Events in Pickering & District

 

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

The Wild About Ryedale Team have a great summer programme - leaflet with full details available in Tourist Information Centre.

Dalby Forest Events  - Full information from 01751 460297 / 472771

 Ryedale Walking Group - June - July - August
Church Services -
Regular Events

Ryedale Walking Group

June   All walks  meet  Pickering Pool unless otherwise stated.
1st 9.00am 9.5 mile moderate+ walk from Ampleforth, led by Phil - car share
12th 6.30pm 6.5 mile easy Sinnington evening walk, meet Village Green
14th 9.00am 8 mile easy walk from Slingsby, led by Phil - car share.
21st 9.00am 11 mile moderate walk from Sawley on the Ripon Rowel Walk, led by Nigel - car share.
22-28th   RWG at the Isle of Man Walking Festival
26th 6.30pm 7 mile easy walk. Meet Keldhead.
28th 9.00am  12 mile challenging walk from Chop Gate, Bilsdale, led by Sam. Car share.
July    
5&6th 8.00am Ingleborough minibus weekend, led by Phil - early booking needed
10th 6.30am 7 mile easy Pickering walk - led by Phil.
20th 9.00am Moderate walk TBA
24th 6.30pm 7.5 mile moderate Pickering walk, meet Castle - led by Nigel.
26th 9.00am 10 mile moderate walk from Ilton on the Ripon Rowel Walk, led by Nigel - car share, sandwiches & chips at inn  at end of walk.
August    
3rd 8.40am 8.5 mile moderate walk from Helmsley, led by Steve - catch the 8.40am Moorsbus from The Ropery.
7th 6.30am 6 mile easy Kirkbymoorside walk, led by John. Meet at bus stop in Kirkbymoorside, depart after bus arrives.
15th   Parish Church -  ‘East End Safari’. Supper on the move between various houses on the east side of Pickering. All proceeds to the organ restoration fund.
17th 10.00am 8 mile moderate walk at Langdale End, led by Phil - car share.
21st 6.30pm 5 mile easy Pickering walk, meet bottom of Swainsea Lane.
25th 10-12.30pm Parish Church. Second hand book fair & coffee morning. Memorial Hall, Bric-a-Brac, Tombola, Cakes etc.
25th 8.40am 19 mile 2nd anniversary challenge walk from Sutton Bank to Kirkbymoorside, led by Nigel. Catch the 8.40am Moorsbus from the Ropery.
September     
4th 6.30pm 6 mile easy walk, led by Nigel.
Pickering walks
It’s never too late to start walking.
Pickering parish has 86 miles of footpaths. Have you walked them all?
Every Thursday evening from various meeting points around the town.
4 – 6 miles. Dogs welcome.  Also weekend walks.
For programme email pickeringwalks@yahoo.co.uk

June 

1st 10.30-4pm N.East Yorks. Geology Trust. Dalby Forest. "Dalbyology". Meet Low Staintondale, Dalby Forest.
2nd 2.00 -3.30pm WRVS Hungate Centre. Anyone who is interested in volunteering to visit the centre for a cup of tea and a biscuit.
5th 10-12noon Poetry Elevenses. Friends Meeting House.
5th 2-4pm Pickering In-Touch Club Meeting at Ings Garth Community Centre.
5th  7.30pm Camera Club British  Legion, Kirkbymoorside. Annual General Meeting. Best of the year competition judged by M. Bernard, ABPA  LRPS BPE2*.
7th 10am - 2pm WRVS Hungate Centre. Anyone who is interested in volunteering to visit the centre for a cup of tea and a biscuit.
8th 7.30pm Ryedale Film Society FMH, Castlegate. ‘The Page Turner’.
8th 10-5pm Alzheimer’s Society. Open Gardens Robin Hoods Bay.
14th 7.30pm Appleton-le-Moors Film Soc. “Little Miss Sunshine”.
14th   WRVS Hungate Centre. Fashion sale for older people.
15th 1-5pm Hovingham Hidden Gardens. Tickets £3.50, under 14 free. Free parking. Teas Village Hall. Proceeds to All Saint’s Church for urgent roof repairs.
17th  11am Pickering & District Motor Club.  Allcomers easy trial. Adult/Youth. Kilburn.
19th 2-4pm Pickering In-Touch Club. Meeting Ings Garth Community Centre.
25th   Pickering & District Flower Club  Outing to Helmsley  Walled Garden.
28th 10am Ryedale Embroiderers Guild. Workshop. Speaker 2pm. Inspiration from the 20’s and 30’s, Jane Rodgers. Askham Bryan College.
28th   WRVS Hungate Centre. Table top sale.

 July   

6th 1pm P&D Motor Club Grass Track. Adult/Youth , Solo/Sidecar. Riseborough
7th    Pickering In-Touch Club. Outing to Beningborough Hall - with lunch.
8th   Alzheimer's Society Awareness Week. Based Co-op & Pharmacy.
8th 7pm Alzheimer's Society Awareness Week. Walk around Pickering.
12th 2-5pm Alzheimer's Society Awareness Week. Open garden Scagglethorpe.
12th 7.30pm Appleton-le-Moors Film Soc. “The Page Turner”.

