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EVENTS GUIDE2017

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CONTENTS

EVENTS GUIDE IntroductionWelcome to the all-new Alton Events Guide for 2017. The town has such a diverse range of events on offer, there truly is something to suit everyone.

This publication contains a comprehensive listings guide for events organised by Alton Town Council during the year, as well as a whole host of local organisations and attractions. Alton is such a lively town with lots going on to celebrate, whether your preference is for music, art, sport, history, cars, local culture, walks or markets. Alongside the variety of regular and one-off events on offer, Alton has a number of local attractions to suit all interests from the Curtis Museum, The Watercress Line and The Allen Gallery in the centre of town to Jane Austen’s House, Chawton House Library and Gilbert White’s House in the nearby villages.

The Guide this year contains details of our popular Annual Walking Festival in April as well as a focus on Jane Austen and Regency Week in June which forms part of the Hampshire Cultural Trust JA200 celebrations which take place throughout the year.

I still remember my fi rst visit to Alton and how I was immediately struck by the sense of community; nowhere is that more tangible than at one of our many local events. Whether this is your hundredth visit to Alton or your fi rst, I hope that this guide helps you fi nd the experience you have been looking for.

Kind regards,Councillor Bisi Eni OlotuChairman – Community and Events CommitteeAlton Town Council

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4 – 5FOCUS ON...WALKING FESTIVAL

8FOCUS ON...REGENCY WEEK

10EVENT LISTINGS JANUARY – FEBRUARY

14EVENT LISTINGS JULY – AUGUST

11EVENT LISTINGS MARCH – APRIL

12EVENT LISTINGS MAY – JUNE

13EVENT LISTINGSREGENCY WEEK

16EVENT LISTINGSAUGUST – OCTOBER

18EVENT LISTINGS OCTOBER – NOVEMBER

19EVENT LISTINGS DECEMBER

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ALTON WALKING FESTIVAL 2017

ThisAnnualFestivalprovideswalkersofallagesandabilitiestheopportunitytodiscovermoreaboutthelocalcountrysideaswellasofferingeducationalandinformativewalksinandaroundAlton.Forthefulleventprogrammepleasevisitwww.alton.gov.ukinearly2017.Belowisasampleselectionofthewalksonoffer.

APRIL

Saturday 29th• AltontoTheddenGrange 10.00am.7miles/2.5hrs Advanced AcircularwalkfromAlton

CommunityCentre.TheroutetakesyouthroughFloodMeadowsandtheGreatWoodtoTheddenGrange,returningbackthroughBeechandAckenderWood.Childrenaged10yrs+welcomewitharesponsibleadult,wellbehaveddogsonleadsallowed.

Sunday 30th• BentleytoAltonStation

(NorthernLoop) 9.00am.15miles/7hrs LongDistanceWalkers MeetatthefrontofAlton

TrainStationby9.00amtocatchthe9.15amtraintoBentley.ThewalkstartsatBentleystation,passesnorthofLowerFroyle,throughLongSuttonandSouthWarnboroughandheadsbacktoAltonviaShalden.Notsuitableforchildrenduetodistance,wellbehaveddogsonleadsallowed.PleaseNote:youwillneedtopurchaseyourowntrainticket.

MAY

Monday 1st• AltonCentralTreeWalk(1) 2.00pm.3miles/2.5hrs Beginner,withonesteep

incline

JOIN OUR LOCAL WALK LEADERS AT THE ANNUAL WALKING FESTIVALSaturday 29th April – Sunday 7th May

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CircularwalkfromtheCurtisMuseum,repeatedonWednesday.AninterestingwalkledbyAlton’svolunteertreewarden,MrJimDickinson.Therouteincludesthetowncentre,thePublicGardensandFloodMeadows.Childrenaged8yrs+welcomewitharesponsibleadult,sorrynodogsallowed.

Tuesday 2nd• Alton’sBackStreetHistory

Walk 10.00am.1.5hrs Beginner LocalHistorianJaneHurstis

leadingatouronthelocalhistoryofthetown’sbackstreets,lookingatAltonfromadifferentperspective.Childrenaged10yrs+welcomewitharesponsibleadult,sorrynodogsallowed.

