Wokingham Borough Connect
 Join a nature walk at Buckhurst Meadow
Fancy finding out more about some of our local flora and fauna whilst enjoying a leisurely family walk?
Join Thames Basin Heath Partnership together with My Journey Wokingham this Saturday (6 August) for a fun butterfly and dragonfly nature walk around Buckhurst Meadow in Wokingham. See how many different species you can spot around the park.
Walks are running at 10am or 2pm on Saturday and last between an hour and 90 minutes, with light refreshments available at the end. Spaces are free but need to be booked in advance.
Walks start from Floreat Montague Park Primary School. Sturdy foot wear, such as trainers, are recommended.
 Summer holiday cycle training
Avanti Cycling are running Bikeability Summer Courses at Woodford Park Leisure Centre in Woodley. Training costs £10 or £20 depending on which one is selected.
Courses are being held at various locations across the borough, as well as in neighbouring areas of Reading and Bracknell Forest.
Currently available to book are:
Bikeability Level 1/2 - open to children who are confident cyclists aged nine years and older.
Bikeability Level 3 - open to children aged nine years and older who have completed Bikeability Level 2 in the last six months to an intermediate level. Riders will be riding on busier roads in a group of three with one instructor.
 Still time to sign up for kids activity camps
There is still time to enrol your child into this summer's Power-Up Activity Camps. The camps offer a range of fun and sporting activities to keep borough children active and entertained.
The camps run at Loddon Valley Leisure Centre in Earley until 2 September, excluding the bank holiday on 29 August. The camps are open to borough children aged five to 12 years old.
Activities* include:
- Pool fun
- Basketball
- Inflatable fun
- Hockey
- Martial arts
- Football
- Tennis
- Cricket and more
To book your child’s place, visit our website. Residents can also book online for the October half-term activity camps and receive 15 per cent off by using discount code OCTOBER15 at the checkout. Discount valid until 2 September.
*Classes subject to availability. Power-Up Kids Activity Camps is a separate scheme (paid by parents) to the government-funded Holiday, Activities and Food Programme.
 Tickets for outdoor cinema discounted
Get your picnic blanket and popcorn at the ready!
Tickets for this year’s outdoor cinema at Dinton Pastures Country Park are now discounted. At a price of £9 per person, they are said to be the cheapest outdoor cinema tickets in Berkshire.
From next week until the end of the month, there will be a screening every Saturday evening:
- 13 Aug: Bridget Jones’s Diary
- 20 Aug: Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (2021)
- 27 Aug: Clueless and Legally Blonde (double feature)
For an extra £4 for each person, you can book to arrive early from 6pm and join the preview party with live performances by local artists before the film starts.
Food stalls on site will offer tasty refreshments, or you can bring your own picnic.
Find out more and grab a ticket on the GoCinema website.
 SHINE at the Carnival Hub and Cantley Park
Did you know we are now running some of our popular SHINE activities at the Carnival Hub in Wokingham?
These are group activities for residents aged 55 and over. SHINE is a great opportunity to get out, get fit and make new friends whilst enjoying classes developed just for you.
New sessions running at the Hub include Latin fitness, body conditioning, low-intensity exercise, Zumba, circuits, yoga and Pilates, with more to be added to our timetable in August and September. You can view a timetable of all the SHINE classes, which run at venues across the borough, on the bookings page.
You can find out more about how to sign up to SHINE activities on our website. SHINE is free to join and classes cost £5.20 each on a pay as you go basis, or £43 for a pack of ten session credits.
Outdoor classes at Cantley Park
We've also got a series of outdoor SHINE exercise classes until 29 September.
These classes run weekly at Cantley Park in Wokingham and you can choose from yoga or pilates. It is a great way to get fit, have fun and meet others.
The daily classes are:
- Monday - Yoga at 5.30pm (also open to non-SHINE members)
- Tuesday - Pilates at 5pm (SHINE only)
- Wednesday - Yoga at 2pm (SHINE only)
- Thursday - Pilates at 10am and 12.30pm (SHINE only)
If you are a SHINE member, you can book a class by visiting our booking website and signing in.
For non-SHINE members, you can register and book a class by visiting our booking website.
 Talk about historic jubilees in Wokingham
The jubilee weekend may have passed but there's still time to find out more about how Royal Jubilees were celebrated in years gone by.
Join Peter Must from the Wokingham Society for a fascinating talk about how Jubilees have been celebrated nationally and internationally, as well as in Wokingham, during the last 200 years from King George III to Queen Elizabeth II.
The talk takes place at Wokingham Library on Thursday 18 August, from 10.30am to 11.30am.
Find out more and book a space on our libraries pages.
 Wokingham Festival returns this month
Live music returns to Cantley Park later this summer with Wokingham Festival running on the August bank holiday weekend.
More than 40 artists are appearing from Saturday to Monday (27 to 29 August), so there should be something for everyone.
Beyond the music there's a range of food and drink stands, and children will find a number of activities to keep them amused, including circus skills, face painting and table-top games, plus a Hands-On Art tent run by MoreArts.
The Beer Festival Bar, run by the Twyford Beer Festival crew, will stock a wide selection of specialist craft beers, ciders and perries from local and national breweries.
Festival photo by Andrew Merritt Photography
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