
Barton Street Boot
Peruse our bric a brac and grab a bargain.
10am – 2pm, FREE
Enjoy a refreshments break in the Wilderspin Playground Garden as you tour Barton’s Open Gardens. The Museum is open on the Saturday, with refreshments on sale. On Sunday bring your own refreshments to enjoy in the Playground Garden.
2pm – 5pm
Open Gardens Map & Tickets £4 from The Ropewalk from 1 June.
Sometimes known by names such as ‘riding the stang’ and ‘skimmington rides’, this examination of rough music in the nineteenth century by Andrew Walker provides an insight into the ways in which communities sought to regulate themselves.
7.30pm in the Joseph Wright Hall
Barton Civic Society members free; non-members £4
We regret that this event has been cancelled. Instead, the talks will be rescheduled as part of Barton Civic Society’s 2026 Programme.
The importance and excitement of this post-war morale booster is explored in conversation with two former Church School pupils.
1pm – 3pm, FREE