Green Festival Programme
Events run on five days, from Thursday 21st August to Monday 25th
GREEN FAIR
Market Square, 10am - 4pm, free admission
Events in red need to be booked with the Visitor Information Centre
on 01584 875053 or info@ludlow.org.uk
THURSDAY 21 AUGUST
Composting Stuff
10.00 am – 1.00 pm at
Bishop Mascall Centre, Lower Galdeford
A Master Composter will explain the exciting facts of composting; how to do
it and what goes where – for beginners and experienced composters.
Drop
in during the morning - no charge, but booking essential through Linda Monteith
at SSVA 01584 877756.
Craft Workshop for children
10.0 – 1.0 pm at
Bishop Mascall Centre, Lower Galdeford
Craft activities for kids with an environmental theme, run by Scrappies (Childrens’ Scrapstore
Recycling & Resource Centre).
No
charge, drop in during the morning
Streets for People
7.30 pm at The Old School
Room (Ludlow College), Mill Street
A presentation by Michael Loveday, Chief Executive of HEART and Chair of Living
Streets. Arranged by Ludlow Civic Society, the evening will explore how Ludlow
might follow other UK and European towns that have rejuvenated their centres
by encouraging pedestrian priority.
Booking
essential through VIC £3 per person
FRIDAY 22 AUGUST
Go Wild in the Churchyard
5.30 pm – 7.0
pm in St Leonard’s Churchyard (opposite Stone House, Corve St.).
Supervised nature activities for children, run
by Caring for God’s Acre. Includes exploring the world of minibeasts
and learning to weave using natural materials like wool and willow.
Free,
children must be accompanied by an adult – drop in during above times. Refreshments
provided by Friends of St Leonard’s Churchyard
"Feeding the World"
7.30 pm in
Bishop Mascall Centre, Lower Galdeford
An illustrated presentation and discussion. Nick Tilt will draw
on his farming experience at home and abroad to lead this seminar about the mounting
international crisis surrounding the growing and distribution of enough food
to feed the global population and help us explore some solutions.
Tickets £2.50
at the door or from VIC in advance.
SATURDAY 23 AUGUST
The ‘Throw-away’ House
Free event, running all day in
the Events Square (outside Ludlow College)
This temporary structure, designed and constructed by
South Shropshire District Council, demonstrates how a serviceable and attractive
building can be constructed from recycled materials. Project co-ordinated
by Colin Richards, SSDC Conservation Officer
'Trains and Tranquillity'
Meet at Craven Arms Railway station 9.15am to catch the 9.30 train to Bucknell.
It's 50 years since the Shropshire Hills were officially designated as an
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Join us on Heart of Wales train to Bucknell
and walk the 5 miles to Knighton through this beautiful countryside and find
out why the Shropshire Hills were one of the first
areas in the country to be designated. Return by train from Knighton (12.15pm
or 6.15pm). Walk led by Les Lumsdon and Steph Hayes, arranged by Shropshire
Hills AONB Partnership.
For further details and to book please ring 01588
674080. No charge for the walk, buy your own rail ticket.
Visit to Greenfinch Biocycle Plant
10.30 am Greenfinch,
Coder Road, Ludlow Business Park
Discover how your household kitchen waste is turned into energy and fertiliser.
Booking
essential through VIC £2.50 per person
Guided Town Tour
Departing at 2.30 pm from the cannon outside the Castle.
Organised by Ludlow
Historical Research Group, the 90 minute tours follow a gentle route around the
medieval walled town, looking at the history, architecture and people.
Cost £2.50
payable at start of tour.
SUNDAY 24 AUGUST
The ‘Throw-away’ House
Free event, running all day in the Events Square (outside Ludlow College)
Work continues on the second day of this project to build a temporary
structure, designed and constructed by South Shropshire District Council, to
demonstrat how a serviceable and attractive building can be constructed from
recycled materials. Project
co-ordinated by Colin Richards, SSDC Conservation Officer
GREEN FAIR
10am - 4pm
Ludlow’s Market Square will be filled with stalls exhibiting
and demonstrating green products and services. Find out how you can use alternative
energy and save money! Look at ideas on how to make our environment
a better place. There will be music, fun for children, and stalls
selling good local food.
Free entry
‘Climate Change’ with Museum on the
Move
10.0
am – 4.0 pm Events Square (in front of Ludlow College)
A mobile exhibition provided by
Shropshire County Council Museum Services that presents an interactive, multi-sensory
experience looking at climate change in the past, present and future – using
specimens and artefacts from museum collections and focusing on the problems
caused by climate change in Gambia.
free entry
Allotments Open Day
10.0 am – 4.0 pm
Wigleys Field Allotments (near Cliffe Hotel) and Mill Street Allotments (Lower
Mill St.) will both be open, by
kind permission of the allotments’ committees, with people on hand to
demonstrate their methods and crops. It should be fascinating to compare organic
and other ways of producing good wholesome food.
Free
“How to green your home”
11.0
am –1.0 pm Oscars, Ludlow Assembly Rooms - sponsored by South Shropshire
Housing Association
A drop-in workshop with independent expert advisers who can show you
how to save money and energy at home. Free
Bikeability
11.0 am – 4.0 pm Ludlow College Car
Park, Lower Mill Street
Want to cycle but don’t have the puff, can’t manage the hills – then
try out an electric bike – a range of makes and models
will be on display and ready to test ride in this practical demonstration and
exhibition arranged by Ludlow Cycling Support Group.
Free.
Guided Town Tour
Departing at 2.30 pm from the cannon outside the Castle.
Organised by Ludlow Historical Research Group, the 90 minute tours follow
a gentle route around the medieval walled town, looking at the history, architecture
and people.
Cost £2.50 payable at start of tour.
MONDAY 25 AUGUST
Family Cycle Ride
11.00 am – 1.00 pm Meet at Linney Recreation Ground (below the Castle)
for an 11.15 start.
An escorted ride mainly on traffic free roads to encourage beginners and family
groups (7 miles) with the option of a longer route (14 miles) on country lanes
for the more energetic. Arranged
by Ludlow Cycling Support Group
Bring a picnic lunch if you want to relax and socialise afterwards.
£2 for adults, £5 for families – turn up and pay on
the day. Children must be accompanied
Guided Town Tour
Departing at 2.30 pm from the cannon outside the Castle.
Organised by Ludlow Historical Research Group, the 90 minute tours follow
a gentle route around the medieval walled town, looking at the history, architecture
and people.
Cost £2.50 payable at start of tour.
“Manufactured Landscapes”
7.30 pm at Ludlow
Assembly Rooms
Ecology and Art collide when Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky addresses the
vast project of modern civilization and its devastating impact on the earth.
Filming from across the world plunges the viewer into enormous, beautiful
and heartbreaking scenes to witness what we're doing to the earth in the name
of progress.
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