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See Horrible Histories At The Raf Museum

The Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon has teamed up with the Horrible Histories team to present a unique summer holiday adventure.

Horrible Histories Up in the Air Adventure is a fully interactive experience for all the family where you can meet fearless and foolish flyers and solve clues in six different zones. Tickets are £7.50 per person or £25 for five people on a group saver ticket.

The RAF Museum is in Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5LL. Visit rafmuseum.org to book.

Enter The Lee Valley Maze And Play Mini Golf

Plants Galore garden centre in Roydon has a range of attractions to keep the little ones busy over the summer holidays. It has a full-size Lee Valley Maze, sand pit, play area and now a mini golf course too – as well as a café for that much-needed sit-down and cuppa! Single admission to the attractions is £5.99 per person aged three or over, while a family of four or five can get in for £22 (minimum one adult). It is open from 10am to 4pm daily until 3rd September (last entry 3pm). Plants Galore is in Hamlet Hill, Roydon CM19 5JY.

More local activities for the summer

Follow A Trail Around Town Centres

Both Hertford and Bishop’s Stortford have town centre trails on. For details of Bishop’s Stortford’s attractions, see page 15. In Hertford, the town council has teamed up with the Secret Society of Hertford Crafters to place knitted zoo characters in shop windows. You can pick up trail maps from the Town and Tourist Information Centre, Hertford Museum and Hertford Library. The SSOHC has also yarnbombed Parliament Square in Hertford this month with knitted sea creatures. Pop along to admire their creations.

VISIT JOHN LAWSON’S CIRCUS AT VAN HAGE

Van Hage garden centre in Great Amwell will be visited by John Lawson’s all-human circus between Saturday 19th and Monday 28th August. There will be performances at 11am, 1pm and 3pm daily and tickets are £8 per person or £28 for a family ticket for four. The big top will be located on part of the Van Hage car park and you are advised to get there ahead of the showtimes to get the best seats.

Visit vanhage.co.uk or johnlawsonscircus.co.uk for further information.

Craving some culture? Try The Fry...

Enjoy Teddy Bears Picnic At Hoddesdon Library

Hoddesdon Library in High Street is hosting a teddy bears picnic on Tuesday 8th August at 11.30am. Children should bring along their teddy and a sandwich, and can enjoy stories in the garden, a teddy bear hunt, singing and cupcake decorating. Booking essential – pop into the library or book at Hertfordshire.gov.uk/ libraries. £3 per child.

Take Part In Free Activities At Ware Priory

The very busy Ware Town Council has organised a series of free fun activities through the holidays at Ware Priory or in its grounds. All the following take place from 12-4pm: Street art on

Tuesday 8th August; climbing wall on Wednesday 9th; pedal cars on Monday 14th; water wars on Tuesday 22nd and zorb football on Wednesday 23rd. There will also be a fun dog show on Sunday 20th August from 10am. For more details on all these events and more visit waretowncouncil.gov.uk.

Drop In To Craft Sessions At Museum

Hertford Museum in Bull Plain has weekly drop-in arts and crafts sessions throughout August, from Tuesday to Thursday each week between 10am and 1pm. The cost is £3.50 per child and the theme changes each week. On Thursday 17th August the museum welcomes Spirit of the Wild who will be bringing in their collection of weird and wonderful animals for fun and educational sessions. £10 per person, booking essential via ticketsource.co.uk. Sessions are from 2-3pm and 3.30-4.30pm. Visit hertfordmuseum.org.

If all the family fun stuff is getting a bit too much for you and you crave a touch of culture, head up to Saffron Walden’s Fry Art Gallery to view its summer exhibition, A World of Private Mystery: British Neo-Romantics. Running through to 29th October, the exhibition shines a spotlight on a movement that produced some of the most innovative and captivating works of art in the mid-20th century. Think nocturnal cityscapes illuminated by silvery crescent moons; ruined cottages covered in tangles of undergrowth and anxious figures sheltering in shadowy woodlands and bombed-out streets – all of which are hallmarks of British neo-romanticism.

The Fry holds a collection of works by neo-romantic artists who lived and worked in northwest Essex and has joined forces with The Ingram Collection of Modern British Art to explore the movement through an exhibition of 30 works by artists

Graham Sutherland, John Piper, Keith Vaughan, John Craxton, John Minton, Robert McBryde, Robert Colquhoun and Michael Ayrton.

The Fry Art Gallery is at 19a Castle Street, Saffron Walden CB10 1BD. It is open Tuesday to Friday and Sunday from 2-5pm and from 11am to 5pm on Saturday. Call 01799 513779 or visit fryartgallery.org for more details.