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🌳 Shefford Maze 2025 (Hoo Hill Maze)


Time: 10:00 - 16:00

🌳 The Maze in Shefford will be opening this Summer 2025.

🗓 SUMMER OPENING DAYS 2025
▪️
Monday 10am-4pm
▪️Friday 10am-4pm
▪️Sunday 10am-4pm

💷 COST -  NO BOOKING REQUIRED, JUST TURN UP
▪️
£5 per person
▪️Family of up to 6 people for £20
▪️Under 5 - Free
▪️We now accept cash or card.

🥪 FOOD & DRINK
There are no refreshments for sale on-site, but you are welcome to bring a picnic :)

🐶 DOGS
Sorry, no dogs allowed.

ℹ️ FOR MORE INFO
Any questions, please contact Dan on the mobile below. The website also has more details via the event link. We also cater for private hire.
☎️ Phone: 07539 329039
📧 Email: hoohillmaze@hotmail.com

📍WHERE CAN I FIND YOU?
You can find us on Hitchin Road on the way into Shefford.

🚜 Pitstone Green Museum Opening Day 2025


Time: 10:30 - 16:30

🚜 Are you Looking for a fun and informative day out for the whole family?  Look no further!

💚 WHAT TO EXPECT

Explore Pitstone Museum's vast array of attractions, boasting over 40 unique exhibits. From captivating model railways to the clang of a working Blacksmith, from vintage game consoles to historic farm machinery, and from the impressive workings of a Rack Saw to the mighty 28-liter Crossley Gas Engine - there's something for everyone.

Step into the past and experience firsthand activities like lacemaking and pottery or embark on an adventure on our Tractor to Pitstone Windmill.

With the Museum only open to the public nine times a year, our team of approximately 50 dedicated volunteers are on hand to ensure your visit is both educational and enjoyable.

EVENT DETAILS
⭐️Rain or shine, we're open!
⭐️Browse through Craft & Trade Stalls housed in the Great Barn.
⭐️Enjoy a range of entertainment.
⭐️Refreshments on sale all day, or your welcome to bring a picnic.

🅿️ FREE PARKING
Free parking available in the Orchards.

🐶 DOGS
Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcomed.

♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
Most main exhibits are wheelchair accessible, with disabled toilet facilities provided. The Cook Collection is only accessible by stairs.

🎟 ON THE DOOR TICKET COST:
▪️Adult: £10   
▪️Concessions:  £8   
▪️Child (5-16): £4
▪️Under 5: FREE
▪️Family (1 Adult + 3 Children): £17   
▪️Family (2 Adults + 3 Children): £27
▪️Entry for Carers of disabled visitors: FREE

🗓 2025 OPENING DAY DATES
▪️
Easter Monday 21st April
▪️Early May bank holiday Monday 5th May
▪️Spring bank holiday Monday 26th May
▪️Sunday 8th June 
▪️Sunday 13th July
▪️Sunday August 10th
▪️Summer bank holiday Monday 25th August
▪️Sunday 14th September
▪️Sunday 12th October

☎️ Phone: 07973 154170
📧 Email: manager@pitstonemuseum.co.uk

🚌⛱️ Coach Trip to Great Yarmouth from: Bedford, Sundon Park & Luton

Monday 25 August 2025

⛱️ We’re off to Great Yarmouth on Monday 25th August 2025!

Visit Details: Upon arrival, you'll have around 4 hours and 30 minutes to explore and enjoy all that Great Yarmouth has to offer. Our designated drop-off and pick-up point is located at Britannia Pier, right across from the Bowling Green.

Make the most of your long weekend with a relaxing coach trip to the seaside! Stroll along the beach, enjoy traditional fish & chips, or simply soak in the sun.

📍PICK UP POINTS:
▪️Luton: Bus Stop 4 Bus Interchange Luton Railway Station - 7:30am
▪️Sundon Park: Park Avenue, Sundon Park, Luton, LU3 3BP - 7:50am
▪️Wixams: Wixams Retirement Village - 8:20am
▪️Bedford: Bus Stop, by Poundland, opp Pilgrims - 8:35am

🎟 TICKETS COST:
▪️£18 per Child (Under 16)
▪️£28 per Adult
▪️£70 for a Family (Please call us to book this special Family Deal!)

🎟 BOOK NOW
You can book on Three Star Coaches websites via the event link.

🚍 GREAT YARMOUTH TRIP DATES 2025
▪️
Monday 26th May 2025
▪️
Saturday 26th July 2025
▪️Thursday 7th August 2025
▪️Monday 25th August 2025

CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582 722626
📧 Email: sales@threestarcoaches.com

🎊 Twinwood Festival 2025 (🏕 Camping available)


Time: 10:30 - 23:59

🎊 The UKs biggest Vintage music and dance festival over August bank holiday weekend 22nd to 25th August 2025. A Celebration of Vintage Music and Dance in Bedfordshire.  1930's, 40's, 50's & 60's 

🗓 2025 DATES:
▪️Friday 22nd August - Monday 25th August

🕐 ENTRY TIMES
🏕 Camping ticket holders and traders can arrive on the Thursday from 8am until 8pm, and on Friday from 8am to 8pm. On Saturday, campers can arrive at 10am. The campsites will close at midday on Tuesday.
🎫 Day ticket holders gates will open from 10.30am on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

ℹ️ ABOUT
Nestled in the picturesque village of Clapham, just outside Bedford, this festival is a unique homage to the music and culture of the 1930s to 1960s. With its origins rooted in the legacy of Glenn Miller, Twinwood Festival has grown into one of the most beloved vintage music festivals in the world.

