Diary of Events

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Sunday Afternoon Teas

Ardeley Village Hall. 15:00 - 17:00. 3rd Sun of the month, July - Sept.
Ashwell Parish Room. 14:30 - 17:00. April - last Sun in Sept.
Braughing, St. Mary's Church Hall. 14:45 - 17:00. April - Oct (not last Sunday in Oct. ).
Maulden, St. Mary's Church. 15:00 - 17:00. May - Sept.   www.stmarysmaulden.org.org
Radwell Village Hall. 15:00 - 17:00. May - Sept.
Redbournbury Mill. Tea room open 14:30 - 17:00. £ 1.50 admission to mill and tea room. 01582-792874.   www.redbournmill.co.uk
Shillington, All Saints Church. 15:00 - 17:00. June - Sept.

Other cafes / tea rooms at:

Ardeley Church Farm. 08:00 - 20:00. Open every day.
Astwick. Farrowby Farm. 01462-733700. Off A1 southbound ( on the road to Hinxworth ). Tea, coffee, cake, light meals, Sunday roasts. 10:00 - 16:00 ( Oct - Mar ), 10:00 - 17:00 ( Apr - Sep ). Closed Weds & between Xmas & New Year.
Barton Le Clay. Olde Westmill garden centre.
Buntingford. Webb's Tea Room. Closed Sundays.
Codicote. Wyevale Garden Centre, Hitchin Rd.
Cockernhoe Stables. Open: 09:00 - 18:00.
Cole Green. Panshanger Airfield. Open: Tue - Fri 10:00 - 15:00; Sat & Sun, 10:00 - 17:00.
Gt. Amwell. Van Hage Garden Centre.
Hare Street. White Swan Tea Room.
Harpenden. Cornelia's Tea Room, Church Green. Open: Mon - Sat, 09:30 - 11:45.
Hertford. Kiosk in park behind brewery.
Hertford. Riverside Garden Centre, Lower Hatfield Rd. 01992-501502.
Hexton. Country Matters Tea Room, Village Hall. Open: Thu & Fri, 10:00 - 16:30; Sat, 10:30 - 16:00; Sun, 11:00 - 17:00.
Kimpton Bottom Nursery ( Summer only ? ).
Langford Garden Centre ( On A6001 ).
Letchworth. Bickerdikes Garden Centre, Norton Rd.
Old Warden. Shuttleworth Collection Restaurant.
Reed. A10 Transport Cafe. Open: Mon - Fri, 06:00 - 22:00; Sat & Sun, 06:00 - 15:30.
St. Albans. Abigail's Tea Rooms, Village Arcade, High St.
Stanborough Park Lake, Welwyn Garden City.
Standon.
Stevenage Garden Centre, ( on B197 south of Graveley ).
Stevenage. Sainsbury's, Corey's Mill.
Stevenage. Costello's Cafe, Fairland Valley Lake.
Stondon Museum, Lower Stondon.
Stotfold Mill. Randall's tea room. 01462-639204.   www.stotfoldmill.org
Tewinbury Farm Tea Room.
Westmill Tea Room.
Whitwell. Emily's Tea Room. 01438-871526. Open weekends and school holidays.
Wrestlingworth, Brookside Tea Room. Open every day.

Events

September 2009
Thu 17 - Sat 19. Letchworth Beer Festival. Plinston Hall.
Sun 20. 15:00 - 17:30. Teas. Ardeley Village Hall.
Wed 30 - Sat 03 Oct (TBC). Beer festival. Alban Arena, Civic Centre, St. Albans. www.stalbansbeerfestival.com

August 2009
3rd Sun. 15:00 - 17:30. Teas. Ardeley Village Hall.

July 2009
3rd Sun. 15:00 - 17:30. Teas. Ardeley Village Hall.
Sat 11. 13:00 - 17:00. Pirton Summer Fair. 01462-713525.

June 2009
Thu 4 - Sun 7. Strathmore Arms Beer Festival. St. Paul's Walden.
Sun 7. Shefford Summer Gala. Robert Bloomfield Middle School.
Sat 13 - Sun 14. Stotfold Scarecrow Festival.
Sun 14. Stevenage Day. King George V Playing Fields.
Sun 14. Graveley Open Gardens.
Sat 20. Stotfold Festival Fete, Recreation Ground, Hitchin Rd. 01462-730343.
Fri 26 - Sat 27. Harpenden Beer Festival. Public Hall, Southdown Rd.
Sun 28 (4th Sunday). Cottered Village Festival.

