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ENGLAND

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BEDFORDSHIRE

Saturday 16th October,  The Luton Hoo Walled Garden, Luton Hoo Estate, Luton LU1 3TQ.  An exciting gala celebrating the pumpkin and the apple £4 admission. events@lhwg.org.uk  (01582 721443)

Sunday October 17th Bromham Water Mill & Gallery, Bromham MK43 8LP (3 miles west  of Bedford signposted off the A428 Bedford-Northampton Road). 11.00 - 4.00 East of England Apple and Pear Project apple displays, advice and identification. Bedfordshire County Council, 01234 824330 [? Adults £5.00 children free]

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BERKSHIRE

Sunday 10 October 10.00am-5.00pm Cross Lanes Fruit Farm, Mapledurham, RG4 7UW Orchard Open Day At our first Apple Day we were pleased to welcome 26 people now we have 2000 people attending. Come and help make this 21st year a really special day. At Cross Lanes we grow over fifty varieties of apples, all different – sweet, sharp, juicy, crisp, nutty, rich, aromatic, complex and delicious. Come along to our Open Day and you will be able to try many of them. You can never get tired of apples with such a selection. Sweet juicy pears will be out for tasting too. Children will enjoy the apple games and seeing the array of apple peelers - who can get the longest piece of peel. See how the fresh apple juice is made and sample the different varieties. Bees are essential for apple growing and the beekeepers will be keen to share the secrets of the bees with you. Stalls will be selling delicious apple pies, cakes, jams and jellies with local eggs and plants too. Take the opportunity to find out about the work that goes into producing the apples by joining one of the guided walks at 11.00am or 12.30pm and 2.00pm or 3.30pm. Problems with pest and disease or with your pruning? Displays in the barn will answer your questions. Many surprising stories about apples will be there too. The Goring, Woodcote and District Lions will be there running the annual Conker Challenge to raise funds to support Lions charitable activities in the local community. The Farm Shop, selling Cross Lanes apples and pears, juices and honey, will be open as usual. Tea and refreshments will be available all day. Entrance and car parking are FREE. For further information contact Gill Franklin on 0118 972 3167 or see www.crosslanesfruitfarm.co.uk . NOTE. If you miss the day, the Farm Shop is open every Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00am to 6.00pm until the apples run out in January. Or see us at Farmers’ Markets in Reading, Purley, Wallingford, Henley, Abingdon and others.

Saturday 16th October, 2pm – 4-m. Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5EX. Come along to Apple Day to taste different varieties and take part in a variety of apple and harvest inspired activities. Come and find out how the University is working with the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale to help to secure the world’s supply of fruit for the future. Free – drop in. www.reading.ac.uk/merl (0118 378 8660).

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BRISTOL

See GLOUCESTERSHIRE and SOMERSET

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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Sunday 3rd October, 1.30pm – 4.30pm. Bradenham Village (NT), nr High Wycombe. Bradenham’s Orchard Day. All tickets £3.00. Hughenden Estate Office (01494 755573). hughenden@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 9th October, 11am – 4pm. Hughenden Manor (NT), High Wycombe HP14 4LA. Celebrate the English apple with displays, tastings and fun activities, Normal admission charges apply. (01494 755573) hughenden@nationaltrust.org.uk

October 21st Brian Kilbey will “once again be persuading local pubs in and around Chesham in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, to have real cider and apples as ingredients in their menus.” Bk1@waitrose.com (01494 7866351) see below:

SWAN, Ley Hill Common, Ley Hill, HP5 1UT  01494 783075www.swan-ley-hill.com/index.htm The Swan will use apples as ingredients in the menu on Apple Day.
CROWN, Ley hill Common, Ley Hill HP5 1UY 01494 783910 rohanaldcroft@hotmail.co.uk www.thecrownleyhill.co.uk/ The Crown will have baskets of apples on the bar, apples as ingredients of the menu and be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day.
WILD ROVER, Amersham Road, Chesham, HP5 1NH 01494 771991 The Wild Rover will have free apple desserts on Apple Day, after 2pm.
WAGGON & HORSES, 152 High Street, Chesham, HP5 1EF  01494 772633 The Waggon & Horses will have free apple desserts on Apple Day.
NASH ARMS, 1 Vale Road, Chesham, HP5 3HH. 01494 782440 The Nash Arms will have baskets of apples on the bar on Apple Day.
JOLLY SPORTSMAN, 2 Eskdale Avenue, Chesham, HP5 3AX 01494 784628 jollysportsman@sky.com www.jollysportsmanpub.co.uk/index.html The Jolly Sportsman will have baskets of apples on the bar on Apple Day.
GAMEKEEPERS LODGE, Bellingdon Road, Chesham HP5 2NN 01494 793491 gamekeepers@talktalk.net www.gamekeepers.lodge.talktalk.net/ The Gamekeepers Lodge will have baskets of apples on the bar on Apple Day.
QUEENS HEAD, Church Street, Old Chesham, HP5 1JD 01494 778690 queenshead.chesham@fullers.co.uk www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=243&itemid=231&task=View The Queens Head will have baskets of apples on the bar on Apple Day and will hold an apple and cider biased quiz in the evening: they will also be serving traditional draft cider.
JOLLY CRICKETERS, 24 Chalfont Road, Seer Green HP9 2YG 01494 676308 The Jolly Cricketers will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day.
RED LION 90 Vicarage Road, Marsworth HP23 4LL  01296 668366 The Crown Inn will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day from behind the bar.
CROWN INN, Little Missenden HP7 ORD 01494 862571 info@the-crown-little-missenden.co.uk www.the-crown-little-missenden.co.uk/ The Crown Inn will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day, brought from the cellar.
ROSE & CROWN, Hawridge, HP5 2UG 01494 758944 info@roseandcrownhawridge.co.uk www.roseandcrownhawridge.co.uk/ The Rose & Crown will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day and featuring apple desserts on the menu.
HARTE & MAGPIES, Coleshill, HP7 0LU 01494 726754 http://magpiespub.com/ magpiesinn@btconnect.com The Harte & Magpies will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day, brought from the cellar.
MISTY MOON, The Broadway , Chesham HP5 1BX 01494 785622 willatthepost@hotmail.co.uk The Misty Moon will be serving free apple pie to all who buy a pint of traditional draft cider on Apple Day.
FOX & HOUNDS, Silver Hill, Chalfont St. Giles HP8 4PS 01494 872151 The Fox & Hounds will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day, brought from the cellar.
BLUE BALL, Asheridge HP5 2UX 01494 758305 The Blue Ball will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day.
CROWN INN, 16 High Street , Amersham Old Town HP7 0DH 01494 721541 crownreception@coachinginn.co.uk www.thecrownamersham.com/ The Crown Inn will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day, brought from the cellar.

