The Barton Church School & Wilderspin Story Tour

Discover “one of the most important schools in England” with our expert guides.

FREE admission and FREE Tour as part of Heritgae Open Days 2024.

Booking not required.

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Barton Open Gardens

20 gardens of all shapes and sizes, including our own Playground Garden, open to the public for charity.  Maps available from The Ropewalk – £4 per person.  Don’t forget to check out our plants for sale.

Saturday & Sunday, 2-5pm

My Doorstep My Heritage

Models and poetry fashioned by pupils from Castledyke Primary School based on their exploration and discovery of Barton’s fine Victorian buildings.

Open Day & Book Sale

THIS SATURDAY 1 June is our annual Open Day with FREE admission, a chance to look behind the scenes and find out about volunteering opportunities with us and other Barton volunteering projects.  And peruse our expanded selection of pre-loved books.

Tours at 11am and 1.30pm.  No need to book.

Retro Board & Card Games

Intrigued by board and card games popular in the past – we’ve trawled our archive and found some fascinating family games for you to try. Pop in and pick a game to pay from Beetle to Dick Turpin.

11am – 3pm.  Children FREE.  Adults £5 (Annual Ticket with free museum admission for 12 months including most other events and priority notice of our Events Programme).

Six Inches of Soil

Slow Circular Earth present a sceeening of this documentary feature film telling the inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food – to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.  Followed by Q & A and supper.

5.30pm – 9.30pm

Tickets £10.  Booking essential.

Monday Tea Club

A free event for families to cook and eat together, enjoy a healthy meal, and discover affordable, nutritious options.

4pm – 6.30pm

22 & 29 April and 13 & 20 May

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Christmas Fair

Crafts Fair, refreshments and Victorian Father Christmas as part of Barton’s Christmas Festival.

12pm – 4pm

Refreshments 12pm – 5.30pm.

Barton Bike Night

Back to its traditional Wednesday evening – motorcycles, trace stands, vintage bikes and live bands.

The Museum has refreshments and helmet / leathers storage.

5-10pm

A Miscellany of Music

South Bank Singers and instrumentalists sing and play music from The Lion King, Abba, Black Adder, Show Boat, West Side Story and more!

7.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall

Tickets available from Euronics or OTD: £5 (under 16s free) inc. refreshments