Picnics & Food
Plantation Garden, Norwich
Every Sunday from Sunday 25 April, 2.30pm until 4.30pm
Tea and cakes on the lawn
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Enjoy The Broads
Bats, Broads and Bio manipulation!
Friday 3 September 2010, 7.30pm to 10pm
Barton Broad
Celebrate National Parks Week and International Year of Biodiversity seeing and hearing some of the protected creatures special to the Broads. An exciting opportunity to explore Barton Broad by twilight on the Ra solar boat. Come bat hunting with us and find out about the magical and mythical wildlife found in this special wetland. Discover how we are improving the broad for wildlife and people. Light refreshments provided.
Price: £9.50 adult, £7.50 child, £30 family.
Suitable for wheelchair users.
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Dawn Boat Trip on the Helen of Ranworth
5 September 6.30am to 8.30am (then breakfast)
Ranworth to Cockshoot Broad and return
Experience the magic of the Broads at dawn on the Helen of Ranworth, a traditional reed lighter boat used for carrying reeds in times gone by. We glide silently along in this electric boat from Ranworth Staithe to the Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve where a short walk takes us to the bird hide overlooking Cockshoot Broad. Length of walk approx. 1 mile. Trip finishes with full English breakfast at a local pub.
Price: £15 adult, £10 child, £45 family
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Drop-in Art Activities
Tuesday 27 July to Sunday 5 September
Sainsbury Centre Visual Arts, 11am to 4pm
Come and spend the day with us and discover what we have to offer. Each holiday we highlight a favourite object or group of objects from our collection – this time it’s The Toy Department. Let us take you around the world with our free activities for families. Free fun!
Price: free
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No Place Like Home
Sunday 5 September
Sainsbury Centre Visual Arts, Midday to 4pm
Enjoy fantastic free activities for all the family in the gallery and world stories in the collections, narrated by our guides (12.30pm and 2pm). Then relax with free Sunday papers and music from Eastern Straynotes in our cafe, or head out to play in the parkland surrounding the Sainsbury Centre.
Price: free (includes gallery admission)
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Puppets & Marionette Figures
Norwich Puppet Theatre
Lots of spectacles for families.
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Stories, Sagas and Old Wives Tales
Tues until 1 September, 10.30am to 12.00pm & 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Norwich Castle
Join us for some tall tales of daring-do, fairy stories and Sagas from across time and the world.
Price: Adult £3.10 - £6.00, Conc. £2.70 - £5.10, Young People (4 – 16) £2.30 - £4.40
Suitable for children young and old, especially the grown-up ones!
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Art Attack!
Suns until 6 September, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Norwich Castle
Get creative and have a go at an array of different art and craft activities.
Price: Adult £3.10 - £6.00, Conc. £2.70 - £5.10, Young People (4 – 16) £2.30 - £4.40
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Hands on History
Weds & Fri until 4 September, 10.30am to 12.00pm & 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Norwich Castle
Meet characters from history as they show you the everyday objects from their world.
Price: Adult £3.10 - £6.00, Conc. £2.70 - £5.10, Young People (4 – 16) £2.30 - £4.40
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Simulator Red Driving School
Saturday 4 September, 9am to 5pm
Millennium Plain
The Red Driving School will be bringing a mobile simulator to Upper Millennium Plain, for the public to try and make the public aware of Road Safety.
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