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Mac 'n Cheese in the Orchard
12th March-27th April 2025
Venue: Anglesey Abbey
Address: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/events/
As you walk through the daffodils and spring blooms to find the twelve super-sized Shaun the Sheep sculptures around the grounds, why not stop off for some yummy mac 'n cheese in the Orchard? MacDaddy...
Shaun the Sheep at Anglesey Abbey
12th March-27th April 2025
Venue: Anglesey Abbey
Address: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/events/
Find twelve super-sized Shaun the Sheep sculptures around the gardens at Anglesey Abbey this spring. Each sculpture has been 'ewe-niquely' painted by twelve different national and international artists...
Little Acorns at the Farm
18th March-8th July 2025
Venue: Wimpole Estate
Address: Royston, Cambridgeshire
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/wimpole-estate/events/
Wimpole's popular pre-school group for 2-5 year olds. Get creative with craft activities, painting, messy play and learn a little bit about the animals on Home Farm. Run by Wimpole staff and volunteers...
Cambourne Junior Parkrun
21st March-11th May 2025
Venue: Cambourne Fitness and Sports Centre Playing Fields
Address: Back Lane, Great Cambourne, Cambourne, Cambridge
Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/cambourne-juniors/
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds). The aim is to have fun, so go along and join in whatever your pace! Please register before your first run. Held every Sunday at...
Cambridge Junior Parkrun
21st March-11th May 2025
Venue: Milton Country Park
Address: Milton, Cambridge, Cambs
Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/cambridge-juniors/
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds). The aim is to have fun, so go along and join in whatever your pace! Please register before your first run. Held every Sunday at...
Dance for Pre-Schoolers at Colours of Dance
21st March-11th May 2025
Venue: Colours of Dance
Address: Histon Road, Cambridge
Website: www.coloursofdance.com
Would you like to foster creativity in your little one? These dance classes for pre-schoolers are the perfect way to introduce them to the world of movement with music and imagination! Visit for a fun-filled...
Discovery Club at Grafham Water Centre
21st March-11th May 2025
Venue: Grafham Water Centre
Address: Cambridgeshire
Website: www.grafham-water-centre.co.uk
During the school holidays, the Centre runs Discovery Club, a holiday club for young people aged 8 and up. A whole host of over 20 adventurous activities are on offer. For more information, email grafham.water@cambridgeshire.gov.uk...
Riverside Junior Parkrun
21st March-11th May 2025
Venue: Riverside Park, St Neots
Address: Cambridgeshire
Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/riversidestneots-juniors/
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds). The aim is to have fun, so go along and join in whatever your pace! Please register before your first run. Held every Sunday at...
Rumble Live Action Gaming
21st March-11th May 2025
Venue: Rumble Live Action Gaming
Address: Grafham Water
Website: www.rumblelive.co.uk
Looking for an epic adventure that gets kids active and off their screens? Rumble Live Action Gaming is the ultimate outdoor experience for families, parties, and thrill-seekers alike! With cutting-edge...
Spring Fun at South Angle Farm
21st March-11th May 2025
Venue: South Angle Farm Park
Address: Soham
Website: www.SouthAngleFarmPark.co.uk
Spring is in the air at South Angle Farm as they get ready for their biggest Easter yet! All visitors can feed the lambs, with public lamb events taking place three times a day over the Easter holidays....
Easter Egg Hunt at Wimpole Estate
1st-25th April 2025
Venue: Wimpole Estate
Address: Royston, Cambridgeshire
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/wimpole-estate/events/
This spring, treat your whole family to a world of adventure at Wimpole Estate on an Easter trail. Make your way along the trail and find activities for the whole family. Go and explore the beautiful gardens...
Interstellar
26th April 2025
Venue: Peterborough Cathedral
Address: Peterborough
Website: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/interstellar-at-peterborough-cathedral/
Embark on a cosmic musical journey like no other with Interstellar: Sounds of Space, an unforgettable concert experience featuring a 40-piece orchestra, live vocalists, and a breathtaking lighting show....
Springing to Life
26th April-11th May 2025
Venue: Wimpole Estate
Address: Royston, Cambridgeshire
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/wimpole-estate/events/
Celebrate the season of new beginnings as Home Farm welcomes its latest arrivals. This year, the lambing flock will be joined by an adorable cast of spring newborns including playful piglets, gambolling...
Claytime
27th April 2025
Venue: Cambridge Junction
Address: Cambridge
Website: www.junction.co.uk/events/claytime/
The award-winning Indefinite Articles present their work for the very young: Claytime, a play with clay, where the audience are invited to participate. Each Claytime is totally unique – creating its...
Bee Craft
3rd May 2025
Venue: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Address: Cambridge
Website: www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/bee-craft/
Buzz into the world of bees! Discover cool facts about these amazing pollinators, create your own bee craft to take home and show off your newfound bee knowledge! Ages 3+. 10am - 1pm.
May Queensgate Craft Fair – Treasured Events
3rd-4th May 2025
Venue: Queensgate Shopping Centre
Address: Long Causeway, Peterborough
Website: www.queensgate-shopping.co.uk/events/may-queensgate-craft-fair-treasured-events/
An amazing selection of local small business and crafters right in the heart of Queensgate Shopping Centre. 9am-4:30pm.
