Old Town Quarry

24/09/2026

Have your say on Weston’s parks and play spaces! ⚽🛝💬

Weston-super-Mare Town Council is looking at the future of play and sports across Weston, and they need to hear from the people who actually use them!
Whether you visit with your kids, meet friends there, use the sports facilities, walk through them regularly or just live nearby, please take a few minutes to fill in a survey and tell the Town Council what you think.

What do you love? ❤️ What could be better? 🤔 What would you like to see in the future? 💡

There are surveys for different parks and areas, so simply choose the ones that are relevant to you and let us know what you think!

📣 HAVE YOUR SAY HERE:
👉 https://linktr.ee/WestonsuperMareTownCouncil

👧 AND DON'T FORGET THE KIDS!
There’s a separate survey for children and young people under 16, so please encourage them to have their say too:
👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M8RTZ9C

Please, please get involved! The more people who take a few minutes to respond, the clearer the picture will be of what local people actually want from Weston’s parks and play spaces.
And if you know someone who uses one of these areas, tag them or share this post with them! 💚

23/09/2026

Discover the Old Town Quarry 🌿

Have you visited the Old Town Quarry recently? 🧐

Tucked away in Weston-super-Mare, the Quarry is a unique space where nature, creativity and community come together. Whether you’re stopping by to explore, enjoy the surroundings or discover something new, there’s always a reason to pay us a visit.

Take some time out, enjoy this special corner of Weston and see what the Quarry has to offer. 💚

📍 Old Town Quarry, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 2LS

We look forward to welcoming you!

22/09/2026

22/09/2026

🎨 MEET THE ARTISTS - Sandra Raven 🎨

This week we’re shining the spotlight on Sandra Raven, a talented local artist who has called Weston-super-Mare home since 1976.

Sandra has been drawing and painting for most of her life, with drawing at the heart of her creative process. Her years working in a drawing office helped develop her appreciation for precision and careful draftsmanship. ✏️

Inspired by local landscapes, flowers and wild places, Sandra creates her work from her own sketches and photographs, using watercolours, acrylics, pens, pencils and more to capture the beauty of the natural world.

Returning to the Quarry gives Sandra a renewed sense of focus and inspiration, and she hopes the joy she finds in sketching, drawing and painting can be seen in every piece she creates. 🖌️

Come along and discover Sandra’s work for yourself!

21/09/2026

WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK AT THE QUARRY?!
A busy one this week as we continue to see the shift in the weather! It truly is the perfect time to head up and enjoy everything the quarry has to offer! 🦔🙌🏽

🖼️Choosing Joy – Solo Art Exhibition by Wendy Brown🦩
From colourful wildlife full of character to beautiful, peaceful landscapes, Wendy’s work is all about colour, personality and finding a little joy in the world around us.
📅 Monday-Saturday
🕙 9am-4:30pm
💰FREE
📍 Stone and Canvas Cafe, Old Town Quarry, BS23 2LS
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🦇 Bat Walk! 🌿
Armed with bat detectors, you will learn all about Bats and their behaviour as they emerge at dusk a fantastic family evening of Bat detectives.
📅 Friday
🕙 6:15pm
🚨 SOLD OUT EVENT
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🪟Mosaic Worshop 🌿
A hands-on Mosaic Workshop, where you'll learn the techniques to design and create a unique piece for your home or garden.
📅 Saturday
🕙 2:00pm-4:00pm
💰£45 per person
🎟️ Email [email protected] to book!
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🪡Sewing Workshop 🎃 (JUST 3 SPACES LEFT)
The option to make a large or small pumpkin but take away patterns for both sizes. Suitable for all ages familiar with a sewing machine.
📅 Sunday
🕙 9:30am-11am
💰£25 per person
🎟️ https://www.ticketsource.com/hollyedwardstextiles to book!
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🎨 Weston Artspace regular workshops 🌿
Monday 2pm - Hooked, Textile Group ✂️
Monday 7pm - Threads, Sewing Session 🪡
Friday 11am - Sketchbook, Sketching Group ✏️
Saturday 1:30pm - Collage Group 🖼️
🎟️ (Email [email protected] for more information regarding these sessions)

20/09/2026

🍂 Autumn is on its way at Old Town Quarry… 🍁

The evenings are beginning to draw in, the days are getting a little cooler, and we’re starting to see those first signs of a new season around the Quarry. 🌿

There’s something rather special about Old Town Quarry at this time of year — changing colours, crisp autumn air and beautiful surroundings to enjoy. 🧡

Why not wrap up, pop by and enjoy a little autumn wander with us?

19/09/2026

One week left! 🦒🦩

Choosing Joy – Solo Art Exhibition by Wendy Brown

Just one week left to come and see a wonderful solo exhibition showcasing original paintings and prints by Bleadon-based artist Wendy Brown.

