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Booking is essential. A minibus day trip to look at what remains of the various drainage schemes in the Isle of Axholme from Cornelius Vermuydens original 17th Century works to those of smeaton and Rennie of the 19th Century,

An Adults powertex workshop with purple meadows arts & crafts. Decorate a photo frame using powertex, pigments to colour and embellish. £25.00 – BOOKING ESSENTIAL  

Come and see the three locomotives that were used to transport peat on the moors. Hear about our plans to record and present the history of peat working on the moors from the medival times.

Guided walk of the Ropewalk. Booking essential, contact: 01652 660380. Guided tour only, set within Grade II Listed former rope works, this acclaimed regional arts centre features exhibition galleries, craft gallery and ropewalk museum, paying tribute to the Halls Barton … Continued

Come along to Melior Community Academy, on Chandos Road for free football sessions. Suitable for children aged 11 years and above. Please wear trainers or astro boots, no studs. Please see the poster for more information.  

Booking essential, contact: 01652 660380

Visitors will get a unique opportunity to enjoy a free evening of short films about Barton’s industrial history, including ‘The Ropewalk’, an interesting film about the Ropery made in 2000.

Mr Samuel Wilderspin, infant educator, or one of his esteemed Agents, will lecture in the Primitive Methodist Chapel. Mr Wilderspin’s pioneering teaching methods will be outlined and will be demonstrated in the adjacent National School.

Thursday 7 September at 7.30pm at the Buttercross, Brigg Brigg Heritage Centre invites you to a talk on Prisoner of War Camps of WW2 in Britain by Roger Thomas. Tickets £5.00 including tea & coffee. Ticket are on sale at … Continued

A chance for visitors to find out about life at Baysgarth House Museum in the time of the Wright Taylor Family. Coincides with an exhibition celebrating the times of the house’s last private owners