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Join us for Settle’s annual Christmas Lights Switch on Event.*Get into the Christmas spirit by visiting the Christmas market with an array of food, drink and produce. The festivities start from 12pm.** Stalls include – Honey, Christmas Wreaths, , Skin Care, Mini Dutch pancakes, Retro sweets, Olives, Wood art, Crystals, Dog Treats, Art gallery, Christmas […]
Thurs 24th Aug 2023 Dunsop Valley Ramble & Tramper Trek 11:00am – 2:00pm Dunsop Bridge area Explore the Heart of the Forest of Bowland either on foot or by Tramper. This is a 6 mile walk, graded ‘moderate’. Suitable for trampers, which need to be booked 7 days prior to walk (maximum 2 per walk). […]
Sun 20th Aug 2023 Hay Time Printmaking 2:00pm – 5:00pm Wigglesworth A Bowland Hay Time event. Let your creativity blossom on this hay time-themed workshop with print maker, Nita Burrows, who finds her own inspiration through the natural environment. Focusing on field patterns and field barns, and adding meadow flower colour and motifs, Nita […]
Tue 15th Aug 2023 Smartphone Photography in Nature 9:30am – 12:30pm Gisburn Forest A Bowland Hay Time event. Bowland is a photographer’s paradise, with something new round every corner. If you’d like to capture some of the beauty of this wonderful area on your smartphone, but don’t quite know where to start, […]
Fri 11th Aug 2023 Hooking the Meadows 1:00pm – 4:00pm Grindleton A Bowland Hay Time event. Come and create textured textile pieces on a meadow theme, using the principles of rug hooking on a miniature scale. Our tutor, Kit, is an experienced mixed media textile artist with a particular focus on fibre to fabric techniques, and contemporary […]
Welcome to the Picnic. It’s all fun and games. This summer, we’re ripping up the recipe book and whipping up a theatrical treat like no other in outdoor venues all across the UK: a three-actor production of J.M.Barrie’s classic play Peter Pan. Let your imagination soar as they dish out this timeless tale of hapless pirates, […]
The HandleBards return to Giggleswick on their 10th anniversary tour with a brand-new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Pedalling around the UK by bicycle, with all the necessary set, props and costume in tow, the HandleBards return by popular demand – and, as usual, we can expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old […]
Taking place on Zoom, FEAST is your opportunity to meet with artists from across the world. You’ll go into short breakout rooms with different artists throughout the hour session. FEAST is the place to network and meet other artists in different fields, a creative space to come up with collaborations and think in new ways […]
Hinterlands, Skipton’s Film Festival, celebrates the richness and variety of rural film in the heart of the Lakes and Dales. Join us from 17-19 March 2023, for cinematic events that will make you reconsider the importance of the great outdoors in film. This year’s programme includes a screening of multi-award winning The Banshees of […]
Craven Conservation Group Meeting
One of a series of scythe festivals during 2023, the Northern Scythe Festival celebrates a rural tradition that’s well worth discovering – and Bell Sykes Farm here in Bowland is the perfect spot! Six unimproved fields at Bell Sykes are Lancashire’s official Coronation Meadows, thanks to the traditional management they have received over decades. Full […]
ACE Food Group are hoping that Settle can become a Fairtrade Community (aka Town) in the not too distant future. This will require support and involvement from Settle Town Council, schools and businesses, event organisers and individuals. Most of the churches are already using Fairtrade goods. Liz Roodhouse from Fairtrade Skipton will be giving us […]
Get ready for the Victoria Hall Beer Festival, running from Thursday 8 August to Saturday 10 August 2024 We’ll have 20 cask ales of various names and colours on tap, so there’s something for every beer-lover in our hand-picked selection. Opening times are: Thursday 5-10pm Friday 12-10pm Saturday 12-10pm Throughout the beer festival we also […]
Starting on the Saturday 13th July and continuing everyday until Sunday 1st September 2024 Stroll around Settle during the summer months and be amazed, amused, entertained, astounded & astonished by the wonderful flowerpot displays decorating our lovely town. Flowerpot Trails To ensure you see most of the wonderful Flowerpot Creations We recommend you purchase one […]
The Platinum Jubilee celebrations are being organised by Victoria Hall, North Craven Building Preservation Trust, Settle Town Council, Settle Stories, Settle Library, and a group of other community organisations. The main celebrations will take place on Thursday 2 June, with activities in the market place and entertainment in the Victoria Hall gardens, culminating in the lighting of the […]
The talk will explain the practicalities and skills of manuscript production in the mediaeval period, when Craven sheep often ended up between the covers of a book. NCHT members will be invited automatically. Non-members are welcome – contact us for a Zoom invitation.