but her followers did not believe she was the only modern prophet. Rather, they accepted a lineage of seven prophetic voices since the late 1700s – a tradition they called ‘the Visitation’.
🧒 FOR CHILDREN
Children trails, colouring sheets and wooden toys in the activity space in the main museum building 'Castleside'.
☕ FOOD AND DRINK
Tea room serving refreshments, hot & cold snacks with indoor & outdoor seating
🚼 TOILET INFORMATION
Baby changing can be found in a toilet that is big enough to fit a pushchair in
🅿️ PARKING
No parking is available at the Museum, however there is pay and display parking nearby.
♿🅿️ ACCESSIBILITY (Partly accessible)
Accessible info and blue badge holders, click here: https://panaceamuseum.org/visiting/access
CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Tel: 01234 353178
📧 museum@panaceatrust.org
Discover the amazing story of the unique religious community that created its own Garden of Eden in the centre of Bedford. The museum has beautiful gardens to walk around.
⭐OPEN:
Thursday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm
(last admission 3.30pm)
📖 SOME INTERESTING HISTORY
The Panacea Society was originally called ‘The Community of the Holy Ghost’, and was made up mostly of women. Its leader was Mabel Barltrop – the widow of an English clergyman, and mother of four children– whose followers called her ‘Octavia’.
Octavia. The founder of the Panacea Society.
During the 1920s, followers of the Panacea Society moved to Bedford to live near Octavia. Eventually, the community was able to combine the gardens of several properties to form ‘the campus’ – a private space between the community houses, with a chapel at its centre.
From this headquarters, the Society operated a religious organisation which reached across the world. Over two thousand people became members of the Panacea Society, in Europe, North America and many parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
From its beginning, the Panacea Society expected the end of the world. Society members were convinced that God would soon act to bring about a new age – a period of peace and happiness called ‘the Millennium’.
The Panacea Society was part of a wider religious movement of groups concerned with prophecy. The Panaceans believed that God was speaking to them through Octavia, but her followers did not believe she was the only modern prophet. Rather, they accepted a lineage of seven prophetic voices since the late 1700s – a tradition they called ‘the Visitation’.
🧒 FOR CHILDREN
Children trails, colouring sheets and wooden toys in the activity space in the main museum building 'Castleside'.
☕ FOOD AND DRINK
Tea room serving refreshments, hot & cold snacks with indoor & outdoor seating
🚼 TOILET INFORMATION
Baby changing can be found in a toilet that is big enough to fit a pushchair in
🅿️ PARKING
No parking is available at the Museum, however there is pay and display parking nearby.
♿🅿️ ACCESSIBILITY (Partly accessible)
Accessible info and blue badge holders, click here: https://panaceamuseum.org/visiting/access
CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Tel: 01234 353178
📧 museum@panaceatrust.org
😌 FREE SENSORY EXHIBITION at Luton Central Library
Friday 28 March 2025
🌟 Step into a unique, interactive sensory exhibition designed to be accessible for all! Whether you’re a baby, toddler, someone with special educational needs (SEND) or sensory processing differences, or simply curious about sensory experiences, this space is all about sharing and recording history through touch, sound, light, and movement.
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR LUTON LIBRARY
▪️Thursday 27th March: 9am – 6pm
▪️Friday 28th March: 9am – 6pm
▪️Saturday 29th March: 9:30am – 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR LUTON LIBRARY
▪️Thursday 27th March: 9am – 6pm
▪️Friday 28th March: 9am – 6pm
▪️Saturday 29th March: 9:30am – 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
⛱️ FREE - A day at the Beach at Houghton Regis Library (booking needed)
Time: 10:30 - 11:30
🏖 A Day at the Beach at Houghton Regis Library.
▪️AGES: 1-4
🏖 WHAT TO EXPECT
Get ready for a fun-filled seaside adventure! Make a sandcastle, splash in an imaginary sea, and dance along to tropical tunes. Packed with games, lively songs and a playful beach party, this interactive session is perfect for little ones who love to play pretend. Come along and embrace the joy of creativity and imagination with Full House favourite, Su!
🎟 TICKETS COST: FREE
You can book your free tickets via the event link.
*Arts Council England Houghton Regis Children's Centre
▪️AGES: 1-4
🏖 WHAT TO EXPECT
Get ready for a fun-filled seaside adventure! Make a sandcastle, splash in an imaginary sea, and dance along to tropical tunes. Packed with games, lively songs and a playful beach party, this interactive session is perfect for little ones who love to play pretend. Come along and embrace the joy of creativity and imagination with Full House favourite, Su!
