Events

The events page is continually updated, please keep checking this page for future events. If you have an event that you would like to hold in one of Oldham’s parks please contact 0161 770 4056 and request a booking form

Tuesday 23rd of August

Nordic walking (intermediate walk)

Join us on 11.00am – 1.00pm

a Nordic Walk by the canal and through Chadderton.

This is a form of brisk walking exercise, using poles similar to ski

poles. Originating from summer training for cross-country skiers, it

gives your body a really good workout and also improves the health

of your heart and lungs. Please wear appropriate clothing. We’ll be

back at the pub in time for lunch!

Meet at the Rose of Lancaster pub car park, Chadderton OL1 2TQ.

No booking required

Wednesday 24th of August

 

1.00pm-3.00pm

Moston Brook Bio Blitz

1.00pm-3.00pm

Join us for an afternoon of family fun at Moston Brook. Free activities

include bug hunting, wildlife surveys, tree identification. Look at

wildlife up close on our TV screen. For further details please contact

Ann Bates on 07801 204 804

Moston Brook nr Wrigley Head canal bridge. Site can be accessed

via Parkfield Road North, New Moston or via Wrigley Head, Failsworth

No booking required Nordic Walk by the canal and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 25th of August 

 

 

 

Public meeting on the history of the

Rochdale Canal

7.15pm- 8.30pm

Hosted by the Failsworth Historical Society.

Everyone welcome. Light refreshments served

Failsworth Lifelong Learning Centre,

Failsworth Town Hall, Oldham Road, M35 OFJ

No booking required

 

Friday 26th of August 

 

 

 

Storytelling event

2.30pm- 3.30pm

Storytelling for young children

Failsworth Library (outside on the bank of the canal)

No booking required

Canoeing taster session

9.30am- 11.00am or 11.00am-12.30pm

Come and have a go at canoeing with instructors from Oldham Outdoor

Education Centre. For adults and children age 8 and over. Please wear

comfortable clothing and footwear and bring a change of clothes- just in case!

Failsworth Canal Basin

Booking required. Telephone Jenna Simpson: 0161 770 2198

or Dan Knight: 0161 770 4169

Saturday 27th of August

Canoeing taster session

12.30pm-2.00pm or 2.00pm-3.30pm

Come and have a go at canoeing with instructors from Oldham Outdoor

Education Centre. For adults and children age 8 and over. Please wear

comfortable clothing and footwear and bring a change of clothes- just in

case!

Failsworth Canal Basin

Booking required. Telephone

Jenna Simpson: 0161 770 2198 or Dan Knight: 0161 770 4169

COME JOIN US FOR THE

CANAL FESTIVAL

FINALE EVENT!

 

SUNDAY 28TH AUGUST

@ FAILSWORTH DISTRICT

CENTRE 11AM – 3.30PMDAY 28TH AUGUST

 

Come celebrate and join in a range of

fun, free activities including: angling

taster sessions, face painting, canal

boat making, climbing wall, storytelling,

live entertainment and refreshment

stalls. And at Grassroots: have a go at

gardening, apple pressing, wildlife

activities, charity and refreshment

stalls and more!

Activities at Failsworth canal basin

(next to Tesco car park), in the

district centre and at grassroots

community allotment, accessed

from towpath or Marlborough Drive.