Sensory Exploring
See like a bee! Explore the garden with your senses.
- Booking not needed
- Free event
Find a plant that smells like chocolate and leaves as soft a bunny ears. Learn about how insect and animal visitors to our garden use their senses, from bees to sparrow hawks.
There will be a sensory trail along the viaduct and a craft activity to design a bat in the event space. Perfect for little explorers during half term.
Times
The basics
- Suitability
This event is designed for children and young people
- What to bring and wear
Wrap up warm as it can get chilly up on our garden in the sky.
- Accessibility
The viaduct is accessible by lift from the Roman Gardens or from Deansgate Metrolink stop. There is ramp access to our event space and a hearing loop is active on site.
Upcoming events
Twilight Photowalk
Twilight is a beautiful time to experience the world, and take photographs. Join Artist Not Quite Light on a fascinating photowalk, starting at the Castlefield Viaduct, and explore the area during the magic of dusk.
Wednesday @ 1: The Women and the Birds - The Founding of the RSPB
Join us at the Castlefield Viaduct in honour of the RSPB’s Great Big Garden Bird Watch to discover the origins of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, with speaker Anne Beswick.
Big Garden Bird Watch
Join us for an RSPB take over of the Castlefield Viaduct for the Big Garden Bird Watch.