🎟 TICKETS COST: FREE
You can book your free tickets via the event link.
*Arts Council England Houghton Regis Children's Centre
🎤 Robbie Williams Tribute at The Royal Oak in Barton-le-Clay - Free entry!
Friday 28 March 2025
Time: 20:00
🎶 Let us Entertain You.....Friday Night at The Royal Oak in Barton-le-Clay have a Robbie Williams Tribute from 8pm!
🤩 FREE ENTRY!
🤩 FREE ENTRY!
🏛 Free Panacea Museum in Bedford 2025
Saturday 29 March 2025
Time: 10:00 - 16:00 Price: £0.00
🏡A FREE MUSEUM IN BEDFORD- The Panacea, a beautiful Victorian House.
Discover the amazing story of the unique religious community that created its own Garden of Eden in the centre of Bedford. The museum has beautiful gardens to walk around.
⭐OPEN:
Thursday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm
(last admission 3.30pm)
📖 SOME INTERESTING HISTORY
The Panacea Society was originally called ‘The Community of the Holy Ghost’, and was made up mostly of women. Its leader was Mabel Barltrop – the widow of an English clergyman, and mother of four children– whose followers called her ‘Octavia’.
Octavia. The founder of the Panacea Society.
During the 1920s, followers of the Panacea Society moved to Bedford to live near Octavia. Eventually, the community was able to combine the gardens of several properties to form ‘the campus’ – a private space between the community houses, with a chapel at its centre.
From this headquarters, the Society operated a religious organisation which reached across the world. Over two thousand people became members of the Panacea Society, in Europe, North America and many parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
From its beginning, the Panacea Society expected the end of the world. Society members were convinced that God would soon act to bring about a new age – a period of peace and happiness called ‘the Millennium’.
The Panacea Society was part of a wider religious movement of groups concerned with prophecy. The Panaceans believed that God was speaking to them through Octavia, but her followers did not believe she was the only modern prophet. Rather, they accepted a lineage of seven prophetic voices since the late 1700s – a tradition they called ‘the Visitation’.
🧒 FOR CHILDREN
Children trails, colouring sheets and wooden toys in the activity space in the main museum building 'Castleside'.
☕ FOOD AND DRINK
Tea room serving refreshments, hot & cold snacks with indoor & outdoor seating
🚼 TOILET INFORMATION
Baby changing can be found in a toilet that is big enough to fit a pushchair in
🅿️ PARKING
No parking is available at the Museum, however there is pay and display parking nearby.
♿🅿️ ACCESSIBILITY (Partly accessible)
Accessible info and blue badge holders, click here: https://panaceamuseum.org/visiting/access
CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Tel: 01234 353178
📧 museum@panaceatrust.org
Discover the amazing story of the unique religious community that created its own Garden of Eden in the centre of Bedford. The museum has beautiful gardens to walk around.
⭐OPEN:
Thursday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm
(last admission 3.30pm)
📖 SOME INTERESTING HISTORY
The Panacea Society was originally called ‘The Community of the Holy Ghost’, and was made up mostly of women. Its leader was Mabel Barltrop – the widow of an English clergyman, and mother of four children– whose followers called her ‘Octavia’.
Octavia. The founder of the Panacea Society.
During the 1920s, followers of the Panacea Society moved to Bedford to live near Octavia. Eventually, the community was able to combine the gardens of several properties to form ‘the campus’ – a private space between the community houses, with a chapel at its centre.
From this headquarters, the Society operated a religious organisation which reached across the world. Over two thousand people became members of the Panacea Society, in Europe, North America and many parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
From its beginning, the Panacea Society expected the end of the world. Society members were convinced that God would soon act to bring about a new age – a period of peace and happiness called ‘the Millennium’.
The Panacea Society was part of a wider religious movement of groups concerned with prophecy. The Panaceans believed that God was speaking to them through Octavia, but her followers did not believe she was the only modern prophet. Rather, they accepted a lineage of seven prophetic voices since the late 1700s – a tradition they called ‘the Visitation’.
🧒 FOR CHILDREN
Children trails, colouring sheets and wooden toys in the activity space in the main museum building 'Castleside'.
