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Hi everyone, I've been blogging non-stop about Saltholme's summer family activities. They've been brill. Monsters , blueprints and even ships . Last week was the first week of the Saltholme small ships and what a week it was. Between Tuesday and Thursday, families (with lots of input from...

Hi everyone, It seems ages ago that we were getting ready for wild art week . We had a great three days of making cyanotype 'blueprints' using hand-made photographic paper and all kinds of natural materials. Big thanks go to Lindsay, Maz and Lukas who ran the day for us. Just to show how much...

Hi everyone, We've had stacks of family fun at Saltholme this summer. Monster making , photography fun and pond dipping every day . What's next I hear you cry? Well, it's time for my favourite event of the year - Saltholme small ships . We had a go at this activity last year when the Tall...

Hi everyone, We've another action-packed week ahead for families at Saltholme. It's wild art week and that means we'll be making real photographic prints with the help of artist Lindsay Duncanson . It's a brill activity for families, but anyone can have a go. In fact, we want you to...

Hi everyone, Pond dipping seems to be the summer pursuit for families at Saltholme right now. Everyone's having a go. We've had reports of all sorts of monsters of the not-so-deep like sticklebacks, dragonfly larvae and even water scorpions. If you've not been pond dipping yet...

It's monster week at Saltholme . We love it. Come and create a monster collage, set off on a minibeast safari and make a monster pot for the minibeasts in your garden at home. Drop in on Thursday 4 between 11 am and 12 noon and then from 1 pm until 3 pm. We want to see the monsters that...

... and we had a of daring dads building dens at Saltholme to celebrate Father's day. Here are some of the wonderful dens that wild families made. In keeping with Saltholme's industrial surroundings, the dens were created from natural and man-made materials. Pallets, tyres and traffic cones...