May 2009
Fri 1 - Sun 3. Baldock Beer Festival. Brandles School, Weston Way, Baldock.
Fri 1 - BH Mon 4. Beer Festival. Prince of Wales, Green Tye.
Sat 2 - BH Mon 4. 10:00 - 17:00, Sat & Mon; 11:00 - 17:00, Sun. St. Peter's Church Flower Festival, Lilley. Tea & cakes.
BH Mon 4. Ickwell Green Mayday Festival.
BH Mon 4. Charity Fun Day. Much Hadham, playing field.
BH Mon 4. Pirton May Day Fair.
Sat 9 & Sun 10. Stotfold Mill Steam Fair & Country Show.   www.stotfoldmill.com
Sun 10. 13:00 - 17:00. Baldock Open Gardens.
Fri 15 - Sun 17. Beer Festival. Woodman, Chapmore End. 01920-463143.
Sun 17. Walsworth Festival, Walsworth Common, Hitchin. Ray Shakespeare-Smith, 01462-453823.
Thu 21 - BH Mon 23. Beer Festival. Old Cross Tavern, St. Andrew St., Hertford. 01992-583133.

April 2009
Thu 09 - Mon 13. Easter Beer Festival. Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth.
Fri 17 - Sat 18. Ware Beer Festival. Arts Centre, Kibes Lane. £ 3.00. 01920-424095.
Thu 23 - Sun 26. Beer Festival. Half Moon. Queen St., Hitchin.

March 2009
Fri 13 - Sat 14. Hitchin Beer Festival. Town Hall.
Sun 29. 1st Stevenage CTC Summer ride.

January 2009
Thu 22 - Sat 24. Beer Festival. Our Mutual Friend, Broadwater, Stevenage.

December 2008
Thu 4 - Sun 7. Beer Festival. Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth.
Sat 6 & Sun 7. St. Mary's Church Xmas Tree Festival, Church Rd., Stotfold. Refreshments in church hall.
TBC. Beer Festival. Nightingale, Hitchin.

November 2008
Fri 7 - Sun 9. Beer Festival. Rabbit's Foot, Ardeley.
Thu 6 - Sat 8. Beer Festival. Buck's Head. Lt. Wymondley.

October 2008
Sun 12. 11:00 - 15:00. Ickleford School Craft Fair.
Wed 15 - Sun 19. Beer Festival. Engineer's Arms, Henlow.
Thu 16 - Mon 20. Beer Festival. Half Moon. Queen St., Hitchin.
Sun 26. Final Summer Ride. Stevenage CTC.

September 2008
Thu 18 - Sat 20. N. Herts CAMRA Beer Festival. Plinston Hall, Letchworth.
Mon 22 - Tue 23. 15:00 - 23:00. Stevenage Charter Fair. ( Always held on the 22nd and 23rd of Sept ).
Thu 25 - Sun 28. Beer Festival. Plume of Feathers, Ickleford.
Thu 25 - Sun 28. Beer Festival. Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth.

August 2008
Fri 22 - BH Mon 25. Beer Festival. Old White Horse, Baldock.
Sat 23 - BH Mon 25. Beer Festival. Motte & Bailey, Pirton.
BH Mon 25. Ashwell Show.   www.ashwellshow.co.uk

July 2008
Sat 5. Sutton School Fair.
Sun 27. Kimpton Horse Festival.

June 2008
Sun 1. 12:00 - 17:00. Datchworth Open Gardens.
Sat 7 - Sun 8. 10:00 - 17:00. Steam Rally & Country Fair, Bury Rd., Codicote.
Sun 8. 14:00. Wallington Fete.
Sat 14. 12:00 - 16:30. St. Mary's Church Summer Fete, Henlow.
Sat 14. 14:30. The Greens & Hertingfordbury Summer Fete. Recreation Ground, St. Mary's Road, Hertingfordbury.
Sun 15. Sandon Summer Fete.
Sat 21. 13:00 - 17:00. Welwyn Festival Carnival & Family Fun Day.
Sun 22. 12:00 - 16:00. Weston Primary School Fete. Maiden St.
Sun 22. 13:00 - 18:00. Aston Open Gardens.
Sun 22. 13:00 - 19:00. Ampthill Festival Gala Day, Ampthill Park, Woburn St., Ampthill. 01252-402560.
Sat 28. Ardeley Summer Fete, Village Green.
Sat 28 - Sun 29. Village Festival, St. Mary's Church, Essendon.

