With 29 events on offer across the North Wessex Downs our festival is a celebration of the stunning landscapes, glorious scenery and top-class walking country that this National Landscape has to offer.
We have opportunities for you to seek out wildlife, history or culture, picnic with the family or simply soak up the views from the top of the downs. And this year there are even more farm walks on offer where you can hear directly from the farmers or land managers about their work.
Most of our walks are free. But all events must be booked in advance.
(If an event is booked up you can join a waiting list.)
Join our knowledgeable and welcoming guides and explore more as they lead you to some of their favourite places in the North Wessex Downs.
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Traditional horse-drawn and motorised canal boats. Kennet and Avon Canal. Refreshments,…
Alabaster nobles and wall paintings in a rural idyll.
This simple little church, with…
The beautiful and intimate Watermill Theatre, housed in a converted mill on the bank of…
Tours of Racehorse Stables includes gallops, racing stables, equine swimming pool, Hall…
Fourteenth-century gatehouse and Civil War earthworks are all that remain of this castle…
West Berkshire Museum is housed in two of Newbury’s best loved historic buildings - the…
Shaw House was built by a Newbury clothier in 1581 and retains much of its original Tudor…
Newbury Racecourse is one of the most famous and prestigious horseracing venues in the…
After many years as a military site, Greenham and Crookham Common has been restored and…
Highclere Castle is a splendid example of early Victorian architecture. The home of the…
The Nature Discovery Centre offers organic refreshments, interactive wildlife activities…
One of the best known hill forts in England and the site of one of the beacons that…
Heathland, valley bog and woodland. Suitable for most quiet recreational activities such…
Pay a visit to this ancient rolling downland, home to an enigmatic chalk hill figure!
The museum is housed within a converted 16thC cloth merchant's house.
An interactive…