The festival’s location is steeped in history. Twinwood Airfield was once a significant RAF base during World War II and is famed as the last place Glenn Miller was seen before his disappearance in 1944. There is something for everyone with a fashion show, children’s entertainment, cabaret, and comedy.

🎶 Music/ bands:
Attendees can enjoy performances from big bands, swing orchestras, and rockabilly groups, as well as everything from americana, jazz, soul, and blues.Please Click Here for the full band line up, running order and timings.

💃 Dancing lessons: Twinwood offers a wide range of FREE dance lessons during the festival to get you up and on those dance floors! With classes for complete beginners as well as more experienced dancers, there is something for everyone. There’s no need to sign up - you can just turn up and have fun!

🏛 The Twinwood Museums:
In addition to our vast array of live music, Twinwood Festival also hosts a large number of trader stalls, displays and museums, showcasing or selling all things vintage, from fashion and hairstyling, to arts and antiques, to motors and militaria. During Twinwood Festival on the August Bank Holiday weekend, the museums will be open exclusively to festival-goers, for the duration of the festival, free of charge.

🤩 AMAZING VENUES
✨️
Twinwood Arena
✨️The Century Club
✨️Moonshine Glade
✨️The Nag’s Head
✨️Café de Bois de Jumeau
✨️The Hangar
✨️The Tin Hat Club
✨️Club Marlene
✨️The Control Tower 
✨️Le Monde Électrique 
✨️The Liberty Stage 
✨️The Casablanca Club 
✨️The Dance Marquee
✨️The Officer’s Mess Bar
✨️The Soulshack

 🏕 CAMPERS
Twinwood CAMPERS with 3-Day Festival tickets have FREE entry on Friday. No extra Friday ticket is required. Friday tickets can only be purchased over the phone. Please call 01234 824773. For camping information click here.

🐶 DOG INFORMATION
Camping visitors may bring well behaved pet dogs into the campsites. Dogs are not permitted onto any other area of the showground other than in the Twinwood campsites. Public footpaths are nearby for exercising dogs. Owners must bring equipment to clean up after their dogs. Please keep dogs on leads at all times. Ensure male dogs are kept well away from other peoples tents and property to avoid any risk of leg cocking accidents! Owners of a dog causing a nuisance or irritation to others may be asked to leave the site.

Day visitors should not bring dogs, as they are not allowed onto the showground or in any of the venues.

🎟 TICKET PRICE'S:
▪️
Saturday adult: £72.00
▪️Saturday child: £10.00
▪️Sunday adult: £72.00
▪️Sunday child: £10.00
▪️Monday adult: £41.00
▪️Monday child: £10.00
(Free tickets for children under 5. You need to book an Infant Pass for each child under 5 years old.)

🎫 3 DAY TICKET PRICE'S
▪️
Adult: £159.00
▪️Children: £30.00

🅿️ PARKING INFORMATION
There are many acres of free car parking at Twinwood Airfield, and a free shuttle bus service is provided to all visitors between the main Arena and the North West Car Park. Visitors are welcome to bring their folding chairs, etc onto the bus, and this free service means that whilst the distance between the car parks and main Arena is only about 360 metres, there are no long walking distances required at all.

♿️ BLUE BADGE PARKING
There are two disabled car parks, one for non-wheelchair users, who are able to use the bus to the Main Arena entrance, and one for wheelchair users who are unable to use the bus.

❗️SAT NAV WARNING
Warning! Some Sat Nav systems will send you on a wild goose chase as you near Clapham!
The crucial thing to remember is that you can ONLY access the festival site via Twinwood Road, which in turn can ONLY be accessed from a roundabout on Milton Road in the village of Clapham, Bedfordshire.

🌐 BOOKING/ INFORMATION /FAQ
You can book and find all the information you need on the Twinwood website, this can be done by clicking on the event link.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone:
01234 824773
📧 Email: info@twinwoodfestival.com
📘 Facebook: Click here

🐰 Family Fun Day 2025 - Animal Edge Farm, Millbrook


Time: 10:00 - 15:00

🤩 Join us for a full day at Animal Edge Farm Monday 25th August 2025.

