

For details of The Reader’s activities at Calderstones and how to get involved, visit Free cyclingĪdults and children can gain access to free cycling training this summer thanks to Cycle Confident and BikeRIght and funding from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The August 29 walk will explore Unearthing the Past and the September 11 walk will be centre on the ancient Calder Stones based in the park. There are also three new Welly Walks this summer, starting with a Beatles-themed Swinging into the 60s walk on Wednesday, July 27. Throughout August, the Storybarn will be hosting Fishing for Stories a nautical-themed adventure involving seaside games and sea shanties, and I Spy A Story, a part-imaginative play, part-escape room experience, In July, families can take part in a new, self-led outdoor summer trail based on the picture book The Story Thief by Graham Carter.įamily tickets include a map for everyone and a copy of the book to take home and enjoy again and again. Storybarn is set to host its biggest summer ever, with events planned throughout the school holidays. The Reader's Storybarn in Calderstones Park, Liverpool (Image: James Maloney) You can book tickets to Jurassic Adventure here. People can stay in the play area all day, to make use of the activities. Ticket prices include access to all of the usual park attractions, including adventure golf, ‘racing rangers’, bouncing pillow, mini go karts, diggers, sandpit and playground. Tickets are £20 per child, £10 per adult, £10 for children aged 12-23 months, £7.50 concessions and under ones go free. Jurassic Adventure runs from August 6 to 14 at Otterspool Adventure, on Otterspool Drive. Visitors will get to take a tour of the Dino Discovery Centre, explore the Jurassic Trail to see how many life size dinosaurs you can spot, and uncover fossils in the Archaeological Dig There will also be a prehistoric parade and a DINOTECH2000 LAB where visitors are invited inside to join Ranger Joey and his fearless friends in a fun filled, action packed 30 minute live show. Jurassic Adventure will transport people back 200 million years to when dinosaurs roamed the land. Otterspool Adventure is hosting a dinosaur themed event this summer holidays. You must book tickets for the Safari Park online here ahead of your visit. The Endangered Species BRICKLIVE event at Knowsley Safari runs until Sunday, September 4, 2022. Brick builders spent more than 5,000 hours creating the 27 model animals, totalling 211 days and using more than 1.1 million bricks.Īll 27 of the life-sized brick animals feature on the Red List of Threatened Species, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The brick models, which include a Bengal tiger, giant panda and gorilla, can be found within Knowsley Safari’s Foot Safari, placed among the real giraffes, meerkats, Amur tigers and bush dogs. Knowsley Safari has welcomed the BRICKLIVE trail, making it home to 27 life size animals made out of tiny bricks this summer.

RedBall ProjectĪ total of 1.1 million bricks have been used to create the 27 animals. The festival will feature a range of traders selling food, drinks, arts and crafts, as well as free family workshops from the likes of Movema, LFC’s Open Goals Project, Katumba, LUSH, North West Cancer Research and Scouse Flowerhouse. The event is part of a week-long celebration being organised by Toxteth-based charity Mandela8, which commissioned an official memorial in the park that is almost complete. The event will take place on Saturday, July 23 from 12.30pm until 5.30pm.
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From full family days out to free local activities, check out our guide to summer in Merseyside: Princes Park festivalĪ free festival will take place at Princes Park later this month, in order to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s family visiting Liverpool. This year LIMF returns in a new format, while new festivals and events launch for the first time - you can find out where, when and how to plan your visit below.īelow, we’ve taken a look at a huge range of events taking place in Liverpool and beyond this summer to keep your break fun, full and entertaining. This summer will see Liverpool host a number of festivals, adventures and things to do - with some events returning for the first time since lockdown in 2020.

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Luckily in Merseyside there's no shortage of great things to do and see during the summer months. The summer holidays have arrived and with them comes the ongoing questions of just how to keep the kids entertained for six whole weeks.
