Royston Heath Conservation How do you tell poisonous mushrooms apart from the edible ones? You give them to someone else to eat first! (Warning: do not eat the fungi or mushrooms you find please!) Fungi on Therfield Heath This time of year we are saying goodbye to the majority of the wild flowers on the […]
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Local Markets Royston Market Every Wednesday and Saturday, 8am-3pm. plus Christmas Market on Saturday 18th December at Royston Market Square. To find out more visit: www.facebook.com/RoystonMarket Royston Country Market The market is open 8am -12pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays. We also now have a card machine! We are looking for new bakers to join our
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Tallulah’s Kitchen… Shortbread Hello and a festive welcome to this December’s edition of The Listing. This month I would like to share with you a recipe for shortbread. This is a quick and simple treat, perfect for those unexpected visitors and ideal as a little seasonal gift, although sadly I am unable to say how
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Out and About… Santa Sleigh Routes 2021 Santa is back with Royston and District Round Table this year supporting local causes and charities. We will be continuing with social distancing and not knocking on doors this year, however we will be able to collect with our socially distanced buckets! You can also donate directly
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Since the Barley Flower Tower was hoisted into position with the expert help of the Royston Fire service and a band of helpful villagers, its renown has spread far and wide. On 27th June, the rector Ruth Pyke and Flower Tower designer Alison White were interviewed live on BBC Look East and on the 30th
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Local charity, Garden House Hospice Care are inviting their community to join them for this year’s annual festival of remembrance. Garden House Hospice Care provides a wide range of services for patients, their carers, and families facing a life limiting illness. Free specialist palliative care is provided to over 900 adults a year living with
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Melbourn FC raise £4500 for CPSL Mind Last season, Melbourn FC challenged themselves to run or walk a combined 6,000km – the distance between their home ground to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul and back – to raise money for local mental health charity, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind. Now, the club
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Christmas Wood Turning Gallery Rowland Penfold has for many years exhibited his work at Curwens Gallery in Royston High Street. This year he is once again opening a pop-up Gallery for a few days prior to Christmas. As well as typically seasonal offerings there will be his individual style of wood turning which includes a
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Young Photographers Competition Aspiring young photographers aged between seven and 17 are being asked to submit a photo on the theme “Colours of Nature”, set by the Rotary Club of Royston. Readers may recall that this year’s winners were Olivia Frost, aged 11, from Royston with a picture titled “Blackbird”, and Jack Kirby, from Foxton,
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Art in Town Royston Arts Society’s display of paintings in Royston Library is back! The Society is delighted to announce that it has reinstated this popular feature, in a valued collaboration with the Library, after a long gap caused by Covid-related restrictions. Members of RAS exhibit their paintings – all of which are for sale
Escape to the City this Autumn Take a visit to Seven Dials this November, a slow-paced area of central London providing an escape from the busy streets of the city. The area has recently collaborated with floral design experts, Urban Growth London and the Young Camden Foundation to put on a striking eco-floral art installation.
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Royston Heath Conservation You Better Beleaf It!! We are now moving fully into our Autumn and Winter works program, which means you will see some practical actions happening on the heath. We have a vast number of trees found on the heath and after completing a survey during the summer we are now actioning the
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