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Saturday 9th October, Burwash Manor Farm, Barton, nr Cambridge.Display of apples, identification & advice from East of England Apples& Orchards Project.

Saturday 16th October, Palace Green, Ely. Display, identification & advice from EEAOP.

October 23rd – 29th 2010   Museums in Cambridge have come together to form a week of activities to celebrate the 21st Apple Day.  During each day of the October Half Term a different venue will host a different apple activity or trail for all the family to enjoy. An Apple a Day in Cambridge:

All Week - Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street CB2 1RB:  a family trail to discover the forbidden fruit that can be found in our collection (including Samuel Palmer’s The Magic Apple Tree). (01223 332 900). Further information: Tamsin Wimhurst. tamsinwimhurst@hotmail.com

Monday 25th            St Johns Library St John’s College CB2 1TP: From the Garden of Eden to Victorian gardening manuals, St John's College Library presents a celebration of apples in print throughout the years, as well as revealing the College's historical connection with orchards. The exhibition showcases some of the Library's extensive collection of rare and antique books, including beautiful illuminated Bibles and illustrated botanical texts, all in the magnificent setting of the College's Old Library. (01223 338662).

Tuesday 26th             Botanical Gardens (Activity to be confirmed)

Wednesday 27th Classical Archaeology Museum            Activities around the Greek myth of the 10th task that Heracles' was given - to steal the apples from Hera's garden.           

Thursday 27th Kettles Yard, Castle Street CB3 OAQ: rare apples will be displayed amongst the art of  Kettles Yard house, placed for you to draw them at your leisure. (01223 748100).

Friday 29th Cambridge & County Folk Museum, 2/3 Castle Street CB3 OAQ: The peel, the flesh and the folklore. Peel the apple, carve the flesh and hear about the rich folklore that surrounds this humble fruit. A family workshop to discover the folk lore of apples from love tokens to apple dolls, with a chance to carve your own doll. www.folkmuseum.org.uk   info@folkmuseum.org.uk

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CHESHIRE

Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th October, 11am – 4pm. Quarry Bank Mill & Styall Estate (NT), Styal, Wilmslow SK9 4LA. An appealing day out for all of the family at the Apprentice House Garden. Normal admission charges apply. Jayne Gudgeon (01625 445845). jayne.gudgeon@nationaltrust.org.uk

Sunday 10th October, 11am – 4pm. Tatton Park (NT), Knutsford WA16 6QN.  A scrumptious Sunday in the gardens. Join us to celebrate the wonderful apple. Normal park entry charges apply. (01625 374400) tatton@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Sunday 17th October, 12pm – 4pm. Walled Garden of Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn WA7 1SX. Celebrate autumn and the 21st birthday of the walled garden with tours, games, arts & crafts and plant sales. Organised in partnership with Halton Borough Council and Cheshire Landscape Trust. (jct11 off M56, take A558 and follow brown signs).  (01928 569895) www.nortonpriory.org

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CORNWALL

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CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND

Monday 27th – Thursday 30th September, Sizergh Castle (NT),  Sizergh, nr Kendal.

Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th October Beetham Nurseries Plant, Garden Centre & Café :

Saturday 16th October : Celebrate the nation’s favourite fruits - meet Hilary Wilson ‘The Apple Lady’ on Saturday 16th October she has researched and sourced varieties suitable for the wet and cold conditions in this area, and is an expert in the skill of grafting. Hilary will be on hand to chat and answer questions, and identify your apples. Attractions to include: Wide selection of apple trees including some unusual varieties; enjoy apple tasting and delicious home made ‘fruity food’ in our Garden Café. Expert advice on pollination, pruning, pests and diseases & tree selection. Other fruit trees including: Peaches, Pears, Plums, Kiwis and Cherries.

Sunday 17th October The Kendal Beekeepers’ Association have again agreed to join us for the day. They were founded in 1945 and have about 40 members, all of whom are members of the British Beekeepers’ Association. They will bring along a glass observation hive with real bees, information on attracting bees into your garden, and a beehive containing photographs so people can see inside ‘safely’; you can taste and buy local honey; our young visitors can make beeswax candles, bee mobiles and bee masks and enter our apple colouring competition.. There has been a recent decline in bee populations in the UK and since without bees there would be no apples, Kendal Beekeepers’ will illustrate that beekeeping is not just an interesting hobby but that  insect pollination of plants is vital for human and environmental survival. Beetham Nurseries Plant, Garden Centre & Café, Pool Darkin Lane, Beetham, LA7 7AP Tel: 015395 63630       Fax:015395 64487 judith@beethamnurseries.co.uk www.beethamnurseries.co.uk

Sunday 17th October, Acorn Bank (NT), Temple Sowerby, nr Penrith. 017683 61893 acornbank@nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk

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DERBYSHIRE

Sunday 10th October, 11am – 4pm. Calke Abbey (NT), Ticknall, Derby DE73 1LE. A celebration of the English apple and orchards. There will be juicings, tastings, puzzles and apple advice at our most popular autumn event, Garden ticket required. Normal admission charges apply. (01332 863822) calkeabbey@nationaltrust.org.uk

Sunday October 11  Calke Abbey NT, Ticknall, Derby DE73 7LE. Join us in the gardens for a celebration of the English apple and orchards. One of the most popular family autumn events with tasting, puzzles and apple advice. 11-4 Normal admission charges. (01332 863822). calkeabbey@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday ? October SCARTHIN  BOOKS, The Promenade   overlooking CROMFORD DAM, Cromford, Scarthin Books Tel. 01629 823272     email  clare@scarthinbooks.com      