May 2008
Thu 1 - Mon 5. Strathmore Arms Beer Festival. St. Paul's Walden.
Sat 3 - BH Mon 5. Kimpton May Festival. BBQ & cream teas (Sun & Mon).
Sat 3 - Sun 18. Baldock Festival.   www.baldockfestival.org.uk
Sun 4. Walkern Fair.
BH Mon 5. Lemsford Fete.
BH Mon 5. 12:00. Royston May Day Fair.
Sun 11. Ashwell at home.
Sat 24 - BH Mon 26. St. Mary Magdalene Church Flower Festival, Gt. Offley.
Sun 25. 13:00 - 17:00. Preston Open Gardens. £ 3.50.
BH Mon 26. Luton Carnival.   www.luton.gov.uk/carnival

September 2007
Sat 1. 13:00 - 16:00. Gt. Ashby Fun Day, Whitehorse Lane, off Gt. Ashby Way, Stevenage.
Sun 2. 12:00. Aston Village Fete & Dog Show.
Sun 2. 13:00 - 16:00. Broadwater Day, Shephalbury Park, Stevenage.
Sat 8. 13:00. Guilden Morden Show, Recreation Ground.
Fri 7 - Sun 9. Beer Festival. The Nelson, Wheathamstead.
Sat 15 - Sun 16. 10:00. Bedfordshire Steam & Country Fayre, Shuttleworth Park, Old Warden. www.bseps.org.uk
Sat 15 - Sun 16. Beer festival. Fox & Duck, Stotfold.

July 2007
Sun 1. 14:00 - 18:00. Willian Fair.
Sat 7. Shephal Green Fete, Stevenage. St. Mary's Church.
Sun 8. 11:00 - 16:00. Gt. Wymondley Open Gardens.
Sun 8. 12:00 - 16:00. John Henry Newman School Summer Fair, Hitchin Road, Stevenage. 01438-362895.
Sun 8. 12:00. Harpenden Highland Gathering. Rothamsted Park.
Sat 14. 11:00 - 16:00. Lt. Wymondley Fair.

August 2007
Sat 4. 12:00. Graveley Fete, Cricket Ground.
Sun 5. 10:30 - 16:30. Royston Kite Festival, Therfield Heath.   www.roystonkitefestival.org.uk
Sun 12. 13:00. St. Mary's Day, Church Hall, Maulden. BBQ. Held on nearest Sunday to Aug 15th.
Fri 24 - BH Mon 27. Beer Festival. Lytton Arms, Old Knebworth.
Sat 25 - Sun 26. 12:00 - 17:00. Flower & Craft Fair. All Saint's Church, Datchworth.
BH Mon 27. Much Hadham Fete.

June 2007
Sat 9 - Sun 10. King's Walden Church Flower Festival.
Sun 10. 12:00 - 17:30. Graveley Open Gardens & Maze.
Sun 10. 14:00 - 18:00. Pirton Open Gardens.
Thu 14 - Thu 30. Stevenage Festival.
Fri 15 - Sun 17. Beer Festival, Black Horse, Hertford.
Sat 16. Lilley village fete.
Sat 16 - Sun 24. Bike week. For Stevenage events see:   www.stevenagectc.info
Sun 17. 11:00 - 15:00. Mary Exton School Fete, St. Michael's Rd., Hitchin,
Sun 17. 12:00 - 17:00. Open Gardens, Ickleford.
Sun 17. 13:00 - 17:00. Open Gardens, Maulden.
Thu 21 - Sun 24. Beer Festival. Brocket Arms, Ayot St. Lawrence.
Fri 22. Henlow Middle School Summer Fair.
Sun 24. 11:00 - 18:00. Norton Walkabout. Teas at St. Nicholas School.
Sun 25. 13:00. Dunton Fete, Recreation Ground.
Sun 24. 14:00. Gt. Wymondley Summer Fete. Church Green.

May 2007
Thu 3 - BH Mon 07. Beer Festival, Rising Sun, Potton.
Fri 4 - BH Mon 07. Beer Festival, White Horse, Castle St. Hertford.
Fri 4 - BH Mon 07. Beer Festival, Verulam Arms, St. Albans.
BH Mon 7. Standon May Day Festival.
BH Mon 7. Dunstable Carnival, Bennett Memorial Recreation Ground.
Sun 13. 10:30 - 16:00. Shuttleworth College Open Day. Old Warden Park. Free. 01767-626222.   www.shuttleworth.ac.uk
Sun 13. 14:00 - 17:00. Southill Park Open Gardens.
Sun 13. 14:00 - 19:00. St. Paul's Walden Bury Garden Open Day. Teas.
Sun 20. 12:00. Harpenden Carnival. Rothamsted Park.
Sat 26 - Sun 27. Herts County Show. Redbourn.   www.hertsshow.com
Sat 26 - BH Mon 28. Beer Festival. Plume of Feathers, Ickleford.
Sun 27. 13:00. Newgate Street May Fair.
Sun 27. Dunton Open Community Gardens.
BH Mon 28. Peter's Green Fun Day.

