Events

Guided walk (90 mins) starting and ending at Wilderspin School Museum looking at the town's Victorian Legacy. Booking essential via The Ropewalk (01652 660380)

Dr Jack Hatfield returns with an updated talk about how our flora, fauna and landscapes are changing and what this may mean for the future. The national and international trends will be considered but also what is happening in Barton and the surrounding region showing inter connectedness and how everyone can have an influence. Born... Read more...

Local sculptor, illustrator and Woodcarver to the Palace OH Boyd returns to discuss his involvement with the Royal Coaches, carving the Imperial Crown centrepieces for the Royal Diamond Jubilee Coach 'Britannia', and, more recently, for the new King's Carriage.

With Sarah White. How a local company brought high speed connectivity to a rural North Lincolnshire community.

With Air Vice-Marshal Paul Robinson

With Simon Thompson

With Alex Ombler

Discover the historical significance of twelve trees in Baysgarth Park.

With Liz Bennet

Some Interesting Trees around Barton. Former Landscape Contractor, Andrew Robinson, will look at several interesting or unusual trees at several locations around the town on this walk, which is expected to take around 60-75 minutes.

In the Victorian heyday of the industry there were 15 different Brick and Tile Works in Barton alone, as well as several others in South Ferriby, Barrow and New Holland. Unlike in some of the neighbouring parishes, however, most of the Barton works were owned by local businessmen, many of whom built impressive houses for... Read more...

The area of Waterside Road once formed a separate community within the town, with its own industries, churches, schools and shops, earning its living either from the Humber Estuary or from the many industries once operating alongside it. Andrew Robinson will lead this walk, pointing out many of the former features in the area, and... Read more...