Just the ticket: What's on this week

26 July, 23 August and 13 September, 11am to 4pm, Hughenden Manor, Near High Wycombe.

Tummy-tickling treat bags For 4+ years: decorate a delightful cloth bag ready to fill with all your Wonka treats. £3 per participant plus museum entry. Pre-booking recommended on 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit. £3 per participant, plus museum entry.

26 July, 12 and 2pm, The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, 81-83 High Street, Great Missenden The Black Horse Pub Model Train Family Day With help from their friends at Bekonscot, The Railway Centre, Missenden Abbey Railway Modelling Courses, Wycombe and District, Amersham and Chorleywood and Risborough and District Model Railway Societies they will be having a selection of layouts, have a go sets, displays, shunting puzzles, models, artwork, painting and prints, barbecue and homemade cakes. No entry charge.

26 July, from 12pm, Black Horse, Great Missenden.

Free children's activity Make your own teddy bear to take home. Bring a friend. Learn a little of Chesham's history as you make a jointed teddy.

26 July, 11am to 1pm, Chesham Museum, 15 Market Square, Chesham.

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Steaming day and Sunbeam Rapier owners national rally. Sunbeam Rapier cars on display in field and taking part in time trials. Passenger rides, all centre facilities open. Tickets are £311 for adults and £8 for children, aged five to 15.

27 July, 10.30am to 5.30pm, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road Station, Station Rd, Quainton, Aylesbury HP22 4BY Flicker and Flash Robot!

Explore electric circuits and make a flashing robot to take home. Sessions start at 10.30, 11.30am, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm. Children to be accompanied by an adult. £2.50 per child, timed tickets on the day. Call 01494 421895 for more details.

29 until 31 July, 10.30am, Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe Beasts and butterflies Kids can be nature detectives on this walk with the rangers. Child £5. Booking essential on 01494 755573.

30 July, 6 and 13 August, 11am to 12.30pm, Hughenden Manor.

Wild Wednesday Drop-in sessions for supervised children aged four to 11. Children £2, plus normal admission charges. 30 July, 6, 13, 20 and 27 August and 3 September, 11am to 3pm, Cliveden, Near Maidenhead Veruca Salt’s party For 6+ years: come for a session of craft, games and storytelling with Veruca Salt. There are prizes to be won so don’t disappoint her. £2 per participant plus museum entry. Pre-booking recommended by calling 01494 892192 up until 4.30pm.

30 July, 12, 2 and 3.30pm, The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, 81 to 83 High Street, Great Missenden.

Markets and fetes Marlow Community Market TTM's community hub for local produce and services. Held on the last Saturday of the month. Your chance to buy or browse local food, craft and services. They present a huge range of high quality and reasonably priced goods, all under one roof.

26 July, 9.30am to 1pm, Liston Hall, Chapel Street, Marlow Classes Basket Making - Weekend Course Join Christine Brewster, contemporary basket maker, for this popular two day workshop (all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon) and make your own traditional English willow basket that you can use in the years to come. No previous experience required. All materials included. Tea and coffee provided. Bring your own lunch. Book in advance as places are limited. £52. 01494 421895.

26 July, 10am, Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe Coffee morning Coffee Morning Have a cuppa and a chat, all welcome. Free entry. Call 0845 2303232.

25 July, 10am, Beaconsfield Library, Reynolds Road, Beaconsfield Music Live Music with WARD After many requests and local support. Rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country and 60s pop. £5 members and £7.50 non members. Go to www.holmergreenbritishlegion.co.uk. For more information call 01494 711144.

26 July, 7pm, Holmer Green Royal British Legion, 48 Beech Tree Road, Holmer Green Comedy Comedy on the Hill Headlined by Slim, with comedians Nico Yearwood, Sam Golin and John Davoren. Hosted by Thanyia Moore. £10 for tickets from 07846 256158/ 07958 106607 or £12 on the door. Go to www.arts4every1.com.

26 July, 7pm, Arts4every1 Centre, Desborough Road, High Wycombe Comedy Night Headline We Are Johns, featuring Terry Alderton and Johnny Spurling, also appearing MC Russell Hicks and opening act, Paul Thorne. Call Richard on 01494 726222 to book your tickets, which are £15 and includes interval food.

31 July, 8pm, The Potters Arms, Winchmore Hill, HP7 0PH.

Meeting Extraordinary general meeting Beaconsfield RBL Club Ltd will be holding an extraordinary general meeting, the agenda will be rule 36 the dissolution of the club. All members please attend this meeting. Call 01494 676366 for more details.

28 July, 8pm, Beaconsfield Royal British Legion Club Ltd, 55, Candlemas Lane, Beaconsfield Bucks HP9 1AF Theatre Take The Space These events are free and both will take place in the Long Barn at Norden Farm to where, years ago, the people of Maidenhead were accustomed to bring in the harvest. This summer, the Long Barn again becomes a "harvesting" space but now…. for stories, discussion and debate. Take the Space Theatre Company will perform The Second Harvest and will be celebrating the Conscientious Objectors of WW1. For this early stage of the creative process, the company invites the input of local Quaker groups and anyone living in the region who is a member of a Peace Forum ; especially anyone who has a family connection to a conscientious objector from either WW1 or WW2. The company are very keen to hear your stories and even if you have only an interest in these issues, your contribution would be very welcome. Go to www.nordenfarm.org for more details.