☕ FOOD AND DRINK
Tea room serving refreshments, hot & cold snacks with indoor & outdoor seating
🚼 TOILET INFORMATION
Baby changing can be found in a toilet that is big enough to fit a pushchair in
🅿️ PARKING
No parking is available at the Museum, however there is pay and display parking nearby.
♿🅿️ ACCESSIBILITY (Partly accessible)
Accessible info and blue badge holders, click here: https://panaceamuseum.org/visiting/access
CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Tel: 01234 353178
📧 museum@panaceatrust.org
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💐 Mother's Day Market in Dunstable (Free flowers for mum*)
Saturday 29 March 2025
Time: 09:30 - 15:30
💖 Join us on Saturday, March 29th 2025, for our Mother’s Day event from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.
🛍 STALLS
Both Middle Row and The Square will be filled with local craft and food stalls, offering unique gifts perfect for Mum.
🎶 WHAT'S FREE?
✨️ Enjoy FREE face painting
✨️ Special performances by @imajicatheatre , featuring three 30-minute interactive spring shows with singing, dancing, and sensory props.
🕑 SHOW TIMES
▪️11:30 am
▪️13:00 pm
▪️14:30 pm
💐 FREE FLOWERS
Plus, free flowers and cards will be available for children and young people to gift to Mum. Subject to availability.
🌸 Join us on The Square for our first Market event of the year and support your local markets!
🛍 STALLS
Both Middle Row and The Square will be filled with local craft and food stalls, offering unique gifts perfect for Mum.
🎶 WHAT'S FREE?
✨️ Enjoy FREE face painting
✨️ Special performances by @imajicatheatre , featuring three 30-minute interactive spring shows with singing, dancing, and sensory props.
🕑 SHOW TIMES
▪️11:30 am
▪️13:00 pm
▪️14:30 pm
💐 FREE FLOWERS
Plus, free flowers and cards will be available for children and young people to gift to Mum. Subject to availability.
🌸 Join us on The Square for our first Market event of the year and support your local markets!
😌 FREE SENSORY EXHIBITION at Luton Central Library
Saturday 29 March 2025
🌟 Step into a unique, interactive sensory exhibition designed to be accessible for all! Whether you’re a baby, toddler, someone with special educational needs (SEND) or sensory processing differences, or simply curious about sensory experiences, this space is all about sharing and recording history through touch, sound, light, and movement.
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR LUTON LIBRARY
▪️Thursday 27th March: 9am – 6pm
▪️Friday 28th March: 9am – 6pm
▪️Saturday 29th March: 9:30am – 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR LUTON LIBRARY
▪️Thursday 27th March: 9am – 6pm
▪️Friday 28th March: 9am – 6pm
▪️Saturday 29th March: 9:30am – 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🌷FREE - Celebrating All the Incredible Women in our Lifes - Bloomin Well in Clophill
Saturday 29 March 2025
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
🌸 Join Bloomin Well in Clophill on Saturday, 29th March 2024, from 10 AM to 12 PM in Clophill for a fun and creative activity!
🎨 EVENT DETAILS
Decorate your own plant pot and fill it with seeds or bulbs—a beautiful, personal gift for that special someone.
👨👩👧👧 AGES
Children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.
📍HOW TO FIND US
First field on the left, up the track beside 9 Shefford Road, Clophill.
CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 07468121504
📧 Email: bloominwellcic@gmail.com
ℹ️ ABOUT BLOOMIN WELL
Bloomin' Well CIC supports individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health challenges through therapeutic gardening.
Promoting physical and mental well-being through gardening and outdoor activities, fostering a sense of accomplishment and purpose.
🎨 EVENT DETAILS
Decorate your own plant pot and fill it with seeds or bulbs—a beautiful, personal gift for that special someone.
👨👩👧👧 AGES
Children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.
📍HOW TO FIND US
First field on the left, up the track beside 9 Shefford Road, Clophill.
CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 07468121504
📧 Email: bloominwellcic@gmail.com
ℹ️ ABOUT BLOOMIN WELL
Bloomin' Well CIC supports individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health challenges through therapeutic gardening.
Promoting physical and mental well-being through gardening and outdoor activities, fostering a sense of accomplishment and purpose.
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🌸 Shuttleworth House Mother’s Day Market 2025 - Free entry!
Sunday 30 March 2025
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
🌸 With everything from hand-made jewellery to bespoke greeting cards, food and drink, photography, art and much more, you’ll be spoilt for ways to treat Mum whilst you spend some well-deserved quality time together at Shuttleworth House.