Wednesday 3rd• AltonCentralTreeWalk(2)

9.30am.3miles/2.5hrs Beginner,withonesteep

incline CircularwalkfromtheCurtis

Museum,repeatedfromMonday.AninterestingwalkleadbyAlton’svolunteertreewarden,MrJimDickinson.Therouteincludesthetowncentre,thePublicGardensandFloodMeadows.Childrenaged8yrs+welcomewitharesponsibleadult,sorrynodogsallowed.

Thursday 4th• BentleytoAltonStation

(SouthernLoop) 9.00am.15miles/7hrs LongDistanceWalkers MeetatthefrontofAlton

TrainStationby9.00amtocatchthe9.15amtraintoBentley.ThewalkstartsatBentleyStation,headssouthtoWheatley,Kingsley,Binswood,WestWorldhamandbacktoAltonStation.Notsuitableforchildrenduetodistance,wellbehaveddogsonleadsallowed.PleaseNote:youwillneedtopurchaseyourowntrainticket.

Sunday 7th• GoBirding!RouteA&B 8.00am A)0.5mile/45min,Beginner B)4miles/3hrs,Intermediate Comealongandjointhe

HampshireOrnithologicalSocietyonanextremelyinterestingandinformativeBirdSpottingWalk–binocularsandcamerasencouraged.ThiscircularwalkstartsandfinishesatKingsPondcarpark.Thefirstpartoftheroute(A)takesyouaroundKingsPondfollowedbyroute(B)whichheadssouthwardsintofarmlandatNeathamDown,andthenbackviaWorldhamParkGolfClubandWindmillHill.Childrenwelcomewitharesponsibleadult,sorrynodogsallowed.

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THE GREYFRIAR

Winchester Road | Chawton | Hampshire | GU34 1SBTelephone: 01420 83841 www.thegreyfriar.co.uk

The Greyfriar is a picturesque country pub, set in the charming Hampshire village of Chawton, just outside Alton and right opposite the world-famous Jane Austen House Museum. We serve high quality pub food – which is made fresh on the premises – real ales and great wines in the Greyfriar’s traditional low-beamed 16th century bar and restaurant.

We are a child and dog friendly pub, with a pretty, sheltered beer garden at the rear. There is also a light & airy upstairs function room, which is available for booking for private parties.

Open every day from 12 noon to 11.00pm (10.30pm Sunday)Kitchen open: Monday to Saturday 12 noon - 2.30pm & 6.00pm - 9.30pm

Sunday 12 noon - 7.00pm

See our website for events we are staging

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2017 will be the 10th year of Jane Austen Regency Week, which was inaugurated not only to celebrate the time Jane Austen spent in Alton and Chawton but also to raise the profi le of Alton in today’s world of Jane Austen Tourism.

2017 is a special year in the Jane Austen calendar as it is the 200th anniversary of her death. Hampshire Cultural Trust is leading the county’s commemorations with its “Jane Austen in Hampshire” theme and we are playing a full part with a special Jane Austen Regency Week - planning more events than ever before.

The Week commences on Saturday 17th June with Regency Day in the town featuring stalls, street entertainment, petting animals, carriage rides, and people parading in Regency Costume. In the evening there will be a Regency Ball.

The programme continues with Regency Choral Evensong, Walks around Chawton and Alton, Talks at Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton House Library, Gilbert White’s House, Alton Library and the Friends Meeting House. The talk at the Allen Gallery will discuss William Curtis, Jane’s apothecary. There will also be Garden Tours at Chawton House, an Evening Opening at Jane Austen’s House Museum and music and dining at the Alton House Hotel.

We are expecting more visitors than usual, especially from the USA, Europe and the rest of the UK. However, we know most of our support will be from local people proud to be part of our unique position in celebrating the life of Jane Austen.

