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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.
Top attractions to visit this month
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Barnes Music Festival in South West London is an annual celebration of music-making which includes choral, instrumental, orchestral, opera, jazz and film events featuring international stars, and local groups and schools performing at venues across…
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Performers:
Ashley Riches, bass-baritone
Katherine Gregory, soprano
St Michael & All Angels Choir
Barnes Festival Orchestra
Brahms’ German Requiem, composed between 1865 and 1868 following the death of his mother, is a work of profound consolation,…
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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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‘Queer Ecology’ aims to challenge what we think of as being ‘natural’ or ‘unnatural’ and celebrates diversity in all life.
Join ecologist Connor Butler on a guided nature walk to explore the diverse and unusual lifecycles found in the plants and…
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Priscilla Morris draws on her part-Yugoslav heritage for this novel, short-listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction amongst several other prizes. Set in 1992, at the time of the outbreak of the Balkan wars, and in particular the devastating siege of…
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Performers:
Combined Choirs of St Mary’s Barnes and St Michael’s Barnes
Conducted by Ben Markovic and Owen Elsley
Officiant: The Revd Calum Zuckert, Rector of Barnes
Address by The Revd Dr Matthew Cheung Salisbury of Oxford…
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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.
Leonard and Hungry Paul is the story of two friends who ordinarily…
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Step into the stillness of a frosty morning on this 1.5-hour guided Winter Bird Walk, where winter’s stars such as teal, wigeon, shoveler and the elusive bittern await. A peaceful, magical start to the day, complete with a hot drink.
Join our…
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Performers:
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Programme:
Beethoven Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor for piano Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
Robert Schumann Fantasie in C Op.17
Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19
Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in…
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Barnes Festival Soloists
Mary Bevan, soprano
Programme:
Binge The Watermill
Johnny Pearson All Creatures Great and Small
Debbie Wiseman Myrtle (from The Glorious Garden) (Faber music)
Nigel Hess Hetty Wainthrop Investigates Theme
Jim…
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"I am being harassed. I'm in fear of my life. I live in fear. They Know Who I Am…"
Christopher has been confined to a psychiatric ward for a month. He wants out. The problem is he still thinks oranges are blue. A junior psychiatrist, convinced he…
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Join entomologist Connor Butler for a special Insect Week guided walk through London Wetland Centre on 27 June.
In celebration of Insect Week, this walk will help you discover how to find, observe, and identify invertebrates in the wild. If you’ve…
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The much-loved BCA Duck Hunt returns this Easter, taking place from Monday 30 March - Tuesday 7 April 2026.
From 30 March, you can buy a Duck Hunt map from Rose House, Natsons, or The OSO (available Easter weekend only at The OSO) for £5. Then it's…
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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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Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy.
Professor Matravers will be discussing the philosophy of T.E. Hulme, a philosopher and poet who has been called "The First Conservative of the 20th Century", and was described by T.S. Eliot as…
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This month, come and join our forest school-inspired Friday Froglets sessions with your children.
Barnes
Performers:
Owen Elsley, tenor
Paul Greally, piano
Programme:
Finzi Oh fair to see (op. 13b)
Chris Williams Florilegium
Paul Greally Three Elizabethan Songs
Warlock Rest sweet nymphs & Jillian of Berry
Owen Elsley (Director of Music at St…
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Yasmine comes to the OSO with her joyously stylish One Woman Show, performing songs from some of the most inspirational songwriting-singer-pianists of our time, including Carole King, Billy Joel, Roberta Flack, Randy Newman, Stevie Wonder, Donald…
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Barnes Community Association's Barnes Food Fair, Saturday 12 September 2026
One of Southwest London's most delicious dates in the diary is back! BCA Barnes Food Fair returns to Barnes Green on Saturday 12 September, 10am - 5pm and promises a…
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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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