▪️ADMISSION IS FREE - last entry 15:30.
▪️ADMISSION IS FREE - last entry 15:30.
🛍 WHAT TO EXPECT
Explore the grand rooms and grounds of Shuttleworth House and Garden Suite from 10:00-16:00 and meander around a variety of local food, craft and gift stalls. Trade stalls will be positioned around the grand rooms of Shuttleworth House and the Garden Suite for visitors to enjoy both the stunning interiors as they shop from a variety of food, craft and gift stalls.
☕️ FOOD & DRINK
Coffee Lounge & Bar – The Garden Suite
Head to the Garden Suite for a top up! From delicious coffee to chilled prosecco & beer we have everything you need to keep you going!
Explore the grand rooms and grounds of Shuttleworth House and Garden Suite from 10:00-16:00 and meander around a variety of local food, craft and gift stalls. Trade stalls will be positioned around the grand rooms of Shuttleworth House and the Garden Suite for visitors to enjoy both the stunning interiors as they shop from a variety of food, craft and gift stalls.
☕️ FOOD & DRINK
Coffee Lounge & Bar – The Garden Suite
Head to the Garden Suite for a top up! From delicious coffee to chilled prosecco & beer we have everything you need to keep you going!
🌷VISIT THE SWISS GARDEN AN EXTRA CHARGE
Please note that if you wish to visit the Collection or Swiss Garden, you must purchase a valid Daily Admission Ticket.
🏛 HISTORY OF SHUTTLEWORTH HOUSE
Shuttleworth House was designed by the prominent Victorian architect Henry Clutton and is a real treasure trove of opulence, with many fantastic artefacts to see.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
Please note that some of the areas are only accessible via steps.
🅿️ PARKING
Please note that some of the areas are only accessible via steps.
🅿️ PARKING
Parking is separate from the main visitor attraction and will be located on the Parkland by Shuttleworth House. Please follow parking signage on the day.
🐶 DOG INFORMATION
Dogs are sadly not permitted inside Shuttleworth House, Swiss Garden or Collection Hangars but are welcome outside for a walk around the parkland and house grounds. Assistance dogs welcome.
Dogs are sadly not permitted inside Shuttleworth House, Swiss Garden or Collection Hangars but are welcome outside for a walk around the parkland and house grounds. Assistance dogs welcome.
ℹ️ TRADERS
If you are a trader looking to book a stall please contact – events@shuttleworth.org
If you are a trader looking to book a stall please contact – events@shuttleworth.org
Shuttleworth House
Inside Shuttleworth House
🐒 FREE Tring Museum
Sunday 30 March 2025
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
🐘 THE FREE TRING MUSEUM
The Tring Museum is FREE to visit.
🐒 WHAT TO EXPECT
You can explore the 4 floors of fascinating animal species.
The galleries at Tring are packed with fascinating specimens - there are over 4,900 to see from gorilla's to fish to tigers and dogs. You can make a whole day of this.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
The Museum is accessible with lifts available. There are fold up seats to use for people who may need to sit down more often.
The accessible entrance is via the car park. You will also find an accessible toilet just before the car park entrance.There is a step up to the shop but the cafe you can access via a lift.
🗓 OPENING TIMES
▪️Open: Tuesday-Sunday and bank holidays
▪️Time: 10.00-17.00 (last entry 16.00)
✅️ BOOKING IN ADVANCE IS ADVISED
Definitely book in advance though for your free time slots as it maybe to busy for you to enter if you just turn up. You can book your free tickets via the event link.
The Tring Museum is FREE to visit.
🐒 WHAT TO EXPECT
You can explore the 4 floors of fascinating animal species.
The galleries at Tring are packed with fascinating specimens - there are over 4,900 to see from gorilla's to fish to tigers and dogs. You can make a whole day of this.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
The Museum is accessible with lifts available. There are fold up seats to use for people who may need to sit down more often.
The accessible entrance is via the car park. You will also find an accessible toilet just before the car park entrance.There is a step up to the shop but the cafe you can access via a lift.
🗓 OPENING TIMES
▪️Open: Tuesday-Sunday and bank holidays
▪️Time: 10.00-17.00 (last entry 16.00)
✅️ BOOKING IN ADVANCE IS ADVISED
Definitely book in advance though for your free time slots as it maybe to busy for you to enter if you just turn up. You can book your free tickets via the event link.