WHAT TO EXPECT

✨️ Pony Rides
✨️ Animal feeding
✨️ Rabbit and guinea pig handling
✨️ Play area
✨️ Refreshments

🎟 TICKETS COST:
You can book tickets via the event link.
Adult: £4.60
Child: £8.60
(Booking fee applies)

ℹ️ BOOKING ENQUIRIES/CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone:
07413975756
📧 Email:
info@animaledge.co.uk
📘 Facebook:
Animal Edge

🌻 The Fun Fields at The Patch, Milton Keynes - 2025


Time: 10:00 - 17:00

🌻 The Patch MK is home to The Last Footprint, The Flower Fields and The Fun Fields this Summer. If you’re looking for things to do over the summer holidays, we have a whole host of activities for children and adults of all ages. Open Friday 25th July – Saturday 30th August 2025

🗓 2025 OPENING DAYS & TIMES
(closed Mondays except Bank Holidays)
▪️Tuesday - Sunday: 10am – 5pm

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT

🦖 The Lost World Corn Maze

Our Dinosaur Maze is roarsome fun!
Enter through the Lost World Gateway to enjoy a walk on the wild side as you hunt for the dinosaurs in our Jurassic Corn Maze.

PLAY AT THE PATCH
🌼 Roller Bowler
🌼 Wall Ball
🌼 The Slide Hive
🌼 Cornboy Lassoing
🌼 Cornholing (but don’t google this, it is not what you find on the internet!!)
🌼 The Duck Flight
🌼 9-Hole Family Mini Golf
🌼 Climbing Wall
🌼 Mini Beach Area
🌼 Bale Mountain
🌼 Duck Racing
🌼 Bale Cart Slide Trailer
🌼 Barrel Train Rides

👀 The Labyrinth of Illusions

The UK’s largest optical illusion and quite possibly the largest optical illusion in the world!
A living, growing labyrinth, planted to grow into a giant optical illusion for visitors to lose themselves in!

🤏 THE SHRINKING ROOM
Experience the magic from the original “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” film!
As you stroll down this captivating corridor, you’ll seem to grow bigger with every step. Get ready to be amazed by this iconic illusion and make sure someone is ready to capture it on camera.

🏐 THE ANTI - GRAVITY ROOM
The ‘Anti-Gravity Room’ offers an exciting adventure into the fascinating world of sensory illusions. In this room, balls appear to roll uphill, and everyone seems to stand at impossible slants, effortlessly leaning into space without falling over.

🌀 THE VORTEX TUNNEL
This bizarre and exciting contraption works by tricking your mind and body into thinking and feeling like the ground beneath you is moving when in fact it is completely still.

🪞 DISTORTING MIRRORS
These mirrors are sure to give you, your friends, and your family plenty to laugh about.

📍 GIANT PIN ART BOARD
Step up and experience the fun of the giant human pin art board! This supersized interactive installation takes the classic pin art toy and makes it big enough for you!

🎟 ONLINE TICKET COST FOR COMBINED FUN & FLOWER:
▪️Adult entry: £14.95
▪️Child entry: £14.95
▪️Group ticket - Admits 4 people: £55.00
▪️Child under 18 months: £0.00
▪️Concession - 65 years and above: £12.95
▪️Carer & disabled Ticket. Admits two.
Access card required: £22.50

ℹ️ FOR BOOKING & MORE INFORMATION:
Click via the event link. 

🌻 The Fun Fields at The Patch, Milton Keynes - 2025


Time: 10:00 - 17:00

🌻 The Patch MK is home to The Last Footprint, The Flower Fields and The Fun Fields this Summer. If you’re looking for things to do over the summer holidays, we have a whole host of activities for children and adults of all ages. Open Friday 25th July – Saturday 30th August 2025

🗓 2025 OPENING DAYS & TIMES
(closed Mondays except Bank Holidays)
▪️Tuesday - Sunday: 10am – 5pm

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT

🦖 The Lost World Corn Maze

Our Dinosaur Maze is roarsome fun!
Enter through the Lost World Gateway to enjoy a walk on the wild side as you hunt for the dinosaurs in our Jurassic Corn Maze.

PLAY AT THE PATCH
🌼 Roller Bowler
🌼 Wall Ball
🌼 The Slide Hive
🌼 Cornboy Lassoing
🌼 Cornholing (but don’t google this, it is not what you find on the internet!!)
🌼 The Duck Flight
🌼 9-Hole Family Mini Golf
🌼 Climbing Wall
🌼 Mini Beach Area
🌼 Bale Mountain
🌼 Duck Racing
🌼 Bale Cart Slide Trailer
🌼 Barrel Train Rides

👀 The Labyrinth of Illusions

The UK’s largest optical illusion and quite possibly the largest optical illusion in the world!
A living, growing labyrinth, planted to grow into a giant optical illusion for visitors to lose themselves in!

🤏 THE SHRINKING ROOM
Experience the magic from the original “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” film!
As you stroll down this captivating corridor, you’ll seem to grow bigger with every step. Get ready to be amazed by this iconic illusion and make sure someone is ready to capture it on camera.

🏐 THE ANTI - GRAVITY ROOM
The ‘Anti-Gravity Room’ offers an exciting adventure into the fascinating world of sensory illusions. In this room, balls appear to roll uphill, and everyone seems to stand at impossible slants, effortlessly leaning into space without falling over.

🌀 THE VORTEX TUNNEL
This bizarre and exciting contraption works by tricking your mind and body into thinking and feeling like the ground beneath you is moving when in fact it is completely still.

