1Free! (worth double-checking)Champions 4 Change
at Artcore
Free visual art workshops on in the heart of the community for children and young people aged 6 to 15 years.
9.6 milesSat 25 Jul
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Families This Weekend in Heanor
A tidy shortlist for families who would quite like to leave the house without spending half the morning opening tabs. We keep it local, useful, and blessedly free of events that tell you absolutely nothing.
10 picks around Heanor, from 10 local venues. The map pin is doing actual work here.
25–26 July Near Heanor
Not every listing gets a golden ticket
These picks come from the same behind-the-scenes legwork that powers Near Here. We check a frankly silly number of local listings, then keep the family-friendly ones that are nearby, properly described, and worth recommending.
Happening Saturday 25 July to Sunday 26 July.
Picked for Heanor, not somewhere halfway across the county.
Only Local Gems and Curated venues make the cut, because standards are still a thing.
Listings with proper descriptions get bumped up the list. Three words and a shrug will not do.
Our 10 picks near Heanor
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3Kid Gloves Class
Sheffield City Boxing Club Starts July 25, 2026 at 10:00am Ends July 25, 2026 at 11:00am Repeats Weekly on Saturday, starting from 5 Nov 2022, forever
24.9 milesSat 25 Jul11:00
4Free! (worth double-checking)Police Family Fun Day
at Market Place
A free to attend community event giving young people the chance to be a police officer for the day!
10.1 milesSat 25 Jul
5Dino Dig
at Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum
Step into the Science Garden and travel back millions of years at our exciting Dino Dig experience!Become a fossil hunter as you create your very own dinosaur fossil rubbings. Using dinosaur footprints and fossils, you’ll discover how scientists interpret the clues left behind by dinosaurs long ago.Get hands-on with our fossil handling collection and have a go at digging for fossils in our sand pit.Messy. Creative. Educational.Roars of fun for the whole family.Perfect for curious kids and grown-ups alike — come and dig into the past with us!Event InformationTwo drop-in sessions at 11am-12pm and 2pm-3pm.Activity runs Monday to Friday and select weekend days during the Summer holidays (Mon 20st July to Fri 28th Aug).Location: Thinktank Science Garden (subject to weather).Included in the admission price.
44.1 milesSat 25 Jul12:00
6Vera Brittain, Buxton and a Testament to Lost Youth
at Buxton International Festival
* This walk has sold out * Meet Vera Brittain where she worked as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in 1915. Hear the story of a bright Edwardian woman caught between personal ambition and the demands of war and empire, told through a moving guided walk and performance. Meet at Devonshire Dome reception … Continued
29.7 milesSat 25 Jul
7Games in the Garden
Drop into our gardens on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays throughout the Summer School Holidays to enjoy traditional games like quoits, skittles, hopscotch, and hobby horse rides.
40.6 milesSat 25 Jul11:30
8Stay & Play - A Celebration Experiment
Instead of a closing party we thought we’d do something a little bit different. We thought it would be a great idea for you to join is in a celebration through play!
43 milesSat 25 Jul
910Free! (worth double-checking)Kids Create Tamworth (25/07/26)
When: Saturday 25th July, What Time: 11:00am – 4:00pm
31 milesSat 25 Jul
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