‘One A Day’ The Harehope Quarry Project and Frosterley Village Hall have been funded through Durham County Council’s Holiday Activities with Healthy Food fund to provide food and enriching activities during the Whitsun school holiday. This project was planned for…
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Our Natural Explorers programme this year is being jointly run with Weardale Wildlife Group’s, Weardale Young Naturalists’ Club. Autumn Secrets Leaves rustling, birds flocking, creatures searching for a den. We can help prepare for winter making bug hotels and hedgehog homes.
Our Natural Explorers programme this year is being jointly run with Weardale Wildlife Group’s, Weardale Young Naturalists’ Club. Wet and wild Dipping for pond and river creatures. Find amazing creatures and fish them out for a have a closer look.…
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Cook wild foraged food on a camp fire producing several tasty dishes We’ll go on a foraging walk collecting wild food to cook later on but also looking at the whole range of wild food we find. We’ll then take…
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The Harehope Quarry Project and Frosterley Village Hall have been funded through Durham County Council’s Holiday Activities with Healthy Food fund to provide food and enriching activities during the Whitsun school holiday. This project was planned for the Easter holidays…
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One of the things we have been able to do during lockdown is make charcoal, as it can all be done on site. We have now have bags available for sale, which can be picked up if you are local…
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Our Natural Explorers programme this year is being jointly run with Weardale Wildlife Group’s, Weardale Young Naturalists’ Club. Spring into Action Birds singing, tadpoles swimming, buds bursting into bloom. It’s all happening. As the natural world springs into life we’ll search…
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Willow can be used to make a range of useful objects from weaving a willow basket to a fish trap or even a chair. This introduction to willow basket weaving will give you the basic skills to produce a…
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Due to the Covid-19 situation Harehope Quarry is closed to groups until it is appropriate for groups to meet again. All our bookings have been cancelled or postponed currently up until July. We will use this time to manage the…
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The time has come again to start thinking about our events and activities for 2020. We will be adding events to the website throughout the year but a few regulars and some new comers have already been added. These include…
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