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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 Entrance will be free of charge. You are encouraged to use the Cafe or Farm Shop. Both are lovely. 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 https://www.fowrcl.org.uk/visitor-centre/ Parking is available on the terrace or along the side of the road near 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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Sat August 22nd - Washbrook Allotments
Welford Road, LE2 6FP (what3words:client.ages.trendy) 1pm. The best place to park for the event is Brinsmead Road and the entrance to the allotments is across the road on the Welford Road. Our hosts are inviting us to plots 79b and 80a, and they will bring a few chairs. |
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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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We have a community engagement day related to our Trinity House exhibition, all welcome.
Saturday 12th September Trinity House and herb garden, De Montfort University campus opposite the Hawthorne Building on The Newarke . LE2 7BY. Meet at 10.30am in Trinity House Gallery. De Montfort University and Leicester Sketch Club are pleased to offer a sketching event in this Historic area of Leicester - including Trinity House and Herb Garden, Castle View, St Mary de Castro church and the Magazine Gateway. This event is free and open to all. Bring your own materials – or you are welcome to use materials which will be available free on the day. This lovely historical area of Leicester offers opportunities for sketching indoors and outside the Trinity Hospital Chapel and herb garden, St Mary de Castro churchyard and Castle View. The area is a unique tranquil spot with interesting buildings, cobbled streets with a ruinous medieval gatehouse called Turret Gateway. This is also a last chance to view the exhibition “Sketching Old Leicester” - work by LSC members. Bring a packed lunch – or visit The Castle Pub or Hand & Bowl Deli for refreshments. Street parking available on The Newarke (off Western Boulevard) - see map: The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7DR and on Castle View, Leicester, LE1 5WH and Castle Yard, Leicester, LE1 5WH. https://www.visitleicester.info/see-and-do/the-newarke-p806861 |
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