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DEVON

Sunday 26th September, 11am – 3pm. Saltram (NT), Plympton, Plymouth PL7 1UH. Celebrate Michaelmas by helping to collect apples from the Saltram orchard and then having a go at making cider. Enjoy other rural skills demonstrations and entertainment from the Dartington Morris Men, with traditional food and drink. Booking essential (01752 333503). saltram@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 9th October, 1.30pm – 5pm. Bere Ferrers Church Hall, Bere Ferrers. Organised by the Tavy & Tamar Apple Group. Guest experts, demonstrations, products for sale on W.I. stall- Bere toffee apples made from local apples, cakes, pies, sauces, Devon apples. Refreshments. Apple Pie Baking competition for adults and under 12s to be judged by Peter Gorton, Master Chef at the Horn of Plenty near Tavistock. Longest Peel and Animals made from Apples competition. Trees for sale and advice from Endsleigh Nurseries at Milton Abbot. Apple pressing – bring your apples and containers to be crushed so you can take the juice home with you. Pruning demonstrations in the orchard by Charles Staniland. Grafting demonstrations and apple id. You can arrive by train by the Tamar Valley Line. Brian Lamb (01822 841309) Briankay1@tiscali.co.uk

Sunday 10 October,10am – 5pm. RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington EX38 8PH. A great day out for all the family, Rosemoor’s Apple Day is organised in conjunction with Orchards Live, Thornhayes Nursery and the RHS South West Area Fruit Group. Fantastic apple displays, cookery demonstrations from local chefs, apple recipes, apple tastings, planting and cultivation tips and children’s activities and trails. Heather Messam (01805 626815) www.rhs.org.uk/rosemoor

Saturday 16th – Sunday 17th October, 11am – 4pm. Woodhuish Farm (NT), meet at Mansands car park SX913530. Join in our first apple press of the year using our 200 year old cider press. Bring along your own apples to make juice and have a go at some traditional crafts. Watch sheep dog demonstrations, see rare breed sheep and cattle and sample some local farm produce. Bring stout footwear and work gloves.  There are two separate sessions 11am – 1.30pm and 1.30pm – 4pm. Adults £3, children £1.00. Belinda Smith (01803 842382). Belinda.smith1@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th October, Eggesford Gardens, Eggesford, Chulmleigh EX18 7QU. A great weekend event to celebrate the English apple. Apple displays – many old and unusual varieties. Apple juice, cider, liqueur, wine and cheese tasting. Home made cakes, preserves, biscuits, chocolates and sweets. Apple pressing and lots more. enquiries@eggesfordgardens.com (01769 580250).

Sunday 17th October, 11am – 4pm. Killerton (NT), Broadclyst, Exeter. Celebrate the English apple and enjoy the splendour of autumn colour in Killerton’s parkland with apples for sale, cider-making and tasting and much more! Jen Waldron jennifer.waldron@nationaltrust.org.uk

Wednesday 20th October Thornhayes Nursery, St Andrews Wood, Dulford, Cullompton EZ15 2DF Apple Tasting

Saturday 23rd October,  11am – 4pm. Otterton Mill, Otterton. We have lots of activities for the whole family and everyone who enjoys country living, including: food tastings; cookery and bakery demonstrations; a game meat BBQ; game or apple-based dishes in the restaurant and bakery; traditional apple pressing; bushcraft and foraging; as well as apple bobbing, pumpkin carving, forest school and anglo saxon activities for children. Shirley (01395 568521 shirley@ottertonmill.com www.ottertonmill.com/

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DORSET

October 23rd Bridport Community Orchard Group behind St Mary's Church off South Street, Bridport 11-3.00 in Church House if wet. Combined event with Symondsbury Apple Project. Apple display, identification, games and things for children, Dorset apple Cake competition, apple proucts on sale, cake stall, apple juicing, cider to taste, rural crafts, music, singing, storytelling, ploughman's lunches, tea and coffee. contact jill.lloyd@virgin.net 01308 458480

For Apple Day, Bournemouth University plans to produce an online gallery with some photos of the various fruit and nut species found in Central Asia, with some information on their distribution and global importance as ancestors of our domestic species.  With Botanical Gardens Conservation International, Kew and Fauna & Flora International they are trying to conserve the ‘natural orchards’ in Kyrgyzstan. These wild relatives of our domestic apples require urgent conservation action due to over-harvesting of fruits, extraction of timber and uncontrolled grazing, which restricts regeneration. Jenny Birch (01202 961653). jbirch@bournemouth.ac.uk

Long Crichel Bakery Supper Club – Shop and Tearooms, Cook Row, Wimborne Minster. 01258 830852             www.longcrichelbakery.co.uk

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ESSEX

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th September, Audley End Walled Kitchen Garden. Display, identification & advice from EEAOP. www.english-heritage.org.uk

Saturday 23 October, Lathcoats Farm, Shop & PYO, Beehive Lane, Chelmsford CM2 8LX. Specialist family fruit farm offering over 40 varieties of apples. Stephen & Philip Taylor info@apples.co.ukwww.eapples.co.uk

Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th October, 10am – 4pm. RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Westerns Approach, Rettendon, Chelmsford CM3 8AT. Celebrate the harvest festival season at Hyde Hall. There’s something to keep everyone amused from colourful apple and pumpkin displays to food stalls selling local produce. Be sure to visit our new orchard with its range of traditional Essex apple varieties such as Chelmsford Wonder and Braintree Seedling, and if you fancy growing a tree yourself, Apple Revival – who specialize in unique and rare varieties – will be on hand to help you choose the right one. Treat yourself with some of our tasty apple and juice samples and maybe even buy some Hyde All honey to take home! You will also be able to learn all about home composting and improve your gardening knowledge with a visit to our advice desk. Normal garden admission applies. Sue Carter (01245 402006) suecarter@rhs,org,uk  www.rhs.org.uk/hydehall

 

?? October Crapes Fruit Farm, Rectory Road, Aldham, Colchester CO6 3RR Display and sales of the seasons varieties from the hundreds of apple varieties grown. 01206 212375 andrew.tann1@virgin.net Time to order boxes for mailing for Christmas and thereafter.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th October, 10am – 4.30pm. Westbury Court Garden (NT), Westbury-on-Severn GL14 1PD. A chance to try and buy apples and other fruit grown at Westbury Court and other National Trust gardens. Taste and buy apples from Roman to Edwardian times. This year we will have an apple/pear crush and press available for members of the public to use free of charge. (01452 760461) westburycourt@nationaltrust.org.uk

We await the great APPLE DAY Listings compiled by the Gloucestershire Orchard Group .

