👉🏼 What's On: From Painting & Picnics to Music & Podcasts

Another sunny week filled with fab ideas for all ages...

Issue 10

🌞 Good Morning, Hertford!

This is the Hertford Scoop. We take your weekly local news and events season it with spice and serve it to you hot.

Here’s what we got for you today:

  • 3 Cool Things This Week

  • Events Listings

  • Kiddies Scoop

  • Local Business & Town News

  • Weather

  • Mind, Health & Fitness

  • Business Spotlight

  • Extra Sprinkles (stuff we’re loving/ inspiration)

Let’s get into it…

3 Cool Things This Week

😋 Who doesn’t appreciate a freebie? Here’s a list of restaurants where your kids can enjoy meals for less, or even for free in the summer school holidays!

2. Latitude Festival Returns

🎶 One of the UK’s biggest summer festivals returns to Suffolk from 24–27 July, with headliners Sting, Fatboy Slim, and Snow Patrol. Expect a packed weekend of music, comedy, and family-friendly vibes.

3. Swiatek & Sinner Win Wimbledon!

🎾 At just 22, Italian sensation Jannik Sinner secured his first Wimbledon title in an exhilarating final, firmly establishing himself as one of tennis's brightest stars. Meanwhile, Iga Świątek made it look effortless, serving up a double bagel - a term used when a player wins both sets 6-0, a true mark of domination on the court.

(I learned that fun tennis term this weekend, and it’s as satisfying as it sounds!)

Events Listings

🎭 Arts & Entertainment Events

  • Farm Yard in the Field - Country Hits Live & Whitney

    📅 Saturday, 19th July, 3:30-11pm 📍Tewinbury Farm

    Saddle up for a night of chart-topping country anthems, powerhouse vocals and summer party vibes in the field.

  • Battle Proms Picnic Concert

    📅 Saturday, 19th July, 4:30-10:30pm 📍Hatfield Park, AL9 5HX

    Pack a picnic and chill the fizz for the 24th annual Hatfield Park Battle Proms! We commemorate the VE Day 80th anniversary year with a vintage spectacular featuring stunning displays, uplifting live music, dazzling fireworks, Spitfire display, cannons, cavalry, and parachutes.

    🎟 £52.50 p adult - Tickets here

  • Brush Party - Sorrento Spritz

    📅 Wednesday, 16th July, 7-10pm📍Quattro Lounge, Hertford

    Join Brush Party, the UK's 'Paint and Sip' experts to create our fabulous theme 'Sorrento Spritz', and enjoy a great night out that you'll be talking about for weeks!

  • Taylormania

    📅 Wednesday, 16th July, 7:30pm 📍 Beam

    An award-winning extravaganza celebrating one of today’s biggest music icons. Featuring Katy Ellis - an avid Swiftie herself - alongside a brilliant live band and dancers, Taylormania promises the most authentic Taylor Swift experience you’ll ever witness.

🏰 Family & Community Events

  • 11th Annual Food Festival

    📅 Sunday, 20th July, 12-4pm 📍 The Priory, Ware, SG12 9AL

    Celebrating fantastic local food and produce at Ware Priory. Free entry, with live music, entertainment and free children’s face painting!

  • Teddy Bears Picnic

    📅 Sunday, 20th July, 12-4pm 📍Hertford Castle

    Hertford Town Council invites families to a fun-filled afternoon with magic shows, circus skills, and live music from the Welwyn Garden City Brass Band. Enjoy canoeing on the River Lea, a teddy bear hunt inside the Castle, and visit the Teddy Bear Hospital. Don’t miss the return of the thrilling Teddy Bear Zipline and the 3pm Teddy Bear Parade, judged by the Deputy Mayor - prizes for the best dressed bear!

🌱 Health & Wellness Events

  • Learn to Meditate

    📅 Tuesday, 15th July, 7:30-9:30pm 📍 Millbridge Rooms

    Free meditation sessions for beginners - no experience required, just turn up.

  • Move & Meditate - Children’s Yoga & Relaxation Class (2-12 year olds)

    📅 Wednesday, 16th July, 10:10-11am 📍 Beam, Hertford

    At Move & Meditate, our classes are a joyful celebration of movement, music, and mindfulness for little ones. We combine yoga, sound, and play in a way that’s fun, expressive, and completely unique.

