For the longest day of the year, the park will be opened early. You are welcome to come and use your park for whatever Solstice activities you feel up for on that day.

We will be running a drop-in flower crown making activity over the morning, where you can gather flowers from the park and weave your own celebratory headpiece to wear for the day.

There will be a limited selection of food and drinks offering available.

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There are many solstice traditions around the world, many going back generations. One folk ritual is to bask in the morning dew at the light of the summer solstice. On this day of light, the dew is thought to have magical and powerful properties that cleanses the spirit and blesses you for the year ahead. So we welcome those who feel the urge to walk barefoot, run their hands through the long glass, or take a morning roll on the lawn as the sun rises.

Alternatively, feel free to bring your yoga mat or a comfy pillow and have an early morning nap under the trees listening to the solstice bird song. The park is here for you to celebrate the solstice morning in a way that feels right for you.

This is an unsupervised activity, please roll and bask at your own risk!