Explore and get messy at Black Park!

Join us in Black Pines Camp for some fun in the woods! We have a variety of activities for your tot to go wild, including the mud kitchen, digging pit, water play, bug hunting, weaving, balancing and more.

What is Tots Go Wild all about?

Tots Go Wild is aimed at children aged 1-5 years (from when they can walk independently till they are in full-time education).

Tots Go Wild takes place on most Fridays during term time throughout the year. Morning sessions run from 10:00-11:30 and afternoon sessions run from 13:00-14:30. We stagger the release of our tickets in line with the start of each new school half-term.

There will be a themed activity each week, plus multiple other activity stations. The sessions are child-led, with the children being encouraged to choose what they would like to do to help them build on their self-esteem, confidence and independence. During October through to May we regularly have a fire.

You can casually book the date(s) you'd like to attend, or block book the full half-term (six sessions) to guarantee a place each week and receive a discount.

We go ahead in all weathers - unless deemed unsafe - so please dress appropriately!

Discover how your amazing brain works in this exciting new hands-on exhibition at Discover Bucks Museum. Mind-boggling fun for all ages.

You have an amazing brain, in fact everybody does! But how does it make sense of the world around you?

This new exhibition will show you just how amazing our brains really are. From emotions to our senses, you will find out how your brain interprets what it sees, hears, smells, and feels. This family-friendly exhibition will take you on a journey inside your brain, to find out just what makes you, you!

With over 15 interactive puzzles and ‘mind-bending illusions’ we will show you how your brain can play tricks on you! Get ready for some ‘WOW’ moments that might leave you questioning what you thought you knew.

Free for kids, Adult £5.50

Our hugely popular Farmer Christmas experience returns to Hogshaw Farm & Wildlife Park this December. 

Join us for a magical walk through our wintery wonderland, where elves play, reindeer relax and Santa can be found on-board his big red tractor. As you journey through Farmer Christmas Land you'll enjoy festive crafts and animal encounters before making a Christmas wish and meeting Santa. With full access to the farm included in your ticket, there are plenty of opportunities to let off some steam and experience what farm life in the festive season is all about.  It's the magic of Christmas and all the fun of the farm rolled in to one!

Our great value Christmas ticket prices include all of the following:

• Full access to the farm anytime from 10am - 5:30pm
• A visit with Santa, plus a present for every participating child
• Cheeky elves
• Real reindeer encounters
• Christmas farm animals
• A Christmas tree trail, with our ever-popular wishing tree
• Gingerbread decorating with Mrs Claus
• Make magical reindeer food to put out on Christmas Eve

Also, enjoy our mini Christmas market, selling quality crafts, stocking fillers and artisan goodies, plus our Hot Toddy Trailer with a glass of mulled wine for adults.

Pre-book online at www.hogshawfarm.co.uk

Throughout December visitors can enjoy some special storytelling from Matilda in our magical wondrous wood, explore the galleries with a Matilda trail, and find the pigtails hidden throughout the Museum.

You can also try out Trunchbull skittles, hammer-throwing hoopla or Miss Honey’s hopscotch around the Christmas tree in the Museum courtyard — now Crunchem Hall playground — or inside in Miss T’s Phys Ed Hall if the weather’s bad (and if you’re brave enough!).

Try out tricks and optical illusions in the pop-up Magical Mind-Bending Room or pull a power pose by Matilda in the courtyard.

Visitors can also pick up a special Matilda version of our Village Trail to make the pilgrimage to Great Missenden library, which is the very library Roald Dahl imagined Matilda visiting while he was writing the book.

£7.95 per person (under 5s free). Tickets valid for a whole 12 months, so come back and see us!

Museum opening days
• Open Thursday to Sunday from 10am to 4.30pm
CHRISTMAS OPENING
• Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 December: OPEN 10am to 4.30pm
• Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 December: OPEN 10am to 4.30pm

Join us for this outstanding one-man performance of Charles Dickens’ classic. We’ll be serving mulled wine and mince pies, and the bar will be open.

Sink into the classic tale of Victorian Christmas and the redemption of London’s most memorable miser, as we follow Scrooge through his encounters with the spirits of Christmas.

Join us for this outstanding one-man performance of Charles Dickens’ classic. 

Book now for this essential addition to your Christmas!

Doors open at 6pm and show starts at 7pm and will last for 2 hours with a 15-20 minute interval in the middle of the performance.

A fantastic Christmassy family fun day!

11am – 5pm

Get a taste of what Christmas was like in the Tudor, Georgian and Victorian ages in our Christmas through the Ages day. Enjoy seeing the Museum beautifully decorated throughout with traditional decorations. Write your  letter to Father Christmas and have fun sealing it with wax seals. Get crafty and make your own gilded walnuts to hang on your tree at home. Discover why the Tudors made Pomanders and have a go at making your own to take home.

1pm – Find out what sort of games people used to play in the Tudor, Georgian and Victorian ages to keep them entertained and have a go yourselves. Plus join in some traditional dancing in the garden (weather permitting).

11.30am and repeated at 3pm – Learn more from our ‘Tastes through Time’ talk.

5pm – 7pm

As the evening draws in, watch, listen and join in with our Carol and Christmas song concert in the garden (weather permitting) with the wonderful St Mary’s Choir, I Have a Voice Too and Aylesbury Rock Choir.

Christmas Through the Ages Tickets

Adults† £8

Children† £12

Under 3 year olds FREE

Family of 4 – £38†  (2 adults 2 children or 1 adult 3 children)

Family of 5 – £45†  (2 adults 3 children or 1 adult 4 children)

Grab a song sheet and sing along to your favourite Christmas carols, accompanied by a brass band and local choir. Hot chocolate and mince pies are also served.

Bring your family and enjoy some relaxed festive singing together, in the warmth and comfort of St Mary’s Church.

This is an informal community carol singing evening, where you are invited to help fill the church to the rafters with traditional Christmas Carols in a very relaxed, warm, friendly atmosphere. Children from Bedgrove Junior School Choir along with Caduceus Brass Quintet and The Next Stage Choir will lead the carols, with Dez Kay from Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio compering the evenings singing. We will be serving tea, coffee and hot chocolate with a mince pie or two while raising funds for the Mayor’s charities, Emmett’s Genies and Aylesbury Foodbank.

Wander round the church while enjoying the singing and the entire family can get into the festive spirit with a good old Christmas sing-a-long. Christmas jumpers and festive accessories are very much encouraged. Please note that this is predominately a standing event, with priority seating available for those in need.