🚶♂️FREE Great Linford Manor Walk - March 2025 (No booking required)
Sunday 30 March 2025
Time: 14:00
🌳 Learn about the ancient origins of the park all the way up to the modern era. On your walk, discover hidden gems such as the Veteran Lime Tree, Doric Seat and Ha-ha, which survive from the 18th century English Landscape Garden design of the park and have been recently revealed, revived and restored as part of our National Lottery Heritage Fund project.
😍 FREE: This walk is free but donations to the Friends of Great Linford Manor Park are welcome. No booking is required, just turn up and enjoy!
😍 FREE: This walk is free but donations to the Friends of Great Linford Manor Park are welcome. No booking is required, just turn up and enjoy!
🕥 TIME: Guided walks are held
on the second Friday of the month at 10:30
and on the last Sunday of the month at 14:00.
🚶♀️DURATION: Walks last around 90 minutes.
on the second Friday of the month at 10:30
and on the last Sunday of the month at 14:00.
🚶♀️DURATION: Walks last around 90 minutes.
🥾 WHAT TO WEAR....
Sensible, hard-wearing footwear and outdoor clothing is advised.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
On one stretch of the route there are a set of deep steps (leading up to the Railway Walk from the Cascade Pond). Please let the walk leader know if you would prefer to leave the pond via an accessible route. One or two park features are located on grass, which can be muddy when wet. A hearing loop is available on request from events@theparkstrust.com.
Accessible parking is located around the Parklands Pond at What3Words location pencil.parsnips.glosses.
🅿️ PARKING
There are limited parking spaces on the approach to the park from Parklands (see above). Otherwise, please park at the Memorial Hall car park, off Marsh Drive and leave the Arts Centre car park free. What3Words location unite.nipping.places.
🗺 MEETING PLACE: MK Arts Centre car park, Great Linford, off Parklands (St. Leger Drive), MK14 5DZ.
Sensible, hard-wearing footwear and outdoor clothing is advised.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
On one stretch of the route there are a set of deep steps (leading up to the Railway Walk from the Cascade Pond). Please let the walk leader know if you would prefer to leave the pond via an accessible route. One or two park features are located on grass, which can be muddy when wet. A hearing loop is available on request from events@theparkstrust.com.
Accessible parking is located around the Parklands Pond at What3Words location pencil.parsnips.glosses.
🅿️ PARKING
There are limited parking spaces on the approach to the park from Parklands (see above). Otherwise, please park at the Memorial Hall car park, off Marsh Drive and leave the Arts Centre car park free. What3Words location unite.nipping.places.
🗺 MEETING PLACE: MK Arts Centre car park, Great Linford, off Parklands (St. Leger Drive), MK14 5DZ.
💍 FREE Valuation Day - Woburn
Wednesday 02 April 2025
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
💍 Discover the true value of your jewellery, silver, fine art and collectables.
TIME:
Drop in any time between 10am - 1pm
💎 FREE VALUATION
Join our gemmologist and general valuer for a free, no obligation valuation at The Woburn, George Street, Woburn.
💷 Consigning now for our auction at the Woburn Hotel.
TIME:
Drop in any time between 10am - 1pm
💎 FREE VALUATION
Join our gemmologist and general valuer for a free, no obligation valuation at The Woburn, George Street, Woburn.
💷 Consigning now for our auction at the Woburn Hotel.
🥊FREE BOX RELEASE FOR AGES 12-19 IN LEIGHTON BUZZARD
Thursday 03 April 2025
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
🥊 Box Release - Run by TACTIC Youth Workers and a Sports Coach, this non-contact boxing program is designed for ages 12-19.
Discover the benefits:
✨️ Discipline
✨️ Self-Defence skills
✨️ Stress Relief
✨️ Confidence – building
✨️ Health & Fitness encouragement
💥 ALL EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FREE!
✨️ Discipline
✨️ Self-Defence skills
✨️ Stress Relief
✨️ Confidence – building
✨️ Health & Fitness encouragement
💥 ALL EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FREE!
📍WHEN & WHERE?
▪️When: Every Thursday
▪️Time: 5-6pm
▪️Where: Pages Park Pavilion, Leighton Buzzard
☎️ RESERVE A SPACE
Call 01525 373838 to reserve your spot.
