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Mini Millers
Mill Green Museum, Bush Hall Lane, Hatfield, Hatfield
23 May 2025 - 12 Dec 2025
23 May 2025 - 12 Dec 2025
The World of Martin Brown: Horrible Histories and Other Dazzling Drawings
North Herts Museum, North Hertfordshire Museum, Brand Street, Hitchin
7 Jun 2025 - 21 Sep 2025
7 Jun 2025 - 21 Sep 2025
Trolls: A Field Study
Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable
21 Jun 2025 - 22 Sep 2025
21 Jun 2025 - 22 Sep 2025
The story garden - Hertford Library
Hertford Library, 10 Maidenhead St
5 Jul 2025 - 6 Sep 2025
5 Jul 2025 - 6 Sep 2025
Summer at Barleylands
Barleylands Farm, Billericay
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Children's Summer Trail
Hertford Town tourist and information centre, Hertford
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Shaggy's Summer Spectacular
Mead Open Farm, Leighton Buzzard
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Summer Festival at Audley End Miniature Railway
Audley End Miniature Railway, Saffrom Warden
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
6 weeks of Summer at Cedars Nature Centre
Cedars Nature Centre, waltham cross
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
19 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Summer Spectacular
Willows Activity Farm, London Colney
19 Jul 2025 - 2 Sep 2025
19 Jul 2025 - 2 Sep 2025
Let's Leap Holiday Camp
Queenswood School, Hatfield, AL9 6NS
21 Jul 2025 - 22 Aug 2025
21 Jul 2025 - 22 Aug 2025
Summer of Play
Dunstable Downs, Dunstable
21 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
21 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Bubble 'n' Bop Children's Festival at Marsh Farm
Marsh Farm, South Woodham Ferrers
21 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
21 Jul 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Nuclear High Ropes Summer Pass
Nuclear High Ropes, Kelevdon Hatch, Brentwood
21 Jul 2025 - 1 Sep 2025
21 Jul 2025 - 1 Sep 2025
Kidfest at Lee Valley Park Farms
Lee Valley Animal Adventure Park, Waltham Abbey
23 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025
23 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025
6 Weeks of Summer
Hatfield Park, Hatfield
23 Jul 2025 - 2 Sep 2025
23 Jul 2025 - 2 Sep 2025
Rewild your Summer Experience
Celtic Harmony Camp, Bourne Wood, Brickendon Ln, Brickendon
24 Jul 2025 - 25 Aug 2025
24 Jul 2025 - 25 Aug 2025
Iron Age Glamping Experience
Celtic Harmony Camp, Bourne Wood, Brickendon Ln, Brickendon
24 Jul 2025 - 25 Aug 2025
24 Jul 2025 - 25 Aug 2025
Super Senses Summer
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
24 Jul 2025 - 2 Sep 2025
24 Jul 2025 - 2 Sep 2025
The Bad Guys 2
BEAM Hertford, Hertford
25 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
25 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
Amey Zoo Creature Connections
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
28 Jul 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
28 Jul 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
Summer at Hertford Museum
Hertford Museum, Hertford
29 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025
29 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025
Ocean Exploration
Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
29 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025
29 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025
Summer at Hertford Museum: Five Weeks of Family Fun Activities
Hertford Museum, Hertford
29 Jul 2025 - 28 Aug 2025
29 Jul 2025 - 28 Aug 2025
Moovies on the Farm at Battlers Green Farm
Battlers Green Farm, Radlett
30 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
30 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
School Holiday Activity – Climbing Wall
Ware Priory, Ware
31 Jul 2025
31 Jul 2025
Luton Hoo Estate Walled Garden Children's Summer Workshops
Luton Hoo Walled Garden, Luton
31 Jul 2025
31 Jul 2025
Smurfs
BEAM Hertford, Hertford
31 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
31 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
Self-Led Pond Dipping at RSPB Rye Meads
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
31 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
31 Jul 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
Summer Just Get Over it
Wild Forest, Kelevdon Hatch, Brentwood
31 Jul 2025 - 28 Aug 2025
31 Jul 2025 - 28 Aug 2025
Children's Craft Carousel (Age 3-7) – Summer Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
1 Aug 2025
1 Aug 2025
Wind in the Willows
Hatfield Park, Hatfield
1 Aug 2025
1 Aug 2025
Big Wild Sleepout at RSPB Rye Meads
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
1 Aug 2025 - 2 Aug 2025
1 Aug 2025 - 2 Aug 2025
Storytelling Evening
Celtic Harmony Camp, Brickendon
2 Aug 2025
2 Aug 2025
Cirque - The Greatest Show (Reimagined)
BEAM Hertford, Hertford
2 Aug 2025
2 Aug 2025
Mrs Armitage On Wheels
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
2 Aug 2025
2 Aug 2025
Elio
BEAM Hertford, Hertford
2 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
2 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
Exotic Animal Weekend
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary, Brentwood
2 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
