Picnic in the Park 2024 was held on Sunday 4th August. The weather was kind and around 500 people attended the BYO community picnic, and were entertained by the Horbury Victoria Band, the Horbury Town Football Club, the inaugural ‘Pride of Horbury’...
This year Picnic in the Park will stage the first annual ‘Pride of Horbury’ Tug-of-War at 3.00pm The application form is here Tug of War Application Form and all teams must complete an entry form in order to compete. Carr Lodge Park – Sunday 4th...
John Mayson is an artist and educator living in Yorkshire and working across the UK. He’s often known as ArtJohn, a name given to him by the local community whilst working as Artist in Residence at Manorfield Primary School in East London. For two decades he has...
On Saturday and Sunday the 4th and 5th May, volunteers from Horbury Civic Society took part in PLACEMAKER, a project to enhance the appearance of Horbury through replacing old street name signs with new, bespoke signs bearing the Horbury three castles crest. The...
Our Place The Civic Society has joined with Friends of Horbury’s Parks and the Horbury Village Partnership to deliver Our Place, a creative environmental project for Horbury in 2023 and 2024. Our Place has five interconnected elements: Art in the Park, Redbox Gallery,...
John Carr, the celebrated architect, was born in Horbury, in the year 1723. He was the eldest son of a master mason, and from his earliest years showed a decided taste for architecture. In 1748 he set up in business for himself, and soon established a reputation as...
This installation at Redbox celebrates work created by adults with learning difficulties and/or autism, and it highlights careers in Learning Disability Nursing. The screen shows films made by CoActive Arts, alongside information about careers in Learning Disability...
A new installation by Emily Binks is now on show at Redbox. Emily Binks. b.1992, Wakefield. Emily Binks is an Artist, creative practitioner and teacher based at the Art House, Wakefield since 2015. Binks works predominantly manifest as, but are not limited to,...
A machine to play a simple paradiddle Wood, snare drum, video performance 1’49” – Phil Illingworth 2022 Home This work has been personalised for Redbox through the introduction of a snare drum made by Highwood Drums of School Lane, Horbury;...