Celebrating Big Green Week with nature, action, and community!

Sponsored by eastbrooke homes, in partnership with Wates.
🚲 Free entry for those who walk or cycle
🚗 £5 entry per car

Join us for GreenFest, a day packed with eco-friendly fun, hands-on activities, and inspiration for a greener future! Whether you're passionate about sustainability, nature, or simply looking for a fantastic day outdoors for all the family, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Head to our marketplace to explore local crafters, creators and community groups.

Local makers and crafters
Stars and Some, Little Glass Robin, Paintpott, Glittering the South, ALOLA design, AnyGreenWillDo, A sign of Magic Makes, Willow and Crafts.

Local Community Groups

Southampton & District Beekeepers, The Environment Centre, So Solar Advice, Highbridge Community Farm, Eastleigh Community Fridge, Chandler’s Ford Men Shed, Fresh From the Field (homemade jams and chutneys), representatives from eastbrooke homes will be available to chat!

What family sessions are scheduled?
Our rangers will be offering meadow sweeping bug hunts

What is a BioBlitz?
A BioBlitz is a wildlife count used to record species. Come along and join in the fun! This is your chance to assist with recording the country parks’ biodiversity and help wildlife continue to thrive.

Wildlife Charities
Support your local wildlife charity
Bird Aware Solent, Hart Wildlife Rescue, Hampshire Bat Group, RSPB, Bird Aware Solent, Woodland Trust, HIWARG (Hampshire & Isle of Wight Amphibian and Reptile Group).

Wildlife Crafts and Smoothie Bikes

Head to The Hide to join in the fun, get stuck into wildlife-themed crafts and don’t miss your chance to pedal your own smoothie!

Bird of Prey flying displays with Liberty’s Raptor’s

⏰ 11.30am & 2.30pm

📍High Hill field

Sponsored by eastbrooke homes in partnership with Wates.

What’s on the menu?

The Woodland Cafe is serving tasty green salad with feta and pesto pasta with tofu

Arty Stan Pizza is serving you the freshest, wood-fired pizzas

Vibrant Forest Brewery is serving 100% natural and vegan-friendly beers

Tuesday Day is serving fresh noodles

☀️ Come and spend a relaxing few hours learning how to make Cyanotypes by harnessing the power of the sun.  

What is a Cyanotype?
Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a blue print. It is a simple and inexpensive process that was originally used to reproduce architectural plans and drawings. Today, cyanotype is often used as a creative printing process by artists and photographers.

What you’ll create
You’ll create a series of permanent blue prints on paper from local flora, fabrics and photographic negatives using light sensitive chemicals. Combining art and science the process is easy to learn and suitable for beginners or those with experience. Once you’ve learnt the basics it’s also easy to carry on creating at home.

📍The Hide

📅 Sunday 13 July

⏰ 10am - 12.30pm

💰 £35

What’s included?

Refreshments, all materials, aprons and gloves are provided.

Learn about Kate’s work

🧶 Craft and Natter is a monthly session offering you the chance to be creative and meet people for a chat in our spacious new community room.

Get creating small clay tiles with found grasses, leaves and petals from around the park!

£12

🌿 Sammie is a forager, folk herbalist and storyteller who will lead you through the edible, medicinal and magical plants that flourish around us at this time of year.

Sammie’s passion is to share the mythology and folklore that nature is steeped in to help people get to know these incredible edible harvests on a deeper level. 

What will be covered in the workshop?

• Culinary ideas

• Medicinal properties

• Safe identification

• Toxic look a likes

£30 per person

About Sammie

🎨 Summer Crafts at The Nest (Outside)
🕥 10:30am - 11:30am | £5 per child
📅 For accompanied children aged 5+

Get hands-on and creative in the great outdoors with a series of fun craft sessions at Itchen Valley Country Park! Each week features a different nature-inspired activity – perfect for crafty kids who love to make and explore.

🎟️ Spaces are limited – booking essential!

🐛 Wild Wednesdays 🌿
10:30am | £5 per child
For children aged 4+ (must be accompanied by an adult)

Get your magnifying glasses ready – it’s time to go bug hunting! 🕵️‍♂️🪲

Join us for a mini nature adventure as we explore different habitats and uncover the hidden world of minibeasts! From wiggly worms to speedy beetles, you’ll discover who lives where – and why!

🔍 Learn how to identify bugs using special ID keys
🌾 Explore wild habitats like meadows, logs, and leaf piles
🎒 Perfect for curious kids and little nature detectives!

🎨 Summer Crafts at The Hide (inside)
🕥 10:30am - 11:30am | £5 per child
📅 For accompanied children aged 5+

Get hands-on and creative with a series of fun craft sessions at Itchen Valley Country Park! Each week features a different activity to get the imagination working – perfect for crafty kids who love to make and explore.

🎟️ Spaces are limited – booking essential!

🎨 Summer Crafts at The Hide (inside)
🕥 10:30am - 11:30am | £5 per child
📅 For accompanied children aged 5+

Get hands-on and creative with a series of fun craft sessions at Itchen Valley Country Park! Each week features a different activity to get the imagination working – perfect for crafty kids who love to make and explore.

