Events in Pickering & District

 

If you would like any more details about any of the events 
listed here please contact the Beacon.


Ryedale Walking Group
Pickering Walks

March - April - May - June
Regular Events

Church Services

Ryedale Walking Group

2nd March  9.00am 8.5 miles moderate walk from Harome, led by Steve. Car share meet Pickering  Pool. Tearoom visit after.
15th March 9.00am 9 miles  moderate walk around Hawkser, Fylingthorpe & Robin Hood's Bay, led by Brenda. Car share. Meet Pickering Pool. Tearoom at RH Bay
5th April 9.00am 11 miles moderate+ walk from Lockton to Bridestones and  back led by Sam. Car share. Meet Pickering Pool.
12th April 9.00am Stage 1 Ripon Rowel Walk. 11 miles moderate walk from North Bridge Ripon, led by Nigel. Booking essential.
27th April 8.00am 10 mile challenging walk Whernside from Ribblehead led by John. Booking essential. Contact 476380.
1st May 6.30pm Local evening walk, easy 5 miles. Leader TBA. Meet Pickering Castle.
4th May 9.00am 8 miles moderate walk from Lealholm Fryupdale and Eskdale. Circular. Led by Phil. Car share. Meet Pickering Pool.
10th May 8.30am 9 miles moderate walk from Pateley Bridge, led by Pauline. Booking Essential
15th May 6.30pm Local evening walk, easy 5 miles. Leader TBA. Meet Ruffa Lane East.
17th May 9.00am Stage 2 Ripon Rowel Walk. 9 miles moderate walk from South Stainley. Led by Nigel. Refreshments in Sawley. Booking Essential.
25th May 7.45am 11 miles moderate+ walk Haworth and Hebdon Bridge led by Sam. Booking Essential.
29th May 6.30pm Local evening walk. Easy 5 miles. Leader TBA. Meet bot. Swainsea Ln.
1st June 9.00am 10 miles moderate walk, Ampleforth and Yearsley Moor led by Phil. Car share. Meet Pickering Pool.

Pickering Walks

6th March 1pm Short local walk, 3miles. Meet castle. Back by 3pm.
13th March 11am Local Walk. Meet Ruffa Lane (Junction with Whitfield Ave) Back 3pm.
16th March 11am Bilsdale and Newgate Bank. 7 miles. Meet Ropery. £3.
27th March 10.30am Local Walk. Meet Keld Head. Back 2.30pm.
30th March 9am Marske By The Sea. 8 mile coastal walk. Meet Ropery. £5.
10th April 6.30pm Local Walk. 5 miles. Meet Castle.
17th April 7pm Evening Walk. 5 miles. Meet Ruffa Lane.(Junction with Whitfield Ave)
20th April 10am Danby Dale & Botton Village. 8 miles. Meet Ropery. £3
24th April 10am Blakey Topping. 5 mile circular. Meet Ropery. Back 3pm. £2
11th May 8.30am & 8.35am Gibside. Newcastle on Tyne. 8 miles. Meet Thornton Dale 8.30am & Pickering 8.35am. Please reserve your place.


March

23rd Feb – March 8th   FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT. Exhibition in Pickering Library.
6th 7.30pm Camera Club British Legion, KMS. 2007 YPU Print Folio.
8th  7.30pm AFS (Appleton Film Society). Reading Room, Appleton le Moors. Mountain Patrol. (China, 15 )
8th 10-12pm Fair Trade and Coffee Morning. Memorial Hall. Various stalls.
8th 7.30pm An evening of popular opera. Guildhall, York. Tickets £5.
9th 7.30pm Ryedale Film Society. FMH. Mountain Patrol.
13th 12.30pm for 1.00pm In-Touch Club. Spring Lunch at the Beansheaf Hotel.
14th 7.30pm A Night at the Opera. Salvation Army Citadel, Gillygate, York. Tickets £8.
15th   Beck Isle Museum re-opens.
20th  1.00pm Castle Path opening for Easter Weekend.
20th 7.30pm Camera Club British Legion KMS.' Stone,Sand, Sea & Sky' by John Webster ARPS MPAGB.
21st-24th    Country Music Festival. Northern Events Area.
21st-28th 10-5pm Pickwick Painters. Art exhibition.  Memorial Hall. Free.
22nd/23rd    Beck Isle Museum. Egg decorating in The School Room
27th 2-4pm In-Touch Club. Meeting at Ings Garth Community Centre
29th   Ryedale Embroiderers Guild. 'Caselguidi '.Wynn Ingham.  This meeting to be held at the Middleton Village Hall.Workshop10am & speaker 2pm