🪞 DISTORTING MIRRORS
These mirrors are sure to give you, your friends, and your family plenty to laugh about.

📍 GIANT PIN ART BOARD
Step up and experience the fun of the giant human pin art board! This supersized interactive installation takes the classic pin art toy and makes it big enough for you!

🎟 ONLINE TICKET COST FOR COMBINED FUN & FLOWER:
▪️Adult entry: £14.95
▪️Child entry: £14.95
▪️Group ticket - Admits 4 people: £55.00
▪️Child under 18 months: £0.00
▪️Concession - 65 years and above: £12.95
▪️Carer & disabled Ticket. Admits two.
Access card required: £22.50

ℹ️ FOR BOOKING & MORE INFORMATION:
Click via the event link. 

🛡 Historical Nonsense 2025 - Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton (FREE)


Time: 11:00 - 17:00

🛡️ Ready for Historical Nonsense this summer at Stockwood Discovery Centre - and it's completely free!

🗓 DATES & TIME:
Drop in anytime between 11am–5pm and dive into hands-on, history-inspired fun for all ages. Untill 28 August 2025.

🤩 FREE ACTIVITIES & DATES
✨️ Tuesday 29 July - Vikings Voyage
Braid a Viking bracelet, create a catapult, make your own longboat.

✨️ Thursday 31 July - WW1 Armistice Arts
Make paper planes, make a pinwheel poppy and create your own medal.

✨️ Tuesday 5 August - Ancient Greece A Grecian Discovery
Make a laurel leaf headband, design a dramatic mask, make an ancient brooch.

✨️ Thursday 7 August - Medieval Mayhem
Create a stained glass window, make your own sword, medieval letters

✨️ Tuesday 12 August - A Tudor Tournament
Design your own knights banner, create your own royal crown, Tudor finger puppet fun.

✨️ Thursday 14 August - Victorious Victorians
Make your own picture spinner, make paper flowers, weave your own flower.

✨️ Tuesday 19 August - Exciting Egyptians
Make an Egyptian collar, create a fan, design your own pharaoh headdress.

✨️ Thursday 21 August - Ancient Celts Boudica's Bash
Design your own Celtic knot, create a tree of life, make a Celtic inspired amulet.

✨️ Tuesday 26 August - The Great Georgian Gala
Make a silhouette picture, colouring in nature themed letters, quill your own picture.

✨️ Thursday 28 August - WW2 Operation Spitfire
Make your own spitfire, create a poppy, design your own paper people.

✅️ FREE - NO BOOKING REQUIRED
 
☕️ THE GARDEN CAFE
https://www.culturetrust.com/spaces/garden-cafe

🌺 The Walled Garden - Luton Hoo Estate


Time: 10:30 - 16:00

🌺 From the first Wednesday in May to the last in September 2025, we open the doors of the Walled Garden, Luton and welcome visitors to our unique Capability Brown designed walled garden and its unique service buildings.

🌹 WHAT TO EXPECT
Entrance includes a fascinating tour of the walled garden and visitors are encouraged to break their visit with a picnic or a visit to the Woodyard Café. The garden is best enjoyed at a snail’s pace, entrance is for all day! Notice boards and displays are updated throughout the season allowing fascinating insight into the garden’s rich history.

♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
Every effort has been made to make the garden accessible to as many visitors as possible. With that in mind we have recently finished resurfacing the area around the sundial making it far easier for wheeled access. However, due to the age and rich history of the garden there are some areas that are not accessible by wheelchair. Please inform members of the Walled Garden Project at the entrance and every effort will be made to provide an alternative route, provide commentary on the area, or help with pushing if there are volunteers available. Disabled toilets are available within the conservatory.

🐶 DOGS
Dogs on leads with well-behaved owners are most welcome at the Walled Garden.

🅿️ PARKING
Parking is in an immediately adjacent car park with clearing marked disabled parking bays.
Pre-booking is not required. Please note the Walled Garden is not at the hotel entrance.

🎫 PRE-BOOKING IS NOT REQUIRED
▪️£7.50 per adult 
▪️£2.50 per child
▪️Under 2’s and carers are FREE

🌻 The Fun Fields at The Patch, Milton Keynes - 2025


Time: 10:00 - 17:00

🌻 The Patch MK is home to The Last Footprint, The Flower Fields and The Fun Fields this Summer. If you’re looking for things to do over the summer holidays, we have a whole host of activities for children and adults of all ages. Open Friday 25th July – Saturday 30th August 2025

🗓 2025 OPENING DAYS & TIMES
(closed Mondays except Bank Holidays)
▪️Tuesday - Sunday: 10am – 5pm

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT

🦖 The Lost World Corn Maze

Our Dinosaur Maze is roarsome fun!
Enter through the Lost World Gateway to enjoy a walk on the wild side as you hunt for the dinosaurs in our Jurassic Corn Maze.