30 July, 7.30pm, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Rd, Maidenhead, SL6 4PF.

Last Confessions of a Scallywag A new Irish farce opens at the Mill at Sonning. In the cast are Douglas McFerran (Patrick Lynch), Sean Baker (John Breen), Keiran Flynn (Father Ryan), Mary Keegan (Mrs P), Michael Lumsden (Doc Soames), Natalie Ogle (Sarah), Su Douglas (Bertha Lynch), and Susan Stanley (Matty O'Brien) directed by Sarah Berger with design by Eileen Diss. On his deathbed, Patrick Lynch wants to right his wrongs, make peace with everyone he has offended and meet his maker with a clear conscience and a quiet soul. So he decides to do the most heartless thing in life a scallywag can do - tell the truth - to friends, neighbours and loved ones. Then, satisfied with the chaos he has created, he prepares to die. But ... disaster of disasters! He’s not going to die. Call 0118 9698000 to book. Prices £41 to £51, which includes dinner. Go to www.millatsonning.com 31 July to 23 August and 5 to 27 September, 8.15pm, The Mill at Sonning Theatre, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TY.

Sense and Sensibility This year marks Chapterhouse Theatre Company’s 15th year of touring UK and Ireland, bringing to life some of literature’s best loved classics in magical outdoor performances that are great fun for all the family. Doors open at 6pm. Refreshments will be available. Booking office 01296 653226. Tickets are adult £14 and child £10. Family (two adults and two children) £42. 　

1 August, 7pm, Waddesdon Manor, HP18 0JH Garden party Marjorie Nash Cat Rescue Garden Party It is their 20th Anniversary. There will be cream teas together with various stalls including a tombola, cake stall, bric-a-brac and a raffle.

27 July, 2 to 4pm, 36 Chenies Avenue, Little Chalfont.

On The Radar The funniest of Noel Coward The Humour of Noel Coward features the very best of the playwright, composer, actor and singer. Noel Coward is one of the UK’s most renowned playwrights and composers. He was knighted in 1969, had a theatre named after him and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was responsible for plays including Hay Fever, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit. The latter of which is currently being performed in the West End starring Dame Angela Lansbury. The Humour of Noel Coward brings together some of his greatest songs in one show for the first time. Gordon Peters has gathered together the very best of Noel Coward’s humorous repertoire, from songs to sayings and quotes. The show will also include a performance of the song that had Noel Coward banned from the BBC for four months. Tickets are £14 from 01628 788997 or go to www.nordenfarm.org.

3 August, 7.30pm, Norden Farm, Maidenhead.

Outdoor Movie Night (Mamma Mia!) At the grounds for an all singing, all dancing outdoor screening of Mamma Mia. Marking the 40th anniversary of Abba's Eurovision-winning hit Waterloo. Barbecue and themed snacks available. Bring your blankets and deck chairs and get comfortable. £12.50 per ticket - open from 6pm, film starts at 8pm. Go to www.missendenabbey.co.uk/events/upcoming-events/ 8 August, 6pm to Late, Missenden Abbey.

Open garden Open garden to raise funds to help Age UK Buckinghamshire, which supports older and vulnerable people across the county. The Carringtons took over the house on the family estate in the 1940s and set about restoring it, as well as redesigning the gardens with the help of landscape architect Robert Adams. Now encompassing around ten acres, they stretch from a beautiful walled garden with an herbaceous border and gazebo, through to a croquet lawn surrounded by mixed borders, a water garden and parterre, a sculpture garden and the new Snail Garden, designed in memory of Lady Carrington. Lavender beds, borders of delphiniums and paeonies, viburnums, santolina and festuca glauca are just some of the plants which will be showing off their summer colours and foliage. Afternoon teas will be available, plus a tombola with fine food and wine prizes to be won. £5 payable on the gate (under 12s free) 9 August, 2 to 5pm, The Manor House, Church End, Bledlow, HP27 9PB.

Bekonscot Model Village 85th Anniversary Celebration The oldest model village will celebrate the occasion with a village green family fun and party atmosphere. In the village there will be remote controlled boats, train rides, falconry, face painting, balloon modelling, balloon race, traditional games, handmade crafts and a special appearance of Noddy’s car. Tickets are £9.50 for adults and £5.50 for children aged two to 15. Under twos free.

9 and 10 August, 10am to 5pm, Bekonscot Model Village, Warwick Rd, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire HP9 2PL Open Gardens South Bucks Hospice would like to invite you to join them at their first ever Open Gardens this year. Explore the natural beauty of its varying blooms and hidden treasures as you enjoy an afternoon miniature cream tea and glass of fizz in support of the hospice. The hospice garden plays a great importance in healing and relaxation - therefore its significance in patient care the hospice currently provides is of vital importance to its patients.

31 August, from 1pm, Pusey House, 9A Amersham Road, High Wycombe, Bucks HP13 6PN.

Pilates retreat The Pilates Retreat includes three varied classes of pilates with specialist instructor Jo Tuffrey, as well as use of the spa facilities. Guests can indulge in a lunch in the spa. Evening dinner and breakfast will also be included during their stay. It is £220 per person for a double or twin room and £320 for single occupancy. For reservations call: 01628 891010 or visit www.danesfieldhouse.co.uk 20 and 21 September, Danesfield House, Henley Road, Marlow.