What&#x27;s on in Lattiford

Wed 26 Aug11:00The Balsam Center(1.6mi)

Together in Nature: Community Inclusion Day - Nature Crafts

The Balsam Centre, Balsam Park, Wincanton BA9 9HB, UK

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Thu 27 Aug11:00The Balsam Center(1.6mi)

Stourhead buggy & sling walk

Stourhead Visitor Centre, Stourhead House The National Trust, High St, Stourton, Warminster BA12 6QE, UK

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Thu 27 Aug12:00Barnards Miniature Railway(4.7mi)

Around £10

Gardens & Miniature Railway

Both Barnards Farm and Barnards Miniature Railway are open on this day. Please be sure to read the information below to understand your visit. ————————————————————————- 𝑮𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑺: You will need to purchase tickets for the gardens to be able to access the Barnards Miniature Railway if you wish to ride. ADULTS – £10 CHILDREN – £FREE Pre-booking not available, turn up and pay on the day. Contactless payment only. 𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑳𝑾𝑨𝒀: Return (x1 Ride) – £7 Rover (Ride All Day) – £10 Adult and children’s the same rate, under 3’s travel free Pre-booking not available, turn up and pay on the day. Contactless payment only ———————————————- Gates open at 11:00. Trains run every 20 minutes until 16:00. The railway is usually very busy when we open at 11:00 and usually quieten down further into the afternoon. Barnards Miniature Railway, Barnards Farm, Brentwood CM13 3FY Free on-site parking Feel free to bring a picnic and use the tables and seating. Light refreshments offered from our Burtonshaw Terminus station. Please note dogs are not permitted unless they are guide dogs. ———————————————- 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝐼𝑂, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 ———————————————-

Thu 3 Sept12:00Barnards Miniature Railway(4.7mi)

Around £10

Gardens & Miniature Railway

Both Barnards Farm and Barnards Miniature Railway are open on this day. Please be sure to read the information below to understand your visit. ————————————————————————- 𝑮𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑺: You will need to purchase tickets for the gardens to be able to access the Barnards Miniature Railway if you wish to ride. ADULTS – £10 CHILDREN – £FREE Pre-booking not available, turn up and pay on the day. Contactless payment only. 𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑳𝑾𝑨𝒀: Return (x1 Ride) – £7 Rover (Ride All Day) – £10 Adult and children’s the same rate, under 3’s travel free Pre-booking not available, turn up and pay on the day. Contactless payment only ———————————————- Gates open at 11:00. Trains run every 20 minutes until 16:00. The railway is usually very busy when we open at 11:00 and usually quieten down further into the afternoon. Barnards Miniature Railway, Barnards Farm, Brentwood CM13 3FY Free on-site parking Feel free to bring a picnic and use the tables and seating. Light refreshments offered from our Burtonshaw Terminus station. Please note dogs are not permitted unless they are guide dogs. ———————————————- 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝐼𝑂, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 ———————————————-

Sun 6 Sept14:00Barnards Miniature Railway(4.7mi)

Sunday Garden (Gardens, Miniature Railway, Car Collection)

Event Details Our gardens open from 13:00 until 17:30. Picnickers welcome in designated areas. Light refreshments will be available. Tickets for the Barnards Miniature Railway can be Event Details Our gardens open from 13:00 until 17:30. Picnickers welcome in designated areas. Light refreshments will be available. Tickets for the Barnards Miniature Railway can be purchased on the day via contactless payment. Garden Open Day Tickets must be purchased in advance to gain access to the BMR. Time 06/09/2026 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (GMT+00:00) Location Barnards Farm Barnards Farm, Brentwood Road, West Horndon, Essex, CM13 3FY Other Events Calendar GoogleCal Get Directions Address - Sunday Garden (Gardens, Miniature Railway, Car Collection) [] Destination Address - Sunday Garden (Gardens, Miniature Railway, Car Collection) []

Thu 17 Sept12:00Barnards Miniature Railway(4.7mi)

BMR Gala Weekend

Event Details We will be opening for a gala weekend at the Barnards Miniature Railway. We will be running more trains with more locomotives, and maybe a couple of Event Details We will be opening for a gala weekend at the Barnards Miniature Railway. We will be running more trains with more locomotives, and maybe a couple of visiting engines along the way. We are aiming to have a visiting miniature traction engine on both Saturday and Sunday. With plenty of trains out and about its the perfect time to visit the BMR. TICKET COST: Adults and children the same rate. RETURN (x1 ride) = £7 ROVER (unlimited rides) = £10 No booking required, contactless payment only. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. TIMINGS : Gates open at 11:00. Trains run every 20 minutes until 16:00. The railway is usually very busy when we open at 11:00 and usually quieten down further into the afternoon. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. GETTING TO US: Barnards Miniature Railway, Barnards Farm, Brentwood CM13 3FY Free on-site parking FOOD & DRINK: Feel free to bring a picnic and use the tables and seating. Light refreshments offered from our Burtonshaw Terminus station. DOGS: Please note dogs are not permitted unless they are guide dogs.

