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Midnight Walk 2024

Midnight Walk Weekend Back by Popular Demand

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity has brought back its Midnight Walk event as part of the Hospice’s 35th anniversary, which will be hosted at Roman Park Hall, Aylesbury on Saturday 22 June. The Midnight Walk will also be accompanied by its two sister events as the Walk is evolving to become a whole weekend occasion. Twilight […]

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Residents Encouraged to Join Mass Health Walk

May is National Walking Month and hundreds of residents are expected to join a Mass Health Walk across 15 different locations around Hertfordshire. Last year the team had 250 participants and are hoping for 300 walkers this year. Residents can join on the Mass Health Walk no matter what their walking experience is. A timetable […]

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Stepping Stones Turns Sixty

In the centre of Tring, Stepping Stones Pre-School recently celebrated their 60th anniversary. The Pre-School began as a Mothers Union in 1963 and has continued to evolve to now provide children from 2-5 years old with a fun and engaging environment to build their confidence and imagination. Each week there is a different topic based […]

Berkhamsted Arts Fair

Berkhamsted Art Fair Arrives this Spring

Berkhamsted Art Fair (10-12 May at the Civic Centre) will showcase the work of local artists, potters and glass makers. Visitors will also have the opportunity to watch a painting take shape and create one of their own. Entry is free and there’ll be a wide range of art and contemporary craft to enjoy and […]

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Travel Back in Time for a Tudor May Day

England’s premier Elizabethan reenactors will this Bank Holiday weekend transport Chiltern Open Air Museum visitors back over 400 years with an authentic 16th-Century May Day festival. The event takes place on Sunday 5 May and Bank Holiday 6 May from 10am until 5pm. COAM will be welcoming back the Suffolk Free Company, experts in the […]

Elementary Skin & Body salon extension

In With a Bang

Elementary Skin & Body based in Akeman Street, Tring, are looking forward to welcoming May in with a bang as they prepare to knock through in to the space next door to the salon to create 2 new treatment rooms and a dedicated manicure/pedicure space. May is always a special month for the salon Director, […]

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London Zoo Launches Appeal for History

ZSL (Zoological Society of London) – the conservation charity behind London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo – has launched History Hive: a public appeal for memories and artefacts to bring its 200-year history to life. Launching exactly two years before the world-famous institution’s bicentenary, History Hive aims to build a collection of memories – from the […]

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Berkhamsted’s First Independent B Corp

Waggle Design Ltd (Waggle), a creative graphic design agency, is proud to announce that it is a certified B Corporation (B Corp), the first in Berkhamsted, and one of the 2,000 UK companies joining a global movement that are reinventing business for the benefit of the all people and the planet. Waggle started its B […]

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Suicide Prevention Charity’s Free Support Group for Men

Local suicide prevention and mental health support charity Hector’s House have set up HecTalk – a new peer-to-peer support group for local men (18+) to promote the importance of community and connection for our wellbeing.   Berkhamsted-based Hector’s House was set up in memory of Hector Stringer – who was just 18 years old when he took […]

Tring's Great Big Green Week 2024

Tring’s Great Big Green Week

Climate action is coming to Tring as part the national Great Big Green Week campaign. Residents, community groups, businesses and schools are taking part in Tring’s Great Big Green Week this June to highlight the need for urgent action on climate and nature. Taking place between 8 and 16 June, Great Big Green Week will […]

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Jimmy Carr Netflix Special filmed at Aylesbury

Jimmy Carr’s Netflix Special: Natural Born Killer was released on the streaming platform on Tuesday 16 April having been filmed last year at Buckinghamshire venue, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. The high-profile comedian known for his rapid-fire, deadpan humour is a regular fixture in the Waterside’s diary, selling out at every performance. His provocative wit sees him […]