Our Place in Space has announced a packed programme of free events taking place in Cambridge this July and August while the sculpture trail visits the city. The family-friendly opening weekend features a live event with recently returned NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, STEAM activities, space talks and a special performance of Even You Song inspired …
The Museum of Classical Archaeology is pleased to announce its summer exhibition: a collaboration with GUIRLANDEN, an artist collective from Denmark. GUIRLANDEN’s artists will transform our light and airy Cast Gallery with a series of installations in response to the casts, intended as ‘actualisations’ of the classical heritage our collection embodies. The artists of GUIRLANDEN …
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An open air museum experience, where you can travel back in time to see what life was like in Norman times. You can dress up, wander about the chickens, see the log fires and feed the tame Fallow deer. Please note that it is steep in places, and access to the Bailey is up a …
Watch dancing from around the world, piano recitals, taste local fresh food or mingle at the Country Show on Parker’s Piece. All of these have family friendly activities and things to do. July 17 – 31 July Cambridge Summer Music Festival around Cambridge 31 July Magic of Thailand Festival in Cambridge at Stow Cum Quy Park, …
The latest group challenge, and for the family, they recommend a minimum age of 13. Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. In teams of 2-6 you have 60 minutes to escape a locked room using only the power of your brain.
A series of puzzles and challenges for the family, set on a fictional battle cruiser. Get together a group and see if you can get through the challenge. You can pretend to be spys! They also have challenges for kids, 6-7 years and 8+ years, and do birthday parties.
A great trip for teenagers with a head for heights. Airplay Aviation is a flexwing microlight training school. Trial Flights wind-in-the-face experience of a flexwing microlight being truly unique. Maximum weight is 110kgs, and min age is 14.
You must be over 13 years old to fly. Trial flights are a great way to try gliding for the first time. It is an expensive sport however it is also a unique experience. The Cambridge Gliding Club is the nearest centre for taking to the skies.
A commercial website where you can buy trail maps and explore on a treasure hunt. In Cambridge there is a Riverside Walk, Jesus Green, two College trails, a Ghost Story Trail and more. There are secret geocaches on the reserve for those seeking treasure!
This is a modern day treasure hunt, using a GPS device to find hidden containers or ‘caches’. It is a nice, simple idea set up by volunteers worldwide. And it’s free. You can put in your postcode and search for nearby caches. You can also find out how to hide your own cache using the guidelines online. They …