🎟️ Spaces are limited – booking essential!

🐛 Wild Wednesdays 🌿
10:30am | £5 per child
For children aged 4+ (must be accompanied by an adult)

Get your magnifying glasses ready – it’s time to go bug hunting! 🕵️‍♂️🪲

Join us for a mini nature adventure as we explore different habitats and uncover the hidden world of minibeasts! From wiggly worms to speedy beetles, you’ll discover who lives where – and why!

🔍 Learn how to identify bugs using special ID keys
🌾 Explore wild habitats like meadows, logs, and leaf piles
🎒 Perfect for curious kids and little nature detectives!

🎨 Summer Crafts at The Nest (Outside)
🕥 10:30am - 11:30am | £5 per child
📅 For accompanied children aged 5+

Get hands-on and creative in the great outdoors with a series of fun craft sessions at Itchen Valley Country Park! Each week features a different nature-inspired activity – perfect for crafty kids who love to make and explore.

🎟️ Spaces are limited – booking essential!

Get ready for flips, tricks, and lots of giggles! Join the Simon Chainey for a fun-packed circus skills workshop that’ll have you feeling like a big top star!

Try your hand at:
🤹 Juggling – Can you keep them all in the air?
🍽️ Plate spinning – Don’t let it drop!
🪀 Diabolo – Toss, spin, and catch like a pro
💫 Hula hooping – Twist and spin

Perfect for kids, grown-ups, and everyone in between. Whether you're a total beginner or a secret circus legend, this is your chance to have a go!

📍 Kingfisher Lawn (just behind the café)
🎟️ FREE – No need to book, just turn up!

🎉 Come for the tricks, stay for the fun – it’s all happening on the Kingfisher Lawn. See you there.

🕺ABBA BY MOONLIGHT at Itchen Valley🕺

Friday 8 August 2025

🕺ABBA by Moonlight’s faithful recreation of ABBA’s signature harmonies and iconic looks makes for one electrifying live performance. Expect to hear all the greatest hits, including Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Waterloo and many more!

🪩 Decked out in full disco costume, ABBA by Moonlight combines stunning vocals, talented live musicians, and a uniquely beautiful outdoor setting to make one unforgettable concert.

😎 Come along with family and friends, picnic in picturesque surroundings before grabbing your dancing shoes and get ready for the party of a lifetime at Itchen Valley Country Park.

This event has sold out.

FAQ’s

🔑 Gates open at 6.30pm and the show starts at 7.30pm

🪑Please bring your own rugs or low-backed seating. Refreshments will be available to purchase on the night.

🚗 If you are travelling by car, we encourage you to car share where possible, parking is included in the cost of your ticket

⛅ Outdoor performances will continue in all but the worst of weather, be sure to dress accordingly. All tickets are non-refundable. In the event of cancellation due to exceptionally bad weather or other extenuating circumstances alternative arrangements shall be made. For carer ticket enquiries please contact us. Accessibility varies, please enquire with the venue for details.

About Music by Moonlight

Founded by experienced outdoor event organisers Chapterhouse Theatre Company and now in their fifth year of touring, Music by Moonlight brings the songs you know and love to life in some of the UK and Ireland’s most beautiful outdoor venues including castles, gardens, and heritage sites.

Featuring talented tribute bands specially chosen not just for their outstanding musical ability and showmanship but also their remarkable resemblances to the original artists, Music by Moonlight open-air concerts are a “Family friendly funfest” (The Times) and the perfect way to spend a summer evening.

🎨 Summer Crafts at The Hide (inside)
🕥 10:30am - 11:30am | £5 per child
📅 For accompanied children aged 5+

Get hands-on and creative with a series of fun craft sessions at Itchen Valley Country Park! Each week features a different activity to get the imagination working – perfect for crafty kids who love to make and explore.

🎟️ Spaces are limited – booking essential!

🐛 Wild Wednesdays
10:30am | £5 per child
For children aged 4+ (must be accompanied by an adult)

Get your magnifying glasses ready – it’s time to go bug hunting! 🕵️‍♂️🪲

Join us for a mini nature adventure as we explore different habitats and uncover the hidden world of minibeasts! From wiggly worms to speedy beetles, you’ll discover who lives where – and why!

🔍 Learn how to identify bugs using special ID keys
🌾 Explore wild habitats like meadows, logs, and leaf piles
🎒 Perfect for curious kids and little nature detectives!

🎨 Summer Crafts at The Nest (Outside)
🕥 10:30am - 11:30am | £5 per child
📅 For accompanied children aged 5+

Get hands-on and creative in the great outdoors with a series of fun craft sessions at Itchen Valley Country Park! Each week features a different nature-inspired activity – perfect for crafty kids who love to make and explore.

🎟️ Spaces are limited – booking essential!

🐺 Come on a musical journey of plotting and scheming with folklore’s most notorious villain - the Big Bad Wolf. Living in exile in the Deep Dark Wood, he parties and plays rock music every night with his cronies, far away from the goody-goody townspeople of Fairytaleville.