www.gloucestershireorchardgroup.org.uk info@gloucestershireorchardgroup.org.uk Ann Smith 01452 855677 add events to www.gloucestershireorchardgroup.org.uk/community

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HAMPSHIRE & THE ISLE OF WIGHT

Saturday 16th October, 11am – 4pm. The Vyne (NT), Sherborne St John, Basingstoke RG24 9HL. Not just apples! Explore our organic orchard, enjoy apple tasting, demonstrations, a family trail and other activities. Normal admission charges apply. Cathy Baker (01256 883858). thevyne@nationaltrust.org.uk

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HEREFORDSHIRE

Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th October The Big Apple celebrations in Parishes of the Marcle Ridge Aylton, Little Marcle, Much Marcle, Munsley, Pixley, Putley and Woolhope. www.bigapple.org.uk

Saturday 16th – Sunday 17th October, Cider Museum, 21 Ryelands  Road, Hereford HR4 OLW. Cidermaking Festival and Apple Day. Display of cider apples such as Cider Lady’s Finger, Slack-ma-Girdle, Brown Snout or Bloody Turk. Master cidermaker Ralph Owen will be demonstrating the traditional way of making cider using a portable mill and press powered by tractor engine. Tutored cider tastings, walk through the original cider cellars. Coopering and blacksmith demonstrations. Apple pressing.  Advice from Herefordshire Beekeepers’ Association etc. Margaret Thompson (01432 354207) enquiries@cidermuseum.co.uk  www.cidermuseum.co.uk/

Saturday October 17th Leominster Apple Fair, Lion Ballroom, Broad Street. Marcher Apple Network present. Felicity Norman (01568 780886)

Saturday, 17th October. Tenbury Apple Fest. Marcher Apple network present. Details from Bernard Morgan. Tel. 07979 830724.

Saturday 17th October 2009     at Colwall Cricket Club Ground, Stowe Lane Colwall, Herefordshire, WR13 6EH the Colwall Village Garden project is holding it’s annual Apple Day at : the group consists of two organisations in partnership, about to make a big lottery fund application to enable formation of a community orchard surrounding new allotment spaces. 11.00:   Decorate your wheelbarrows with an orchard theme (prize for best one), load them up with spare apples and meet us on Colwall Green outside the School for a procession to the Cricket Ground - led by the wonderful Outdoor Capering Crew. 11:30:  Morning:          Performance by Outdoor Capering Crew, Apple juicing*, Apple games; Lunchtime:      Pig roast, cakes and bar; Afternoon:       Performance by Outdoor Capering Crew, Apple juicing, Apple games; Fruit Identification with John Edgeley exPershore College. Note: parking at Village Hall info@colwallvillagegarden.org          www.colwallvillagegarden.org

Saturday 17- Sunday 18th  October Cider Museum,  21 Ryelands Street, Hereford HR4 OLW. Demonstration of traditional cider making. Herefordshire bee keeper’s exhibition, coopering demonstrations, fairground organ, display of apples. Marcher Apple Network present. (01432 354207) enquiries@cidermuseum.co.uk

? Marcher Apple Network http://www.marcherapple.net/diary.htm.

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HERTFORDSHIRE

Sunday 3rd October 12noon to 4pm Free Charters Health Club, Russet Drive, off Hill End Lane, St Albans AL4 0RA          Apples and apple juice from Highfield Park’s orchards for sale, other popular English apples also for sale.  Apple juicing demonstration, lots of craft, gift and food stalls, apple themed cafe and games for the children. Anna Cohen, Park Manager, Highfield Park Trust admin@highfieldparktrust.co.uk   www.highfieldparktrust.co.uk  01727 847242

Saturday 16th October,1.30 – 4pm, Church House, Sawbridgeworth CM21 9AB, organised by the Rivers Nursery Site & Orchards Group.

Saturday 16th October 1.30pm – 4pm Rivers Nursery Site and Orchard Group Church House, Sawbridgeworth CM21 9AB
 
October 21st Brian Kilbey will “once again be persuading local pubs in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, to have real cider and apples as ingredients in their menus.” Bk1@waitrose.com (01494 7866351):
KING’S ARMS, King Street, Tring HP23 6BE 01442 823318 info@kingsarmstring.co.uk www.kingsarmstring.co.uk/ The King’s Arms will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day.
BOARS HEAD, Piccotts End Road, Piccotts End HP1 3AT 01442 240084 The Boars Head will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day.
FULL HOUSE, 128 Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1EZ 01442 265512 www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-full-house The Full House will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day.
RISING SUN No. 1 Canalside, George Street, Berkhamsted HP4 2EG 01442 864913 http://theriser.co.uk/ The Rising Sun will have baskets of apples on the bar on Apple Day and will be serving traditional draft cider as part of the month-long Pomona Cider and Perry festival. More than 20 ciders and perries will be available.
CROWN, 145 High Street, Berkhamsted HP4 3HH 01442 863993 www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-crown The Crown will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day.
VALIANT TROOPER, 29 Trooper Road, Aldbury HP23 5RW 01442 851203 www.valianttrooper.co.uk/index.html The Valiant Trooper will be serving traditional draft cider on Apple Day

TRING’S OWN APPLE FAYRE : For further information please ring Martin Hicks on 01442 823188 (h) 01992 555220 (w) An initiative of Tring Environmental Forum and Tring in Transition Food Group (TinT)

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KENT

Saturday 11th September, 11am – 4pm. Smallhythe Place NT, Smallhythe TN30 7NG. An early 16th century house, home to Victorian actress Ellen Terry, includes her cottage garden, orchard, nuttery, thatched 17th century Barn Theatre and café. Display of apples and garden produce and sales of orchard produce . Free entry to look around the house. Thatched 17th century Barn Theatre and café. Paul Meredith (01580 762334). paul.meredith@nationaltrust.org.uk     www.nationaltrust.org.uk\smallhytheplace

Saturday 25th September, 11am – 4pm. Ightham Mote (NT), Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks TN15 ONT. Join our ever popular apple tasting day. Try varieties of apples some dating back to 1220. Sample chutneys, jams and savoury items all available from the shop. The Mote restaurant catering team will have tasty samples for visitors to try. Woodcarving and wood turning demonstrations using fruit wood. Normal admission charges apply (01732 810378x100) ighthammote@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th October, 10am – 5pm. Brogdale Collections, Brogdale Farm, Brogdale Road, Faversham, ME13 8XZ. Up to 500 apples on display and up to 200 to taste and buy! Tours of the orchards (National Fruit Collection containing over 2,000 apple varieties) on foot or tractor trailer. Cooking with apples demonstrations, cider bar, food. Live music, gardening talks etc. Entry £8.00 adults, £4.00 children. Families £20.00. sallyroger@brogdalecolections.co.uk    www.brogdalecollectons.co.uk/  (01795 536250).

