East Riding of Yorkshire Council is holding a new course and it is being run by Brian Bate, community sports coach. Brian has been making walking sticks and shepherds’ crooks in Leicestershire for many years and has now moved to the East Riding and is offering to teach this amazing craft to the residents of the area. Join Brian for a rare insight into this fascinating craft. Make your own…
A new display opened this week at the Treasure House in Beverley next week, focusing on recent excavations at Stamford Bridge. The excavations, carried out by Northern Archaeological Associates in 2003, were connected with the construction of a new water main for the village and examined parts of the Roman settlement that existed there in the 2nd-4th centuries AD. The exhibition opens on Tuesday, 11th August and will be found…
Explore the ancient pastures of the Beverley Westwood on horseback; Bleach Yard Stables were established in 1967 and is approved by the Association of British Riding Schools. It is open 7 days a week. They are situated opposite Beverley Police station off New Walk, just fives minutes from Beverley Town Centre. All standards of riders are welcome; beginners may enjoy a formal lesson with one of the friendly staff. Bleach Yard…
Summer 2009 Activities at Beverley Leisure Complex Throughout the summer, Beverley Leisure Complex is holding a variety of sessions for children to get involved in. Every day of the week between 2-4pm there is an exciting variety of fun activities for five to 12 year olds. These include football on Mondays, urban street dance on Tuesdays, Frisbee fun and tri golf on Wednesdays, bouncy castle, parachute games and dodge ball…
Located on the edge of Beverley the Beverley Polo Club has three outdoor grounds and floodlight indoor arena measuring 80 x 40 yards with an Ecotrack surface and seated viewing gallery. With fully qualified HPA coach and a livery stabling up to 60 horses experienced, beginners and even non riders are made to feel welcome and can learn to play Polo. Established in 2002 with the mission of promoting polo…
DARK AGES DAY IN BEVERLEY The garden of the Treasure House in Beverley will be transformed when a Dark Age encampment is set up there on Saturday, 25 July. Members of re-enactment group Ulf Hednar England will be on hand to talk about life in the Dark Ages, and there will be a series of events and activities in and around the Treasure House, centred on the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and…
Beverley Art Gallery will run a workshop for children aged seven and over as part of its new exhibition ‘Lost Property – found object artwork’ by Martin Waters. The workshop will be held in two parts with the first sessions taking place on Monday, 3 August, between 10.30am – 12noon when a beach clean will take place at Flamborough to search for items to make art from. The second part…
Children of all ages will be able to swim as often as they want this summer for a set price with the introduction of a new childs swim pass for all East Riding of Yorkshire Council operated swimming pools, including the pool at Beverley Leisure Complex. The pass is available for children aged from 3 to 15 years of age and allows them to attend any of the general swimming or fun sessions…
The summer holidays are fast approaching and Beverley Leisure Complex has organised a variety of activities as part of the summer programme. A couple of new things starting this year are the adventure activity days, which are happening on three separate Mondays and the weekly sports camps. The adventure activity days will be a fun-filled day of adventure, problem solving, alternative fun activities, treasure hunts and orienteering. There will be…