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BarnesBarnes is a unique urban village with good transport links into and out of London, a fascinating mix of unusual gifts, clothes and food shops interspersed with award winning cafés and restaurants, river walks and pubs, and a village duck pond.
The WWT London Wetland Centre is a real wildlife heaven, with 100 acres of natural riverside marshland habitat home to over 180 species of birds. Barnes Common is 120 acres of nature reserve with Beverly Brook passing through it. The Barnes Trail is a 2.3-mile circular walk taking in the riverside, commercial streets and conservation area with QR coded information.
The Thames Path National Trail is a peaceful nature reserve and walk along the tow path between Barnes and Hammersmith.
Highlights: Farmers Market every Saturday: Barnes Children’s Literature Festival in June: London’s largest kids books party: July's Village Fair: September's Food Fair: Charity Fashion Show in October.
Local Website: www.barnesvillage.com
East Sheen & Mortlake East Sheen, also known as Sheen, and Mortlake together form a leafy, family-friendly suburb. The area affords easy access to Richmond Park and the River Thames, Mortlake being the closest train station to the park. Sheen’s thriving high street has a diverse range of popular and award winning independent and mainstream boutiques, shops, local pubs, restaurants, cafés and delis.
Mortlake is a largely residential historic part of the borough, particularly known for its pubs and the finishing line of the Oxford & Cambridge University Boat Race. It is also the burial place of the Victorian explorer Richard Burton.
Highlights: Grade II-listed air-raid shelter at St Leonard’s Court, The Triangle War Memorial and an Old Milestone Dating from 1751.
Local Website: www.eastsheenvillage.co.uk
Experience all that Barnes, Mortlake & Sheen has to offer,whether it be through our traditional cuisine along the River Thames or a visit to the many shops we have throughout Upper Richmond Road.
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A weekly story time for under 6s. Free and booking is not required.
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Jack and Freddie attend ballroom dance classes at their local Recreation Centre. Freddie has been tasked by the teacher to bring Jack up to speed. Jack has lived Freddie's lifetime three times over. Jack wants to woo his wife, and Freddie needs the…
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Vaseem Khan turns his eyes from his vibrant Mumbai to explore with Frank Gardner the wild world of Frank’s ex-commando Luke Carlton. Frank is the BBC’s Security Correspondent but there is nothing secure about Carlton’s high risk world. It’s live and…
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This interactive map takes you on a guided walk across some of Mortlake's key heritage areas.
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We are delighted to have the brilliant young musicians from the Menuhin School return to the festival. The celebrated violinist Yehudi Menuhin founded his school to develop his students’ talents to the highest degree within a nurturing and…
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Join us as we make merry and celebrate the success of our community orchards with our very own Wassail! An ancient rural English celebration giving fruit growers and pickers the opportunity to drink to the good health of their fruit trees and to an…
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Poet, comic, singer, songwriter and glasses-wearer John Hegley has captivated and audiences in theatres and clubs, a lot of Edinburgh Festivals and many appearances on radio and television. This show demonstrates the breadth of his appeal, with…
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A dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' ‘The Trial for Murder’
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Green Tea is an award-winning and critically acclaimed theatrical production, delving into demonic possession in a Victorian world. The play, narrated by philosophical physician Dr. Martin Hesselius, investigates the strange case of the Reverend Mr.…
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Trio Bohémo has become a force on the international chamber music scene. Within just five years, the ensemble has garnered prestigious accolades including First Prize and the Audience Prize at the “International Joseph Haydn Competition” in Vienna,…
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Kate Dimbleby, vocalist
Join us for a vibrant evening where great music meets great hospitality in one of Barnes’ most characterful pubs. The Waterman’s Arms, known for its welcoming atmosphere, riverside charm and inventive seasonal cooking,…
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Tessa Hadley, the award-winning author, will be talking to Harriett Gilbert, the BBC broadcaster whose support of BLS is invaluable to us. They will be talking about Tessa’s latest coming-of-age novella about two girls who get thrust into a new…
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Performers:
Roderick Williams, baritone
Christopher Glynn, piano
Programme:
Vaughan Williams The Vagabond
Quilter Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Madeleine Dring Weep you no more
Finzi At Middle-field Gate in February
Vaughan Williams Linden…
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"The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means" - The Importance of Being Earnest
The production, led by veteran Mark Beer, features an integrated cast of actors with disabilities both visible and invisible. Oscar…
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Come along and see what our writers have been cooking up this time! Across the past 10 weeks, our writers have been tasked to write a ten minute play. Working with each other, and then with actors & directors, they've developed their scripts into…
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Following last year's successful Easter Art Exhibition, we are pleased to once again pack up our theatre for the Easter weekend and build our display space giving our local community the opportunity to view and purchase affordable and original art…
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Come and learn new skills and enjoy time in nature at our beautiful wetland centre.
Using willow grown at our wetlands, spend a mindful hour preparing your own charcoal to take home. While the charcoal is being fired, experiment through drawing and…
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Join Henry Chandler and John Paul Ekins for an intimate recital featuring a vibrant programme spanning classical to 20th-century masterworks.
This programme begins with Beethoven’s Spring Sonata, a work full of freshness and nature, the aria-like…
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Aurora Orchestra makes its debut at the Barnes Music Festival with a chamber concert featuring its Principal Players, who bring together four nostalgic and reflective masterpieces.
Programme:
Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds FP…
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Fuel your love of reading! Join our monthly Book Club to meet fellow bookworms, explore a diverse ranges of novels and share your thoughts over a cup of coffee in our cosy Café.
A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new…
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