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LANCASHIRE (including Manchester)

Saturday 2nd October Knowle Green Village Hall, Clitheroe Road, Knowle Green, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2YQ ADMISSION: £0.60, children free. Find out about – Forgotten varieties, Identification, Bees and beekeeping, varieties for planting, pruning, apples to taste, apples to buy, juice, jam, cider, chutney, pies, honey and beeswax candles, Children's activities and refreshments. Media contact: Martin Charlesworth 01200 448000 or 07989 258675 Community Projects Officer Forest of Bowland - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , The Stables, 4, Root Hill Estate Yard, Whitewell Road, Dunsop Bridge BB7 3AY martin.charlesworth@lancashire.gov.uk www.forestofbowland.com

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LEICESTERSHIRE

Saturday 16th October, Ashby de la Zouch Farmers’ Market. Wendy Jones (01530 454769).  http://footprints.nwleics.gov.uk/

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LINCOLNSHIRE

Saturday 2nd October,  10,30am – 4.30pm. Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford, PE9 2DR. Organised by Stamford Community Orchard Group. There will be locally grown apples as well as apple products for sale, including produce from New College Stamford and Stamford Country Market. There will be apple identification by the experts fro the East of England Apples & Orchards Project and our own experts to answer all your apple questions! info@scog-web.org.uk

Sunday 3rd October, Wragby Town Hall, Wragby. Display, identification & advice from EEAOP.

Saturday  9th October, 11am – 4.30pm. Woolsthorpe Manor NT, 23 Newton Way, Woolsthorpe-by-Costerworth, nr Grantham NG33 5NR.  A celebration of apples and orchard fruit. Where Sir Isaac Newton……….. Normal admission charges apply. (01476 860338) woolsthorpemanor@nationaltrust.org.uk

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LONDON & MIDDLESEX

Sunday 3rd October, 11am – 4.30pm. Red House (NT), Red House Lane, Bexleyheath DA6 8JF. Free garden entry gives access to garden trails for kids, juice and cider tasting, local produce, aple trees and old apple varieties to buy and try, met Mr Scarecrow, coking demonstrations, second hand books, local produce and loads of other activities. Jan Gillon (0208 303 6359) jan.gillon@nationaltrust.org.uk

Sunday 3rd October, 12pm – 4pm. Morden Hall Park (NT), Morden Hall Road, Morden, SM4 5JD.  Discover more about the Great British apple with apple displays, apple tasting and apple printing. Try some mouth watering dishes in the café from deep filled apple pies, apple scones, flapjacks, muffins to apple and parsnip soup and port casserole with apple dumplings. (0208545 6850) mordenhallpark@nationaltrust.org.uk

Sunday 3rd October, 11am – 4.15pm. Fenton House (NT), Windmill Hill, Hampstead NW3 6RT. A celebration of apples! Apple tasting, juices, cakes and preserves for sale, apple doctor, bee keeping demonstrations, children’s craft activities, venison roast barbecue. (0207 4353471) fentonhoue@nationaltrust.org.uk

SATURDAY 9th OCTOBER 11am to 4pm East London Organic Gardeners are celebrating their 10th Anniversary Apple Day at Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow, London E17 9NH. £1 donation. We make full use of the museum’s Victorian garden and community room. We celebrate the apple by arranging activities for children including longest peel and apple bobbing, lectures for the adults, display of apple trees, organic café with home baked apple cakes, apple juicing and sale of apples from Crapes Fruit Farm. Adrian Stannard 0782 8337973 elog22@googlemail.com www.elog.org.uk

Saturday 16 October 11- 4pm  Abundance London: local fruit harvesting at St Michael’s & All Angels, Bath Road, Chiswick, London W4 1TT free Tbc, display of local apples, stalls with fruity refreshments (pumpkin, apple), orchard produce for sale, pruning/grafting class – maybe. Honey. Jam making class – maybe. Fruit pressing, juice making, apple games, longest peel competition, apple maps. displays about local orchards – maybe. MEDIA CONTACT PERSON (name & tel no). Karen Liebreich, 020 8400 9648 / 07779 326 345 karen@abundancelondon.com www.abundancelondon.com

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NORFOLK

Sunday 24th October, 10am – 5.00pm.  Gressenhall Museum, Gressenhall, Dereham NR20 4DR.A Norfolk celebration of all things appley and autumnal!.  Display of apples, identification & advice from EEAOP. Normal museum admission prices apply.  Alison Tebbit (01362 869259) Alison.tabbit@norfolk.gov.uk  www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Sunday 12th September, 12pm – 4pm. Lyveden New Bield (NT), nr Oundle, Peterborough PE8 5AT. Help turn delicious Lyveden apples into juice – come and make your own blend. Normal admission charges apply. (01832 205358). lyvedennewbield@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday & Sunday 9th & 10th October Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, BANBURY, OX17 2SD Over 400 varieties of English apples with apple identifiers. Apple Pressing with fresh juice to taste and for sale. Apple trees, apples and cider for sale. Bring your gardening questions to our garden experts. Rural Craft workers – thatching and hurdle making. cane & rush seating, Windsor Chair maker, Pole Lathe, wooden spoon carving. Crafts & gifts marquee. Entertainment from Punch & Judy and the Green Man – a Tudor minstrel. Children’s crafts and activities. Wildlife talks, Cookery Demonstrations, Pig Roast and refreshments and much more. Admission: Adult £7.50, child £3.50, family £20.00. enquiries@sulgravemanor.org.uk www.sulgravemanor.org.uk Media : Cheryl Moss 01295 760205

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NORTHUMBERLAND

Saturday 3 October Wark Town Hall, Front Street, Wark, Hexham, Northumberland NE48 3LG          10.30 am to 4 p.m  £2.50/ £1.50 for under 12s display of apple varieties, tasting, apple identification (Trevor Rogers of the Northern Fruit Group), apples for sale, cakes, teas, pressing and  juice making, apple games, make a felt apple, apple mapping project, displays about local orchards and encouraging wild life. Peter Samsom, (01434) 230605 or (wk) (01388) 528801 Transition Tynedale and Wark Town Hall   peternsam@googlemail.com  www.wark.org.uk

Sunday 25 October Cragside NT 11.00 - 5.00 apple displays, stories pressing, dishes, quizzes, puzzles.

