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Get the family outdoors this summer with forest school style events held every Thursday during the summer holidays. Step into Tameside’s greenspaces with these drop in events organised by Tameside Cultural Services, part of Tameside Council.

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Dates for your diary:

Here comes the SUN

Date: 2nd July              

Venue: Waterloo Park, Ashton-under-Lyne

Time: 11am-3pm

Come rain or shine you will leave with your own bit of sunshine.

Let the flowers and leaves of Waterloo Park inspire you to design nature sun catchers or can we challenge you to make the longest leaves mobile? Before it gets dark, leave with your own Summer Lantern.

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Wild in the Clough

Date: 4th August

Venue: Hurst Clough, Mottram/Hattersley

Time: 11am –3pm

Join us for outdoor adventures den building, building twig towers, pond dipping and take a woodland walk on the wild side.

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Woodland Faces and Mud Monsters

Date: 11th August

Venue: Lymefields Broad Mill, Broadbottom  

Time: 11am –3pm

Inspired by folklore crafts, head on a nature journey to make your own woodland faces and mud monsters and enjoy nature based games to play.

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Wild Art- Views of Tameside

Date: 18th August

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Venue: The Viewing Point (near to the Views of Tameside Frame), Gorse Hall Park, Stalybridge

Time: 11am –3pm

Join us in mark making, smudging and leaf bashing prints. Make your own charcoal sticks over an open fire and create giant bubbles with sticks to glide over Stalybridge.

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Bed & Breakfast for Bugs & Birds

Date: 25th August

Venue: King George V Playing Fields, Ashton-under-Lyne

Time: 11am –3pm

Come and see the newly installed 5* Bug Hotel. We all need a treat and so do the bugs and birds. Make your own bug hotel from recycled and natural materials and feed the local birds with a tasty handmade treat.  

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Find even more activities for your family to enjoy this summer holiday click here.

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