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Sketching days - 2025
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Coffee and sketch at the Cosy Club - on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 10.00 till 12.30
2025 Sketching days
No booking needed, just turn up with your sketching things - non-members welcome. No charge but some places have an entrance fee or parking charge.
Please let us know if you have any favourite places that you would like us to visit!
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Wed 9th April
Kibworth Antique Centre (7-9pm) Kibworth Antiques Centre 19 Harborough Rd, Kibworth Harcourt, Leicester LE8 0RB Spend the evening sketching at Kibworth Antique Centre - lots of artefacts and interesting objects, and the cafe will be open as well. There is a car park. https://www.kibworthantiquescentre.co.uk/ |
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Sun 11th May The Newarke and Castle View Historic area of Leicester - including Newarke Houses museum and gardens, St Mary de Castro church, and the Magazine Gateway. https://www.visitleicester.info/see-and-do/the-newarke-p806861 |
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Friday 20th June Knaptoft, Grange Farm (members only) Gardens, farm buildings, landscape views across fields, and the vegetable patch. Email if you are interested in coming and would like directions. |
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Wed 23rd July - Launde Abbey
450 acres of parkland, Dairy Tea Room Launde Abbey, East Norton, Leicestershire, LE7 9XB https://www.laundeabbey.org.uk/ |
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Sun 10th August - Aylestone Meadows
10.30am at Kings Lock Tearoom (LE2 8LT) Map: Kings Lock Tearoom Nearest car park: Bottom of Marsden Lane LE2 8LR Alternative car park: Canal Street LE2 8LZ Nature reserve, river, Grand Union canal with Kings Lock, and Kings Lock Tearoom. Things to draw include Victorian railway bridge (now a walk), ancient packhorse bridge, Victorian canal bridge, willows, flood meadows, old ridge and furrow clear on field near cafe, lock, lock keepers cottage, pylons, stream joins canal, passing canal boats, horses in field etc. |
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Sept date tbc - Great Central Railway