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Be inspired this half-term

1:30pm Friday 22nd May 2009

YOU don’t have to bust the budget to have a good time at half-term. Herefordshire has plenty to offer to keep the kids entertained without costing the earth.

Fun and games for Easter

1:41pm Friday 3rd April 2009

Herefordshire Council’s Museum Resource and Learning Centre in Friar Street is hosting a family fun day on Tuesday, April 7, featuring Chinese-themed activities ranging from martial arts to break dancing.

Get physical

Monkey around at Go Ape! in the Forest of Dean

1:25pm Friday 3rd April 2009

Herefordshire and its neighbours offer plenty of exciting physical activities for great days out.

Arty, crafty days out

Choose from a vast range of items to paint yourself at one of the region's pottery painting cafes

1:20pm Friday 3rd April 2009

Explore your creative side with a day out painting your own pottery. Try Glazydays Pottery Cafe (01531 636018) in Ledbury, where you can choose from the largest selection of pieces in the area – from piggy banks to plates, tiles to teapots.

The great outdoors

Walk with the butterflies at Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo

1:07pm Friday 3rd April 2009

Put your walking boots on, pack a picnic and discover the local countryside. Click on ramblers.org.uk and follow the links to ‘your region’ and find out about all the walks in and around the country, or try a bit of the Herefordshire Trail, a large circuit devised by members of Herefordshire Ramblers which takes in all the market towns, villages, commons, woodlands, hills and farmlands. Or combine history with geography and walk one – or more – of the sections of the Three Castles Walk between Skenfrith, Grosmont and White castles.

A glimpse of life in times gone by

12:27pm Friday 3rd April 2009

WHILE school’s out for the Easter holidays, turn all those subjects from the classroom into inspiration for some great days out

Be brought to book at Cathedral

The Chained Library

1:17pm Thursday 21st August 2008

WHEN it comes to thinking about things to do during the summer holidays it’s very easy to forget about the attractions to be found close to home.

Step back in time

1:18pm Thursday 21st August 2008

JUST six miles beyond Abergavenny lies the World Heritage site of Blaenavon, offering a fascinating day packed with activities.

Adventures on offer at Weston Park

1:19pm Thursday 21st August 2008

IN Staffordshire, there’s more low-cost fun to be had as Weston Park has extended its Kids Go Free voucher for the whole of August. Children can gain free entry to the park and gardens by downloading a voucher direct from the website at weston-park.com When accompanied by a paying adult, each voucher entitles free entry for one child to the 1,000-acre estate which includes an adventure playground, giant outdoor games in the courtyard, a medieval deer park and Pendrell’s Cave.


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