But whatever happened to Little Red Riding Hood? Did the Three Little Pigs go on to have a successful music career? And is the Wolf really as bad as he seems? Following the success of their 2024 production of ‘The Secret Garden’, The Plandits are back on the road with this brand-new musical show bursting with live music, silliness and laughs for the whole family.

🚪Doors open 4.15pm

🎭 Performance begins: 5pm

🍦Interval: 20 minutes

🎟️ Tickets:

• Adults £18

• Children: £12

• Under 3’s: FREE

• Family ticket: £55 (2x adults, 2 x children)

🎨 Summer Crafts at The Nest (Outside)
🕥 10:30am - 11:30am | £5 per child
📅 For accompanied children aged 5+

Get hands-on and creative in the great outdoors with a series of fun craft sessions at Itchen Valley Country Park! Each week features a different nature-inspired activity – perfect for crafty kids who love to make and explore.

🎟️ Spaces are limited – booking essential!

🕷️ Get Ready to Meet the Creepy Crawlies! 🐍
We’re buzzing to welcome back the wild and wonderful Mad 4 Animals to Itchen Valley Country Park!

Get up close and personal with amazing animals – from slithering snakes to giant snails, and even a tarantula or two! You'll have the chance to see them, learn about them, hold them, and even snap a photo with your new creepy-crawly friends.

Expect:
🐍 Snakes
🕷️ Tarantulas
🦂 Scorpions
🐌 Giant African Snails
🪳 Hissing Cockroaches
🐢 Turtles
…and loads more weird and wonderful creatures.

From toddlers to teens, and yes—even the grown-ups—everyone gets in on the fun.

No booking required for this free event!

📸 Want to get up close, hold the animals, or grab that perfect photo?
👉 It gets very busy, so arrive early!
🐾 Access to the action is first come, first served. The earlier you arrive, the better your view – and your chance to meet the stars of the show!

🎨 Summer Crafts at The Hide (inside)
🕥 10:30am - 11:30am | £5 per child
📅 For accompanied children aged 5+

Get hands-on and creative with a series of fun craft sessions at Itchen Valley Country Park! Each week features a different activity to get the imagination working – perfect for crafty kids who love to make and explore.

🎟️ Spaces are limited – booking essential!

🐛 Wild Wednesdays 🌿
10:30am | £5 per child
For children aged 4+ (must be accompanied by an adult)

Get your magnifying glasses ready – it’s time to go bug hunting! 🕵️‍♂️🪲

Join us for a mini nature adventure as we explore different habitats and uncover the hidden world of minibeasts! From wiggly worms to speedy beetles, you’ll discover who lives where – and why!

🔍 Learn how to identify bugs using special ID keys
🌾 Explore wild habitats like meadows, logs, and leaf piles
🎒 Perfect for curious kids and little nature detectives!

This summer Frontier Sapiens Film Festival the UK’s largest open-air adventure film tour, will be visiting the park.

Join us for an evening under the stars to watch an incredible line-up of short films featuring epic adventures, cultural stories, and environmental issues from some of the world’s best filmmakers.

Age guidance: Recommended 12A

The full 2025 film line-up will be announced soon, but you can get a taste of what to expect from the previous years’ trailer ⬇️

Celebrate the end of summer with friends, music, great food, and drinks!

Join us for our second Summer Sundowner – the perfect way to soak up those golden evening rays. Bring your friends, relax with a refreshing drink, and enjoy delicious food while listening to live music from

The Skylarks

This talented trio brings classic hits from Bowie to The Bangles, The Beatles to Queen. With soaring harmonies, acoustic guitar, and cajon.

Band members Andy, Vicki, and Alan have been performing together for nearly a decade, creating a feel-good sound that’s guaranteed to get you singing along.

The Hedgehogs

Bringing a warm, rootsy vibe to the stage, the acoustic duo of Natalie Fisk and James Carey—blend folk, blues, and Americana with stunning vocal harmonies.

Based in Southampton, they’ve been charming audiences across Hampshire for years with their upbeat, soulful sets.

🎟️ Tickets £6

🚪 Doors open 6.30pm

🎶 Music starts 6.45pm from the Skylarks then 7.30pm from The Hedgehogs

FAQ’s

Where is the event held?
The Summer Sundowner takes place outdoors in the Marketplace, just behind Highwood Barn.

Is food and drink included in the ticket price?
No, food and drink are not included in the ticket price. Refreshments (including alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks) will be available to purchase separately throughout the evening.

Is the event suitable for young children?
We recommend this event for ages 7 yrs+

Do I need to bring my ticket?
Yes, please have your ticket confirmation ready to be checked on arrival. You can show it on your phone or bring a printed copy.

Should I bring my own seating?
Yes, we recommend bringing your own chairs or picnic blankets so you can relax and enjoy the evening in comfort.

What happens if it rains?
The event will go ahead in most weather conditions. We’re crossing our fingers for sunshine, but please dress appropriately—bring coats, blankets, and umbrellas just in case!

Can I bring my dog?
Unfortunately, dogs are not permitted at this event