    🎟 Pre-booking essential

  • Wild Worship at St. Leonard’s Church

    📅 Saturday, 19th July, 2:30-3:30pm

    Come along to the oldest building in Hertford for a lovely hour of activities, songs and stories to explore creation and being ‘in God’s image’. Free of charge, lots of fun in the St Leonard’s gardens!

Kiddies Scoop

  • Soft Play School Meet Ups at Hartham Leisure Centre

    I mean if this isn’t the most adorable thing that Hartham Leisure Centre came up with, then I don’t know what is… 👧🏽👦🏼👧🏻

    For all the littles starting school in September, Hartham Soft Play have arranged School Meet Ups (for each individual local school!) over the summer holidays.

    ☎️ Booking required: 0199 258 4000

  • Downtime inspo!

    Holiday mode is kicking in, and if you’re anything like me, your brain’s already buzzing with ways to keep the kids entertained. Instead of Sing on loop - here’s a list of feel-good, thought-provoking documentaries to watch with your kids to mix things up on those lazier days.

🐞 Children's Summer Trail

Entertain the children this summer with the Secret Society of Hertford Crafters children's trail.

From Saturday 19th July to Saturday 30th August, follow the trail map and discover the 'Down on the Farm' themed knitted characters hiding in shops and shop windows across Hertford Town Centre.

Local Business & Town News

⭐️ New Opening on Lea Wharf - Harley’s Lounge

Harley’s Lounge is set to open soon at Lea Wharf, bringing a stylish new riverside spot to eat, drink, and unwind in the heart of Hertford.

♻️ Ware Recycling Centre Temporary Closure

The recycling centre will undergo essential maintenance and will be closed from 21 July - 9 August. As the reuse shop will also be closed, please drop-off any reuse items at Bay 16 inside Ware Recycling Centre.

The nearest recycling centre: Welwyn Garden City Recycling Centre, Tewin Rd, AL7 1BD.

🚫 Temporary Closure - The Practitioner

From Saturday, 19th July, the Practitioner will be undergoing a 6-8 week refurb. Doors will open again for good food, good drinks & good times around mid September.

☀️ Hertford Weather: 15 - 21 July 2025

TLDR: Expect a toasty week with plenty of sunshine, a few cloudy spells, and the occasional shower - ideal for summer plans if you’re ready for anything! 🌤️🌦️

Date

High

Low

Conditions

Tue 15 Jul

21 °C

14 °C

🌬️ Breezy with peekaboo sun and the odd shower – don’t forget your coat!

Wed 16 Jul

24 °C

15 °C

☁️ Cloudy feels but warming up—great for indoor browsing!

Thu 17 Jul

26 °C

16 °C

🌤️ Sunny breaks -perfect for al fresco lunch plans.

Fri 18 Jul

27 °C

16 °C

🌞 Warm and cheerful - ideal day for riverside strolls.

Sat 19 Jul

28 °C

16 °C

☁️ Cosy clouds & summer heat

Sun 20 Jul

29 °C

18 °C

🔥 Hot with high clouds - hit the shade and sip something cool!

Mon 21 Jul

28 °C

16 °C

🌥️ Warm and mostly cloudy with afternoon

Mind, Health & Fitness

I’m sure most of you are familiar with Dr. Chris Van Tulleken (Ultra Processed People) whom has made us think twice when making food choices for us and our families. In this Moments episode, the Junk Food Doctor delves into the complexities of foods labelled as “healthy”. Tune in to gain insight into how you can be more mindful of your food choices, starting today.

Business Spotlight

🛋 Sarnova Interiors

Meet Hertford local, the creative, Joanna Sarno - Jo is the owner of Sarnova Interiors and is building her portfolio through thoughtful, character-led spaces, creating homes as individual as their owners.

Now taking on new projects from September, so get in touch.

Joanna Sarno - Sarnova Interiors, Hertford

☎️ 07849 148373 | @sarnova_interiors

Check out her socials for some seriously good looking spaces.

Extra Sprinkles

For anyone that needs a last minute teacher’s gift, we’ve got you covered with these gorgeous finds, all locally sourced:

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