PLAY AT THE PATCH
🌼 Roller Bowler
🌼 Wall Ball
🌼 The Slide Hive
🌼 Cornboy Lassoing
🌼 Cornholing (but don’t google this, it is not what you find on the internet!!)
🌼 The Duck Flight
🌼 9-Hole Family Mini Golf
🌼 Climbing Wall
🌼 Mini Beach Area
🌼 Bale Mountain
🌼 Duck Racing
🌼 Bale Cart Slide Trailer
🌼 Barrel Train Rides

👀 The Labyrinth of Illusions

The UK’s largest optical illusion and quite possibly the largest optical illusion in the world!
A living, growing labyrinth, planted to grow into a giant optical illusion for visitors to lose themselves in!

🤏 THE SHRINKING ROOM
Experience the magic from the original “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” film!
As you stroll down this captivating corridor, you’ll seem to grow bigger with every step. Get ready to be amazed by this iconic illusion and make sure someone is ready to capture it on camera.

🏐 THE ANTI - GRAVITY ROOM
The ‘Anti-Gravity Room’ offers an exciting adventure into the fascinating world of sensory illusions. In this room, balls appear to roll uphill, and everyone seems to stand at impossible slants, effortlessly leaning into space without falling over.

🌀 THE VORTEX TUNNEL
This bizarre and exciting contraption works by tricking your mind and body into thinking and feeling like the ground beneath you is moving when in fact it is completely still.

🪞 DISTORTING MIRRORS
These mirrors are sure to give you, your friends, and your family plenty to laugh about.

📍 GIANT PIN ART BOARD
Step up and experience the fun of the giant human pin art board! This supersized interactive installation takes the classic pin art toy and makes it big enough for you!

🎟 ONLINE TICKET COST FOR COMBINED FUN & FLOWER:
▪️Adult entry: £14.95
▪️Child entry: £14.95
▪️Group ticket - Admits 4 people: £55.00
▪️Child under 18 months: £0.00
▪️Concession - 65 years and above: £12.95
▪️Carer & disabled Ticket. Admits two.
Access card required: £22.50

ℹ️ FOR BOOKING & MORE INFORMATION:
Click via the event link. 

🚂 Kids Go For £1: Summer Steaming Days 2025


Time: 10:30 - 17:00

🧒 Kids go for £1 throughout the 2025 summer holidays at our Steaming Days!

We have had some great feedback from doing this the last two years, as most places seem to be putting their prices up, so we thought we'd do it again this summer.

🗓 2025 DATES
July 30th and August 3rd, 6th, 13th, 17th, 20th, 27th and 31st...

Summer holiday Steaming Days are generally held on Wednesdays and Sundays from 30th July to 31st August 2025. There are only a couple of dates not included and that is because they are special event days.

🚂 WHAT IS A STEAMING DAY?
Come and enjoy steam train rides, watch the model trains, ride the miniature railway, visit our huge Railway Museum and stunning Visitor Centre, plus you can see inside the Travelling Post Office carriages. There are 25 acres to explore! We also have a lovely café, gift shop and secondhand book shop. There's so much to see and do for a First Class day out with the kids this summer!

ℹ️ BOOKING DETAILS
You can pre-book via the event link, but pre-booking is not required for these days out.
If you have a season ticket, these days are included in your free entry.

❓️F&Q (Dogs & Accessibility)
Click here.

🎟 TICKETS COST:
▪️
Child: £1.00
▪️Adult Ticket: £12.50
▪️Senior Ticket: £11.50
▪️Child Ticket (Under 3yrs): Free

ℹ️ CONTACT NUMBER
☎️ Phone: 01296 655720 

🌻 The Fun Fields at The Patch, Milton Keynes - 2025


Time: 10:00 - 17:00

🌻 The Patch MK is home to The Last Footprint, The Flower Fields and The Fun Fields this Summer. If you’re looking for things to do over the summer holidays, we have a whole host of activities for children and adults of all ages. Open Friday 25th July – Saturday 30th August 2025

🗓 2025 OPENING DAYS & TIMES
(closed Mondays except Bank Holidays)
▪️Tuesday - Sunday: 10am – 5pm

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT

🦖 The Lost World Corn Maze

Our Dinosaur Maze is roarsome fun!
Enter through the Lost World Gateway to enjoy a walk on the wild side as you hunt for the dinosaurs in our Jurassic Corn Maze.

PLAY AT THE PATCH
🌼 Roller Bowler
🌼 Wall Ball
🌼 The Slide Hive
🌼 Cornboy Lassoing
🌼 Cornholing (but don’t google this, it is not what you find on the internet!!)
🌼 The Duck Flight
🌼 9-Hole Family Mini Golf
🌼 Climbing Wall
🌼 Mini Beach Area
🌼 Bale Mountain
🌼 Duck Racing
🌼 Bale Cart Slide Trailer
🌼 Barrel Train Rides

👀 The Labyrinth of Illusions

The UK’s largest optical illusion and quite possibly the largest optical illusion in the world!
A living, growing labyrinth, planted to grow into a giant optical illusion for visitors to lose themselves in!

