Are you looking for ways to entertain the family over the
summer holidays? Join us at Leeds Castle for fun daily activities,
competitions, tours and trails as we celebrate the 6 weeks of freedom! Get up
close and personal with our feathered friends, get hands on with woodland
crafts or become a fair maiden of brave knight at our knight and princess
school. Along with our daily falconry displays, maze and grotto, the Knight’s
Realm, Elsie the Land Train and The Black Swan Ferry they will be kept
entertained for hours. Check out all of our summer holiday events and activities below:
Kent Wildlife
Trust
Date: Monday 29 July to Thursday 1 August
Time: 10am to 5pm.
Where: Outside the Falconry Office
The Kent Wildlife Trust will be celebrating all things that
live in the sea! Join in with free marine themed activities, an anagram
challenge and quiz the on hand experts with any questions you may have about
sea-life or nature.
Date: Friday 2nd August, Tuesday 13th
August, Tuesday 20th August & Friday 30th August
Time: 11.30am, 1pm & 3pm
Where: Storytelling
sessions start and end at the Pavilion and last approx. 30 mins
King Henry The
Eighth is a little distracted as he has lost the key to a chest containing
his favourite and most valuable ring. Join Raggedy Jack on your quest
to find the Kings key. Hear about the magical creatures that live in the castle
grounds and discover some of the secret and strange places they live.
RSPB
Date: Saturday 3rd
August – Sunday 1st September
Time: 10am – 5pm
Where: Outside the
Falconry Office
The Royal Society
for the Protection of Birds will be offering fun wildlife activities including;
identification challenges, quizzes, and the chance to use a pair of binoculars
and telescopes. Experts will be on hand to answer any questions you may have
about birds and other wildlife.
Date: Saturday 3rd – Sunday 11th
August
Where: Pavilion Lawn
Have a go at making woodcrafts this summer holiday. With
natural materials found from Leeds Castle grounds, enjoy building mini rafts,
necklaces and pinecone creatures on the Pavilion Lawn. There is a small
additional charge of £2 for this activity.
Meet the Wildlife Warden
Date: Every Wednesday in August
Time: 11.00am – 11.30am
Where: Outside the Falconry Office
An opportunity to ask the wildlife warden about black swans,
meet a British owls and use a pair of binoculars to enjoy the castle’s
beautiful wildlife.
Knight &
Princess School
Date: Saturday 24 August - Monday 26 August
Join Leeds Castle’s Knight and Princess School. Brave
knights can dress up in chainmail and helmets in the Armour Zone and try out
their combat skills in a foam sword battle (suitable for ages 2 to 10).
Sword fighting lessons using wooden training swords and real
Medieval techniques will be available plus an interactive Mini Warrior Battle
Show for the whole family which will reenact The Battle of Agincourt with the
children cast as English archers. The Princess Show will teach the etiquette needed to meet a
Prince, with the opportunity to try on beautiful dresses and learn a Medieval
courtly dance.
Meet the Falconer
Date: Friday 31st August
Time: 12pm – 12.30pm
Where: Outside the Falconry Office
Come and meet the Castle Falconer and get up close to one of
our birds of prey. This is a fantastic chance to learn more about these amazing
Leeds Castle birds and to ask questions to our expert handler.
So what are you waiting for? Bring the whole family to Leeds
Castle to enjoy our many activities and events. Remember that if you pay once you
can visit as often as you like!
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