For more information please go to www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk

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.JANE AUSTEN REGENCY WEEK

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EVENTS LISTINGS 2017

EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

• “41 Objects” - exhibition commencing in March and continuing each week through the year displaying artefacts online and in the Museum of Austen related material.

www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk• Jane Austen at 200: Her Chawton Legacy. A programme of research and

activities around the museum and its artefacts. www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk • Sitting with Jane. A unique public art trail of “book benches” www.sittingwithjane.com

JANUARY

• 3rdJanuary–14thMarch:WHAllen:AEuropeanAffair, Allen Gallery, 10.30am – 4.30pm, http://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/allen-gallery

• 21st:AltonArtSocietyArtDemonstration,2.30pm – 4.30pm, www.altonart.org.uk

• 28thJanuary–11thFebruary:HolybourneTheatrePanto:PussinBoots www.holybournetheatre.co.uk

FEBRUARY

• 4th&5th:FEBEXModelRailwayExhibition, Eggars School, 10.30am – 4pm

• 7th:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk

• 11th:HampshireFarmers’MarketandLionsCraftMarket, Alton, 10am – 2pm, www.hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk and www.altoncraftmarket.co.uk


• 17th–19th:SteamGala,Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 18th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am• 18th:AltonArtSocietyArtDemonstration2.30pm – 4.30pm, www.altonart.org.uk

• 21st:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk• 21st:AltonPancakeRace, Public Gardens, Alton, 11am, www.alton.gov.uk

• 22nd:MuseumbyTorchlight, Curtis Museum, 5.30pm – 7pm http://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/curtis-museum

• 24th&25th:AltonWinterBeerFestival, Alton College www.altonbeerfestival.org.uk

• 25th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/• 25th:WritingArt:WomenWritersasArtCriticsintheLongEighteenth

Century. Chawton House Library. All day. www.chawtonhouse.org


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MARCH

• 4th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 11th:HampshireFarmers’MarketandLionsCraftMarket, Alton, 10am – 2pm, www.hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk and www.altoncraftmarket.co.uk• 11th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 18th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am • 18th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/• 18th:AltonArtSocietyArtDemonstration,2.30pm – 4.30pm,www.altonart.org.uk• 18th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 19th:MarchVintageFairandBottleFair. Alton Community Centre, www.altoncomcen.org.uk

• 21st:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk

• 23rd:Jane’sHistory:ATheatricalConcertofPincushionWit. Chawton House Library. 7pm. www.chawtonhouse.org



APRIL

• 1st:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


•8th:HampshireFarmers’MarketandLionsCraftMarket, Alton 10am – 2pm, www.hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk and www.altoncraftmarket.co.uk•8th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/• 8th:GlamRockDisco at Alton Community Centre, www.altoncomcen.org.uk


• 14th–23rd:DayoutwithThomas, Watercress Line, www.watercressline.co.uk

• 15th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am



• 29thApril–7thMay:AltonWalkingFestival, Alton & surrounding villages, www.alton.gov.uk

Alton Pancake Race


MAY

• 2nd,9th,16th,23rd&30th:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am - 2pm. www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk

• 5th&6th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 6th:MurderMysterytrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 13th:HampshireFarmers’MarketandLionsCraftMarket, Alton, 10am – 2pm, www.hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk and www.altoncraftmarket.co.uk• 13th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 17th–20th:AltonOperaticandDramaticSocietypresentMyFairLady,Alton Assembly Rooms. www.aods.org

• 20th:GrandPlantSale, Allen Gallery, 11am – 3pm http://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/allen-gallery • 20th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am• 20th:JaneAusten200outdoortheatre. The Public Gardens, Alton, 1pm – 3pm

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• 24th:OpenDayatJaneAusten’sHouseMuseum,Chawton. www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk

• 26th&27th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, www.watercressline.co.uk

• 27th:TownParkFestival, Public Gardens, Alton, 10am – 6pm www.facebook.com/TheRhiannonTrust

• 28th:AltonCarnival, 10am – 6pm, www.altonevents.co.uk

JUNE

• 3rd:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 3rd&4th:AltonSummerBeerFestival, Alton College, www.altonbeerfestival.org.uk

• 6th:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm, www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk

• 10th:HampshireFarmers’MarketandLionsCraftMarket, Alton, 10am – 2pm, www.hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk and www.altoncraftmarket.co.uk• 10th:LionsPartyinthePark,PublicGardens, Alton, 10 – 3pm,

www.altonlions.org.uk

• 10th&11th:ChawtonOpenGardens, Village-wide, www.chawton.info• 10th&11th:WarontheLine, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 17th:AltonTeddyBearFestival, Alton Assembly Rooms, 10am – 4pm • 17th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am• 17th:RealAleTrain,Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 18th:AntiqueandCraftFair, Chawton, 10am – 3.30pm

