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The Wind in the Willows – Open Air Theatre

  • Friday 1st August, 6pm to 8pm

Multiple award-winning Illyria celebrates Kenneth Grahame’s timeless tale of friendship, laughter, the longing for home and the lure of adventure.

Live Lute Music

  • Sunday 3rd August, 1:30pm to 4pm

Our resident Lutenist will be bringing melodic tunes to the 1620s House.

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The English Civil War in Leicestershire and Rutland- Talk

  • Sunday 3rd August, 6pm to 7pm

Join Archaeologist Peter Liddle as he explores the impact which this tumultuous time had on the areas of Leicestershire and Rutland.

Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Thursday 7th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Friday 8th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Jacobean Crafts

The Friends' Jacobean Craft group meets every month and showcases some of the needlecrafts of the time.

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Saturday 9th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Proms at the Manor

  • Saturday 9th August, 6pm to 9pm

Enjoy a fabulous evening of music in the 1620s Garden featuring the Desford Colliery Band.

Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Sunday 10th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Thursday 14th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Friday 15th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Saturday 16th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Sunday 17th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Pirate Day!

  • Thursday 21st August, 10:30am to 3:30pm

Ahoy shipmates, come an' join us on the high seas of the 1620s lawn, where there'll be a great gathering of fearsome pirates!

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Thursday 21st August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Friday 22nd August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Saturday 23rd August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Sunday 24th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Monday 25th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Thursday 28th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Friday 29th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Saturday 30th August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Open Air Theatre

  • Saturday 30th August, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Quantum Theatre presents a brand new production of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular play of love and intrigue, magic and celebration set on that most dangerous of nights when fairies are abroad and nothing is as it seems…

Spectacular Sea Monsters Hunt

  • Sunday 31st August, 10:30am to 4pm

Can you help find the ten sea monsters which have hidden around our site?

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Live Lute Music

  • Sunday 21st September, 10:30am to 1pm

Our resident Lutenist will be bringing melodic tunes to the 1620's House.

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