What's On Sunday
Bigger and better Tadley Treacle Fair 2016
TADLEY Treacle Fair today (Sunday June 5) promises to be bigger and better this year - with plenty else going on to choose from in Newbury and the surrounding local area.
A procession will set off at 11am from Burnham Copse Primary School, in Newchurch Road, Tadley to make its way to the Tadley Treacle Fair fair site, in Saunders Field.
It will be met by the new mayor of Basingstoke and Deane, Jane Frankum, who will then open the fair at 1pm and which raises an average of £8,500 a year for local charities.
Main attractions include the Reading Scottish Pipe Band, Eagle Heights Birds of Prey and performances by Tadley dance group, DancePhaze.
There will be a vintage vehicle parade and, new for this year, the Little Dallas Donkey Rescue Sanctuary.
Organised by the Loddon Valley Lions, proceeds of this year’s fair will benefit Macmillan Cancer Care and St Michael’s Hospice.
Entry costs £3 adults and £1 for children aged five to 16 accompanied by an adult.
Elsewhere, a Stockcross garden is open for charity today. As part of the National Gardens Scheme, Stockcross House, Church Road, Stockcross is open from 11am-4.30pm. For more details visit www.ngs.org.uk
In Hungerford, Cobbs Farm Shop, in Bath Road, is hosting an open day. Spend some time walking round the fruit and vegetable fields, and visit award-winning vineyards, with a collection of animlas presented by Farms 2 Ewe. Free tours on an hourly basis, *advance booking essential at lauren@cobbsfarmco.co.uk
In Kintbury, The Ollie Johnson Memorial Kintbury 5k race sets off at 10.30am from at Kintbury Recreation Ground, behind the Jubilee Centre. More information online at www.newburyac.org.uk
For a glimpse of fascinating flowers of a rare heathland at Crookham Common, from 10.30am-12.30pm, join the local wildlife trust’s seasonal wardens to take a closer look at the flowers on Greenham and Crookham Common. For info and booking, see www.bbowt.org.uk/whats-on
Kintbury Wildlife Group has an afternoon visit to Seven Barrows, near Lambourn scheduled, for wild flowers and butterfly spotting. Meet in Kintbury square at 2pm or in the reserve car park at 2.30pm. All welcome, but please ring (01488) 668482 in advance. (Grid ref SU330828)
For a summery treat, visit the Watermill Summer Fair, starting from noon, at the picturesque theatre, The Watermill, Bagnor.
For a report and pictures of the Treacle Fair, see next Thursday's (June 9) edition of the Newbury Weekly News.