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Marlborough Town Council
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Trout in Schools

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ARK Trout in School is celebrating running for 10 years, over the years the project has engaged thousands of children throughout the Kennet catchment with their local river, helping them understand where their water comes from and that water is a precious resource. By looking after tiny brown trout the classes gain an understanding that often the wildlife that live in the Kennet are highly sensitive and have very specific requirements. They will only thrive in a healthy river environment. They need a plentiful supply of clean, cool, well oxygenated water with well vegetated riverbanks. Over the duration of the project ARK revisit the schools and run fun, hands on sessions teaching the brown trout life cycle and trout anatomy. A very popular session is the freshwater invertebrates session, when the class learns about the creatures that make up a trout's natural diet, we take live examples into the classroom allowing the students to develop identification skills. They are then able to identify good water quality indicator species and their abundance.

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Throughout the project there is a strong link to developing everyone's knowledge about chalk streams and how if we are all more water efficient there is more water left for the native wildlife (including trout) to thrive.

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The release is the chance to get everyone into the river, to experience fun in a chalk stream and say goodbye to their trout.

This year we've got Water Matters passports for all the children taking part, whiuch are full of interesting information and come with stickers to show what has been spotted over the project, particularly at the release days.

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Now showing....
Catch a movie at Marlborough's state of the art cinema with licensed bar and cafe

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Rugby

Rugby
Watch Marlborough home games on The Common

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The Merchant's House

The Merchant's House
Guided tours, museum and special events at this 17th Century historic house in Marlborough High Street

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31 March to 1 April - Crofton Beam Engines in steam

31 March to 1 April - Crofton Beam Engines in steam
The oldest working steam engines in the world still performing the job they were built to do

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20 April - Spring Concert

20 April - Spring Concert
Marlborough Choral Society present their Spring Concert at St Mary's Church

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6 May - Sports and Activity Festival

6 May - Sports and Activity Festival
Marlborough Sports Forum is hosting a FREE day of fun filled sport and activities for children aged 10+

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31 May to 9 June - Walking Festival

31 May to 9 June - Walking Festival
Bookings are now OPEN for the North Wessex Downs Walking Festival 31 May - 9 June 2024! Visit a farm, uncover history, discover wildlife, picnic with the family, ... or simply soak up the views! Walks across the area from Whitchurch to Wantage, Pewsey to Peasemore, Marlborough and more... Many walks are free!

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8 June - The Lifeboat Concert

8 June - The Lifeboat Concert
Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution local chamber choir Dodecantus present a programme of Seafaring Songs and Verse at St Peters

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29 June - MantonFest

29 June - MantonFest
Family friendly festival in a day

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Weekends in July - Open Studios

Weekends in July - Open Studios
In July each year artists across north Wiltshire open up their studios for you to visit, meet them and enjoy their artwork

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7 July to 3 August - Summer School

7 July to 3 August - Summer School
There's something for everyone at Marlborough College Summer School

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22 August to 2 September - Giffords Circus

22 August to 2 September - Giffords Circus
Giffords Circus is a magical village green circus that tours England from the first days of spring to the first glimpse of winter

26 to 29 September - LitFest

26 to 29 September - LitFest
Celebrate the best writing and books with events for all ages

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29 November - Festive Market & Lights Switch-On

29 November - Festive Market & Lights Switch-On
Save the date for the 2024 Christmas lights switch-on event

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What's on?
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