April 2007
Sun 1. Brent Pelham Open Gardens.
Wed 18 - Sat 21. Beer Festival, White Hart, Shefford.
Thu 19 - Sun 22. Beer Festival, Brewery Tap, Shefford.
Sat 21 & Sun 22. 10:00 - 18:00. St. George's Day Festival, Wrest Park Gardens, Silsoe.
Sun 22. St. Paul's Walden Bury Garden Open Day. Teas.

June 2006
Sat 10. 14:00 - 17:00. Datchworth Village Fete.
Sat 10. 14:00. St. Margaret's Church Fete. Streatley.
Sat 10 - Sun 11. St. Mary's Church Watering Can Festival, Church Rd., Stotfold. Peggy Baines, 01462-730550.
Sat 10 - Sun 11. Therfield Open Gardens. 16:00 - 18:00, cream teas at St. Mary's Church.
Sun 11. 12:00 - 19:00. Revels on the rec, Ashwell.
Fri 16 - Tue 27. Welwyn Festival.   www.welwynfestival.org.uk
Sat 17. 12:00 - 16:00. Shefford & District Fun Day. Community Hall, Ampthill Rd.
Sat 17. 14:00 - 17:00. Tewin Fete.
Sat 17. 14:00 - 16:30. Therfield Fete. St. Mary's Church.
Sat 17. 14:30. Shillington Church Fete, Parsonage Farm.
Sun 18. 13:00. Shillington Open Gardens.
Fri 23. 15:30 - 17:30. Shefford Lower School BBQ.
Sat 24. Buntingford Carnival.
Sat 24 ( 10:00 - 17:00 ) & Sun 25 ( 11:00 - 17:00 ). St. Peter's Church Flower Festival, Arlesey. £ 1.00 (adults), 50p child.
Sat 24 & Sun 25. 12:00 - 18:00. Benington Craft Fair & Flower Festival.
Sat 24 ( last Sat in June ). 14:00. Barton le Clay Church Fete.
Sun 25. 12:00 - 17:00. Weston Open Gardens. £ 4.00.
Sun 25. 13:00 - 16:00. St. Thomas' School Summer Fayre, Puckeridge.
Sun 25. 13:30 - 17:00. Lemsford Open Gardens.
Sun 25. 14:00 - 17:00. Odsey Park Gardens. £ 4.00.
Thu 29 - Sun 2 July . Knebworth Village Festival.

July 2006
Sat 1. Westmill Village Fete.
Sat 1 - Sat 29. Hitchin Festival. www.e-hitchin.co.uk
Sun 2. 12:00 - 16:00. SRA Fun Day. Stondon Rec. David McDonald, 01462-850555. £ 1.00 ( adults ).
Sun 2. Westmill Church Flower Festival.
Sun 2. Walkern Open Gardens.
Fri 7. 17:00 - 1930. Wymondley School Fair.
Sat 8. 12:30. Acorn pre-school Annual Duck Race, White Swan Bridge, Shefford. Melanie, 01462-816735.
Sat 8. Langford Family Day.
Sat 8 & Sun 9. 11:30 - 17:00. St. Ippolytts Open Gardens.
Sat 8 - Sun 9. 10:00. Bedfordshire Country Show, Shuttleworth Park, Old Warden. Paul Worbey, 01462-851711. www.bedscountryshow.co.uk
Sun 9. 12:00 - 17:00. Bramfield Village Fair.
Sun 9. Barton le Clay Open Gardens. Tea & cake at the Methodist Church.
Sun 9. Wheathamstead Village Day.
Fri 14. 15:15. Sauncey Wood Junior School Summer Fayre, Harpenden.
Sat 15. 13:00 - 16:00. Stondon Lower School Summer Fayre, Hillside Rd. 01462-850288.
Sat 15. 14:00. St. Mary's Church Fete, Vicarage Gardens, Stotfold.
Sat 15. 14:00. Maple Tree Lower School Fun Day, Fallowfield, Sandy.
Sat 15. 14:00 - 17:00. Benington Fair, Village Green.
Sat 15 - Sun 16. 14:00 - 17:00. Clifton Open Gardens. £ 2.50.
Sun 16. 14:00. Woolmer Green Village Day, Village Green.
Sat 29 (Last Sat.). 11:00 - 16:00. Bedwell Fun Day, Community Centre, Stevenage.
Sat 29. Gosmore Care Home Summer Fete, Hitchin Rd. 01462-454925.