April

3rd 7.30pm Camera Club British Legion  KMS. ' Colour Prints & Conversation' by Christine Widdall DPAGB.
4th-6th 10-4pm SCART. Art exhibition. Pickering Memorial Hall. Free.
6th 7.30pm Ryedale Film Society. FMH.' Offside '.
9th  7.30pm Ian Keable - Magician & Comedian Friends Meeting House.
10th 2-4pm In-Touch Club. Meeting at Ings  Garth Community Centre.
12th 7.30pm  AFS. 'Pan's Labyrinth'  (Mexico, 15).
17th 7.30pm Camera Club British Legion  KMS.Audio Visual demonstrations By David Morland.
24th 2-4pm  In-Touch Club. Meeting at Ings  Garth Community Centre
24th 7.30pm Swing Evening at Pickering Working Men's Club - Ryedale School Swing Band and 'Looking Back' duo from Hull. Tickets include supper, £10. Reservations recommended.
26th   Ryedale Embroidery Guild. 'History of the wedding dress'. Mr. Young. Askham Bryan College. Workshop at 10am & speaker at 2pm.
27th 7.30pm Ryedale Film Soc. FMH.  'The Queen'.


May

1st   7.30pm Camera Club British Legion  KMS. Open competition--Judged By Gordon Quinn DPAGB.
8th 2-4pm In-Touch Club. Meeting at Ings  Garth Community Centre.
10th 10am Worldwide Fairtrade Campaign. Street Stall & in WRVS Hungate Hall.
10th 7.30pm AFS.  'Offside'. (Iran, PG)
15th 7.30pm Camera Club British Legion KMS. 'Wildlife Photography by Lee & Alan Davis.
16th 7.30pm Watermill Theatre. Memorial Hall.
17th 9.00am Pickering WI. Plant & produce stalls. Market Place.
18th 7.30pm Ryedale Film Soc. FMH. 'Amazing Grace'.
22nd 2-4pm In-Touch Club. Meeting at Ings  Garth Community Centre
24th-31st   Beck Isle Museum. Rural Crafts & Hands on History.
24th-26th 10-5pm  'A Brush with Words'. Guest artists. Memorial Hall.
29th  7.30pm Camera Club British Legion KMS. Applied Competition judged By Brian Gilbert LRPS APAGB.


June

5th 10-12noon Poetry Elevenses. Friends Meeting House
5th 7.30pm Camera Club British Legion KMS. Annual General Meeting. Best of the year competition judged by M. Bernard, ABPA  LRPS BPE2*.
8th 7.30pm Ryedale Film Society FMH. ‘The Page Turner’.

Advance notification - Ryedale Committee for Action Medical Research Charity Shop at The Old School Room Middleton.
31st July - 5th August 10am - 4pm 


St. Peter & St. Paul's Church Services

Lent Programme (March) 2008 Regular services continue as normal.
Tuesdays March  4 ,11 6pm A reflection on Psalms & Compline.
Thursdays March 6, 13 Noon Holy Communion using different  liturgies.
Fridays March 7th
March 14th
6.15pm
6pm
at St. Joseph's Church.  Stations of the Cross.
Mothering  Sunday March 2nd 10am Family Service with flowers for mothers followed by lunch  in  the Parish Hall. Booking necessary!
Holy Week and Easter
Palm Sunday March 16th 10am Eucharist with Psalms & the dramatised Passion Gospel.
Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th 10am Holy  Communion.
Maundy Thursday 20th 7pm Eucharist & Stripping of the Altars.
Good Friday 21st Noon 'The Three Hours', led by Rev. Ann Coleman followed by communion and the reserved sacrament.
Holy Saturday 22nd 9pm Service of Light.
Easter Day 23rd 8am
10am
6pm
Holy Communion (BCP)
Family Eucharist
Easter Praise
Tuesday March 25th 10-3.30pm Easter Funday for children from 4 upwards. Bring a packed lunch, drinks provided. A fun packed day in church. Booking lynngrove43@hotmail.com

