Events

WITH footpaths criss-crossing the Chilterns, you’re never too far from an enjoyable ramble.

Pub walks, riverside rambles and circular routes about, with several long-distance paths like the Beeches Way or Thames Path providing an additional challenge.

Check out our Local Walks page for ideas. You can also find a cross-section of Chilterns paths on Pete’s Walks website, while the Chiltern Society has a range of free downloadable walks on its website.

EVEN if the weather’s too grim to get out and about, the great outdoors can still spark your creative side.

Many local artists draw inspiration for the local landscape and natural world, as our Local Landscapes page demonstrates.

Animals, birds, landscapes – what inspires you most? It’s time to get drawing or painting…or have a read about how art can change lives, as it did for local artist Sue Graham.

TAKE a virtual tour of London’s first disused deep tube station, King William Street.

Closed in 1900, this was the original but short-lived northern terminus of the City and South London Railway, which was the first deep-level underground railway in the world. The CSLR, which originally ran from King William Street to Stockwell now form part of the Bank Branch of the Northern line.

Currently, this fascinating station is being used as part of the major Bank station extension project

Zoom in for this special behind the scenes virtual tour to see what the disused station looks like today and find out how it is being used during the Bank station extension project.

Virtual tours will be held on various days and times in May.

EXPLORE three underground structures around Holborn (Kingsway) in the company of an expert guide.

Once known for its slum housing, this area was to become a new business district for London with wide boulevards and grand office buildings.

Under the streets was a tram subway underneath Kingsway, while the Piccadilly line had a station at Holborn and a branch line down to Aldwych to serve the many theatres of Covent Garden.

Find out how public transport unlocked parts of London previously inaccessible at the turn of the 20th Century and how these spaces adapted and changed when they were no longer required.

The exclusive virtual tour features never-before-seen footage led by an expert guide and a Q&A session afterwards, on various dates and times in May.

STARGAZERS and nature photographers will be hoping for a clear night to capture images of May’s Flower Moon, particularly after last year’s full moons gave rise to so many memorable and dramatic pictures.

See space.com for more details of astronomical highlights this year, including sky events and rocket launches.