2 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
Kites connect festival
Dunstable Downs - National Trust, Whipsnade Road, Dunstable
2 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
2 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
Rogues and Highwaymen
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
2 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
2 Aug 2025 - 3 Aug 2025
The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
2 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
2 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Rock at the Castle
Hertford Castle, Hertford
3 Aug 2025
3 Aug 2025
Outdoor Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
Shuttleworth Collection & Gardens, Biggleswade
3 Aug 2025
3 Aug 2025
Children's Craft Carousel (Age 3-7) – Summer Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
4 Aug 2025
4 Aug 2025
Children's Craft Carousel (Age 3-7) – Summer Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
4 Aug 2025
4 Aug 2025
Stockwood Garden Party
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
4 Aug 2025 - 6 Aug 2025
4 Aug 2025 - 6 Aug 2025
Amey Zoo Creature Connections
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
4 Aug 2025 - 8 Aug 2025
4 Aug 2025 - 8 Aug 2025
Design and Make a Miniature Garden
Capel Manor Gardens, Enfield
5 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025
Lego & Duplo Play
Hertford Library, Hertford
5 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025
Terrific Tuesday: Stone Age
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
5 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025
Build Your World Children's Summer Drama Workshops
BEAM, Hertford
5 Aug 2025 - 6 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025 - 6 Aug 2025
Summer at Hertford Museum
Hertford Museum, Hertford
5 Aug 2025 - 7 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025 - 7 Aug 2025
Ocean Exploration
Natural History Museum at Tring, Tring
5 Aug 2025 - 7 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025 - 7 Aug 2025
Summer Crafts
British Schools Museum, Hitchin
5 Aug 2025 - 7 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025 - 7 Aug 2025
Hertford Play Day
Hertford Town Centre, Hertford
6 Aug 2025
6 Aug 2025
Junk Zine (Age 8+) – Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
6 Aug 2025
6 Aug 2025
Concertina Dolls House (Age 8+) – Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
7 Aug 2025
7 Aug 2025
Jungle Shoebox (Age 8+) – Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
7 Aug 2025
7 Aug 2025
School Holiday Activity - Doodle Jam
Ware Priory, Ware
7 Aug 2025
7 Aug 2025
Self-Led Pond Dipping at RSPB Rye Meads
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
7 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
7 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
Teen Urban Sketching in Ware (12+) – Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
8 Aug 2025
8 Aug 2025
Pop-up Cinema
Unit 3 Dicker Mill, Hertford
9 Aug 2025
9 Aug 2025
Day out with Thomas
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Aylesbury
9 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
9 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
Colourscape
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
9 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
9 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
Colourscape
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
9 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
9 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
Britain at War
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
9 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
9 Aug 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
Macramé Jam (Age 8+) Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
11 Aug 2025
11 Aug 2025
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
11 Aug 2025 - 15 Aug 2025
11 Aug 2025 - 15 Aug 2025
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
11 Aug 2025 - 15 Aug 2025
11 Aug 2025 - 15 Aug 2025
Lego & Duplo Play
Hertford Library, Hertford
12 Aug 2025
12 Aug 2025
Junk Percussion Workshop
Ware Priory, Ware
12 Aug 2025
12 Aug 2025
Terrific Tuesday: Fun of the Fair
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
12 Aug 2025
12 Aug 2025
Summer at Hertford Museum
Hertford Museum, Hertford
12 Aug 2025 - 14 Aug 2025
12 Aug 2025 - 14 Aug 2025
Be a Fashion Designer (Age 8+) – Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
13 Aug 2025
13 Aug 2025
Pop Art Portrait Canvas Workshop (Age 8+) – Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
13 Aug 2025
13 Aug 2025
School Holiday Activity – Animal Encounters
Ware Priory, Ware
14 Aug 2025
14 Aug 2025
Comic Zine (Age 8+) – Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
14 Aug 2025
14 Aug 2025
Self-Led Pond Dipping at RSPB Rye Meads
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
14 Aug 2025 - 17 Aug 2025
14 Aug 2025 - 17 Aug 2025
Art Journaling All-Day Workshop (Age 6+) – Summer Holiday Workshops
Southern Maltings, Ware
15 Aug 2025
15 Aug 2025
Flying Proms
Shuttleworth Collection & Gardens, Biggleswade
16 Aug 2025
16 Aug 2025
Mini Mela
St Albans Museum and Gallery, St Albans
16 Aug 2025
16 Aug 2025
Victorian Weekend
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
