Looking for somewhere to do a spot of axe throwing this weekend?! Thanks Bernie Keith and BBC Northamptonshire for including the Delapré Summer Fest on the show this morning. 📻 Starts at 45:45 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… 🎟️ Tickets cost £1 Book here 👉bit.ly/3BBKB15

Cumbria's fire and rescue service has seen an increase in calls relating to 'disposable' BBQ fires. These single-use items can reach 400°C and take hours to cool, posing a danger to the environment #BanTheFlamingThings Read more: bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

We agree completely! Please consider the consequences of your actions when visiting our parks & open spaces #firesafety #summerBBQ #leavenotrace

Join the Ride for Hope this Sunday! Meet at Brixworth Country Park, there will be a welcome tea stop at Barby Garden Centre. There are two routes, a short 37 and a 41-mile. Let us know you are joining: [email protected] Cycle Northants Brixworth & Brampton Country Parks

The final part of the Water Safety Code is FLOAT. Make sure that your children know what to do if they fall in the water - spread their arms and legs like a star, float and shout for help. If you see someone else in the water, throw them something that floats and call for help.

Please note that the car park here at Brixworth Country Park will be closing at 3pm tomorrow (Saturday 24 June). Usual opening hours will resume after this date. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

PARLIAMENT LOBBY 12TH JULY 14.30PM. Join Badger Groups & Badger Trust to let MPs know we want to END THE CULL, DON'T EXTEND THE CULL. Write to your MP, invite them to meet you in the lobby at 2.30pm. Email: [email protected] for more information #EndTheCull

A great excuse for having some scruffy areas in your garden. Nettles are the food plant for the beautiful peacock butterfly caterpillars. ❤

Please be careful extinguishing cigarettes. Yesterday our Mereway crew were called to Watford Gap services to douse a grass verge fire caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette. Hot and dry conditions mean fires start and spread easier. Make sure your cigarette is right out.

We're busy getting ready for The Not So Civil War this weekend! Step back in time to 1640s Northampton with a full historic drill display with cavalry and cannons, a real ale tent, living history encampments, and more. 🐎🍻 1st & 2nd July, 10am-5pm 🎟️ bit.ly/3JKCCDU

#LoveParks week is back! Our annual campaign - running from 28 July - 6 August - celebrates parks, green spaces, and the dedicated volunteers that look after them all year round. Read more: keepbritaintidy.org/love-parks

🌳 WAYS OF KNOWING 🌳 14 artists from 7 countries! The artists in this exhibition explore how and where we as individuals fit in the natural world, making connections between the environment and our physical bodies. fermynwoods.org/ways-of-knowin… Brixworth & Brampton Country Parks West Northamptonshire Council Explore West Northants pic.x.com/loqANMP2Ea

Heywood and Condie’s work concerns new ways of engaging with and representing landscape and nature by setting up dialogues between natural and human-made worlds. Heywood and Condie's work is featured in our Ways Of Knowing exhibition at Brixworth Country Park. Brixworth & Brampton Country Parks pic.x.com/yZATbhjK46

📢We've launched a new inquiry into Urban Green Spaces. We'll be looking at areas including: 🏙️ Urban environmental challenges 🌲 Green cover, air quality and flooding 🏙️Funding and initiatives Give us your views by 20th October: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…

Join us for a spooktacular #Halloweenevent. Make a wand to sprinkle some #magic, mix up some potions, #explore our Halloween #naturetrail and get creative making a pumpkin wreath. Suitable for walking and primary aged children. eventbrite.co.uk/e/halloween-at…