Sat 10 Oct 2026
Guided walk: Secret Life of the Forest
A 9-mile linear walk through Broxa Forest with Brian Walker from Channel 5's Secret Life of the Forest
Tue 3 Aug 2027
Photo: neurovelho, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Show
The oldest gooseberry show in the country, held on the first Tuesday of August since 1800, with berries the size of hens' eggs.
Growers bring their heaviest gooseberries to be weighed on apothecary scales in a schoolroom in the Esk Valley, as they have done every year since 1800. The world record, over 64 grams, was set here. Entirely serious, entirely charming and over in an afternoon.
Other events coming up
10–11 Oct 2026
Back to the 1940s at Eden Camp
Wartime weekend with re-enactors, vehicles and 1940s music at the prisoner-of-war camp museum
10–11 Oct 2026
Sir Nigel Gresley static viewing days at Grosmont
See the record-breaking A4 locomotive up close in the engine shed, with short cab talks