Artists 2026
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Venue: Burnham Museum Coronation Road CM0 8AH Open: 10am–5pm |
I use ink and coloured pencils to create unique animal drawings. Whilst keeping to some favourite topics, I am introducing more colour and texture into my work, using exotic wild life from around the world.
Email: lindsey.way@btopenworld.com
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Venue: Burnham Museum Coronation Road CM0 8AH Open: 10am–5pm |
A cascade of energetic flower paintings from Ormiston Rivers students, each giving their own response to the application of Expressionism and Fauvism – and more!
Where flowers bloom, so does hope.
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Venue: Garden Studio, 13 Park Road, CM0 8ER Open: 10am-5pm |
My aim is for my watercolour paintings to capture everyday images of recognisable places in a relaxed style, often pushing the boundaries of perspective and style.
Email:mnjgreen@btinternet.com
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Venue: Burnham Museum Coronation Road CM0 8AH Open: 10am–5pm |
I am a figurative painter working mainly in oils, drawn to still life, interiors and landscapes, and the quiet beauty of everyday moments. This is my second year taking part in the Burnham Art Trail.
Email: Tania_Rhodes_Taylor@mac.com
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Venue: Garden Studio, 4 Fernlea Road, CM0 8EJ Open: 10am-5pm |
My mixed media works are based on my own photographs taken during a lifetime of travel. Recently, I have been mainly concentrating on the atmospheric architecture and quirkiness of the ancient medinas in Morocco.
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Venue: Burnham Museum Coronation Road CM0 8AH Open: 10am–5pm |
I am a textile artist. My work is created using paints, free machine embroidery, hand stitching, gold work and beading, producing 3-dimensional pieces.
Email: ballingdons@btinternet.com
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Venue: Garden Studio, 4 Fernlea Road, CM0 8EJ Open: 10am-5pm |
I have had fun experimenting with a gel plate and acrylic paints to make monoprints. Each print is unique, unrepeatable and comprised of multiple paint layers, allowing exciting texture and colour variations to gradually emerge.
Website: www.kathrynhockey.com
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Venue: Garden Studio, 4 Fernlea Road, CM0 8EJ Open: 10am-5pm |
I have developed my style with oils, exploring their ‘buttery’ texture. I am inspired by nature – big skies, coastal views and landscapes. I am a member of Burnham Art Club and Chelmsford Art Society.
Email: suejones47@icloud.com
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Venue: The Schoolroom, Creeksea Lane, CM0 8PH Open: 10am-5pm |
I create magical miniature worlds that invite curiosity and wonder. Through tiny details and storytelling, I celebrate imagination, nostalgia, and the hidden beauty in small things, encouraging viewers to look closer.
Email: sarahcolley85@gmail.com
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Venue: Garden Studio, 4 Fernlea Road, CM0 8EJ Open: 10am-5pm |
As a watercolourist, I now add inks, pen and pastels to my paintings. Classic sailing boats and quirky buildings are my passion, and this year I have incorporated these themes into abstract designs in my mixed media work.
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Venue: The Schoolroom, Creeksea Lane, CM0 8PH Open: 10am-5pm |
I am a self-taught artist who is driven by inspiration alone. I allow myself to be inspired by Lichtenstein and Hundertwasser.
Email: dougiehawes@hotmail.com
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Venue: Parlour Café, Ferry Road, Creeksea, CM0 8PJ Open: 9am–5pm |
Abandoned rotting hulls that surrender their elegant lines to the Essex clay, along with their stories. My fascination with the process of ageing and weathering continues.
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Venue: The Schoolroom, Creeksea Lane, CM0 8PH Open: 10am-5pm |
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Venue: The Schoolroom, Creeksea Lane, CM0 8PH Open: 10am-5pm |
I am a ceramicist who likes to use a wide variety of techniques in her work. I experiment with glazes and painted images on functional objects and enjoy hand-building sculptural forms.
Email: smskerritt@gmail.com
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Venue: The Schoolroom, Creeksea Lane, CM0 8PH Open: 10am-5pm |
I originally trained at the Royal College of Art as a textile designer. I now focus my energy on form and colour, diving in depth into the light and form of each of my subjects.
Email: www.fiannestanford.co.uk
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Venue: The Limes Farm Shop, CM0 8QB Open: 10am–5pm |
I am a self-taught artist. My love of nature and life finds its outlet in various media. This year I am returning to my childhood medium of polymer clay, coupled with acrylic paints.
Email: art@serverlan.co.uk
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Venue: Paul J King, 10 Station Road, CM0 8BG |
As a wildlife and nature photographer, I create intimate, close-up studies of animals and botanical forms, revealing intricate structures and capturing detailed portraits.
