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Eastern England

Comprising of the following counties:

Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Suffolk

Hatfield House Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5NB

DATE: Wed 24th September 2008
TIME: 9.30am to 2.30pm
KEY STAGE: Key Stage 2 (priority given to yrs 5 & 6)

COST: This event is free of charge in 2008 thanks to The Fiona Barker Memorial Fund.

PRE-VISIT BRIEFING (PVB): All schools must send a representative to the PVB, without the PVB, we cannot accept schools on the Estate Day.

PRE VISIT BRIEFING
DATE: TBA
TIME: 4.30pm
LOCATION: Hatfield House

Thurlow Estate, Great Thurlow, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7LQ

DATE: Thursday 22nd May, 2008
TIME: 9.30am to 2.30pm
KEY STAGE: Key Stage 2 (priority given to yrs 5 & 6)
COST: This event is free of charge in 2008 thanks to The Fiona Barker Memorial Fund.

PRE-VISIT BRIEFING (PVB): All schools must send a representative to the PVB, without the PVB, we cannot accept schools on the Estate Day.

PRE VISIT BRIEFING
DATE: Wednesday 14th May 2008
TIME: 4.30pm
LOCATION: Thurlow Estate

The day will be centred at Hall Barn, Great Thurlow and will include demonstrations and visits to the following Estate activities:

Farming - The arable farming process including the machinery and the food production process from field to table. The livestock including the suckler herd and the sheep flock.

Woodland Management - Three demonstrations to show the full life cycle of the woodland from seed collection to timber processing, including the environmental benefit of active woodland management.

The Thurlow Foxhounds - A visit to the Hunt Kennels to meet the hounds and the working horses as well as the terrier man and his terriers and ferrets.

Gamekeeping - Game bird rearing, working retrievers and the environmental benefit of vermin control.

For further information contact
Sarah Rowe
Tel:01954 200812 or 07979 595464
or e-mail

 

Woburn Estate,Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, MK17 9WA

DATE: Thursday 26th June, 2008
TIME: 9.30am to 2.30pm
KEY STAGE: Key Stage 2 (priority given to yrs 5 & 6)
COST: There is no charge for this event

PRE-VISIT BRIEFING (PVB): All schools must send a representative to the PVB, without the PVB, we cannot accept schools on the Estate Day.

PRE VISIT BRIEFING
DATE: TBC - 2008
TIME: 4.30pm
LOCATION: Woburn Safari Park

See how estates like Woburn have adapted to remain viable, yet preserve the beauty of the countryside.

The trails followed on the day will include:

Farming - crops and machinery from Woburn farms.

Deer - meeting the deer staff, identifying deer and learning about deer control.

Woodland - meeting a gamekeeper and foresters, identifying trees and seeing planting/felling in action.

For further information contact
Adele Clegg
Tel: 01525 290991
or e-mail

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