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Sunday October 3rd  10am to 4pm. East Markham Village Hall and Heritage Orchard, Lincoln Road East Markham NG22 0SH As well as the Heritage Apple Orchard being open, the event promises to be another superb day out for all the family with numerous craft stalls and all of the following activities: in the Heritage Orchard over 300 Apple Varieties on Display, PYO Apples, Apple Tasting; in the Village Hall - Art and Craft Stalls, Free Children's Activities, Local History Display, Live Entertainment, Recipe Books for sale, Home Cooked Recipes to Sample, Refreshments, Hot Pork Sandwiches, Children's Art Competition, Cider Bar, Raffle (All proceeds going towards a local Charity), Cooking Competitions (Entries to be at Hall by 11am)  East Markham is just off the A57 between Lincoln and Worksop. For additional information please call 01777 871 327 stuart_eakin@agilent.com (01777 871 327)

Friday 8th October, 11am – 4pm. Mr Straw’s House (NT), 7 Blyth Grove, Worksop S81 OJG. After a visit around the house get to know more about what the Straw family did with their autumn fruit. The visit the replanted orchard. Normal admission charges apply. Booking essential. Megan Doole  (1909482380) mrstrawshouse@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th October, 11am – 2pm. Clumber Park (NT), Worksop S80 3AZ. Apple tasting of old and regional varieties grown in Clumber’s Walled Kitchen Garden. Apples and produce for sale. Normal admission charges apply. (01909 476592) clumberpark@nationaltrust.org.uk

Sunday October 17th 2010, 11:00am to 4:00pm Lowdham Horticultural Society Lowdham Village Hall, Main Street, Lowdham NG14 7BD (opposite The Old Ship Public House). Adults £1.50 Children free. Over 130 apple varieties on display plus other fruit and vegetables, apple tasting and sales, Stalls, Honey and beekeeping, Produce sales (Jams etc), Juice pressing, Refreshments. Show Secretary Patrick McDonnell 0115 923 4268 patrick.j.mcdonnell@btinternet.com Society Secretary Christine Baggaley 0115 966 3734 www. lowdhamhortsoc.org.uk

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OXFORDSHIRE

Saturday 18th September, 12pm – 5pm. Greys Court (NT), Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames RG9 4PG. Join Greys Court for a special afternoon in the orchard. Activities include pruning, gardener’s advice on old varieties, produce for sale and tastings. Activities for families, at a small additional cost of £2. (01491 628529) greyscourt@nationaltrust.org.uk

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 8th, 9th,10th October Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley. 50 varieties of apple on display, many for tasting. 15 varieties of apple juice, expert identification and advice and quality local food producers www.waterperrygardens.co.uk

Saturday & Sunday 9th & 10th October Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, BANBURY, OX17 2SD Over 400 varieties of English apples with apple identifiers. Apple Pressing with fresh juice to taste and for sale. Apple trees, apples and cider for sale. Bring your gardening questions to our garden experts. Rural Craft workers – thatching and hurdle making. cane & rush seating, Windsor Chair maker, Pole Lathe, wooden spoon carving. Crafts & gifts marquee. Entertainment from Punch & Judy and the Green Man – a Tudor minstrel. Children’s crafts and activities. Wildlife talks, Cookery Demonstrations, Pig Roast and refreshments and much more. Admission: Adult £7.50, child £3.50, family £20.00. enquiries@sulgravemanor.org.uk www.sulgravemanor.org.ukMedia : Cheryl Moss 01295 760205

Saturday 16th October The Red Lion Pub and Methodist Chapel, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury - display of apple varieties; tasting stalls; juicing displays; honey and bees; basket making; cookery food stall including cakes and local produce relating mainly to apples; children’s displays; apple games exhibition about local orchards – past, present and future; Sustainable Blewbury exhibit (www.sustainable-blewbury.co.uk); apple surgery; refreshments (apple cake, tea and juice). A special publication about Blewbury Orchards has been produced to mark the event. This contains results of a survey of fruit tree owners and apple varieties grown. It also contains results of research into local history for orchards and fruit growing in our area and ideas for the future. It contains recipes, poetry and is well illustrated. 28page Blewbury Orchards Booklet (£3.50) Admission by programme. Media contact: Dr W. Mike Edmunds Chair Sustainable Blewbury, 01235 850337 www.sustainable-blewbury.co.uk

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SHROPSHIRE

Sunday 26th September, 12pm – 6pm. Dudmaston (NT), Quatt, nr Bridgnorth WV15 6QN.  Celebrate the start of our annual apple harvest and learn more about traditional British fruit! Sample and purchase Worcester Pearmain, Charles Ross and James Grieve varieties, enjoy apple based recipes in the tearoom, sample apple juices, and plant your own tree to take away! Normal admission charges apply. Heather Redmond (01746 780866) heather.redmond@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 9th October, Ironbridge Gorge, Greenwood Centre, Station Road, Coalbrookdale TF8 7DR. Organised by the Shropshire Apple Trust. An apple expert will be bringing a splendid display of traditional varieties, many available for tasting, though the centerpiece again will be the huge one ton traditional twin-screw apple press, and scratting mill, both pieces of equipment dating back to the mid-19C and re-built by the Trust.   Once again, the Trust is inviting people from all over the county (and beyond) to bring their apples in the two weeks prior to the event. Bring as many apples as possible (of whatever variety) and take them to the Green Wood Centre. In exchange for the fruit, people will be given a voucher entitling them on the day to some ‘free’ delicious freshly-pressed apple juice. For children there will be apple bobbing, apple prints and small scale apple pressing equipment. Food and cider. Michael Pooley, SAT, (01952 433632) www.shropshireappletrust.co.uk

Saturday 9th October, 11am – 4pm. Attingham Park (NT), Shrewsbury SY4 4TP.Savour the harvest in Attingham’s orchard with fresh apple pressing, juice to taste and buy local crafts, cider and produce. Normal admission charges apply. (01743 708162) attingham@nationaltrust.org.uk

Sunday 17th October, the Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton. Display of over 100 varieties, identification by Mike Porter, Marcher Apple Network. Wholefood café featuring apples, cider bar, food stalls, competitions, quizzes, juicing. Information: John Lloyd (01694 723143).

