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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
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…
Barnes
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…
East Sheen, Richmond
As we approach later life, we are often juggling so many responsibilities and questions for the future.
These questions have emotional, practical and financial implications - but where do you start? And what do you need to know in order to make the…
Barnes
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…
Barnes
Join Jet as she guides you through how to get stunning, creative images, with just the camera in your pocket.
You will cover composition, light, macro (macro lenses will be provided), and generally looking at the world a bit differently. At the…
These free baby bounce and rhyme sessions are for very young children accompanied by adults.
Come join in the fun with songs, rhymes and stories - all are welcome.
Barnes
The OSO is thrilled to host graduating students of St Mary's University, for their annual Festival of Creativity.
'A timeless absurdist play.
Six characters wander into an uninspiring rehearsal room, interrupting the actors and director. They are…
Barnes
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…
Barnes
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…
Barnes
‘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…
Barnes
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…
Barnes
Join Ecologist Connor Butler for a hands-on cyanotype printmaking workshop with a seasonal twist.
Developed in the 1840s, cyanotype is a photographic process that uses UV light to create striking blue-and-white prints. By arranging winter-themed…
Barnes
All You Need Is Love – the story of popular music
Director Tony Palmer created this 17-hour documentary series broadcast worldwide in the 1970s covering many different genres of popular music. He brings to the Barnes Music Festival two of the most…
Barnes
Step into ‘The Magic Library’ at Barnes Festival! Join Patrick King and Children’s Musical Adventures for a family-friendly concert filled with enchanting melodies, interactive storytelling, and a world of musical magic. Perfect for children and…
Barnes
Join Tom for 4 weeks and see your comedy skills grow! This course will use improvisation and clown to help performers unlock play, embrace joy and cultivate connection
Barnes
Oat Cakes and Jam is an anarchic, darkly comic piece inspired by Angela Carter's The Company of Wolves from The Bloody Chamber. Developed over eleven weeks at the OSO, it will blend movement, text, music, and visual design to explore transformation,…
Barnes
This month, come and join our forest school-inspired Friday Froglets sessions with your children.
Barnes
As Solomon grapples with his own sexuality within a society bound by conservative norms, he finds solace in unexpected friendships with individuals such as Henry Holiday, Edward Burne-Jones, Oscar Browning, and Algernon Charles Swinburne.
The play…
Barnes
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…
Barnes
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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