Email: elsietedbury@outlook.com
Website: elsietedburyphotography.co.uk
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Venue: 11 Marsh Road, CM0 8LZ Open: 10am-5pm |
As autumn arrives, I often experienced a renewed drive and enthusiasm and am currently in the flow of working with different topics and styles, painting mainly acrylic wildlife, skies, landscapes, seascapes and figures.
Email: ashfordclaire72@gmail.com
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Venue: Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, 44 Station Road, CM0 8BQ |
For over 15 years, I have crafted unique bags from recycled sailcloth, celebrating the character and history in every mark and stitch. I now channel my creativity into painting on sailcloth, creating one-off pieces inspired by the sea.
Website: www.theoldsaltloft.com
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Venue: Hibre Studio, 14 Marsh Road, CM0 8LZ Open: 10am-5pm |
I use reclaimed materials to create my wood sculptures – fallen tree branches, metals and driftwood. The inspiration for my work is taken from our beautifully wild and atmospheric salt marsh coastline where I enjoy walking.
Email: harber428@btinternet.com
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Venue: Hibre Studio, 14 Marsh Road, CM0 8LZ Open: 10am-5pm |
I mainly work in watercolour but also dabble in acrylics, pastels, charcoal and acrylic inks. I enjoy experimenting with different techniques, subject matter and effects.
Email: pencof.pam@btinternet.com
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Venue: Chandlers Hair Studio, 48 Station Road, CM0 8BQ |
Hooked on clay for the last 50 years. Individually hand-built stoneware pieces, inspirationed by old book illustrations, nature and the sea. Work includes dragons, witches, greenmen, plaques, quirky characters and more!
Email: lionedhall@yahoo.co.uk
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Venue: Burnham Bakery, 76 Station Road, CM0 8HF |
I am a local artist that specialises in movie and pop culture artwork. My artworks vary from pen, pencil and digital drawings.
insta: @lukewhippsart
Website: lukewhipps.com
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Venue: 9 Winstree Road, CM0 8ET Open: 10am-5pm |
Working in my garden studio, I bring together my love of colour and mark-making to produce exciting abstract work full of life, character and movement. My style. My colours. My way.
Email: jenny@jennynewman.co.uk
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Venue: Burnham Chiropodist, 80 Station Road, CM0 8HF |
As a French artist living in the Dengie, I create expressive mixed media abstractions where bold colour, texture and intuition shape my compositions that evolve from an idea into an energised creative process of discovery.
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Venue: 9 Winstree Road, CM0 8ET Open: 10am-5pm |
Sharing creativity in my artwork or workshops is an enjoyable part of my artist life. When I introduce random elements through technique or materials this enables me to let go of control. Fun and expression.
Email: jennyhillartworks@gmail.com
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Venue: The Glamour Den, 86 Station Road, CM0 8HFF |
I enjoy using stitch, paint and mixed media to create figurative and abstract works, from miniature forms to large wall hangings. My inspiration comes from nature, modern and classical art, and my own imagination.
insta: @francespaintandstitch
Email: frances.austen-hardy@hotmail.co.uk
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Venue: Jacaranda, 60 Station Road, CM0 8HF |
I have been fusing glass for over 30 years. My art is inspired by the sea and our beautiful coast. I also run workshops to encourage others to enjoy the magic of glass.
Email: fenellamiller@aol.com
Website: www.fenellamillerglass.co.uk
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Venue: Studio, 7 Albert Road, CM0 8DZ |
I have crafted jewellery for over 10 yrs, recently completing a Diploma in Silver Jewellery. I enjoy exploring new techniques while incorporating sea glass collected from beaches in my bold, colourful designs.
Website: www.greenseasilver.co.uk
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Venue: Studio, 7 Albert Road, CM0 8DZ Open: 10am-5pm |
I am a self-taught artist. Currently my main interest is in recycling old magazines to produce vibrant collages. I am inspired by the local wildlife around me.
Email: barker.kathryn@ymail.com
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Venue: Matrix Hair Art, 138 Station Road, CM0 8HQ |
Inspired by the built and natural environment, I use drawing and painting to express the qualities I find magical, weird, tired and disappearing.
Email: clairewhitegardens@gmail.com Insta: clairewhite_artist
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Venue: Studio, 7 Albert Road, CM0 8DZ Open: 10am-5pm |
My hand-built, smoke-fired vessels carry a sense of place drawn from the forces that shape their source. I am a selected member of the Craft Potters Association and Society of Designers and Craftsmen.
Email:
moira.goodall@gmail.com
Website:
www.moiragoodall.com
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Venue: Holicity Health, 140 Station Road, CM0 8HQ |
My business, Colour Naturally, uses plants to create colour. The Dye Garden provides the material for my work and workshops! My own work with natural fibres combines the colours from natural dyes and botanical prints.
insta: @colournaturally
Email: edwinaann1517@gmail.com
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Venue: Co-op Funeral Services, 101 Station Road, CM0 8HR |
I am an untaught artist, in the autumn of my life. Landscape is my passion, inspired by nature, working mostly from imagination in my spontaneous style in oils, acrylic & watercolour, pen, ink & pastel.