• 20th:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk• 20th:AmeryHillSchoolOpenEvening, Amery Hill School, 6pm, www.ameryhill.hants.sch.uk

• 23rd&24th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 24th:AltonHorticulturalScarecrowCompetition (10am – 12noon) & SummerShow (12noon – 3.30pm) Alton Assembly Rooms. www.altonhorticulturalsociety.org.uk

• 25th:AltonVictorianCricket, Butts Green, Alton, 10am – 6pm www.altonvictoriancricket.org



REGENCY WEEK LISTINGS

• 17th:JaneAustenRegencyDay, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 3pm,

www.janeausten regencyweek.co.uk

• 17th:RegencyDanceWorkshop, Alton Community Centre, 3.30pm – 5pm, www.janeausten regencyweek.co.uk

• 17th:RegencyBall, Alton Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm

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• 17th–27th:JaneAustenRegencyWeek, Alton, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk

• 17thJune–31stAugust:‘SittingWithJane’, Jane Austen inspired sculpture trail, www.sittingwithjane.com

• 18th:WalkingTourofChawtonwithJaneHurst, Chawton www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk

• 18th:GardenTourandcreamtea, Chawton House Library • 18th:ChoralEvensongatStLawrenceChurch, Alton, 6.30pm, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 18th:ChawtonVintageFair, Chawton Village Hall,


• 19th:GuidedTourandcreamtea, Chawton House Library, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 19th:JaneAustenreadingevent, Alton Library,

www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 19th:TalkbyDeirdreLeFay, Friends Meeting House, 7.30pm, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk

• 20th:Embroideryworkshop, Chawton House Library www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 20th:TalkbyDrGabrielleMalcolm,

www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 20th:MidsummerEveningOpening, Jane Austen’s House Museum

www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk

• 21st:GuidedTourandcreamtea, Chawton House Library, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 21st:AngelaBarlowtalk, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 21st:TalkbyPaulaByrnes, Chawton House Library www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk

• 22nd:Embroideryworkshop, Chawton House Library, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 22nd:Creamteasandtour, Wyards Farmhouse, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 22nd:JaneHurstTalkaboutWilliamCurtis, Allen Gallery, 7.30pm, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk

• 23rd:GuidedTourandcreamtea, Chawton House Library www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk

• 23rd:GardenTouratGilbertWhite’sHouse, Selborne www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 23rd:PresentationaboutSanditon, Alton Fringe Theatre, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk

• 24th:WalkingTourofAltonwithJaneHurst, Alton, 11am, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 24th:TalkatJaneAusten’sHouseMuseum, Chawton, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 24th:Film:Love&Friendship, Alton,


• 25th:TalkbyOlgaPalagina, Friends Meeting House, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk• 25th:RegencySupperwithmusic, Alton, 7.30pm, www.janeaustenregencyweek.co.uk




JULY

• 1st:AltonLive, Eggars School, www.eggars.net

• 1st&2nd:SteamGala, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 1st–16th:MadamdeStael&femalewritersexhibition, Picnics, performances and talks, Chawton House Library

• 4th,11th,18th&25th:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am - 2pm. www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk

• 7th:JaneAusteninChawton.AdayoftalksandworkshopdemonstrationsinandaroundJaneAusten’sHouseMuseumandChawtonLibrary.

www.chawtonhouse.org • 7th:EntertainingMissAusten,Chawton House Library, 7pm. www.chawtonhouse.org

• 7th–9th:SteamGala, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 8th:HampshireFarmers’MarketandLionsCraftMarket, Alton, 10am – 2pm www.hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk and www.altoncraftmarket.co.uk

• 8th:LastNightoftheProms, Public Gardens, Alton, 6pm, www.alton.gov.uk

• 13th–15th:Conference:Reputations,Legacies,Futures, Chawton House Library

• 15th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am • 15th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 16th:AltonBusRally&RunningDay, Anstey Park, Alton, 10am – 5pm