🌟 FREE Sensory Exhibition at The Higgins, Bedford
Thursday 03 April 2025
Time: 11:00 - 17:00
🌟 Step into a unique, interactive sensory exhibition designed to be accessible for all! Whether you’re a baby, toddler, someone with special educational needs (SEND) or sensory processing differences, or simply curious about sensory experiences, this space is all about sharing and recording history through touch, sound, light, and movement.
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR THE HIGGINS, BEDFORD
▪️Thursday 3rd April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Friday 4th April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Saturday 5th April: 11am - 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR THE HIGGINS, BEDFORD
▪️Thursday 3rd April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Friday 4th April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Saturday 5th April: 11am - 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🚶♂️Ramblers Free Well - being Walk at Dunstable Downs
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
🚶♂️Enjoy some fresh air, company and light exercise on these free, regular walks, designed to support health and wellbeing for all at Dunstable Downs with no booking required. Just turn up.
🗓 2025 DATES
▪️Thursday 20th March
▪️Thursday 3rd April
▪️Thursday 17th April
ℹ️ABOUT:
These sessions are held in collaboration with The Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (BRCC) and aims to give everyone the opportunity to experience the wellbeing benefit of nature.
🌳 WHAT TO EXPECT
They are experienced at a gentle pace, last 60-90 minutes and there can be plenty of pauses along the way. Please note, each session will vary, depending upon the landscape and weather on the day.
🐶 DOGS
Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads. Please check website for future dates.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
This event is unfortunately not accessible to those with limited mobility.
🅿️ PARKING
Dunstable Downs, off B4541 (pay and display); Whipsnade crossroads (Whipsnade Heath), junction of B4541 and B4540 Parking is £3.50 for the day. Free for National Trust Members and Blue Badge holders
📍MEETING POINT
Please meet at the Visitor Centre courtyard.
☎️ TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE
Call 07773720098 If you'd like to register your attendance, please call Jennifer on the number.
🗓 2025 DATES
▪️Thursday 20th March
▪️Thursday 3rd April
▪️Thursday 17th April
ℹ️ABOUT:
These sessions are held in collaboration with The Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (BRCC) and aims to give everyone the opportunity to experience the wellbeing benefit of nature.
🌳 WHAT TO EXPECT
They are experienced at a gentle pace, last 60-90 minutes and there can be plenty of pauses along the way. Please note, each session will vary, depending upon the landscape and weather on the day.
🐶 DOGS
Well behaved dogs are welcome on leads. Please check website for future dates.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
This event is unfortunately not accessible to those with limited mobility.
🅿️ PARKING
Dunstable Downs, off B4541 (pay and display); Whipsnade crossroads (Whipsnade Heath), junction of B4541 and B4540 Parking is £3.50 for the day. Free for National Trust Members and Blue Badge holders
📍MEETING POINT
Please meet at the Visitor Centre courtyard.
☎️ TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE
Call 07773720098 If you'd like to register your attendance, please call Jennifer on the number.
🧒 Free Dough Club at Houghton Regis Library
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
🧒 Come and have fun with some play dough at Houghton Regis Library! Dough Club is the first Friday of the month. Just drop in!
AGES: Suitable for 2+ years.
2025 DATES:
▪️Friday 7th March
▪️Friday 4th April
▪️Friday 2nd May
▪️Friday 6th June
▪️Friday 4th July
AGES: Suitable for 2+ years.
2025 DATES:
▪️Friday 7th March
▪️Friday 4th April
▪️Friday 2nd May
▪️Friday 6th June
▪️Friday 4th July
🦾 Dunstable Medieval Past Free Talk - Dunstable Downs (booking needed)
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
🦾 Step back in time with local author and historian John Buckledee as he brings Dunstable’s medieval tournaments to life in a family-friendly talk!
⚔️ Hundreds of armoured knights once clashed in spectacular mock battles right here in Dunstable, one of medieval England’s main tournament centres. These action-packed events stretched across the Downs, drawing crowds and shaping local history.
📖 WHAT TO EXPECT
This engaging session features storytelling and illustrations by Robin Davies, giving younger audiences a glimpse into the world of medieval knights.
If you feel inspired, you can take part in your own Knights' Tournament at the Downs throughout the Easter holidays!
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
This event is fully accessible with step free access, disabled toilets and accessible parking available
🅿️ PARKING
Car parking charges apply, £3.50 per car.
Free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders.
📍WHERE TO MEET
This free hour long talk will take place inside the Gateway Centre on Dunstable Downs.