Sat 19 Sept12:00Barnards Miniature Railway(4.7mi)

BMR Gala Weekend

Event Details We will be opening for a gala weekend at the Barnards Miniature Railway. We will be running more trains with more locomotives, and maybe a couple of Event Details We will be opening for a gala weekend at the Barnards Miniature Railway. We will be running more trains with more locomotives, and maybe a couple of visiting engines along the way. We are aiming to have a visiting miniature traction engine on both Saturday and Sunday. With plenty of trains out and about its the perfect time to visit the BMR. TICKET COST: Adults and children the same rate. RETURN (x1 ride) = £7 ROVER (unlimited rides) = £10 No booking required, contactless payment only. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. TIMINGS : Gates open at 11:00. Trains run every 20 minutes until 16:00. The railway is usually very busy when we open at 11:00 and usually quieten down further into the afternoon. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. GETTING TO US: Barnards Miniature Railway, Barnards Farm, Brentwood CM13 3FY Free on-site parking FOOD & DRINK: Feel free to bring a picnic and use the tables and seating. Light refreshments offered from our Burtonshaw Terminus station. DOGS: Please note dogs are not permitted unless they are guide dogs.

Sun 20 SeptThe Club at Holbrook(1.2mi)

Wedding Open Day

Join us at the Holbrook Manor & Spa Somerset Wedding Open Day and discover our beautiful countryside wedding venue dressed for a real wedding. Explore our elegant event spaces, sample our exceptional hospitality, and see why couples choose Holbrook Manor & Spa for their special day. Meet our experienced wedding planners to discuss your ideas and create a bespoke wedding package tailored to your style, guest numbers and budget.

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Sun 20 Sept12:00Barnards Miniature Railway(4.7mi)

BMR Gala Weekend

Event Details We will be opening for a gala weekend at the Barnards Miniature Railway. We will be running more trains with more locomotives, and maybe a couple of Event Details We will be opening for a gala weekend at the Barnards Miniature Railway. We will be running more trains with more locomotives, and maybe a couple of visiting engines along the way. We are aiming to have a visiting miniature traction engine on both Saturday and Sunday. With plenty of trains out and about its the perfect time to visit the BMR. TICKET COST: Adults and children the same rate. RETURN (x1 ride) = £7 ROVER (unlimited rides) = £10 No booking required, contactless payment only. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. TIMINGS : Gates open at 11:00. Trains run every 20 minutes until 16:00. The railway is usually very busy when we open at 11:00 and usually quieten down further into the afternoon. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. GETTING TO US: Barnards Miniature Railway, Barnards Farm, Brentwood CM13 3FY Free on-site parking FOOD & DRINK: Feel free to bring a picnic and use the tables and seating. Light refreshments offered from our Burtonshaw Terminus station. DOGS: Please note dogs are not permitted unless they are guide dogs.

Thu 24 SeptSherborne Historical Society(1.5mi)

Likely freeCommunity

Land of Milk and Paper Money: Swiss Tourism and High Literature at the Turn of the Century

| Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain (1924) marks the end of an era and the pinnacle of literature on alpine tourism. Since Thomas Cook’s first package holiday to Switzerland in the mid-nineteenth century especially, the European middle and upper classes were drawn to the Alps: in summer and in winter; for climbing and skiing, health cures and grand hotels, and a very sociable sort of rural retreat. Holiday reading accompanied passengers on the way there, and helped them to pass time spent on a veranda looking out at a rainy day. Books were often written by guests themselves (sometimes in exchange for free board). Publishers soon moved from travel guides to literary landscapes. A lending library at Davos became the lifestyle business of an entrepreneurial tuberculosis patient. Not so much word of mouth as the printed word was now the best marketing strategy – selling weeks of leisurely book-browsing abroad. In this talk, Seán Williams examines world-renowned Swiss hospitality around 1900: the cosmopolitan resort, the boutique hotel off the beaten track, and the commercialization of counter-culture at Monte Verità. He traces how the routes to and from these tourist topographies were built in the mind and on the page, literally changing the scenery and the literary canon forever. |