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SOMERSET & Bristol

Saturday October ?? Porlock Visitor Centre, West End, Porlock TA24 8QD For the first time the newly moved 150 year old press in the Millennium Orchard to be used - bring apples (and bottles?) for pressing; apple book for sale, apple identification, apple games, storytelling, folk singing, cider tasteing, BBQ, visits to Community Orchard with its wonderful sea views, beehive, bat and bird boxes, media Denise Sage 01643 863150 porlockci@somerset.gov.uk www.porlock.co.uk

Saturday 9th October, 10 am – 2 pm Eldred’s Orchard, Bath Road, Blagdon, North Somerset BS40 7RW Blagdon Orchard Group - Apple Day in the Community Orchard overlooking Blagdon Lake. Free admission. Competitions: Longest Peel, Orchard themed Fancy Dress, My Favourite Preserve. Activities: Nature Hunt, Apple Bobbing, Juicing. Sales and Information: Bees and Honey, 2011 Orchard Calendar, Raffle, Apple Chutney Demonstration, advice on Storing and Preserving Orchard Fruit, Orchard Maintenance. Contact: Blagdon Orchard Group Secretary – Suzanne Wynn Tel. 01761 463964 Email:sjwynn@aol.com

Saturday 16th October, the Somerset Cider Brandy Company are launching their 20 year old cider brandy at their Apple Day. Invitation only. www.ciderbrandy.co.uk

Sunday 17th October, 1.00pm – 5.00pm. Quiet Corner Farm, Henstridge, BA8 ORA. Orchard walks, community apple juicing (bring your own + containers??) and juice for sale, apple identification and advice, apple games, woodturning – learn how to make a pole lathe, drystone waller, butterfly expert, sheepwool spinning. Patricia Thompson (01963 363045).

Thursday 21st October, 10.30- Blagdon Orchard Group this time at Lakewood Conference Centre, Rhodyate, Blagdon, North Somerset BS40 7YE Apple Day cookery demonstration and lunch - Preserving Orchard Fruit. Admission £15. With over 20 years' experience of making, demonstrating and judging award-winning preserves, Vivien Lloyd is recognised as a leading authority on domestic preservation. Watch and learn how to turn orchard fruit into delicious preserves to last you throughout the year. There will be plenty of opportunity to get answers to all your preserving queries. Lunch will feature preserves made by Vivien served with the finest bread and cheese, local orchard fruits, cider or apple juice. Tickets: Abigail Smith at the Lakewood Centre Tel: 01761 463366 www.lakewoodcentre.co.uk Contact: Blagdon Orchard Group Secretary – Suzanne Wynn Tel. 01761 463964 Email:sjwynn@aol.com

Saturday 23rd October, Charlton Orchards, Charlton Road, Charlton Road, Creech St Michael, Taunton TA3 5PF. A celebration of the English apple. A family day out in our orchard/fruit farm. Sally Bail (01823 412959). www.charltonorchards.com

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SURREY

Saturday 2nd October, 10am – 5pm. Polesden Lacey (NT), Great Bookham, nr Dorking RH5 6DB. Enjoy a traditional Apple Day within the beautiful grounds of Polesden Lacey. Over this weekend, we will be hosting this uniquely English event with apple and cider sales, apple tastings and an exhibition of historic apple varieties. As the finale to British Food Fortnight at Polesden Lacey, you will also be able to sample and buy delicious local produce on the day. With craft activities and games – it’s a great event for all the family. Normal admission charges apply.(01372 452048) polesdenlacey@nationaltust.org.uk

Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th October, 23 & 24 October RHS Garden Wisley Woking, GU23 6QB the garden has 700 varieties of apples, many of them hundreds of years old. Displays of unusual apple varieties, tastings and advice, apple-bobbing for the children. Wisley will also host this year’s European Europom festival where fruit collectors from societies of growers and fruit organisations from all over Europe will exhibit their produce. 0845 260 9000 www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Wisley

Sue Clifford and Angela King from Common Ground will be signing “The Apple Source Book” at RHS Wisley on Saturday 23rd from 2.00.

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SUSSEX

Sunday 26 September, 11am - 5pm. Stanmer Park, by Sussex University, near Brighton. Apple crumble and teas, juice making, childrens activities, apple identification, guided tours, produce for sale and much more. Admission free, no need to book, just come along. Children must be supervised by an adult. Dogs must be kept on a lead and may not be admitted to the tea garden. Apple identification :  if you want to know what the old apple tree in your garden is then you can ask the expert pomologist and fruit historians including Joan Morgan, author of The New Book of Apples. Please bring three or more good quality fruits and a few leaves of each unknown variety.

Provisional event details - Tea garden with fresh apple juice, apple puddings, and cakes all day; Buy freshly picked apples from our orchards; Juice the apples from the orchard using a traditional press and juice for sale; Rare Sussex apple trees for sale; Advice on growing fruit in your own garden, allotment or orchard; Children's activities; Stalls from a variety of local organisations such as Stanmer Organics, Brighton and Hove Food Partnership and others; Find out about our plans to plant all the rare Sussex varieties of apples in our orchards, Orchard tours throughout the day; Cookery demonstrations and lunches made with local produce. Action in Rural Sussex, Brighton Permaculture Trust, Stanmer Orchard Group www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk Location: Apple Day activities will take place near the church, in the farmhouse garden and in the orchard behind the farm house. See http://www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk/courses-conferences-and-events/events/68-apple-day.html

Sunday 3rd October, 11am – 3pm. West Grinstead Orchard, behind Orchard Family Restaurant, Cowfold Road, Horsham RH13 8LU. Organised by West Sussex County Council Low Weald Countryside Rangers. Activities include: displays about apples, pruning, wildlife conservation; traditional apple games, local fruit producer, Old Rudgwick Cider Society with apple press, so bring your own English varieties to be juiced (plus container), bee keepers, wildlife group stalls, refreshments etc. Geraldine Fewster (01403 864001/07802327528).