Pickering Methodist Church

Services Every Sunday at 10.30am. and  6.15pm.
Sunday March 2nd 10.30am  Mothering Sunday Family Service with Mrs. Pauline Cross
Thursday March  20th 7.30pm Maundy Thursday Communion Service
Good Friday March 21st   United Procession of Witness with Churches Together in Pickering, Starting at the Catholic Church at 10am & ending at the U.R.C.
Saturday March 22nd  11.30pm Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday 8.30am 
10.30am
6.15pm
Holy communion and breakfast
Morning Worship with Mr. J Boardman
Evening  Service & Holy Communion with Rev. P. Cross  

Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church

October – March Sunday 8.30am and 11.00am. Mass
Holy Days  10.00am and   7.30pm. Mass
Usual times of Masses on Weekdays: Monday 9.30am, Tuesday 7.00pm, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9.30am, Saturday
12.00 noon.
Saturday 11.00am. Confessions
Lent and Easter
Mothering Sunday 2nd March 8.30am and 11am Masses. Each child will receive a posy for his or her mum.
Tuesdays during Lent. 6.15pm
6.30pm
7pm
7.30pm
Evening Prayer
Rosary
Mass
Lent Course. “Our Life in Christ - a New Creation?”
Wednesdays & Thursdays during Lent 9.15am
9.30am
Morning Prayer
Mass
Fridays during Lent 9.15am
9.30am
6pm
Morning Prayer
Mass
Evening Prayer
14th March at St Peter & St Paul 6.15pm ( 6pm) Stations of the Cross
Sat. during Lent 11am
12 noon
Confessions and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Mass
Holy Week
Palm Sunday 16th March 8.30am and 11am  Masses. Distribution of palms at both masses.
Monday in Holy Week 9.30am Mass. Confessions after Mass.
Tuesday in Holy Week 7pm Mass
Wednesday in Holy Week 9.30am Mass. Confessions after Mass.
The Paschal Triduum
Maunday Thursday 20th March 7.30pm
10pm
Mass of the Lord’s Supper and procession to the Alter of Repose
Night Prayer
Good Friday 21st March 9am
3pm
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer.
Solemn Liturgy of the Passion with Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion.
Holy Saturday 22nd March 9am
8.30pm
 
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
The Easter Vigil: Service of Light, Prophetic Readings, Baptismal Liturgy and First Mass of Easter
Easter
Easter Day 23rd March 8.30am and 11am Masses. Easter eggs will be given at both Masses.

Ryedale Evangelical Church.

Every  Sunday 10.30am Worship Meetings are held in the Community Infants School Hall on Ruffa Lane, Pickering.
  6.30pm 

Pickering United Reformed Church

Services Every Sunday at 10.30 and the Last Wednesday of the month from 12noon until 12.30pm.

Pickering Society of Friends (Quakers)

Every  Sunday 10.30am Worship

The Meeting House,  Castlegate, Pickering.

Every Third Thursday 12.30pm

 

REGULAR EVENTS

EVERY MONDAY.

SPANISH COURSE
University of Hull  Level 1-Beginners. 10-12am,  Level 2-Intermediate 12.30-2.30.Memorial Hall. New Term starts 14 April ‘08.

COFFEE MORNING
10.00 - 12.30pm. British Legion, Champley's Yard.

CROQUET
Ryedale Sports Club. 2.00pm

INCY WINCY’S YOUNG PARENTS GROUP
Friends Meeting House, 10-1pm. Details incywincygroup@yahoo.co.uk 

STAPE SILVER BAND
Junior practice. 6.30pm. Bandroom, Outgang Rd.

THORNTON BRIDGE AND SOCIAL CLUB
7.30pm The Hall, Thornton Dale.

TOWN GUIDED WALK
Winter by arrangement only. From May 26th To October 13th 10.30 - 12noon. Meet Tourist Information Centre.

MONDAY TO THURSDAY

POTTER HILL PLAYGROUP
9.00am - 11.30am. For children from 2 ½ years to school age. Rear of Methodist Chapel.

COFFEE MORNING
Royal British Legion, Champley’s Yard. 10.00am to 12.30pm.

MONDAY TO FRIDAY

NEXT STEPS MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE
9am - 4pm.     7, Church St. Norton, Malton.

KIRKBY KIDS CLUB
During Term Time - Weekdays. Child Care for Children 3-14 years.  8.00-9.00am. 3.00-6.00pm.

MONDAY & TUESDAY

FLEAMARKET, CRAFT & GIFT FAIR
Liberal Club. 10am - 4pm.

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY

PICKERING PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
9.10 to 11.40am. Children from 2 ½ years. £4.00 per session. Hallgarth, Pickering.