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Fri 25 SeptSherborne Historical Society(1.5mi)

Sir Walter Ralegh at Sherborne by Anna Beer

Anna Beer is a biographer and novelist, primarily driven by her fascination with the relationship between the arts and history. She has, over a twenty-year career, published literary biographies of major figures such as John Milton and William Shakespeare, and a survey of English Literature: Eve Bites Back: An alternative History of English Literature reveals and celebrates the remarkable lives and powerful work of eight women across five centuries. Her academic career, however, was founded on her research into Sir Walter Ralegh and his wife, Bess Throckmorton. Alongside her scholarly publications, she is the author of Bess: the life of Lady Ralegh, a wife to Sir Walter and Patriot or Traitor: the life and death of Sir Walter Ralegh. She has recently swerved genre into crime fiction, but not from her interest in history. Her latest book Death of an Englishman: an Oxford murder mystery (2025) |

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Theatre

Rehearsals for CHAPS 2027 Pantomime Production Commence

Charlton Horethorne Village Hall Rehearsals will be held on each subsequent Monday, at a time to be confirmed, until performances between the 21st and 23rd January 2027.

Mon 28 SeptCharlton Horethorne Village Hall(2.9mi)

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Sun 4 Oct12:00Barnards Miniature Railway(4.7mi)

Miniature Railway

Event Details The Barnards Miniature Railway will be running train services on this day. Everything you need to know down below.All updates available on . Event Details The Barnards Miniature Railway will be running train services on this day. Everything you need to know down below. All updates available on . TICKET COST: Adults and children the same rate. RETURN (x1 ride) = £7 ROVER (unlimited rides) = £10 No booking required, contactless payment only. TIMINGS : Gates open at 11:00. Trains run every 20 minutes until 16:00. The railway is usually very busy when we open at 11:00 and usually quieten down further into the afternoon. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. GETTING TO US: Barnards Miniature Railway, Barnards Farm, Brentwood CM13 3FY Free on-site parking FOOD & DRINK: Feel free to bring a picnic and use the tables and seating. Light refreshments offered from our Burtonshaw Terminus station. DOGS: Please note dogs are not permitted unless they are guide dogs. Time 04/10/2026 11:00 am - 4:00 pm (GMT+00:00) Location Barnards Farm Barnards Farm, Brentwood Road, West Horndon, Essex, CM13 3FY Other Events Calendar GoogleCal Get Directions Address - Miniature Railway [] Destination Address - Miniature Railway []

Sun 4 Oct12:00Barnards Miniature Railway(4.7mi)

Diesel Gala

Event Details We will be opening for a gala weekend at the Barnards Miniature Railway. We will be running more trains with more locomotives, and maybe a couple of Event Details We will be opening for a gala weekend at the Barnards Miniature Railway. We will be running more trains with more locomotives, and maybe a couple of visiting engines along the way. We are aiming to have a visiting miniature traction engine on both Saturday and Sunday. With plenty of trains out and about its the perfect time to visit the BMR. TICKET COST: Adults and children the same rate. RETURN (x1 ride) = £7 ROVER (unlimited rides) = £10 No booking required, contactless payment only. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. TIMINGS : Gates open at 11:00. Trains run every 20 minutes until 16:00. The railway is usually very busy when we open at 11:00 and usually quieten down further into the afternoon. THE GARDENS: Barnards Farm Gardens are 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿. This means no entry fee for the gardens, just the railway. GETTING TO US: Barnards Miniature Railway, Barnards Farm, Brentwood CM13 3FY Free on-site parking FOOD & DRINK: Feel free to bring a picnic and use the tables and seating. Light refreshments offered from our Burtonshaw Terminus station. DOGS: Please note dogs are not permitted unless they are guide dogs.

Thu 8 OctSherborne Historical Society(1.5mi)

Networking Nuns. Letters from a Late Medieval German Convent

| How to conduct business, give spiritual advice, and send off a scheming duke while living in enclosure? The 1,800 letters by the Benedictine nuns of Kloster Lüne, written and copied between mid-15th and mid-16th century, give a vivid insight into all aspects of monastic life. The talk will be illustrated by images from the still active North German convents and their astonishing medieval art. More information on the research behind the talk is available via https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/blog/voices-from-the-past

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