Email: the.days@sky.com
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Venue: Church & Hawes, 156 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
I am a self-taught artist using mixed media like acrylic, pastels, crayon, pencils and other materials. Palimpsest, liminal spaces, portals, decay, abstraction – these are key aspects of my work. I am also a weaver!
Insta: @iboughtaloom
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Venue: Topaz, 122 Station Road, CM0 8HQ |
I am a self-taught artist, exploring light and colour in vibrant acrylic paintings inspired by the world around me. This year I have also experimented with photography, capturing the colours and shapes around us.
Email: louisechapmanart@gmail.com
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Venue: SAA Clothing, 160 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
I make Art for me and the people I love, band t-shirts (band existed locally for one night), collages, drawings and paintings on recycled/recyclable materials – including birds, girls, thoughts (save the planet).
Email: pilling23@hotmail.com
Insta: @kirstypilling23
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Venue: Indy Bakery, 162 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
I start out with a song title and end up with a painting. No studio, just my bedroom floor and this year… a switch to oil paints! – a first since my art degree.
Email: jac0423@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.artstation.com/jchapman
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Venue: TLC Hair Salon, 151 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
I enjoy many hobbies but painting is my favourite. I am happy working in all medium and any subject.
Email: jennybrinson@hotmail.co.uk
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Venue: S J Warren, 164 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
Illustration I create charming, wholesome, illustrated family portraits from people’s ideas and photos, using simple lines, vivid colours, and a touch of humour to connect people and bring smiles to every occasion.
Email:familyscribbles82@gmail.com
Insta: @family_scribbles
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Venue: Champions, 155 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
I am a textile artist inspired by the unique colours and textures of the coast. I use a wide variety of techniques and materials to capture this natural beauty in my art, jewellery and accessories.
Email: tors@torsduce.co.uk
Insta: @torsjewellery
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Venue: The Bridal Rack, 157 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
After 30 years without painting, I’m picking up the brushes again, inspired to participate on The Burnham Art Trail.
Email: thebridalrackessex@gmail.com
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Venue: Azar, 159 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
I am a Master Sushi Chef and, when confronted with an empty work schedule in the first Covid lockdown in March 2020, I discovered a passion for making portraits and drawing subjects I care about.
Email: mikep24c@yahoo.co.uk
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Venue: Peaberries, 161 Station Road CM0 8HJ Open: 8am-4pm every day Closed: Wednesdays |
I am artist currently working between London/Essex and has recently graduated from the MA Fine Art program at City & Guilds of London Art School 2025.
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Venue: JOKO, 1 High Street CM0 8AG |
I work in East London. As a creature of habit, I visit the same café for my morning coffee. These photographs, taken with my iPhone and not manipulated, are examples of the small, imaginative flower displays on the plain, white tables.
Email: 22angelabarry@gmail.com
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Venue: David Wood Opticians, 9 High Street, CM0 8AG |
We love eyes! Our Iris display celebrates their unique beauty. We invite you to reflect on the diverse character and intricate detail conveyed through the human eye – each a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Email: info@dwopticians.com
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Venue: The Lovely Shop, 163 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
I am an embroiderer, mainly stitching by hand. I enjoy colour, often using metallic elements and beads in my pieces. Inspiration is found in many places, ‘going with the flow’, letting the work evolve.
Email:coraljskelsey@gmail.com
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Venue: Grey Soft Furnishings, 173 Station Road, CM0 8HJ |
My textile art is created by applique and free motion embroidery. I am inspired by the many colours in my fabric collection and enjoy taking time to do what makes my soul happy.
Email: iona-hawkins@hotmail.co.uk
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Venue: The Star Inn, 29 High Street, CM0 8AG |
After retiring 10 years ago, I started decoupaging oyster shells. My inspiration came from Burnham’s history as an oyster port. I spend hours selecting the oyster shells locally and hours enhancing their beauty through découpage.
Email: fionagrandy@aol.com
facebook: Tweethomes
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Venue: Fannie's Bakery, 23 High Street, CM0 8AG |
I am a successful self-taught artist, encouraged to paint from childhood. I particularly love painting animals, capturing their personalities, characters and humour.
Email: bookworkssee@gmail.com
Website: www.suesfineart.com
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Venue: Studio 4A, Witney Road, CM0 8JS Open: 10am-5pm |
I am a self-taught jeweller creating pieces inspired by our coastlines, turning the shapes and textures found on or by the water into designs that feel relaxed, natural and that celebrate the beauty of our shoreline.
Website: www.smokeandash.co.uk
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Venue: Studio 4A, Witney Road, CM0 8JS Open: 10am-5pm |
I am a retired art teacher. I invite you to my studio to view my paintings and drawings and enjoy the results of my recent wood block printing.
