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Week of Events
The HERDS – Animal Travels
The HERDS – Animal Travels
The HERDS is a groundbreaking public art and climate initiative designed to inspire action and renew our bond with the natural world. From April to August 2025, life-size puppet animals will sweep through city centres on a 20,000km journey from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle, bringing together the worlds of arts and science […]
Finale Exhibition: A heritage celebration
Finale Exhibition: A heritage celebration
This free-to-enter exhibition will explore the heritage journey spanning over 40 years at Stanwick Lakes, from archaeological excavations and quarrying activities to the creation of a nature reserve, visitor centre, and transformative heritage projects. The national significance of the site’s heritage was unearthed during early archaeological excavations prior to gravel quarrying, resulting in a large-scale […]
Monday, May 5, 2025
No events on this day.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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May 6, 2025 -Heritage Finale Talk: The Must Farm Log Boats
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May 6, 2025 -Railway Stations of the old East Northamptonshire District Council
Heritage Finale Talk: The Must Farm Log Boats
An overview: Between 2009 and 2012, the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) excavated a later prehistoric palaeochannel at the Must Farm Quarry, Whittlesey, Peterborough. The excavations revealed the richness of the archaeological material preserved in the channel, including a group of nine exceptionally well preserved logboats which dated from the Middle Bronze Age to the Early […]
£8.00 – £18.50
Railway Stations of the old East Northamptonshire District Council
The talk Railway Stations of the old East Northamptonshire District Council An overview Over sixty years ago there were more than seventy railway stations serving their communities in Northamptonshire, and thirteen in East Northants. Today, the county has six whilst there are none locally. This illustrated talk looks at each of the thirteen local stations […]
£8.00 – £18.50
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
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May 7, 2025 -Heritage Finale Talk & Walk: Our Journey so Far
Heritage Finale Talk & Walk: Our Journey so Far
Join Heritage Coordinator Nadia Norman for a heritage walk around Stanwick Lakes, exploring the fantastic areas created during the recent project exploring the Bronze Age and Iron Age history of the site. Taking on part of the Heritage Trail, the walk is a great way to explore both nature and heritage together. The walk is […]
Free
Thursday, May 8, 2025
No events on this day.
Friday, May 9, 2025
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May 9, 2025 -Heritage Finale Talk: Bronze, Beer and Boats
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May 9, 2025 -Heritage Finale Talk: Stanwick Lakes History – Through Ernie’s Eyes
Heritage Finale Talk: Bronze, Beer and Boats
An overview: Join Dr. James Dilley as he looks back at the highs, lows, spills and thrills of the Big Bronze Age Boat Build at the lakes. From amusing predicaments to exploring the role of prehistoric archaeology in today’s world. If you are interested in history, archaeology or crafts (and enjoy a laugh), this is […]
£8.00 – £18.50
Heritage Finale Talk: Stanwick Lakes History – Through Ernie’s Eyes
An overview: Join history enthusiast Tim Page as he shares photographic slides – on the original slide projector - of the Stanwick Lakes site as it was during the archaeological and quarry work excavations in the 1980’s and 1990’s. The photos, taken by past Stanwick village resident photographer and historian Ernie Head , are a […]
£8.00 – £18.50