1Games 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.
5.1 milesSat 25 Jul11:30
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Families This Weekend in Wroot
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.
9 picks around Wroot, from 9 local venues. The map pin is doing actual work here.
25–26 July Near Wroot
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 Wroot, 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 9 picks near Wroot
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2Family Cinema: Wreck It Ralph Breaks the Internet
Best friends Ralph and Vanellope face a new challenge when Vanellope’s arcade game, Sugar Rush, breaks down. To save it from being unplugged, they travel through the arcade’s newly installed Wi-Fi router into the vast, fast-paced world of the Internet. Overwhelmed by online world Ralph and Vanellope search for a rare replacement part on eBay. The adventure tests their friendship, teaching them that true friendship means supporting each other’s growth – even when it means letting go and embracing change.
42.6 milesSat 25 Jul£2.50
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3Vera 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
45.3 milesSat 25 Jul
4Kid 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
25.8 milesSat 25 Jul11:00
5Free! (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!
29.9 milesSat 25 Jul
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7Free! (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.
49.1 milesSat 25 Jul
8Sunday School — Full Gospel Revival Centre
at The Full Gospel Revival Centre
43.1 milesSun 26 Jul10:30
9Senior Youth Summer Workshop, 10.00am, Riverhead Theatre, Victoria Road
40.6 milesSun 26 Jul
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