DECEMBER 2025

until 30 December: Harrow Arts Centre: Pant – Dick Whittington. Immersion Theatre, the multi-award nominated team is thrilled to return with its Dick Whittington panto. This high energy, action-packed story follows our hero as he ventures to London in search of fame and fortune. Once there, he meets a host of larger-than-life characters including Timmy the Tom Cat, and the inimitable Cecily Sweetlove. Together, they embark on an exciting adventure as our leading man tries to make a name for himself in the bright lights of the big city! Deep beneath those streets paved with gold, in the murky depths of the sewers, the villainous King Rat and his rodent army are conjuring a plan to take over London and enslave humanity! Dick Whittington is a high-energy, action-packed adventure bursting with magic, hilarious routines, heaps of audience interaction, spectacular sets, sweets, water guns, and a host of chart-toppers. The show lasts approx. 2 hours including a short interval. Price £20 / £17 Concessions / £68 family or group ticket (2 standard & 2 under sixteens) / £5 ‘Panto For All’ Children ages 2+ need their own seat tickets. Under 2s are permitted on parent/guardians laps free of charge

until 22 February: Heath Robinson Museum: Sublime Space. This exhibition places William Heath Robinson alongside 10 contemporary artists, David Inshaw, William Scott, Ray Richardson, Jemma Powell, Jonathan McCree, Sue Arrowsmith, Daniel Sturgis, Peter Coyte, Ralph Steadman, and Barnaby Barford to explore our relationship with nature and landscape as a space for creative reflection.  Whether physically walking in, observing, or imagining the landscape, ideas of the sublime continue to inspire. In his autobiography My Line of Life, Heath Robinson recalls his many extensive, contemplative walks, (often solo, or in a group affectionately known as the Froth Finders), using the openness and expanse of landscape to unfetter his thoughts, and provoke inspiration for his drawings and paintings. He wrote, “I had a love for the life of landscape painter….to live in the open and commune with nature”, this passion prevailed throughout his career, even though his landscape art is rarely seen. In the context of this exhibition, however, we can see this dialogue between art, nature, and space remains central, and critical to artists today, not only as aesthetic experiences, but also as a creative aperture offering freedom to explore wider emotional,  intellectual, and socio-political concerns despite our increasingly saturated digital age. By juxtaposing these artists Sublime Space invites us to consider how ideas of nature, space, and the sublime continue to evolve — and how art helps us connect to the world around us in both timeless and timely ways. The Museum is open 11am-4pm, Thursday-Sunday. Tickets: adults, £8; child 5-15, £2 (under 5s free); concessions (student, disabled person, in receipt of benefits) £4; carer (with disabled person) free; Art Fund, free.

Every Friday: Elliott Hall Surgery Walk. Meet at Harrow Arts Centre at the Sundial at 10.30am for a 50-minute friendly health walk through Pinner Park Farm and back. All are welcome. For more walks, visit www.harrow/gov.walk or email publichealth@harrow.gov.uk for more info..

19 & 21 December: Metropolitan Police Community Patrol Pop down to Morrisons, Hatch End on Friday 19 December at 9am until 10am and meet your local police to speak about any concerns you have. And then on Sunday 21 December you can meet your local police at Tesco Express, Hatch End at 12 noon until 1pm.

21 December: Heath Robinson Museum. Christmas Baby Reindeer Trail, 11am-3pm. Help Santa’s reindeer find their children before Christmas Eve, solve their puzzles and win a prize. £4 per child. For more information or to buy a ticket: heathrobinsonmuseum.org/whats-on/christmas-baby-reindeer-trail/

23 December: Heath Robinson Museum: Christmas Junior Art Workshop, 10:00-11:30am. Design and print your own Christmas wrapping paper. For ages 5-8. £10 per child. For more information or to buy a ticket: heathrobinsonmuseum.org/whats-on/christmas-junior-art-workshop-2025.

23 December: Heath Robinson Museum: Christmas Senior Art Workshop, 1pm -3pm Illustrate your own Christmas scene to create to your illuminated candle jar. For ages 11-16. £15. For more information or to buy a ticket: heathrobinsonmuseum.org/whats-on/christmas-senior-art-workshop-2025.

LOCAL EVENTS FOR 2026

JANUARY 2026

28 January: Harrow Holocaust Memorial Day Event at Harrow Arts Centre. 7pm for Testimony, Music & Lighting the Candles. Tickets are free of charge.

FEBRUARY 2026

5 February: Hatch End Horticultural Society: 2,30pm, Monica Gerhold on Favourite Plants, at the Baptist Church, Rowlands Avenue, Hatch End.

MARCH 2026

5 March: Hatch End Horticultural Society: 7.45pm, AGM and talk by Michael Holland  on Chelsea Physic Garden at the Baptist Church, Rowlands Avenue, Hatch End.

21 March: Litter Pick-Up: organised by 1st Hatch End Scouts and the Hatch End Association. Please come and help – all are welcome. Help us keep Hatch End a pleasant place to live and work. Details as follows:

• 2-4pm – but you don’t have to come for 2 hours. If you can only make half an hour, it is still worth it.
• Start outside 1st Hatch End Scout Group HQ, off the car park between Leeway Close and Grimsdyke Road (behind Kwik Fit), HA5 4JB
• Collect a litter picker, gloves, a bag and tabard, or use your own equipment if you have it
• Pick up litter wherever you like in the local Hatch End area
• Return bags to designated place (TBC) for collection by Harrow Council
• Refreshments are kindly offered by 1st Hatch End Scouts at the Scout Hut at 4pm.

JULY 2026

4 July: Litter Pick-Up: organised by 1st Hatch End Scouts and the Hatch End Association. Please come and help – all are welcome. Help us keep Hatch End a pleasant place to live and work. Details as follows:

• 2-4pm – but you don’t have to come for 2 hours. If you can only make half an hour, it is still worth it.
• Start outside 1st Hatch End Scout Group HQ, off the car park between Leeway Close and Grimsdyke Road (behind Kwik Fit), HA5 4JB
• Collect a litter picker, gloves, a bag and tabard, or use your own equipment if you have it
• Pick up litter wherever you like in the local Hatch End area
• Return bags to designated place (TBC) for collection by Harrow Council
• Refreshments are kindly offered by 1st Hatch End Scouts at the Scout Hut at 4pm.

OCTOBER 2026

17 October: Litter Pick-Up: organised by 1st Hatch End Scouts and the Hatch End Association. Please come and help – all are welcome. Help us keep Hatch End a pleasant place to live and work. Details as follows:

• 2-4pm – but you don’t have to come for 2 hours. If you can only make half an hour, it is still worth it.
• Start outside 1st Hatch End Scout Group HQ, off the car park between Leeway Close and Grimsdyke Road (behind Kwik Fit), HA5 4JB
• Collect a litter picker, gloves, a bag and tabard, or use your own equipment if you have it
• Pick up litter wherever you like in the local Hatch End area
• Return bags to designated place (TBC) for collection by Harrow Council
• Refreshments are kindly offered by 1st Hatch End Scouts at the Scout Hut at 4pm.

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