Events Programme 2007

June
Sat 23
Victorian Tea Party
1- 4pm
Step back in time at this fun filled garden party - traditional refreshments, games and activities for all the family

July
Sat 7
7.30pm
Jazz Festival
With the Blue Magnolia Jass band. Tickets £15, booking essential.

Sat 14- Sun 22
National Archaeology Week
Family gallery activities available


Summer Holiday Activities
Every Wed & Thurs 2-3.30pm
July
Wed 25, Thu 26
St Christopher's Day Fun

August
Wed 1, Thurs 2,
Fun Family Art Activities

Wed 8, Thurs 9
Go Wild with the Rangers

Wed 15, Thurs 16
Fun Family Art Activities

Wed 22, Thurs 23
Go Wild with the Rangers

Wed 29, Thur 30 All Day
Colouring the Past
Hands on Gallery activities
How did people in the past colour their world? Find out how plants, trees, and minerals were used to dye clothes, create colourful floor tiles and stained glass, by trying our brand new hands-on gallery activities

August
Sat 4 & Sun 5
Medieval Mersey Traders
10-6pm
Our hugely successful annual medieval festival. Experience an awe inspiring array of medieval skills and craftsmanship.

Sun 19
2.30-4.00pm
Scarecrow Making
Make your own scarecrow from your old clothes

Bank Holiday Monday 27
All Day
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Free entry to all children with a teddy.

September
Sat 8, Sun 9
12-3pm
Heritage Open Days
Norton Priory & Halton Castle FREE
Discover Halton Castle and enjoy fun family activities

Sun 16
Grow and Show: The Horticultural Show at the Walled Garden
2-4pm
Our popular annual show. Fruit, vegetables, pot plants and a free-to-enter children's section

October
Sat 6
National Quince CollectionDay
Tours at 1.30pm & 3.30pm
Tour the national collection of quince trees. Please ring to book.

Sun 21
Apple Day
1.30-4pm
Stalls, games, arts and crafts, activities in the Walled Garden. In partnership with The Cheshire Landscape Trust and Halton Borough Council.

Wed 24, Thurs 25
1-4pm
Half Term Traditional Hallowe'en Activities for all the family

End of October
WALLED GARDEN CLOSES FOR WINTER

December
Sat 1
Medieval Christmas
1-4pm
Have a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie, roll a beeswax candle and make a pomander and much more at this atmospheric Christmas event.

Sun 9
Carol Service
4pm
Led by the Vicar of Norton in the Priory Undercroft

Exhibitions 2007

25th January - 19th March Sweetness and Light: a celebration of Winter at Norton Priory
Norton Priory is celebrating the traditions of Winter, in a fun exhibition created by local people, schoolchildren and Norton Priory volunteers

22nd March - 28th May
Andrew Williams - 1 to 1
An exhibition of abstract images of the natural world by award winning local photographer Andrew Williams. This work reflects his fascination with images that contain a degree of ambiguity created by photographing close to the subject at near one to one scale.

31st May - 23rd July
John Eastwood - 'Found' - Images of Light and Landscape
Renowned Cheshire photographer John Eastwood presents a fascinating and exciting new collection of limited edition fine art prints exploring light, landscape and 'found' images from Cheshire, Derbyshire and the Staffordshire Moorlands.

26th July - 1st October
Select Fibres - 'The Habit of a Lifetime'
Three textile artists, Pauline Coddington, Val Hughes and Jenny Head explore their passion for fibres and threads.

4th October - 3rd December
Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union - The First Hundred Years 1905-2005
A touring exhibition of photographic prints that showcases the work of LCPU members throughout the past century, and up to the present day.

6th December - 28th January 2008
Hidden Histories
Uncover the hidden stories of Norton Priory in this special community exhibition.