Finds Fridays at Stanwick Lakes
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Finds Fridays at Stanwick Lakes

When

Friday, 4 September 2026, 11:30 – 14:30

Rockingham Forest Trust

Stanwick Lakes, Wellingborough, NN9 6GY

Time

11:3014:30

Price guide

Not listed — worth a quick ask

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Discover more about the objects you’ve found with Northamptonshire’s Finds Liaison Officer, Eleanore Cox. We’re delighted to host Eleanore from the Northamptonshire Portable Antiquities Scheme for two special FREE drop-in Finds Days: Friday 6th March, 10.30am–1.30pm Friday 4th September, 10.30am–1.30pm Whether you’ve uncovered something while out metal detecting, unearthed an interesting object in the garden, or held onto a mysterious family heirloom, bring it along. The Northamptonshire Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) helps identify and record archaeological finds that are over 300 years old, whether they’ve been discovered in Northamptonshire or elsewhere in the UK. This includes items such as coins, metal objects, jewellery, tools, or any other historic artefacts you may have uncovered. Eleanore will be available to help identify, record, and share the story behind your finds, contributing to the Portable Antiquities Scheme national project to enhance our understanding of the past. No booking needed—just pop in with your items and have a chat. Usual car parking charges apply.

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Tinsmithing workshops
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Tinsmithing workshops

This critically endangered heritage craft is being kept alive at Stanwick Lakes — and you can be a part of it! Learn the skills of tin-smithing from one of the last tinsmiths in the country. Tinplate – a thin sheet of iron or steel coated with pure tin – is strong, lightweight, durable, food safe and resembles silver. During the 18th and 19th centuries it was ubiquitous in home, work and military life, with every town having its own “Tinman & Brazier.” Tin-smithing is now classified by the Heritage Crafts Association as critically endangered and at serious risk of no longer being practised in the UK. During the day you’ll learn the core processes – measuring, cutting with tin-snips, burring, forming, wiring, seaming and soldering — and make a wall hanging candle sconce plus your choice of a pastry cutter, a candle holder, or cup to take home. No experience is needed; the course is suitable for adults of any ability, limited to six participants. Teenagers 16+ are welcome with adult supervision. The course takes place in a purpose-built oak framed craft barn at Stanwick Lakes, a protected Nature Reserve and Wetland of International Importance covering 750 acres. Your tutor is John Wills, one of the last three professional tinsmiths in Britain. In 2022, as part of a Heritage Crafts Association project to rescue tinsmithing, he trained under master tinsmith Karl Schmidt (Dakota Tinworks, USA) and subsequently built a new tinman & brazier workshop to keep the craft alive.

Sun 14 Jun10:00Rockingham Forest Trust

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