🎟 BOOK YOUR FREE TICKETS VIA THE EVENT LINK.
CONTACT DETAILS
Chilterns Gateway Centre
☎️ Phone: 01582 500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
⚔️ Hundreds of armoured knights once clashed in spectacular mock battles right here in Dunstable, one of medieval England’s main tournament centres. These action-packed events stretched across the Downs, drawing crowds and shaping local history.
📖 WHAT TO EXPECT
This engaging session features storytelling and illustrations by Robin Davies, giving younger audiences a glimpse into the world of medieval knights.
If you feel inspired, you can take part in your own Knights' Tournament at the Downs throughout the Easter holidays!
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
This event is fully accessible with step free access, disabled toilets and accessible parking available
🅿️ PARKING
Car parking charges apply, £3.50 per car.
Free for National Trust members and Blue Badge holders.
📍WHERE TO MEET
This free hour long talk will take place inside the Gateway Centre on Dunstable Downs.
🎟 BOOK YOUR FREE TICKETS VIA THE EVENT LINK.
CONTACT DETAILS
Chilterns Gateway Centre
☎️ Phone: 01582 500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk
🌟 FREE Sensory Exhibition at The Higgins, Bedford
Friday 04 April 2025
Time: 11:00 - 17:00
🌟 Step into a unique, interactive sensory exhibition designed to be accessible for all! Whether you’re a baby, toddler, someone with special educational needs (SEND) or sensory processing differences, or simply curious about sensory experiences, this space is all about sharing and recording history through touch, sound, light, and movement.
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR THE HIGGINS, BEDFORD
▪️Thursday 3rd April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Friday 4th April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Saturday 5th April: 11am - 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR THE HIGGINS, BEDFORD
▪️Thursday 3rd April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Friday 4th April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Saturday 5th April: 11am - 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🌟 FREE Sensory Exhibition at The Higgins, Bedford
Saturday 05 April 2025
Time: 11:00 - 17:00
🌟 Step into a unique, interactive sensory exhibition designed to be accessible for all! Whether you’re a baby, toddler, someone with special educational needs (SEND) or sensory processing differences, or simply curious about sensory experiences, this space is all about sharing and recording history through touch, sound, light, and movement.
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR THE HIGGINS, BEDFORD
▪️Thursday 3rd April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Friday 4th April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Saturday 5th April: 11am - 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES FOR THE HIGGINS, BEDFORD
▪️Thursday 3rd April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Friday 4th April: 11am - 5pm
▪️Saturday 5th April: 11am - 5pm
WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ Glowing lights & UV sensory exploration
🎶 Interactive sensory stations
🌿 Textures to touch, feel & discover
🖐 Hands-on experiences designed for all ages
🤟 Makaton signing & inclusive communication elements woven throughout
👋Drop in, explore, and immerse yourself—completely free!
👩🏫 WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
It’s also a great space for professionals working in early years, SEND, social care, health, education, and the arts— a chance to experience how sensory heritage can help us understand different ways of engaging with the world and explore how lived experience can be understood and recorded with people who communicate through sensory expression rather than words.
💖 Funded by Lottery Heritage and supported by Heritage Horizons at the University of Bedfordshire. Created and curated by Collar & Cuffs Co with The Chiltern School.
💖 People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) are missing from our collective social history, this project is exploring and evaluating ways to change that.
2025 DATES & LOCATIONS
🗓️ 27th-29th March | Luton Central Library
🗓️ 3rd-5th April | The Higgins, Bedford
🗓️ 8th-11th April | Flitwick Library
🏺 Flitwick Antique and Collectors 2025
Sunday 06 April 2025
Time: 09:00 - 15:30
🏺 Antique and collectors Fair is held on the first Sunday of the month at Flitwick Village Hall. Open 9am until 3.30pm.
2025 DATES
▪️Sunday 5th January
▪️Sunday 2nd February
▪️Sunday 2nd March
▪️Sunday 6th April
▪️Sunday 5th May
▪️Sunday 1st June
⭐️ Catering all day
⭐️ A full hall of great items for you
⭐️ Free parking
📍The post code is MK45 1HP
2025 DATES
▪️Sunday 5th January
▪️Sunday 2nd February
▪️Sunday 2nd March
▪️Sunday 6th April
▪️Sunday 5th May
▪️Sunday 1st June
⭐️ Catering all day
⭐️ A full hall of great items for you
⭐️ Free parking
📍The post code is MK45 1HP