• 22nd:MusicDay, Allen Gallery, 11am – 4pm • 22nd:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 28th:FunFridayinthePublicGardens, 2pm – 3pm. Cheerleaders Workshop. www.altonevents.co.uk


• 28th-30th:HampshireRegencyDancers,The Grand Jane Austen Ball and Weekend. www.hrd.org.uk

• 29th:DollsHouseDay, Curtis Museum, 11am – 4pm www.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/curtis-museum

AUGUST

• 1st:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm, www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk

• 4th:FunFridayinthePublicGardens, 2pm – 3pm, Magic Wanda, www.altonevents.co.uk

• 5th:ACAFest, Public Gardens, Alton, 12noon – 7pm, www.altoncommunitycentre.org.uk

• 5th:WeorodAnglo-SaxonFestival, Curtis Museum & Assembly Rooms Lawn, 10am – 4pm. www.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/curtis-museum

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• 5th–13th:DayOutwithThomas, Watercress Line, www.watercressline.co.uk


• 11th:FunFridayinthePublicGardens, 2pm – 3pm. Professor Potty www.altonevents.co.uk


• 12th:AltonComicCon, Assembly Rooms, 11am – 6pm, www.nerdageddon.co.uk• 12th:CharitiesFete, Allen Gallery, 11am – 3pm

• 15th:Traditionalmarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk

• 18th:FunFridayinthePublicGardens, 2pm – 3pm. Kate’s Zumba for Children www.altonevents.co.uk

• 19th:FriendsFamilyFunDay, Allen Gallery, 11am – 3pm • 19th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am

• 22nd:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm, www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk

• 23rd–28th:JigsawFestival, St Lawrence Church, 10am – 4pm


• 28th:FunFridayinthePublicGardens, 2pm – 3pm. Scotty’s Circus Workshop www.altonevents.co.uk


SEPTEMBER

• 2nd:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/



• 9th:RealAleTrain,WatercressLine, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 16th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am• 16th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 16th&17th:OpenWeekend, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 23rd:HeraldClassicCarShow, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 4pm, www.alton.gov.uk• 23rd:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 30th:MurderMysteryTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/• 30th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

OCTOBER

• 3rd:TraditionalMarket, Alton Town Centre, 10am – 2pm, www.southernmarkettraders.co.uk



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• 7th–15th:AltonArtSocietyAnnualExhibition, Alton Assembly Rooms, 10am – 5pm each day, www.altonart.org.uk





• 20th–22nd:DieselGala,Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 21st:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am

• 23rd–27th:Varioustrainservices–checkwebsitefordetails, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 28th–29th:WizardWeekend, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


NOVEMBER




• 11th:WalktheLine, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/• 11th:HolybourneRemembranceServiceandParade. www.altonevents.co.uk

• 12th:AltonRemembranceServiceandParade,from 10.30am, www.altonevents.co.uk


• 18th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am • 18th:RealAleTrain, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 19th:NovemberVintageFairandBottleFair, Alton Community Centre, www.altoncomcen.org.uk


• 24th:ChristmasLightsSwitch-On, Market Square, Alton, 5.45pm, www.alton.gov.uk



Christmas Lights Switch-On

DECEMBER

• 2nd–3rd:SantaSpecial, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

• 3rd:AltonYuletideFestival&ACAChristmasCracker, Alton High Street, Assembly Rooms & Community Centre, 10am – 4pm, www.alton.gov.uk



• 9th–10th:SantaSpecial, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 16th:AltonTownGuidedWalk, outside the Curtis Museum, 11am • 16th:FreeEntryJaneAustensHouseandMuseumChawton

www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk

• 16th–24th:SantaSpecial, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/


• 26th–27th:ChristmasLeave, Watercress Line, http://www.watercressline.co.uk/

Alllistingscorrectattimeofgoingtopress.

Pleasevisitwww.altonevents.co.ukthroughouttheyearfornewlistings.

YoucanalsokeepuptodatewithCouncilNewsandEventsviaourwebsitewww.alton.gov.ukorourFacebookandTwitterpages

EditorialandListingscompiledbyAltonTownCouncil,TownHall,MarketSquare,AltonGU341HD,Tel:0142083986e-mail:[email protected]


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