🤏 THE SHRINKING ROOM
Experience the magic from the original “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” film!
As you stroll down this captivating corridor, you’ll seem to grow bigger with every step. Get ready to be amazed by this iconic illusion and make sure someone is ready to capture it on camera.

🏐 THE ANTI - GRAVITY ROOM
The ‘Anti-Gravity Room’ offers an exciting adventure into the fascinating world of sensory illusions. In this room, balls appear to roll uphill, and everyone seems to stand at impossible slants, effortlessly leaning into space without falling over.

🌀 THE VORTEX TUNNEL
This bizarre and exciting contraption works by tricking your mind and body into thinking and feeling like the ground beneath you is moving when in fact it is completely still.

🪞 DISTORTING MIRRORS
These mirrors are sure to give you, your friends, and your family plenty to laugh about.

📍 GIANT PIN ART BOARD
Step up and experience the fun of the giant human pin art board! This supersized interactive installation takes the classic pin art toy and makes it big enough for you!

🎟 ONLINE TICKET COST FOR COMBINED FUN & FLOWER:
▪️Adult entry: £14.95
▪️Child entry: £14.95
▪️Group ticket - Admits 4 people: £55.00
▪️Child under 18 months: £0.00
▪️Concession - 65 years and above: £12.95
▪️Carer & disabled Ticket. Admits two.
Access card required: £22.50

ℹ️ FOR BOOKING & MORE INFORMATION:
Click via the event link. 

🛡 Historical Nonsense 2025 - Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton (FREE)


Time: 11:00 - 17:00

🛡️ Ready for Historical Nonsense this summer at Stockwood Discovery Centre - and it's completely free!

🗓 DATES & TIME:
Drop in anytime between 11am–5pm and dive into hands-on, history-inspired fun for all ages. Untill 28 August 2025.

🤩 FREE ACTIVITIES & DATES
✨️ Tuesday 29 July - Vikings Voyage
Braid a Viking bracelet, create a catapult, make your own longboat.

✨️ Thursday 31 July - WW1 Armistice Arts
Make paper planes, make a pinwheel poppy and create your own medal.

✨️ Tuesday 5 August - Ancient Greece A Grecian Discovery
Make a laurel leaf headband, design a dramatic mask, make an ancient brooch.

✨️ Thursday 7 August - Medieval Mayhem
Create a stained glass window, make your own sword, medieval letters

✨️ Tuesday 12 August - A Tudor Tournament
Design your own knights banner, create your own royal crown, Tudor finger puppet fun.

✨️ Thursday 14 August - Victorious Victorians
Make your own picture spinner, make paper flowers, weave your own flower.

✨️ Tuesday 19 August - Exciting Egyptians
Make an Egyptian collar, create a fan, design your own pharaoh headdress.

✨️ Thursday 21 August - Ancient Celts Boudica's Bash
Design your own Celtic knot, create a tree of life, make a Celtic inspired amulet.

✨️ Tuesday 26 August - The Great Georgian Gala
Make a silhouette picture, colouring in nature themed letters, quill your own picture.

✨️ Thursday 28 August - WW2 Operation Spitfire
Make your own spitfire, create a poppy, design your own paper people.

✅️ FREE - NO BOOKING REQUIRED
 
☕️ THE GARDEN CAFE
https://www.culturetrust.com/spaces/garden-cafe

🌻 The Fun Fields at The Patch, Milton Keynes - 2025


Time: 10:00 - 17:00

🌻 The Patch MK is home to The Last Footprint, The Flower Fields and The Fun Fields this Summer. If you’re looking for things to do over the summer holidays, we have a whole host of activities for children and adults of all ages. Open Friday 25th July – Saturday 30th August 2025

🗓 2025 OPENING DAYS & TIMES
(closed Mondays except Bank Holidays)
▪️Tuesday - Sunday: 10am – 5pm

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT

🦖 The Lost World Corn Maze

Our Dinosaur Maze is roarsome fun!
Enter through the Lost World Gateway to enjoy a walk on the wild side as you hunt for the dinosaurs in our Jurassic Corn Maze.

PLAY AT THE PATCH
🌼 Roller Bowler
🌼 Wall Ball
🌼 The Slide Hive
🌼 Cornboy Lassoing
🌼 Cornholing (but don’t google this, it is not what you find on the internet!!)
🌼 The Duck Flight
🌼 9-Hole Family Mini Golf
🌼 Climbing Wall
🌼 Mini Beach Area
🌼 Bale Mountain
🌼 Duck Racing
🌼 Bale Cart Slide Trailer
🌼 Barrel Train Rides

👀 The Labyrinth of Illusions

The UK’s largest optical illusion and quite possibly the largest optical illusion in the world!
A living, growing labyrinth, planted to grow into a giant optical illusion for visitors to lose themselves in!

🤏 THE SHRINKING ROOM
Experience the magic from the original “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” film!
As you stroll down this captivating corridor, you’ll seem to grow bigger with every step. Get ready to be amazed by this iconic illusion and make sure someone is ready to capture it on camera.

