Open Weekend 2025

Open Weekend 2025: Where Stories and Nature Come to Life Open Weekend is back for 2025 – join in the fifth year of our vibrant, Bucks-wide event full of creative activities to try out and have a go! Every tree has a tale. Every landscape holds a legend. Every moment spent in nature is a… Continue reading Open Weekend 2025: Thursday 28th – Sunday 31st August 2025

Spark your imagination with a walk around Great Missenden. Discover locations that inspired Roald Dahl and start to create a story. Get out and about with our Sketch for Stories Activity Pack. You’ll discover locations that inspired Roald Dahl’s own stories as well as starting to create your own story ideas. We’ll encourage you to… Continue reading Sketch for Stories

Step into a world of myth and imagination with Waddesdon Wisdom & Wonder, a self-guided storytelling trail that brings the gardens and woodlands of Waddesdon to life in a completely new way. Follow a ten-stop nature trail through the grounds and encounter a series of original short stories and soliloquies, specially written for this event.… Continue reading Waddesdon Wisdom and Wonder

From 2 August to the 31st, explore The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War—a spectacular 60-metre knitted and crocheted tapestry marking 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Each three-dimensional panel, lovingly stitched by talented volunteer makers, weaves stories of courage, resolve, and everyday life on the British home front during World War II.… Continue reading The Longest Yarn 2

Join freelance storyteller Anna Walker for a magical day of stories with a Heroes & Villains inspired "Choose Your Own Adventure" themed trail. Take part in book-making, story-telling, face-painting and character-creation activities and get the creative juices flowing with your own mini tales or comic strips with unique characters and storylines inspired by site-specific stories… Continue reading Family Fun Day: Heroes & Villians!

A weekend of cream teas and tours up the church tower to see Burnham and its environs in all it's glory, and imagine the Burnham of old.. St. Peter's in Burnham will be opening it's doors to all for tours up the church tower; giving people the chance to experience the incredible views of Burnham… Continue reading Tower Tours and Cream Teas

Community Youth Ventures presents "Woven Stories: Upcycled Dream Catcher Workshop" Join them at Amersham Youth Centre as they upcycle and create dream catchers that reflect stories inspired from CDs. Combine colours, textures and personal elements. Ages 7+ Free Event, bookable by Eventbrite

This summer, we’re celebrating our fifth anniversary with a dazzling collision of Baroque opera and contemporary circus. Join us for Le Carnaval de Venise (1699), a joyful, fast-paced and theatrical reimagining of Campra’s vibrant opera, performed in-the-round under our iconic circus tent in the grounds of The Vache – or as we’re calling it this… Continue reading Le Carnaval de Venise: A Circus-Opera