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The Flower Garden in Thornes Park is looking lovely but we do need some more hands on Weeding Wednesday this week (27th August) in the Rose Garden.
The Friends of CHaT Parks volunteers will be in the flower garden and the rose garden every Wednesday from 1-3pm to help keep our park beautiful. Please bring a trowel and gardening gloves.

Come along and join our friendly group with whatever time you can spare.

* This walk on Sunday 21st September is going ahead as planned. Please meet up at the car park at the athletic stadium in Thornes Park for a 2.30pm start. *

As part of the Heritage Open Days 2025, the Friends of CHaT Parks will be holding the second of two walks with a stroll through Thornes Park unwrapping the history of some of the well-known and lesser well known features of this park.

A stroll through Thornes Park taking in the Secret Garden, Nursery, Rose Garden, Aviary, Lake and Pet Cemetery with Chris Welch from the Friends of CHaT Parks at 2.30pm, Sunday 21 September. Meet in the car park opposite the Athletics Stadium in Thornes Park. The walk will be on paths and is suitable for mobility scooters.

The walk will take approximately one hour thirty minutes:
https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/history-in-plain-sight-thornes-park.html

* CANCELLED. Apologies but this walk is cancelled due to the bad weather*

As part of the Heritage Open Days 2025, the Friends of CHaT Parks will be holding two walks in Wakefield Park.

On Saturday 20th September, there will be a stroll through time in Thornes, Clarence and Holmfield Parks with Ian Deighton from the Friends of CHaT Parks. This walk will explain the history of three parks in one – Clarence, Holmfield and Thornes – and the people who made the history of the parks. Meet at 2.30pm in the car park opposite the Athletics Stadium in Thornes Park, Horbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 8TY.

The walk will last about one and a half hours. Pre-booking is not necessary.

https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/a-walk-through-history-wakefield-park.html

The Noisy Cow Theatre Group will be performing Twelfth Night in Clarence Park on Saturday 16th August at 2pm. Bring a picnic blanket and refreshments and pay what you can when you arrive.
https://noisycowtheatreco.co.uk/

The Wakefield School of Tennis holiday Tennis Camp sessions will be running run midweek this summer. There are various morning and/or afternoon sessions attendance options available. All sessions have key elements of Tennis coaching with multi sport elements added.

Children will need to bring a drink and make sure they have plenty of sun (& rain) protection.

To book places go to:
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/ThornesPark/Coaching/Camps

And for more information on the Saturday coaching sessions in Thornes Park:
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/ThornesPark/Coaching/Junior

Tomorrow – July 26th -is the start of Clarence Shockwave, presented by the Wakefield Music Collective . A weekend of live music from 12 noon to 9pm at the Bandstand in Clarence Park.

It’s the summer holidays and there’s plenty to do in the Park! The Play and Pay games are now open every day and the ticket office is open from 10.30am to 5pm for tennis, putting, pitch and putt and bowls. There’s equipment available if you don’t have your own.
And of course, the children’s playground is open by the Athletic Stadium.
Family fun for everyone!