Email: bradshaw_2001@yahoo.com
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Venue: Curtis O'Boyle, 28 High Street, CM0 8AA |
I am a self-taught artist from Ukraine. I am passionate about capturing the beauty of nature, emotions and the energy of life. My art reflects my journey through life, my love of life and my focus on mental wellbeing.
insta: @vitruda_ievg
Email: vitruda1972@gmail.com
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Venue: The Giving Closet, CM0 8AG |
I am a self-taught painter and stained-glass artist based in Chelmsford. My colourful and expressive paintings are inspired by the natural world. Those brief encounters with wild animals are my favourite moments to capture.
Website: www.carolchesherart.co.uk/
Email: carolchesherart@virginmedia.com
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Venue: Studio 4A, Witney Road, CM0 8JS Open: 10am-5pm |
My ceramics are quirky, normally small scale, predominantly porcelain, easily recognisable. Taking inspiration from rural surroundings, choosing glazes to enhance each piece.
Insta: cowpatpots
Website: www.cowpatpots.co.uk
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Venue: The Ground Café, 20 High Street, CM0 8AA Open: 9am-5pm |
My artistic vision explores the delicate interplay between form and feeling, where the human body—radiant, vulnerable, and endlessly expressive—becomes a vessel for emotions.
insta: @annachiampesan
Website: www.annachiampesan.co.uk
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Venue: H H Clark, 51 High Street, CM0 8AG |
Email:sjrspiers@gmail.com Website: www.suespiers.co.uk
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Venue: Coco & Nut Pantry, 61A High Street, CM0 8AH |
I am a nature-inspired artist creating vibrant watercolour and ink paintings of birds and wildlife. Drawn from local walks and wider travel, my work celebrates colour, detail and the joy found in nature.
Website: www.doristhepaint.co.uk
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Venue: Sage & Soil, 61B High Street, CM0 8AH |
I am an artist, photographer and workshop tutor working with plants and flowers in different medias including cyanotype, printmaking and pressed plant designs. I do not limit myself to one particular media, and enjoy combining techniques.
Email: marionside@btinternet.com
Website: www.bluegardenstudio.co.uk
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Venue: The Constitutional Club, 26 High Street, CM0 8AA |
I have exhibited locally and nationally and took part in Burnham Art Trail 2024. I am a founder of Southend plein air painters. I like to capture the changing light and play with perspective.
Email: social_steve_j@yahoo.co.uk
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Venue:Garden Studio, 2 Riverside Road, CM0 8JY Open: 10am-5pm |
Painting I enjoy using watercolour to paint birds seen on my travels, but as a complete contrast I am experimenting with abstracts in acrylic paints!
Email: hardysusan1951@gmail.com
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Venue: Garden Studio, 2 Riverside Road, CM0 8JY Open: 10am-5pm |
This is my first venture into exhibiting my work after joining a local photography group. I have been inspired to capture and enhance natural and man-made subjects.
Email: hardybarry1951@gmail.com
ART CLUB EXHIBITIONS, SCHOOL PROJECTS & COMMUNITY GROUPS
MAYLANDS ART GROUP
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Venue: King's Hall. Rear of 1 Chapel Road, CM0 8AA Open 10am-5pm / Closed Sunday 28th June |
The Group was formed in 2022 by Tim Edwards and currently has more than 35 regular members. We warmly welcome new members and provide supportive tuition in the fundamentals of drawing and painting.
MALDON ART CLUB
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Venue: King's Hall. Rear of 1 Chapel Road, CM0 8AA Open 10am-5pm / Closed Sunday 28th June |
The Club has been meeting since the 1970’s. We are a friendly group of more than 50 members who meet on Tuesday evenings and every third Thursday afternoon. For more details, please visit our website. www.maldonartclub.co.uk
CHELMSFORD ART SOCIETY
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Venue: Quarterdeck, The Quay, CM0 8AT
Op Open 10am-5pm |
Chelmsford Art Society members have enjoyed, learnt and been inspired for over 50 years. We meet twice monthly for demonstrations by professional artists. We also organise workshops and during the summer months we may meet for en plein air sessions.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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Venue: United Reformed Church, 53 Station Road, CM0 8HF Open 10am-4pm daily / 12pm-4pm Sundays |
Celebrating this year’s World Ocean Day (8th June), St Marys and Burnham Primary children give us their ideas on Sea Creatures – real and imagined.
DENGIE D CAF
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Venue: United Reformed Church, 53 Station Road, CM0 8HF Open 10am-4pm daily / 12pm-4pm Sundays |
Dengie D Caf is a community support group aimed at improving the quality of life for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. The group focuses on promoting social interaction and emotional support through various activities including crafts, singing and refreshments, and meets three times every month.
Enquiries
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