EVERY FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

SOCIAL EVENT
Newton on Rawcliffe Village Hall. 7.30pm.

EVERY SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

RYEDALE FRIENDSHIP GROUP
7.30pm. Memorial Hall.

EVERY THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
7.00pm. Memorial Hall.

DOMINOE DRIVE
Newton on Rawcliffe Village Hall. 7.30pm. £1.00.

EVERY FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

RYEDALE FRIENDSHIP GROUP ‘PUB LUNCH’
12.30pm.

EVERY TUESDAY.

SPANISH COURSE
Level 2. University of Hull 10 -12am, Memorial Hall.

WHIST CLUB
St Joseph’s RC Church, Potter Hill. 2.00pm. Entrance £1.00.

CROQUET
Ryedale Sports Club. 2.00pm

WOMEN'S NETWORK FOR EVERYONE
2.15pm. Methodist Hall.

LIFELINE DISABLED GROUP
1.30pm - 3.30pm.

IVENGAR YOGA
7.30-9.00pm Beginners. WRVS Hungate Centre. School term only.

SLIMMING WORLD
Memorial Hall. 6.00pm

RYE WRITERS
Creative writing WRVS Hungate Centre. 2.15-4.15pm.

TINY TOTS
9.30am - 11.00am For Parents/carers and their babies/toddlers up to 16 months. Rear of Methodist Chapel.

KIRBYMISPERTON BRIDGE CLUB
St. Joseph’s Church Hall. 7.15pm.

STAPE SILVER BAND
Senior practice. 7.30pm. Bandroom, Outgang Rd.

INTRO PLAYGROUP
9.45 to 11.15am. Children 18 months to 2½  yrs. (playgroup entry). £2.50 per session. Hallgarth, Pickering.

KEEP FIT FOR ALL LEVELS
Memorial Hall. 18.30 - 19.30.

EVERY FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.

WATERLILLY CENTRE
For Cancer patients, carers & families for coffee, cake & a chat. Also meet Therapists. 10.30am - 12.30pm. Memorial Hall.

EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.

PICKERING IN BLOOM
7.30pm. Bay Horse Hotel.

PICKERING PATCHES
10.00am to 3.00pm. Recreation Club. £2.00. 

WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
7.00pm. United Reformed Church.

PROBUS CLUB
12.30pm. Lunch and Meeting at Forest and Vale Hotel.

EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.

TUESDAY GROUP
7.30pm Methodist Church Hall.

EVERY WEDNESDAY.

ART & DESIGN
7 weeks starting 9th April, 9.30-12.30 . Leisure Centre.

NEXT STEPS MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH GROUP
10.30am - 12.30pm. Friends Meeting House, 19 Castlegate.

BUSY BRUSHES
Painting for Pleasure 1.30 - 4.00pm. Memorial Hall.

RYEDALE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE GROUP
7.30pm Pickering Parish Hall, Hallgarth.

RYEDALE CHILD & YOUTH PROJECTS
Fame Youth Group, Methodist Hall, Potter Hill. Wednesdays during term time. 4.00-6.00pm. 
Also Rosedale Rats Youth Group Reading Room, Rosedale 6.30- 8.00pm £1 a session.

CAMPANOLOGY
7.30pm. St. Peter & St. Paul.

CROQUET
Ryedale Sports Club. 2.00pm

ROTARY CLUB of PICKERING & DISTRICT
Forest & Vale. 1st - 3rd Wed. At 12.30pm and last Wed. at 7.00pm. Contact jcfields@btinternet.com

SWIMMING CLUB
Contact - Teaching Section 472643.

TENNIS SESSIONS
Ryedale Sports Club, Thornton Dale Road. 6.30pm.

WEDNESDAY FRIENDSHIP GROUP
Social club open to everyone, especially over 50’s. 2-4pm. at the WRVS  Hungate Centre.

EVERY WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY

TEDDY BEAR PLAYGROUP
9.45 to 11.15am. Children aged 0-18 months. £1.00 per session. Hallgarth, Pickering.

JUDO CLUB N.R.L.C.
Pickering. Age 8 years +. 7.30-8.30pm.

EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY

RYEDALE AQUARIST SOCIETY
Bay Horse Hotel.

EVERY FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH

PICKERING INVESTMENT CLUB
Meetings at 7.30pm.

EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY IN THE MONTH.