August 2006
Sat 12. 10:00 - 16:00. Lions Family Fun Day, Howard Park, Norton Way South, Letchworth. Harry Lote, 01462-686795.
Sat 19. 13:30. Dog show & BBQ, Sue Ryder Care Home, Stagenhoe Park (nr Whitwell). David Bundy, 01438-871427.
Sun 20. 12:00 - 16:00. St. Katherine's Church BBQ, Icknield House, Westmill Lane, Ickleford. £ 5.00.
Sun 20. Castle Street Party, Hertford.   www.castlestreetparty.org.uk
Thu 24 - BH Mon 28. Bank Holiday Fair, Harpenden Common.
Fri 25 - BH Mon 28. Beer Festival. Engineer's Arms, Henlow.
Sat 26 - Mon 28. 11:00 - 17:30 ( Sat & Mon ), 14:00 - 17:30 ( Sun ). St. Mary's Church Flower Festival, Graveley.
Sat 26 - Mon 28. Beer Festival, White Horse, High Cross.
Sun 27 & BH Mon 28. 10:30 - 17:30. Redbournbury Mill Open Day. £ 1.50.
Sun 27 & BH Mon 28. Benington Lordship Gardens. Teas in village hall.
Sun 27 & BH Mon 28. Burnham Green Festival.
BH Mon 28. 11:00. St. Albans Carnival. 01727-864511.
BH Mon 28. Stotfold Fun Day.
Last Sun. Brent Pelham Fair.

September 2006
Sat 2. 12:00 - 16:00. Weston Village Fete & Dog Show, £ 1.00 ( adult ).
Sat 2. 14:00. Broom Fun Day on the Green.
Sat 2. Wrestlingworth Fair.
Sun 3. 11:30 - 16:00. Brickendon Fete.
Sun 3. 14:00 - 17:00. Waterford Village Fete.
Fri 8 - Sun 10. Beer Festival. Woodman, Chapmore End.
Sat 9 & Sun 10. 10:00 - 18:00. St. Mary's Church Flower Festival, Lt. Wymondley.
Sat 9 & Sun 10. 10:30 - 17:30. Redbournbury Mill Open Day. Free.
Sat 16. 13:30. Flitton & Greenfields Gala.
Sat 16 & Sun 17. Sandon Flower Festival.
Sat 23. 14:00 - 16:00. St. Mary's School Autumn Fair. Stotfold. 01462-730343.
Fri 29 - Sun 1 Oct. Furneux Pelham Festival. www.furneuxfestival.com
( TBC ). Tewin Scarecrow Festival.
Last weekend. Craft Fair, Church Hall, Maulden.

July 2005
Fri 1. 17:00 - 19:00. St. Ippollits School Fete.
Fri 1. 17:00 - 19:00. Gt. Offley School Fete.
Sat 2. 12:30. St. Mary Magdelene Church Fete, Barkway.
Sat 2. 13:00 - 17:00. Hormeads Sports Assoc. Meads Fete, Horns Mead.
Sat 2. Biggleswade Carnival.
Sat 2. Ware Carnival.
Sun 3. 11:00 - 17:00. Aston Fun Day.
Sun 3. 12:00 - 16:00. Lannock JMI School Fete, Whiteway, Jackmans Estate, Letchworth.
Sun 3. 12:00 - 17:00. Kimpton Parish Church Flower Festival. Cream Teas & Hog Roast.
Sun 3. 12:00 - 15:00. Preston School Fete. BBQ. Tea & cake.
Sat 9. Benington Village Fete.
Sat 9 - Sun 10. 09:30 - 18:00. Bedfordshire Country Show, Old Warden Park. 01767-627527. www.bedscountryshow.co.uk
Sun 10. 13:00. Aspenden Fete.
Sun 10. 14:00. Anstey Fair.
Sun 10. WI Summer Fair, Hertford Heath.
Sat 16. 14:00. Codicote Village Day, Sports Ground.
Sat 16. 17:00. St. Mary's School PTA BBQ, Aston.
Sun 17. 15:00 - 1800. Strawberry cream teas, Old Vicarage, Shillington.
Sat 23 & Sun 24. Henlow Show.
Last Sun. Benington Craft Fayre.