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The Maidenhead Beach
The ever popular Maidenhead Beach is back, all summer long – this year inspired by the laid back tropical paradise that is Goa.
[This is an archived event from 2018]
Join us for the Grand Opening (with free entertainment) on Tuesday 24 July from 10.30am
The Beach has been designed and handmade by Norden Farm with the help of the community.
It’s free to play on every day with beachside tables available for snacks and lunch from the Cafe Bar (including children’s picnic bags).
For maximum chill out, explore the indoor sensory space in our Gallery. It is designed for children with SEND and features work from local schools. Get involved with decorating the floor and making kites.
All of this and a full programme of family films and live events, the Goan Beach is the perfect place to pitch up this Summer.
Peel yourself off the beach and get creative with your little ones in our daily Beach Craft sessions:
Arts and Crafts (45 mins) | £5 per child Monday – Friday 10.30am
Or sit back and relax with them in the story den for our Storytelling sessions:
Storytelling (20 mins) | £2 per person Monday – Saturday 1.30pm and 3.30pm
Join us for the Grand Opening on Tuesday 24 July from 10.30am:
- Free 15 minute Teddies Music Club Taster Session in the Café Bar
- Enter our free prize draw for the chance to win a family ticket for one of our summer family shows or films
- Free tropical juice drink for children - available from the Café Bar between 10.30am - 11am (subject to availability)
- Take some snaps in our prop filled photo area in the foyer
- Free activity and colouring sheets
- Kite Making Workshops at 11.30am and 2pm (£3 per person)
The Community Kite Festival and Workshops
The Community Kite Festival is a free event taking place in Boyn Grove Park (Punt Hill) on Sunday 2 September – everyone welcome! The festival runs from 1pm – 4pm.
Bring your kite creations and join our team to fly kites on the hill!
Get involved at Kite Making Workshops across the school holidays this summer, then see your creation take to the sky!
In these drop-in sessions our practitioners will guide you through the process of making either the Patang Kite – the Indian Fighter Kite, or a classic Trapezoid Kite.
- Tuesday 24 July | 11.30am – 1pm and 2pm – 3.30pm
- Saturday 11 August | 11.30am – 1pm and 2pm – 3.30pm
- Saturday 18 August | 11.30am – 1pm and 2pm – 3.30pm
- Saturday 1 September | 11.30am – 1pm and 2pm – 3.30pm
Workshops are suitable for all the family and tickets are £3 per person.
Click here to visit our workshop booking page.
A photographer representing Norden Farm may be present throughout the summer holiday at The Maidenhead Beach.
These images may be published by Norden Farm in the press and on social media platforms. Images may also be used for external distribution and used in marketing materials including, but not limited to, brochures, flyers, adverts and banners.
If you are visiting The Maidenhead Beach and would rather not be in our photos, please speak to our Box Office team when you arrive.
We love to welcome you and your children here at Norden Farm. However, please be aware that, as we serve hot drinks and food, we do ask that children don’t run in the Café Bar area and are kept close to their adults when on the Beach. Do ask us for children’s books or free colouring sheets if your little ones need some off line distraction.
- 10:00 -16:00 FREE
Beach Life
Escape the crowds at Beach Hut Bay. A special installation designed to be a relaxing sensory delight for everyone, inspired by the beach huts of Goa, featuring work created by local schools.
Take a fishing rod and fish in the blue waters, then decorate and add to the ocean walls. Or just lie back in the huts and watch the kites and waves.
Featuring artwork by students from:
Furze Platt Infant School
Furze Platt Junior School
Cookham Rise Primary School
Riverside Primary School
Woodlands Park Primary School
Manor Green School
Oldfield Primary School
All Saints Junior School
Burchetts Green Infant School
Open every day 10am - 4pm. Free Entry.
- 10:00 -22:30 FREE
Arts and Crafts Session
Come along to Norden Farm for 45 minutes of Arts and Crafts.
Story inspired craft sessions:
Thu 4 Apr | 11.30am Flipbook
Led by Kayleigh Robinson
Embark on a journey of storytelling through the art of flip books! Learn how to create a simple animation which can be continued and coloured in at home.
Fri 5 Apr | 1.30pm Wooden Story Stones
Led by Kayleigh Robinson
Design your very own Story Stone which can be used in storytelling activities, blending their stones to create fantastical tales.
Tues 9 Apr | 12pm Make Your Own Notebook
Led by Kayleigh Robinson
Design and craft your very own notebook using paper and ribbon, turning blank pages into a canvas for your imagination.
Wed 10 Apr | 12pm Create your own Character
Led by Kayleigh Robinson
Learn the art of character design, exploring different shapes, expressions, and accessories to make each character truly one-of-a-kind.
Sat 13 Apr | 1.30pm Optical Illusions
Led by Maria Chernyak-Belenky
Delve into the realms of light, colour, and colour filters. Using special glasses you will create drawings which change before your eyes!
Sessions are 45 minutes | Suitable for ages 4 - 11 years | All materials provided.
Please note that children must be accompanied by a paying adult.
- 10:30 FREE
Incredibles 2 (PG)
Dir: Brad Bird 2018 | 118 mins, US
Everyone’s favourite family of superheroes is back. Helen is in the spotlight, leaving Bob at home with Violet and Dash to navigate the day-to-day heroics of ‘normal’ life. But the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack’s emerging superpowers and a new villain is hatching a dangerous plot…
WHY? Can the family find a way to work together again to save the day?
'The Incredibles are back - it’s like they never left' ★★★★ Empire
Click here to read the full review.
£7 (£5 under 16s)
Family & Friends (4 people) £20
- 11:30 FREE
Storytelling
Join our storytellers Joe and Ruth for interactive tales this half term!
Thur 3 Jun 11.30am - story tbc with Joe
Thur 3 Jun 12.30pm - story tbc with Joe
Fri 4 Jun 11am - The Fairy Baker with Ruth
Fri 4 Jun 1.30pm - Lazy Jack with Ruth
Age guidance 3+ years.
Each sessions is around 20 minutes long.
£4 per person
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Adult spaces must be booked.
- 13:30 FREE
- 15:30 FREE
The Breadwinner (12A)
Dir: Nora Twomey 2017 | 94 mins, Ir/Ca/Lu
Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to support her family. With dauntless perseverance, Parvana draws strength from the stories her father told her.
WHY? ‘Magical adaptation of Deborah Ellis’s novel’ ★★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the full review.
£7 (£5 under 16s)
Family & Friends (4 people) £20
- 14:00 FREE
Happy Feet (U)
Dir: George Miller, Warren Coleman 2006 | 108 mins, US/Au
In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, you're nobody unless you can sing. This is unfortunate for Mumble, who is the worst singer in the world. He is born dancing to his own tune... tap dancing. Featuring the voices of Elijah Wood and Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman.
WHY? Winner of the Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2006
'Every element of this heartwarming tale is delightful' ★★★★ Radio Times
Click here to read the full review.
£7 (£5 under 16s)
Family & Friends (4 people) £20
- 16:30 FREE
First Reformed (15)
Dir: Paul Schrader 2017 | 113 mins, US
Reverend Ernst Toller is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York. When a pregnant parishioner asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future.
WHY? ‘Ethan Hawke is razor-sharp’ ★★★★ The Telegraph
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
- 20:00 FREE