16 Aug 2025 - 17 Aug 2025
16 Aug 2025 - 17 Aug 2025
Sunday Summer Sets
Capel Manor Gardens, Enfield
17 Aug 2025
17 Aug 2025
Shuttleworth Family Concert 2025
Shuttleworth Collection & Gardens, Biggleswade
17 Aug 2025
17 Aug 2025
African Drumming & Story Telling
Wardown House, Museum and Gallery, Luton
18 Aug 2025 - 19 Aug 2025
18 Aug 2025 - 19 Aug 2025
African Drumming & Story Telling
Wardown House, Museum and Gallery, Luton
18 Aug 2025 - 19 Aug 2025
18 Aug 2025 - 19 Aug 2025
Dog and Duck Show
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
18 Aug 2025 - 22 Aug 2025
18 Aug 2025 - 22 Aug 2025
Dog and Duck Show
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
18 Aug 2025 - 22 Aug 2025
18 Aug 2025 - 22 Aug 2025
Dog and Duck Show
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
18 Aug 2025 - 22 Aug 2025
18 Aug 2025 - 22 Aug 2025
Design and Make a Miniature Garden
Capel Manor Gardens, Enfield
19 Aug 2025
19 Aug 2025
Terrific Tuesday: WW2 Victory in Japan Day
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
19 Aug 2025
19 Aug 2025
Summer at Hertford Museum
Hertford Museum, Hertford
19 Aug 2025 - 21 Aug 2025
19 Aug 2025 - 21 Aug 2025
School Holiday Activity – Water Wars
Ware Priory, Ware
20 Aug 2025
20 Aug 2025
Garden Trail: Shaw's Scrumptious Veg
Shaw's Corner, Nr Welwyn
21 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025
21 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025
Self-Led Pond Dipping at RSPB Rye Meads
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
21 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025
21 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025
Kid Zone
Event Island, Stevenage
22 Aug 2025
22 Aug 2025
Kid Zone
Event Island, Stevenage
22 Aug 2025
22 Aug 2025
Bikeability course
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
23 Aug 2025
23 Aug 2025
Breadcrumbs
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
24 Aug 2025
24 Aug 2025
Outdoor Theatre: Robin Hood
Shaw's Corner, near Welwyn
24 Aug 2025
24 Aug 2025
Breadcrumbs
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
24 Aug 2025
24 Aug 2025
Viking Raid
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
24 Aug 2025 - 25 Aug 2025
24 Aug 2025 - 25 Aug 2025
Classic Motor Show
Knebworth House & Gardens, Knebworth
24 Aug 2025 - 25 Aug 2025
24 Aug 2025 - 25 Aug 2025
Space Dome
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
25 Aug 2025 - 29 Aug 2025
25 Aug 2025 - 29 Aug 2025
Space Dome
Standalone Farm, Letchworth Garden City
25 Aug 2025 - 29 Aug 2025
25 Aug 2025 - 29 Aug 2025
Lego & Duplo Play
Hertford Library, Hertford
26 Aug 2025
26 Aug 2025
School Holiday Bushcraft
Ware Priory, Ware
26 Aug 2025
26 Aug 2025
Terrific Tuesday: Bushcraft
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
26 Aug 2025
26 Aug 2025
Family Yoga Day
St Albans Cathedral, St Albans
26 Aug 2025
26 Aug 2025
Head dress Making
Wardown House, Museum & Gallery, Luton
26 Aug 2025 - 27 Aug 2025
26 Aug 2025 - 27 Aug 2025
Summer at Hertford Museum
Hertford Museum, Hertford
26 Aug 2025 - 28 Aug 2025
26 Aug 2025 - 28 Aug 2025
School Holiday Activity – Multi-sports
Ware Priory, Ware
28 Aug 2025
28 Aug 2025
School Holiday Activity – Multi-sports
Ware Priory, Ware
28 Aug 2025
28 Aug 2025
Garden Trail: Shaw's Scrumptious Veg
Shaw's Corner, Nr Welwyn
28 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
28 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Self-Led Pond Dipping at RSPB Rye Meads
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
28 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
28 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Big Wild Pyjama Party at RSPB Rye Meads
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
29 Aug 2025
29 Aug 2025
Big Wild Pyjama Party at RSPB Rye Meads
RSPB Rye Meads, Stanstead Abbotts
29 Aug 2025
29 Aug 2025
Stockwood Living History Festival
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
30 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
30 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Stockwood Living History Festival
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton
30 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
30 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Crafts and Skills of the Iron Age
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
6 Sep 2025 - 7 Sep 2025
6 Sep 2025 - 7 Sep 2025
Mini Mindfulness taster session
St Andrews Church Hall, Hertford
7 Sep 2025
7 Sep 2025
WGC Male Voice Choir Gala Concert Celebrating 90 years in Song!
St. Mary's Church, Welwyn
13 Sep 2025
13 Sep 2025
The Little Children's Market Enfield - Baby & Children's Nearly New Sal
Enfield Grammar Upper School, Enfield
13 Sep 2025
13 Sep 2025
Family Thrills in Harlow – Experience THE EDGE Live with Circus Corte
Harlow Town Park, Harlow
18 Sep 2025 - 22 Sep 2025
18 Sep 2025 - 22 Sep 2025
Storytelling Evening
Celtic Harmony Camp, Brickendon
20 Sep 2025
20 Sep 2025
St Clare Night Walk: Essex 5-Mile Charity Walk
Epping St John's School, Hastingwood
27 Sep 2025
27 Sep 2025
Harvest Weekend
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
27 Sep 2025 - 28 Sep 2025
27 Sep 2025 - 28 Sep 2025
Aladdin
The Alban Arena, St Albans
5 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
5 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