From colourful wildlife full of character to beautiful, peaceful landscapes, Wendy’s work is all about colour, personality and finding a little joy in the world around us. 💚

📍 Stone and Canvas Cafe, Old Town Quarry, BS23 2LS
🕘 Open 9am–4.30pm, 7 days a week

Pop in, enjoy a coffee and take some time to explore Wendy’s fantastic collection. ☕🎨

Please like, share and tag anyone who loves local art — and come along to Choose Joy! ✨

18/09/2026

⛏️ DID YOU KNOW? A little piece of Quarry history…

Long before Weston-super-Mare became the seaside town we know today, Old Town Quarry was helping to build it!

Local villagers once had the right to collect stone here, and during the 1800s, limestone from the Quarry and Worlebury Hill was used to help build Weston’s Victorian houses and roads. 🏘️

Quarrying was tough, dangerous work, carried out by labourers and horses before machinery began to arrive in the 1880s.

The Quarry eventually closed in 1953, and what happened next is another fascinating chapter in its story… 🌿

👉 Want to discover more about the history of Old Town Quarry? Visit our website to read the full story -> https://oldtownquarry.co.uk/pages/history

18/09/2026

📣 Help shape the future of play and sport in Weston-super-Mare!

We’re sharing Weston-super-Mare Town Council’s Play & Sports Strategy consultation, and we’d really encourage our Old Town Quarry community to get involved.

Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, young person, local resident or simply someone who cares about Weston’s parks, play spaces and opportunities to be active, your views matter. This is your chance to say what works well, what could be improved and what you’d like to see in the future. 🌳🛝⚽

📢 HAVE YOUR SAY!
We’ve made it easy to share your views, with all of our surveys in one place! Simply choose the area (or areas!) that are relevant to you and complete the survey:
👉 https://linktr.ee/WestonsuperMareTownCouncil

👧 LET YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THEIR SAY!
We also really want to hear directly from children and young people under 16. Their views are an important part of this work, so please encourage the young people in your family to have their say too:
👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M8RTZ9C

Please help us get as many local voices involved as possible. Complete the survey, ask your children to take part and share this post with friends, family, neighbours, schools, clubs and community groups.

💚 The more people who take part, the better we can understand what our communities want and need from their play and sports spaces.

Planning the Future of Play in Weston-super-Mare 🛝⚽🌳

Weston-super-Mare Town Council is developing a new Play & Sports Strategy for Weston-super-Mare, and we really need your help!

We’re starting by looking at play and sports provision in and around:

📍 Ashcombe Park
📍 Clarence Park
📍 Haywood Village
📍 Coronation
📍 Oldmixon
📍 Walford Avenue Play Area (Worle)

If you or your family use these spaces, live nearby, or perhaps don’t use them because they don’t currently offer what you need, we really want to hear from you!

What works well? What could be improved? What needs maintaining? What is missing? And, most importantly, what would encourage you and your family to use these spaces more often?

Your feedback will help us understand what our local communities would like to see as we plan the future of play and sport across Weston-super-Mare.

HAVE YOUR SAY!
We’ve made it easy to share your views, with all of our surveys in one place! Simply choose the area (or areas!) that are relevant to you and complete the survey:
👉 https://linktr.ee/WestonsuperMareTownCouncil

LET YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THEIR SAY!
We also really want to hear directly from children and young people under 16. Their views are an important part of this work, so please encourage the young people in your family to have their say too:
👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M8RTZ9C

Please help us get as many local voices involved as possible. Complete the survey, ask your children to take part and share this post with friends, family, neighbours, schools, clubs and community groups.

The more people we hear from, the better picture we’ll have of the future of Play and Sports facilities in Weston-super-M for the future. 💚

17/09/2026

🎨 MEET THE ARTISTS – JON LECKIE 🎨

Originally from Manchester and raised in North Wales, Jon spent 23 years teaching before eventually making Weston-super-Mare his home. Inspired by Weston’s coastal character and faded seaside charm, his imaginative paintings draw on everything from childhood memories and song lyrics to architecture, everyday objects and bigger ideas.

Jon completed his Master’s in Fine Art around 2022, and his work is wonderfully individual — or, as his wife puts it, “like Marmite — you either love it or hate it!” ❤️

Having dreamed of having a studio at Old Town Quarry for years, Jon describes finally getting one as “a dream come true.”

Now surrounded by the Quarry’s beautiful landscape and creative community, he’s excited to see where this new chapter takes his work — including bringing more of Weston’s landscapes, architecture and atmosphere into future paintings.

✨ We’re delighted to have Jon as part of our creative community.