🏐 THE ANTI - GRAVITY ROOM
The ‘Anti-Gravity Room’ offers an exciting adventure into the fascinating world of sensory illusions. In this room, balls appear to roll uphill, and everyone seems to stand at impossible slants, effortlessly leaning into space without falling over.

🌀 THE VORTEX TUNNEL
This bizarre and exciting contraption works by tricking your mind and body into thinking and feeling like the ground beneath you is moving when in fact it is completely still.

🪞 DISTORTING MIRRORS
These mirrors are sure to give you, your friends, and your family plenty to laugh about.

📍 GIANT PIN ART BOARD
Step up and experience the fun of the giant human pin art board! This supersized interactive installation takes the classic pin art toy and makes it big enough for you!

🎟 ONLINE TICKET COST FOR COMBINED FUN & FLOWER:
▪️Adult entry: £14.95
▪️Child entry: £14.95
▪️Group ticket - Admits 4 people: £55.00
▪️Child under 18 months: £0.00
▪️Concession - 65 years and above: £12.95
▪️Carer & disabled Ticket. Admits two.
Access card required: £22.50

ℹ️ FOR BOOKING & MORE INFORMATION:
Click via the event link. 

🌳 Shefford Maze 2025 (Hoo Hill Maze)


Time: 10:00 - 16:00

🌳 The Maze in Shefford will be opening this Summer 2025.

🗓 SUMMER OPENING DAYS 2025
▪️
Monday 10am-4pm
▪️Friday 10am-4pm
▪️Sunday 10am-4pm

💷 COST -  NO BOOKING REQUIRED, JUST TURN UP
▪️
£5 per person
▪️Family of up to 6 people for £20
▪️Under 5 - Free
▪️We now accept cash or card.

🥪 FOOD & DRINK
There are no refreshments for sale on-site, but you are welcome to bring a picnic :)

🐶 DOGS
Sorry, no dogs allowed.

ℹ️ FOR MORE INFO
Any questions, please contact Dan on the mobile below. The website also has more details via the event link. We also cater for private hire.
☎️ Phone: 07539 329039
📧 Email: hoohillmaze@hotmail.com

📍WHERE CAN I FIND YOU?
You can find us on Hitchin Road on the way into Shefford.

🎊 Family Fest Weekender, Hertfordshire 2025

Saturday 30 August 2025

Time: 12:00 - 22:00

🎊 Join us for our Family Fest Weekender on Saturday 30th & Sundsy 31st August 2025 at Hertfordshire Showground for a weekend of full-throttle family fun!

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
Expect an amazing mix of live music, motorbike stunt shows, and of course, our famous hot air balloon displays and night glow shows lighting up the sky. There’ll be loads to do all day long – from interactive family entertainment and character appearances to a buzzing funfair and inflatables for the kids.

PLUS
👉Live Chainsaw Wood Carving
👉Foam Cannon Party
👉Axe Throwing / Archery / Nerf Arenas
👉Punch & Judy / Puppet Shows
👉Mobile Petting Zoos / Reptile Encounters
👉Magicians / Balloon Artists / Face Painters
👉Circus Performers / Fire Shows / Jugglers
👉Walkaround Dinosaurs / Transformers / Robots
👉BMX / FMX / Stunt Shows
👉Birds of Prey Flying Shows
👉Mini Beast Experience / Bug Encounters
👉Fire & LED Dancers
👉Laser Show Experience
👉Strongman Show
👉Tug of War Arena
👉Medieval jousting
👉Medieval Vikings
👉Parachute team
👉Hot air balloon tethering
👉Hot air balloon night glow snow.
👉Circus tent

😋 FOOD & DRINK
You’ll also find a great range of food and drink vendors on site, with something for everyone – whether you’re after a quick bite, a cold pint, or something a bit more indulgent.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 EVERYONE WELCOME
This is a weekend that’s all about making memories with the people you love – whether you're here for the thrill of the stunt bikes or just to see the balloons glow at sunset.

🎟 TICKETS COST:
▪️
Super Early Bird: £12.65 (£12.00 + £0.65 fee)
▪️Free entry for children aged 2

ℹ️ CONTACT INFORMATION
📧 info@highoctanefamilyfestival.com 

🏛 Moot Hall Museum - Elstow


Time: 13:00 - 16:00

🏛 Step into the world of John Bunyan when you visit the delightful village of Elstow, Bedfordshire.

🗓 OPENING TIMES
▪️
April - October
▪️Open Saturdays only
▪️1pm - 4pm

🏛 MOOT HALL
Wander onto the village green and discover Moot Hall - a registered Ancient Monument. This delightful 15th century timber-framed building is unique, being the only known combined manor courthouse & market hall to have been built in Britain by a nunnery.

As well as Bunyan-related items, Moot Hall houses a collection of 17th century furniture and various small exhibitions, including beautiful Bedfordshire lace-making. (Which you can purchase here.) Moot Hall is run by a small team of volunteers, all of whom are knowledgeable about its history, so don't hesitate to ask them questions.

▪️PLEASE NOTE: Cash only in the shop.

💷 ADMISSION
There is no admission fee for individuals and families. Instead, we invite you to leave a donation, at the end of your visit, for whatever amount you feel your visit was worth.

