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Things To Do For FREE
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TRAVEL SHEETS -
These FREE printable sheets are designed to be taken on
any journey by foot, by pushchair or in the car.
How many of the items in
the pictures you can spot on your travels? You win
when you spot a
whole row of things (mark them off like a bingo card).
SPOT
THE BUS CARDS -
click for free printable 'Stop the Bus' game
cards, for playing in the car, at home or on the beach. Click here
for the game's rules.
BE
THE STAR IN YOUR CAR! - click for 15 free pages of games,
jokes and puzzles to keep you entertained on long car journeys,
courtesy of Rowntree's (the sweetie maker).
Tuesdays & Thursdays in July / August
PUNCH & JUDY SHOWS.
Wish Tower Slopes, Eastbourne Seafront. 12.30pm and 2pm.
FREE Punch & Judy shows with
Ray Sparks, now in his 20th anniversary year! Tuesdays and
Thursdays throughout the holidays until 31 August (except
Thursday 12 August).
July
2010
July
- September
SPACEHOP READING CHALLENGE. Join
your local library and accept a mission to take books to the moon,
but beware the dastardly Spacekatz! Posters, stickers, bookmarks,
rainbow pencils and glow in the dark wristbands to collect. FREE.
Interactive games and activities at www.spacehop.org.uk
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FREE ACTIVE COMMUNITIES FESTIVAL. Hailsham
Community College. 10am-2pm. Mobile climbing wall and skate park,
circus skills, graffiti art, taster sessions. Chance to win a bike.
17 - 18
EASTBOURNE EXTREME. Eastbourne
seafront. Watch bike stunts, parkour & skating displays,
windsurfers & jet skiers. Enjoy windsurf and sailing taster
sessions at Spray Watersports. Live music at the Battle of the
Bands, go zorbing in Princes Park & stroll among the colourful
VW camper vans on the prom on Sunday. FREE.
www.eastbourneextreme.co.uk
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PEVFEST 2010. Pevensey
Bay. 1pm ‘til late. Village family fun day in aid of local
charities. Bouncy castle, rides, family activities, stalls and live
music in various venues. FREE entry.
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EASTBOURNE PIER RAFT RACE 2010. Grand
Parade, 1pm.
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MAD SCIENCE. Hailsham
Library. 10.30-11.30am. Interactive space workshop. Ages 5-11. FREE
event. Booking essential (0345) 60 80 196.
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PLAY IN THE PARK with Eastbourne Children's Centres.
Sovereign Park, Prince William Way, Langney Point, Eastbourne.
1-3pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please, under 8s must
be accompanied by an adult. No need to book, just turn
up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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UNCLE TERRY’S MAGIC SHOW. Willingdon
Library 10.30-11.30am (ages 5-9); Eastbourne Library 2.30-3.30pm
(ages 8-12). FREE events. Booking essential (0345) 60 80 196.
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DRUMMING WORKSHOP. Hampden Park Library, 10.30am-12.30pm.
Try a variety of drumming styles at this musical event for ages
6-11.
FREE event. Booking essential (0345) 60 80 196.
29 - 30
THE BIG ARK. St
Mary’s Church, Old Town, Eastbourne. 9.15am-12noon. FREE
craft workshops. BBQ on Saturday 2-5pm. Ages 5-11. Must
book (01323) 645225.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Old Town Recreation Ground, Longland
Road, Eastbourne. 2-4pm. Toys and games in the park with
Eastbourne's Play Ranger service. Over 8s may come and go as
they please, under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. No need
to book, just turn up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
31 Jul - 1 Aug
EASTBOURNE TOWN & COUNTRY SHOW. Princes
Park. 10am-5pm. New! Heavy horses, birds of prey, rural skills,
funfair, stalls. Adult £5, child £2, family (2+2) £12.
31Jul - 1Aug
LAMMAS FESTIVAL. Western
Lawns, Eastbourne seafront. 11am-4pm. Noon Sat - Carnival Parade
with drummers and giants. Live music, crafts, stalls. FREE event.
Ceilidh Sunday.
August
2010
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NATIONAL PLAY DAY. Hampden
Park, Eastbourne. 1-4pm. Fun packed afternoon of activities for all
ages. Under 8s must be accompanied. FREE event.
www.eastbourne.gov.uk/playranger
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DRUMMING WORKSHOP. Langney Library.
Try a variety of drumming styles at this musical event for ages
6-11.
FREE event. Booking essential (0345) 60 80 196.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Sevenoaks Road Park, Langney,
Eastbourne. 2-4pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please, under 8s must
be accompanied by an adult. No need to book, just turn
up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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LIVING SEAS. Seven
Sisters Country Park, Exceat. 10.30am-4pm. Family drop-in with craft
activities. Small charge for materials.
12-15
AIRBOURNE 2010. Eastbourne
seafront. 10am-6pm daily. The world’s biggest FREE seafront
airshow. Red Arrows on Thursday (1pm), Friday & Saturday
(4.30pm), plus flying displays, aerobatics, parachute displays,
wing-walkers, arena displays, live music.
www.eastbourneairshow.com
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DADS & LADS WORKSHOP. Wish
Tower Slopes, Eastbourne. FREE drop-in pinhole photography workshop
linked to the Towner’s “Eric & James Ravilious: Father &
Son” exhibition.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Holly Place, Willingdon Trees,
Eastbourne. 2-4pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please, under 8s must
be accompanied by an adult. No need to book, just turn
up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Shinewater Park, Eastbourne.