Great Fen Little Bugs
7th May 2025
Venue: Great Fen Countryside Centre
Address: Chapel Road, Ramsey Heights, Cambridgeshire
Website: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-05-07-great-fen-little-bugs
A fun and sociable morning of nature exploration and discovery for pre-school children. Each week covers a different wildlife theme. Enjoy crafts, story time and play in the lovely nature reserve. 10.30am-12pm.
Mission Mud
10th May 2025
Venue: The Playground Waterbeach Barracks
Website: www.arhc.org.uk/whatson
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity invites you to join Mission Mud! This family-friendly event is open to anyone aged 7 and over, offering the perfect opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors, challenge yourself,...
The Baby Fayre
11th May 2025
Venue: The Maltings
Address: Ship Lane, Ely
Website: www.themaltingsely.org.uk/events/event?id=415
The Baby Fayre sees small, local businesses showcase their products or services relating to pregnancy, birth, parenting and early years. You will find everything from handmade clothing, to cloth nappies,...
The Best of Hans Zimmer Illuminated
11th May 2025
Venue: Cambridge Corn Exchange
Address: Cambridge
Website: www.cornex.co.uk/events/the-best-of-hans-zimmer-illuminated
An immersive tribute to Hans Zimmer and cinema's most iconic music brought to life by a live chamber orchestra. Let the Illuminated Orchestra take you through the magical sounds of cinema, performing the...
Feel the Force Day
17th May 2025
Venue: Peterborough Cathedral
Address: Peterborough
Website: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/feel-the-force-day/
This event will take place in the historic and breathtaking Peterborough Cathedral, a new home for the convention, offering a unique setting for fans to immerse themselves in the world of sci-fi, fantasy,...
The Animal Guyz – Amazing Animals
18th May 2025
Venue: Key Theatre
Address: Peterborough
Website: keytheatre-peterborough.com/event/the-animal-guyz-amazing-animals/
A show dedicated to and celebrating all creatures great and small. The heartwarming show packed full of music, comedy and amazing animal effects is suited to all ages from toddlers to grown-ups. The perfect...
The Music of Coldplay by Candlelight
24th May 2025
Venue: Peterborough Cathedral
Address: Peterborough
Website: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/the-music-of-coldplay-by-candlelight/
Calling all Coldplay fans… Featuring a spectacular cast of world-class vocalists and an epic live band, prepare for total Paradise, as you experience Coldplay’s biggest hits, like never before! Get...
Princess Live!
27th May 2025
Venue: Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre
Address: Stamford
Website: www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/princess-live/
Princess Live! is the ultimate hour long princess pop party. With pop and musical theatre songs that will get the whole family singing and dancing along, imagine your favourite princesses but as you’ve...
Puffling Percy
27th May 2025
Venue: Stamford Arts Centre
Address: Stamford, Lincolnshire
Website: www.stamfordartscentre.com/whats-on/all-shows/
An uplifting children’s show for 4-11 year olds about friendship, overcoming self-doubt and trusting your own instincts. With original music and songs by Harriette Ashcroft (Mrs H and the Singalong Band),...
The Dinosaur That Pooped
27th May 2025
Venue: Cambridge Corn Exchange
Address: Cambridge
Website: www.cornex.co.uk/events/the-dinosaur-that-pooped
Adapted from the number one best-selling books by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, the whole family will have a poopy good time enjoying a brand-new story for the stage. Will the band perform? Will Danny...
In the Night Garden Live
29th May 2025
Venue: New Theatre Peterborough
Address: Peterborough
Website: newtheatre-peterborough.com/event/in-the-night-garden-live/
See all your favourite characters beautifully brought to life with full-size costumes, magical puppets, and enchanting music. This show lasts just under an hour and your little ones will be amazed when...
Cambridgeshire County Show 2025
31st May 2025
Venue: Abbots Ripton Estate
Website: www.ticketebo.co.uk/cambridgeshire-young-farmers/cambridgeshire-county-show-2025
Established for over 20 years, The Cambridgeshire County Show is returning this May. A traditional county show with its roots firmly in farming and local produce. With an array of trade stands, food stalls,...
Plants from Pips
7th June 2025
Venue: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Address: Cambridge
Website: www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/plants-from-pips-2/
Turn kitchen scraps into living plants! Learn how to grow houseplants from the pips and seeds you would usually throw away. It’s fun, easy and a great way to add some greenery to your home! Ages 3+....
Great Fen Little Bugs
11th June 2025
Venue: Great Fen Countryside Centre
Address: Chapel Road, Ramsey Heights, Cambridgeshire
Website: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-06-11-great-fen-little-bugs
A fun and sociable morning of nature exploration and discovery for pre-school children. Each week covers a different wildlife theme. Enjoy crafts, story time and play in the lovely nature reserve. 10.30am-12pm.
Bing's Birthday
24th-25th June 2025
Venue: Cambridge Corn Exchange
Address: Cambridge
Website: www.cornex.co.uk/events/bings-birthday
Full of new heartwarming moments and catchy new songs, all brought to life by first-class puppeteers, this one hour 10 mins show is perfect for families and little Bingsters who want to experience the...