This weekend, Days out

One of the UK's largest weekly car boot sales. Attracts over 500 sellers every Sunday with just about anything you could think of on sale, from curtains to cakes.

Buddhist nun and meditation teacher Gen-la Dekyong gives instruction on how people can develop an inner confidence.

Classic tours of central London, plus countryside tours and cycle rental.

This all human performance includes an Australian flying trapeze act, a foot operated bow and arrow routine, acrobats, jugglers, aerialists and a fire tricks.

Seek out some bargains at this large market and car boot sale.

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The 'Big Pit' is no longer used as a working mine as it has been closed since 1980. However visitors can descend the 300ft shaft to find out what it was like for generations of miners in South Wales. There is an exhibition in the old Pithead baths and a reconstructed miner's cottage can also visited so that the lifestyle…

Play the numbers game.

A chance to talk to the staff at the Botanics about the less well-known flora and fauna of the garden, and the preparations for the upcoming Bio Blitz – an increasingly popular activity in which a given area is intensively studied for 24 hours in an attempt to discover every living species in the area. Ages 8+.

Garden opening.

Fitness displays and advice, with sporting guests including Jay Cutler, Dan Hardy, Carl Froch and Mariusz Pudzianowski.

Garden opening.

A course for botanical illustrators who've already achieved a foundation level of skills. Students work at their own pace, having access to the RBGE's collection and the expertise of the tutor. Booking is essential.

A one-day cookery session, where participants are taught how to create a range of dishes.

Historic portrait paintings by artists including John Opie, Daniel Stringer, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry Tonks, GF Watts and Alfred Stevens.

Garden opening.

Enjoy refreshments at Carnforth Station, most famous for the role it played in the 1945 film, Brief Encounter.

The park is set in 250 acres and features woodland trails and conservation areas, and has the pit wheels from Sutton colliery in the park. The visitor centre has exhibitions about the local wildlife.

These amazing tours of Brighton's Railway Station only happen once a year as part of Brighton Fringe. A chance to learn about the hidden places, local history and wonderful engineering of Brighton's Grade II* terminus. Best to book, because of limited spaces. Tours given with Southern's permission. PG – Children (16 and…

Brighton’s most creative tour! A unique/off-centre trip through Brighton’s strange history and cult-ure, including: magic, mysticism, comedy, time machines, and an origami lesson. Does Brighton have an underground river? How are the Old Steine, Stonehenge and the CERN particle accelerator related? Has one of Brighton’s…