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Sketching days - 2026
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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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Coffee and sketch at the Cosy Club - on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 10.00 till 12.30 (ish) - drop in any time
68 Highcross St, Leicester LE1 4NN All welcome, including non-members. You can come along for a relaxed sketch and paint at one of Leicester's best cafes. The coffee and company are great. It's next to the Highcross Centre so easy to find by car or on foot. |
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Wed 22nd April
Kibworth Antique Centre (6-9pm) 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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Tues 19th May Stonehurst Farm, Mountsorrel 10.30am at car park. Farm buildings, animals, motor museum. Stonehurst Family Farm & Museum, Bond Lane, Mountsorrel, LE12 7AA There may be an admission fee https://www.instagram.com/stonehurst_farm/ |
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Thursday 18th June Left to Draw Studios and Market Harborough Canal Basin Meet at 10.30am Left to Draw Studios Union Wharf Market Harborough, LE16 7UW https://left-to-draw-studios.square.site/ |
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Sun 26th July - Welford Road Cemetery
Welford Road Leicester, LE2 6BF Meet at 11am at the Visitor Centre Victorian cemetery, opened in 1849 and still in use today. It is more than 12 hectares in size with around 10,000 headstones and 35,000 graves, and is a Grade II listed site. The cemetery’s visitor centre can be found near the main entrance in Welford Road. The centre is staffed by the Friends of Welford Road Cemetery and has information, leaflets and a public toilet suitable for disabled visitors. The centre is normally open from 10am till 1pm on a Sunday but should stay open till 2pm for us. Please note that Welford Road Cemetery is a designated Local Wildlife Site. The cemetery is designated for its grassland habitat, and as a consequence in July the grass in some areas of the cemetery may be quite long due to conservation grassland management practices with limited mowing to encourage the growth of the unique grassland flora. Please be aware of potential trip hazards, and stay on the pathways and areas of shorter grass. https://www.fowrcl.org.uk/ |
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August - Abbey Pumping station
11am at entrance. Abbey Pumping Station museum has collections of industrial, technological and scientific items relating to Leicester. Corporation Road Leicester LE4 5PX Car Parking is not available onsite - pay and display visitors parking is on the Space Centre car park next door. https://www.abbeypumpingstation.org/ |
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Wed Sept 2nd - Kelmarsh Hall
10.30am at car park. Gardens, flora, trees. Kelmarsh, Northampton, NN6 9LY There is an entrance fee: - Adult - £10.00 (gardens) / £14.00 (hall and gardens) Concessions (65+, students) - £9.00 (gardens) / £13.00 (hall and gardens https://www.kelmarsh.com/ |
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