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Mill Waters Festival at Sutton Lawn

Sutton Lawn, Mill Waters, off Lawn Avenue, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 5FU

  • 12 Sep 2026
  • | In person
  • | Pre-booking not required
  • | Other / Multiple

Celebrate nature and heritage at Mill Waters, with traditional crafts, vintage tennis, bowls and model boats, historic photos and films, book launch for 'Mills of the River Maun', traditional games, tours, live performances, music and more!

Celebrate the heritage and nature of Mill Waters, with live music, traditional craft stalls and a new take on a medieval ballad by Centre Stage. Get messy with lime mortar 'hairy pizzas', get crafty with Dragonfly Crafts and Wild! nature crafts from Adventures and get active with vintage tennis*, bowls, outdoor games and model boats. There will be historic photos and films, an exclusive book launch for 'Mills of the River Maun', also nature and heritage tours, new Story Book Trail, drama and more!

*Vintage tennis 10am to 11am before the main festival starts at 11am. More info coming soon!

The Mill Waters Festival is supported by St John Ambulance.

Local groups have come together to bring you a great day - huge thanks to Everyone Active, Academy Transformation Trust-FE, Ashfield District Council, Adventures, NOTTS Outdoors, Nottinghamshire County Council, Mansfield District Council, Centre Stage, KMR Model Boat Club, Willow Tree Memory Café, Rumbles Café, Sutton Living Memory, The Gardens Trust, Kirkby & District Archaeology Group, Drama for Wellbeing, Sutton Lawn Tennis Assoc, Portland Bowls, Dragonfly Crafts and our superheroes Amanda and Cllr Dale Grounds.

Timings

Saturday 12 September:
11am to 3pm

Location & directions

Sutton Lawn, Mill Waters, off Lawn Avenue, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 5FU

Directions:
Event can be accessed on foot, by bike, bus or car and is wheelchair and pushchair friendly. Entry to the event is free. There is limited parking in the car parks at Sutton Lawn.
Contact on day:
Emma Hancock
Telephone number:
+447815016278

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking not required

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