Looking for family-friendly activities during half-term? Then take a look at the events on offer in and around Newmarket – there is something for everyone!
Get creative this half-term with the National Horseracing Museum’s interactive VR Graffiti Workshop, led by Ian Dance from the Subversiv Collective. Designed for budding street artists aged 7 and over, the session gives participants the chance to explore virtual reality technology while creating their own digital graffiti artwork in a fun, hands-on environment. Spaces are limited and advance booking is recommended.
Date: Wednesday 27 May
Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm
Price: £15pp, ages 7+
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Spring is the perfect season for a visit to the National Stud. Explore this 500 acre site with a 90 minute behind the scenes tour with Discover Newmarket and learn about the formation of the Stud and the important role it still plays today. Meet the resident stallions and retired legends along with the visiting mares and this year’s newborn foals.
Dates: Friday, Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday
Price: Adults £16.50, children £6.50
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Step back in time this half-term at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village as The Stronghold Society returns for a weekend of battle re-enactments, living history camps and combat demonstrations. Families can explore the reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village, meet costumed historical characters and experience what life was like in early medieval England through interactive displays and live action performances.
Date: Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 May
Price: Adults £8.50, children £5.50, family ticket £26
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Sit back and enjoy a film at Newmarket’s independent cinema. In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can’t possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.
Date: Wednesday 20th to Thursday 28th May
Price: Adults £10, Children £5, Family Ticket starting at £19.50
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Perfect for thrill seekers, Phoenix Cycleworks welcomes special guest Harley Beckett, better known as “Rockstar Harley”, on Saturday 23 May. One of the UK’s most exciting young mountain biking and BMX talents, Harley has gained a huge following for his fearless riding style, massive tricks and appearances on the Masters of Dirt Freestyle Firestorm Tour 2026. Visitors can watch one of action sports’ rising stars in action while enjoying the atmosphere at Phoenix Cycleworks during the half-term weekend.Known for riding some of the UK’s top bike parks and freeride spots, Rockstar Harley continues to inspire young riders through his passion, progression and creativity on two wheels.
Date: Saturday 23 May
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The historic town of Bury St Edmunds will be the venue for this year’s Suffolk Day on Sunday 21 June, also the UK’s longest day and Father’s Day.
A spectacular summer day of polo, family entertainment and fundraising in support of East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Looking for family-friendly activities during half-term? Then take a look at the events on offer in and around Newmarket – there is something for everyone!
We take a first look at the newly refurbished The Ickworth Hotel ahead of its official reopening at the end of May.
A new interpretation board and commemorative plaque have been unveiled at Newmarket railway station, marking the town’s rich railway heritage as part of the national Railway 200 celebrations.
Ely Cathedral is delighted to announce the return of peregrine falcons to its historic West Tower, marking another exciting chapter in the life of one of the region’s most iconic landmarks.
As generations of fine-limbed thoroughbreds pranced on and off the trains at Newmarket’s original railway station, almost unnoticed, their working class cousins were shifting around the waggons which carried them to racecourses all over the country.
The Ipswich to Cambridge rail line, which includes 11 stations including Newmarket, is to be promoted as St.
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