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Volunteer day: 20th Mar 2010
10.00am – 4.00pm. Join our regular volunteering event. Tasks will include the continued work on the eco-classroom and nature reserve management. Refreshments and a light lunch are provided so if you intend to come please let us know so we have an idea of numbers.
North Pennines Rock Detectives club: Feel the force: 24th Apr 2010
11.00am – 2.00pm. Join us at Ashgill Force, near Alston. Find out how this waterfall formed and enjoy this lovely part of the North Pennines. Contact for details.
Northern Rocks Event: Slitt Wood family activity walk: 23rd May 2010
10.30am – 1.00pm. Enjoy a walk in Slitt Wood at Westgate and learn about the area’s industrial past. A wonderful place and lots of activities to join in with. Meet at the entrance to Slitt Wood. Children £2. Booking essential.
North Pennine Rock Detective club: Farm detectives: 12th Jun 2010
11.00am – 2.30pm. Use your detective skills to find out where the grass really is greener! This event will visit Coatlith Farm in Alston, a typical North Pennines farm. Contact for details.
Wild food foray: 20th Jun 2010
10.00am – 2.00pm. Come along on a mid summer wild food foray in the vicinity of Harehope Quarry. Learn about the wild edible foods around us and then join us for a wild food buffet. How about treating dad for Fathers’ Day! Adults £7, Children £5, Families £15. Booking essential.
Raku workshops: 26th Jun 2010
10.00am – 4.00pm. Raku is a Japanese form of pottery, which involves rapid heating and cooling. Over 2 weekends make your pot and glaze before firing it in a wood-burning kiln that you’ve helped to build. Take home a lovely pot. £80 per person. Includes expert tuition, all materials and refreshments. Bring a packed lunch for both days. Booking essential. 10 participants required to run this course.
Raku workshops: 10th Jul 2010
10.00am – 4.00pm. Raku is a Japanese form of pottery, which involves rapid heating and cooling. Over 2 weekends make your pot and glaze before firing it in a wood-burning kiln that you’ve helped to build. Take home a lovely pot. £80 per person. Includes expert tuition, all materials and refreshments. Bring a packed lunch for both days. Booking essential. 10 participants required to run this course.
North Pennine Rock Detective club: Rocks on wheels: 17th Jul 2010
10.30am – 1.00pm. Join us on a rocky cycle ride. This will be along a section of the Waskerley Way, a dismantled railway, near Stanhope. Contact for details.
North Pennines Rock Detectives club: Harsh environments: 25th Sep 2010
10.30am – 1.00pm. Come and find out what plants and animals can tolerate living with lead on the Hudeshope Beck in Middleton-in-Teesdale. Contact for details.
Volunteer day: 09th Oct 2010
10.00am – 4.00pm. Join our regular volunteering event. Tasks will include the continued work on the eco-classroom and nature reserve management. Refreshments and a light lunch are provided so if you intend to come please let us know so we have an idea of numbers.

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For further information and to make an event booking please contact:

Harehope Quarry Project Ltd,
Harehope Quarry,
Frosterley,
Bishop Auckland,
Co. Durham,
DL13 2SG

Tel: 01388 528633 or 01388 528599

Email Us for Event Enquiries & Bookings

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The Great Rock Tour: 17th Dec 2009
On yet another wet and windy Sunday in November, an intrepid group of children and adults set out to experience the "Great Rock Tour". The group, the North Pennines Rock Detective Club from Harehope Quarry, set out in two minibuses bravely driven by Weardale Community Transport! One minibus went west, whilst the other headed east. The two groups went in search of rocks, which are typical of the North Pennines. A small rock sample was taken from each site within the North Pennines Geopark and will be sent to a Geopark in southern France. The Reserve Geologique de Haute-Provence will be sent the rock samples, which will be incorporated into their "Children of the Earth" monument containing rock samples from around the world.
The Last Wilderness: 20th Aug 2009
10th-12th September 2009, 7pm Harehope Quarry, Frosterley The Last Wilderness is a new site-specific creation from Changeling Productions, the theatre company known for creating unique work in unusual places throughout the UK and Europe. The Last Wilderness is the dramatic story of Thomas Allman, a North Pennines hill farmer, faced with the biggest decision of his life. Should he sell his farm to the mysterious stranger who apparently offers him the answer to all his problems? Haunted by the failures and betrayals of the past and his hopes for the future Thomas finds himself journeying to The Last Wilderness, a place where he must face up to who he is and what he is. Performances will take place over three evenings in the beautiful surroundings of Harehope Quarry in Frosterley, an eco-project that explores sustainable living, where the world-famous Frosterley Marble was originally quarried.
The Last Wilderness Arts Workshops: 20th Aug 2009
The Last Wilderness is a site specific theatre and music performance at about life in the Durham Dales and the North Pennines, with performances taking place at Harehope Quarry over three evenings from 10th-12th September.