Sunday 3rd October, 11am  - 4pm. Alfriston Clergy House (NT), The Tye, Alfriston, Polegate, BN26 5TL. Taste he different varieties of apples from our orchard and speak to an apple expert. Normal admission charges apply. (01323 870001) alfriston@nationaltrust.org.uk

Sunday 10th October, 11am – 4pm. Rudgwick Sports and Social Club, King George V Playing Fields, Bucks Green, Rudgwick RH12 3JJ organised by the Old Rudgwick Cider Society. Based in the beautiful Upper Arun Valley of the Sussex Weald, our community playing fields are bordered by woodland, river, wet woodland and spring fed water course. New community orchard (all Sussex cultivars) planted 18 months ago within a new wildflower meadow. Come and join us pressing the surplus apples that have been collected from around the village and bring your surplus apples along to be pressed on the day. If you bring apples you can take away juice (which freezes well – bring your own containers) or receive a voucher to collect our 2009 cider at Ellens Green and Rudgwick Gardening Association Summer Show in July 2010. During Apple Day there are plenty of stalls and side shows to enjoy, all about apples and other rural themes, Secretts Village Shop, raffles, WI cakes and other comestibles. There are also (messy!) games for children, 2009 vintage “Old Chopper” Cider to sample (strictly over 18 only – ID will be rquested), the Social Club is open for refreshments and a Hog Roast with apple sauce! So bring your surplus apples, the whole family, some containers to take away juice, and have great fun and an informative day in Rudgwick, whilst putting surplus apples to good use. Oliver Ward (01403 823 424) /Trevor Nash Trevor.nash@biwater.com (07816 757537) www.redgwickcider.com

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WARWICKSHIRE & West MIdlands

Saturday 16th – Sunday 17th October, 11am – 4pm. Webbs, Ryton Gardens, Wolston Lane, Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry. Free expert advice and tips on how to grow fantastic apples at home, free apple tasting, apple themed munus in the restaurant and café. Free children’s activities, free apple identification on Sunday 17th Free entry. Visit Garden Organic’s demonstration gardens on the 16th and 17th. Buy one get one free. Nick Baker (01527 860000) info@webbsofwychbold.co.uk www.webbsdirect.co.uk

Sunday 17th October, 10.30am – 4.30pm. Hill Close Gardens, off Friars Street, Warwick CV34 6HF (adjacent to racecourse – 2 hrs free parking). Sixteen restored Victorian gardens with over 50 different types of apple trees. Display of apple varieties, tasting, expert advice, children’s activities, country crafts stalls, ales of apples, plants and preserves. Refreshments available. Ken Joy (01926 493339) www.hillclosegardens.com

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WILTSHIRE

Sunday 17th October - Marlborough

Wednesday 20th October 10am to 2pm Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, Shaw, Swindon SN5 5PJ donation requested. We are a little farm and a Community Cafe. Display of varieties obtainable locally, tasting, juice making, apple peeling gadgets, apple printing activity, apple themed menu in the cafe. Contact: Andrea Hirsch 01793 771080 enquiries@lowershawfarm.co.uk www.lowershawfarm.co.uk

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WORCESTERSHIRE

Saturday 25th September, 11am – 4pm. Hanbury Hall (NT), School Road, Droitwich WR9 7EA. Purchase delicious home-grown apples from Hanbury’s orchard and talk to the experts. Normal admission charges apply. Emily Knight (01527 821214) emily.knight@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th October, 11am – 4pm. Webbs, Wychbold, Worcester Road, Wychbold, Droitwich Spa WR9 ODG. Local apple juice tasting, display of apple varieties, free apple tasting, fruit temed restaurant menu, expert advice and tips on how to produce fantastic fruit results at home, wide range of trees available, apple identification on Sunday. Free entry. Nick Baker (01527 860000 info@webbsofwychbold.co.uk

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YORKSHIRE (including Bradford, Leeds & Sheffield)

Sunday 19th September, Pear Day, Cannon Hall, Barnsley.

Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th October, Harlow Carr RHS Garden, Crag Lane, Harrogate.  A packed festival including a display of over 200 varieties of apples all grown in Northern England, as well as apple tasting, advice and identification. Apple Day takes place in conjunction with the Northern Fruit Group. Information: Margaret Drury (01423 770111). harlowcarr@rhs.org.uk

October Yorkshire Sculpture Park details awaited - restaurant menu and work with bees

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WALES

2 October Erddig House (NT), Wrexham, LL13 0YT 11am - 5pm - 20th celebration of Apple Day at Erddig. From William Tell, Granny Smith and Sir Isaac Newton to cider cookery and folklore come and celebrate our increasingly popular apple harvest with cider tasting apple press demonstrations dancers, games over 120 varieties of Erddig apples on show and lots more for all the family. |Booking Not Needed | (01978315151)

Saturday 16th October, Clare Gardens, Lower Cathedral Rd, Riverside, Cardiff organised by Friends of Clare Gardens, Riverside Community Market Association & Cardiff Transition Project as part of Orchard Cardiff Project. Members of the public will be able to come along and bring their fruit to be pressed in the heart of the city. Activities and tasting planned.  For further information, contact Jenny Howells on 07532 385899 outreach@riversidemarket.org.uk

23rd/24th October, Saturday/Sunday Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre Café, Cynonville, Port Talbot, SA13 3HG Special apple dishes, sweet and savoury, on the menu all weekend. 01639 850564 d.wagstaff@npt.gov.uk :www.afanforestpark.co.uk

BRECKNOCKSHIRE

 

CARMARTHEN

 

DENBIGHSHIRE

 

GLAMORGAN

Saturday  23rd October  Natural History Museum, St Fagans, Cardiff CF5 6XB

POWYS

 

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SCOTLAND

 

AYRSHIRE

BORDERS

FIFE

mid October Falkland Palace (NTS) have the biggest Orchard in Fife which will host talks, activities for families and children, music, food stalls, apple pressing, etc Sonia Ferras  sferras-mana@nts.org.uk

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MORAYSHIRE

 

PERTHSHIRE

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Guernsey
Sunday 3rd October 2010 at Blanchelande Girls' College, St Andrew's 11-00am until 3-00pm. St Andrew's Floral Guernsey, Ann Wragg a.hw@clara.co.uk

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