🤔 WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?
​Bring the family, perhaps have a picnic on the green. Follow that with a stroll around the ancient timber-framed buildings on Elstow's High Street and the Abbey church and ruins of the former Benedictine nunnery. Then round off your visit with a cuppa at the delightful Elstow Tea Garden or at Elstow Post Office's Cottage Tea Room or the Red Lion Pub (A Sizzling pub).

♿️ DISABLED ACCESS
There is one parking space at Moot Hall exclusively reserved for Blue Badge Holders.
Access to the upper floor of Moot Hall is via a flight of fairly steep stairs but there is a chair-lift. There are some raised beams in the downstairs floor which you will need to be able to step over and one bay may not be accessible to wider wheelchairs. Sorry, but Moot is, after all, an authentic medieval building!

🅿️ CAR PARKING
There is a small car park adjacent to Moot Hall - only for people visiting the museum. - and this may be accessed from Church End.  There are also three spaces in a small lay-by on Church End, opposite Moot Hall. Also at the Abbey Church, which is at the western end of Church End, and a large car park at The Red Lion Pub.

☎️ CONTACT NUMBER: 01234 266889

👑 Stockwood Living History Festival 2025


Time: 11:00

👑 Stockwood Living History Festival 2025. Join us at Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton where we journey through time as history comes alive.

🗓 DATES & TIMES
▪️
Saturday 30th August - 11:00am
▪️Sunday 31st August - 11:00am

▪️Age Guidance: Suitable for All
 
🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
You can meet characters from pre-Roman times up to WW2 - Tudors, Vikings, Medieval Knights and WW1 characters, including Henry VIII, Queen Victoria and Boudicca.

The festival recreates a glimpse of daily life through a variety of historical scenarios, performances, talks, music and traditional craft demos.  There’s lots on offer for kids including Knight School, themed art and craft activities, and archery.  Leading up to the Festival, the Stockwood Discovery Centre also offers free “Historical Nonsense” craft activities focusing on specific periods of history that are featured over the two days.

Come and experience Stockwood as it travels back in time!

👀 WATCH A CLIP FROM YOUTUBE HERE:
https://youtu.be/45Fr52CGtdc?si=s4RUGWVjTE-0EptS

🎟 TICKETS COST:
▪️
£7 (inc. booking fee) 
▪️£21 Family Ticket of 4 (inc. booking fee) 

Bradwell Mill Opening Day - Free Entry

Sunday 31 August 2025

Time: 13:30 - 16:30

Bradwell Mill is a Grade II listed landmark and is open to the public on selected days throughout the year, when the mill can be seen in action.

It is a rare opportunity to better understand what life was like as a miller – complete with all the associated smells, noise and dust!

🗓 2025 OPENING DAYS
▪️May 5th, 10th, 11th & 25th
▪️June 29th
▪️July 27th
▪️August 31st
▪️September 13th, 14th & 28th


Please be aware
⭐️
The mill is a working machine not just a building. Care should be taken when moving around the premises as some surfaces are greasy and some have a risk of splinters.

⭐️ There are low beams and trip hazards along with steep, narrow stairs.

⭐️ Only a limited number of people can access the upstairs at a time – so you may have to wait.

⭐️ Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

⭐️ There are no toilet facilities available.

🎫 ADMISSION - FREE
Admission is free but donations towards the upkeep are very much welcome.

🅿️ PARKING
Parking is in Nightingale Court, off Wheelers Lane. There is no access to the mill from Mill Lane (off Bradwell Road).

🌳 Stotfold Watermill & Nature Reserve 2025


Time: 12:30 - 17:00

⚙️ The Mill, Shop and Tea Room are open to the public only on the dates below. Flour and oats are milled on open days, water levels permitting. Tea Room last orders 4.30pm.

ℹ️ THE MILL
There are three floors to view. We recommend the minimum time would be 15 minutes for each floor. There is a lift in the mill which allows full access to all three floors, there is also a toilet, for disabled visitors.

🌳 THE NATURE RESERVE
The Nature Reserve is open all year round, except 10th-11th May and 4th-5th October 2025. A circular walk takes around 45 minutes.

🐶 ABOUT DOGS
With the exception of guide dogs, we do not allow dogs in the mill. We welcome well behaved dogs in the Nature Reserve and ask that they be kept on leads at all times – many animals and birds breed or feed on the reserve, at or near ground level at all seasons of the year.

🕧 OPENING TIMES
🔸️
Mill, Shop and Tea Room: 12:30pm - 5:00pm
🔸️Milling sessions: 1:00pm - 4:00pm

🗓 2025 OPENING DATES
▪️June: 8th, 22nd, 29th
▪️July: 6th, 13th,
(Art Group Summer Exhibition 19th, 20th), 27th
▪️August: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 31st
▪️September: 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
▪️October: 19th

🅿️ CAR PARK OPENING TIMES:
10.00am to 7.00pm
(or earlier if dusk, dull or rainy)

CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Telephone: 01462 734541
📧 Email: enquiries@stotfoldmill.com