13th

11am - 4pm Teddy Bears Picnic. Pickering Castle
17th 2-4pm Pickering In-Touch Club. Meeting at Ings Garth Community Centre.
23rd 7.30pm P&D Flower Club. Demonstration by Julia Cox 'Hot Buses & Bananas'. WRVS Hungate Centre.

26th

10am  Ryedale Embroiderers Guild. Workshop. Speaker 2pm. Colour, Texture & Beads. Sandra Wallace. Askham Bryan College.
27th 1pm P&D Motor Club Grass Track Adult/Youth,  Solo/ Sidecar. Riseborough

28th

  WRVS Hungate Centre. Table top sale.
29th All Day Ryedale Show.
31st July - 5th August  10am - 4pm Ryedale Committee for Action Medical Research Charity Shop at the Old School Room Middleton
31st 2-4pm Pickering In-Touch Club. Meeting at Ings Garth Community Centre.

 August   

2nd   Musical Society Morning at WRVS Hungate Centre.
3rd 2.45pm Middleton Village Show
9th 7.30pm Appleton-le-Moors Film Society. “Tosca”.
9th From 12 pm Boon Hill Show. Newton-Upon-Rawcliffe. Adults £3, Child 50p.

10th

12-4pm N. East Yorks Geology Trust. Dalby Forest guided walk. "Of woodland and hidden griffs". Meet Fox and Rabbit Pub, Locton.
10th 1pm P&D Motor Club. Grass Track. Adult/Youth & Solo/Sidecar. Pickering
11th-15th 10-3.30pm Charity shop. Middleton Village Hall. Wilf Ward Middleton Grayling Unit
17th 9.30am Pickering Medieval Spectacular. Pickering Showground.
17th 11am P&D Motor Club. Allcomers Easy Trial. Adult/Youth. Riseborough.
18th   Garden Party at Buttercrambe for all In-Touch  members.

27th

7.30pm P&D Flower Club  Imposed practice night. Judge to be announced. Meet WRVS Hungate Centre.

   September  

4th 7.30pm Camera Club British  Legion, Kirkbymoorside. Nigel Harrison - An Introduction to Flower Photography.
7th 11am P&D Motor Club. Allcomers Easy Trial. Adult/Youth. Riseborough.

Church Services

The Parish Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Pickering

Services on Sundays:- 8am Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
  10am Sung Eucharist (Common Worship Order 1)
  6pm Evensong
Wednesdays: 10am Holy Communion (Common Worship Order 2) followed by Distribution of Communion to the sick & housebound.
First Thursday each month 10am Service at Orchard Close Community Centre.
Principal Saints’ Days 12noon Holy Communion – see weekly Porch Notice.

Pickering Methodist Church

Services Every Sunday at 10.30am and 6.15pm.
Sunday June 15th 10.30am United Service with the Parish Church
Sunday June 22nd 10.30am Members of the Parish Church join us for a United Service.

Pickering United Reformed Church

Every Sunday at 10.30 : On the first Sunday of the month will include Holy communion.

Saint Josephs Catholic Church

  10.00am and 7.30pm. Holy Days Mass
Saturday  11.00am Confessions
Usual times of Masses on Weekdays: Monday 9.30am, Tuesday 7.00pm, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9.30am, Saturday 12.00 noon

Pickering Society of Friends (Quakers)

Services Every Sunday at 10.30am and 6.15pm.
Every Sunday  10.30am  Worship   The Meeting House Castlegate, Pickering
Every Third Thursday 12.30pm

Ryedale Evangelical Church

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

  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
 To October 13th from  10.30 - 12noon. Meet Tourist Information Centre.

WRVS
9.30am Movement Classes. Easy exercise for beginners.

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

WRVS
Hungate Centre. Home made 2 course lunches.

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.

ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY
(Ryedale & Whitby Branch) Drop-In 2-4pm Pickering Library.

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. Details 477448.

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.

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Pickering Library. 9.30 - 12.30pm

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.

NEXT STEPS MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH GROUP
10.00am - 12noon. 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.

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

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. Details 476625.

EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY IN THE MONTH.

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

RYEDALE FLOWER & GARDENING CLUB
Nunnington Village Hall.

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 Hungate Centre.

EVERY LAST WEDNESDAY

ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY
Luncheon  Club at the Hall Hotel, Thornton Le Dale. This is for people with dementia and their carers.

PICKERING EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING & MODEL SOCIETY (PEEMS)
 Beansheaf Hotel, Malton Road. 7.30pm.

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.

WRVS
 Alternate Thursdays 2-4pm Calligraphy & Chinese Art 

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
Change of venue. 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.

WRVS
Hungate Hall. Cafe

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.  www.church4u.org.uk