RYEDALE JAZZ CLUB
White Horse Hotel, Kirkbymoorside. 8pm.

RYEDALE FLOWER & GARDENING CLUB
Nunnington Village Hall. Details Angie 

EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY IN THE MONTH.

PICKERING FLOOD DEFENCE GROUP
7.00pm. Education Room, Beck Isle Museum.

VALE OF PICKERING ART CLUB
Memorial Hall. 7.00pm - 9.00pm.

EVERY FOURTH WEDNESDAY IN THE MONTH.

PICKERING & DISTRICT FLOWER CLUB
7.30pm.WRVS Centre.

EVERY THURSDAY.

COUNTRY MARKET
Baking / Crafts / Plants etc. 9.45-11.45am. WRVS Hungate Centre.

BRIDGE
7.15pm at WRVS Hungate Centre.

BINGO
7.30pm. Recreation Club.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Drop-in. 7.00-9.00pm. Friends Meeting House.

PICKERING SCRABBLE CLUB
Crossways Hotel. 2.00pm.

PICKERING RUNNING CLUB

WEIGHT WATCHERS
Memorial Hall. 5.30pm.

TINY TOTS PLUS
1.30pm - 3.00pm. An introduction to Playgroup for parents/carers and toddlers from approx 16 months.
Rear of Methodist Chapel.

STAPE SILVER BAND
Senior practice. 7.30pm. Bandroom, Outgang Rd.

COMMUNITY LEISURE CIRCUIT TRAINING N.R.L.C.
7.45 to 9.00pm.

PICKERING ATHLETICS TRAINING SESSIONS
(9 + years) N.R.L.C. 7.30 to 8.45pm.

IYENGAR YOGA
7.30pm Memorial Hall.

FIRST THURSDAY IN THE MONTH

FARMER’S MARKET
Market Place, Pickering.

VICTORY LODGE OF FREEMASONS
Masonic Hall, Bridge Street.

EVERY FIRST & THIRD THURSDAYS IN THE MONTH.

CAMERA CLUB
Royal British Legion Club, Kirkbymoorside. 7.30pm.

PICKERING IN-TOUCH CLUB.
Please refer to monthly listings.

EVERY SECOND THURSDAY IN THE MONTH.

JULIAN MEETINGS
2.00pm. Readings, silence.

EVERY THIRD THURSDAY IN THE MONTH.

MOTHERS UNION
St Peter & St Paul Church Hall. 7.30pm.

HARDY PLANT GROUP
Pickering Horticultural Society. 7.30pm. Memorial Hall. September - April (ex. Dec.)

EVERY FRIDAY.

YOGA
10.30am - 12.30pm. Memorial Hall.

TINY TOTS PLUS
9.30am - 11am. An introduction to Playgroup for parents/carers and toddlers from approx 16 months. Rear of Methodist Chapel.

POTTER HILL PLAYGROUP
1.15pm - 3.45pm. For children from 2 ½ years to school age. Rear of Methodist Chapel.

RYEDALE CHORAL UNION
7.30pm. Methodist Church Room, Potter Hill, Pickering.

NEXUS
7.45pm. Bar Night, Downe Arms, Wykeham.

EVERY SATURDAY.

COFFEE MORNING
10.00-12.30pm. British Legion, Champley's Yard.

WALKING GROUP
Details in Tourist Information Office.

FIRST SATURDAY IN THE MONTH.

PICKERING LACE MAKERS
10.00am-4.00pm. Wrelton Village Hall.

LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.

RYEDALE EMBROIDERS GUILD
Workshop 10am. - Speaker 2pm. Askham Bryan College.

EVERY SUNDAY.

TENNIS SESSIONS
 Ryedale Sports Club, Thornton Dale Road. 10.30am.

JUNIOR CRUSADERS
(Term time only) For school years 6-10 (10-14 year olds). 10.00 am. Methodist Church.

SENIOR CRUSADERS
for school years 10-13. Term time only. A varied and lively programme which explores the Christian faith, relating it to today’s world.

SUNDAY SCHOOL
4-10 yrs (except on Family Service Sundays and School Holidays). Pickering Methodist Church.

FILM SOCIETY
 Various dates. 7.30pm FMH, Castlegate.

SECOND & FOURTH SUNDAYS

CHURCH4U
A church experience with a difference! For those who might be interested
in finding out about the Christian faith but aren’t so keen on church.
7.30pm Pickering Memorial Hall. Contact www.church4u.org.uk