2-4pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please, under 8s must
be accompanied by an adult. No need to book, just turn
up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Gildredge Park, Old Town,
Eastbourne. 1-3pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please, under 8s must
be accompanied by an adult. No need to book, just turn
up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Princes Park Family Fun Day,
seafront, Eastbourne. 11-4pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please,
under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. No need to
book, just turn up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Hartfield Square, The Avenue,
Eastbourne. 2-4pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please,
under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. No need to
book, just turn up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. West Rise Field,
Eastbourne. 1-3pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please,
under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. No need to
book, just turn up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Old Town
Recreation Ground, Longland Road, Eastbourne. 2-4pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please,
under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. No need to
book, just turn up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
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PLAY IN THE PARK. Holly Place,
Willingdon Trees, Eastbourne. 2-4pm.
Toys and games in the park with Eastbourne's Play Ranger
service. Over 8s may come and go as they please,
under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. No need to
book, just turn up. FREE. (01323) 415461.
Weekends
Saturday mornings
FREE FOOTBALL TRAINING for boys and girls aged 4-6.
Sovereign Saints Football Club, behind the lakeside Cafe,
Hampden Park, Eastbourne. 9.45-11am. Parental attendance
required. (01323) 461040.
Most
Thursdays at 7.30pm
EASTBOURNE EAGLES SPEEDWAY.
Arlington
Stadium, nr Hailsham.
Adult
£16, child (6-15) £8,
FREE child admission for
under 12s per full
paying adult with advert in Kids Fun File, family £40, under
6s
FREE. (01323)
841642. Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays
FREE FAMILY LEARNING PACK and materials available in the
Learning Area of the Towner Art Gallery, College Road, Eastbourne.
10am -5pm, just drop in. (01323) 434660. 
copyright www.newtownertrust.org.uk
Daily
VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY. You can borrow a book, a tape or
even a DVD. It'll cost either nothing or very little (for
tapes and DVDs) plus you're house won't be all cluttered up when
you've finished with the stuff because you can just take it
back. The ultimate recycling opportunity!
GLASS SCULPTURES. The Glass Studio on Eastbourne Pier. 10am -
6pm. Watch the craftsmen sculpting miniature models out of glass.
FREE demonstrations. www.pierglassstudio.co.uk
EASTBOURNE LIFEBOAT MUSEUM. At the foot of the Wish Tower slopes
on the seafront. 10am-4pm. A museum covering the history of
Eastbourne’s lifeboats from 1822 to the present. FREE entry, gift
shop attached. The Eastbourne RNLI also have a really
comprehensive website at:
www.eastbournernli.org.uk/
so if you visit it before you go to the museum, you'll feel even
more involved.
BEACHY HEAD COUNTRYSIDE CENTRE. Top of Beachy Head. 10am-4pm.
Enjoy the Downland Experience: meet the Talking Shepherd and the
Saxon Man, plus experience the feel and sound of local wildlife.
FREE entry - this is too good to be free - so make the most of it!
(01323) 737 273.
FRISTON FOREST. Park either at the Litlington Road car park
(signposted from the A259 at Seven Sisters Country Park, or at the
Butchershole car park off the B2105, approx 1 mile north of Friston
village. (These are ‘pay and display’ car parks £1 per hour,
max £2.) Walk, cycle, go nature-spotting, build shelters out of
fallen wood, picnic or even try your hand at orienteering (maps are
available from the Seven Sisters visitor centre). Trails are
waymarked by coloured circles, stick to the one colour and you
shouldn’t get (too) lost!
THE BEACHY HEAD WALK. Starts from East Dean village or from
Birling Gap. Whole walk lasts approx. 1 ½ hours at adult walking
speed, you may want to attempt just a part of it with kids. Click on
this link:
www.beachyhead.org.uk/documents/beachy_walk.pdf
and download a wonderful guide with nature and history notes
as well as directions.
If you're planning to take the kids to London,
make sure you look at this site before you go:
www.daysoutguide.co.uk/free-london
Lots of London's best attractions are free and there are
also some very good value fares for families travelling there by
train (outside peak times).
FARMERS' MARKETS
While only the entry to these is FREE, a visit to a farmer’s
market is a much more of an event than a visit to a supermarket, and
a lot less stressful. There is also usually something you can buy to
keep the children happy - homemade cakes and buns for instance!
Community Wise Farmers' Market.
Last Saturday of every month. 10am-2pm. Ocklynge Rd, Eastbourne.
Local produce, homemade cakes. (01323) 722924.
East Dean Village Market
Every Wednesday 10.30am-12.30pm. East Dean Village Hall. Tel: 01323
423481 or 07730 325398.
Hailsham Market
2nd Saturday in every month 9am-12.30pm. Hailsham Cattle Market.
Tel: 01323 833359.
Pevensey Bay Village Market
2nd Saturday in every month 9am-11.45am (April – September). St
Wilfrid's Hall, Eastbourne Road. Tel: 01323 460178.
Or (weather permitting) ...
Fly a kite up on the Downs.
Pretend you are a tourist. Sit on the beach,
paddle in the sea, go rock-pooling, eat a picnic (or take a flask of
hot soup - depending on aforementioned weather!)
Take a stroll around the marina and admire
all the boats.
Rollerskate / cycle along the Eastern end of
the seafront, where you’re in a car free zone.
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