Marsden Walking Festival 2023
18th Jul '23
Join us for the 2023 Marsden Walking Festival!
9th September 2023
Guided walks, talks, stalls / outdoors and makers fair, evening film, food and drink.
There is a range of shorter and longer guided walks that will run across the day and will all start from the Mechanics Institute.
The day starts at 9.00 am but stalls are from 10.30 and the first walk also leaves at 10.30.
Full itinerary >
Event / Walk timings:
9.00 – 10.00: YOGA FOR WALKERS Taster session at Sass Wellbeing Studio (on Peel St)
See the individual event listing on our Facebook page for details on this event:
https://fb.me/e/365yne8SF
• From 9am: The Info desk opens in the Mechanics foyer
10am – 4pm: The CURLEW KITCHEN is open!
Drinks and snacks upstairs in the Mechanics main hall, run by Marsden Scouts.
10am – 4 pm: Outdoor and Makers Fair stalls open to all!
In the Mechanics main hall.
• Three great outdoors organisations – EPIKS e-Bikes, Experience Community (helping disabled people access the outdoors) & the National Trust team will be outside on the cobbles with info / kit demos from 10am.
10.30am – 11.45am: HISTORY WALK departs from Mechanics Foyer.
Walk Lead: Roger Logue – 75 mins. A walk around the village, all paved.
[event page: https://fb.me/e/3GDIcwZQ2]
10.30am – 12.30pm:
CAT HOLES WALKS departs from Mechanics Foyer
Walk Lead: Roger Abbott.
c. 2.5 miles / 90 mins. A mix of woodland and towpath walking
[event page: https://fb.me/e/10DQ6A5Ux]
11am – 4pm:
LONGER WOODLAND AND MOORLAND WALK departs.
A new longer trail from us: leaves from Mechanics Foyer
Walk Lead: Jo Stead. C. 10-mile / 5 hour – this is a walk to the north of the village and into West Slawit.
[event page: https://fb.me/e/1t78aRoQs]
1.30pm – 5pm:
MARCH HILL WALK departs from Mechanics Foyer.
Walk Lead: Roger Abbott. C. 6.5 miles / 3.5 hours. Moorland with some great views.
[event page: https://fb.me/e/1aDpF2wQT]
• 3pm – 4pm: Stalls finish
• 4pm:
- Bottle Bar set up in foyer for the Talks.
- Read (great bookshop in Holmfirth) will sell books in the Mechanics foyer in the afternoon.
4.30- 5.15pm TALK 1: “STANZA STONES”
in the Library. An illustrated account of ‘how the poetry trail was planned and implemented’ by Tom Lonsdale.
No ticket is required at this talk.
5.30 – 7.00 pm TALK 2:“BOTHY TALES” John D Burns in the Library.
This is a ticketed talk by author John D Burns.
[see separate event page for ticket link: https://fb.me/e/1aO24nBqY ]
• From 6pm: the Main Hall closed – to be set up for the evening film
• 7.15 pm: KATIE’S KITCHEN AT THE MECHANICS is open!
Katie’s Kitchen will be taking food orders for service during the Film interval.
Serving a selection of pies, plus peas.
EVENING FILM: Evie.
This is a ticketed event.
1h 42 running time with an interval for food.
[tickets: https://fb.me/e/DOTzTnLi OR COMBO FOR TALKS AND FILM: https://fb.me/e/6h9p428r6 ]
• 10pm: Bar and Kitchen close
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