Our guide to what's on in the borough this weekend

Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: Charity Indoor Car Boot Sale, Summer Saturdays, Hollingworth Lake Craft and Wellbeing Fair, Rochdale AFC v Eastleigh, NHS Mobile ‘Clinic in a Van’ is coming to Middleton and Rochdale, Heywood Station Car Boot Sale and Market, Leyla Mae’s Day, Rochdale Hornets v Oldham RLFC, Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market, Visit Firegound Museum, Rochdale Ramblers – Sunday Walks, Exhibition: Watercolours.

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• Events happening all weekend

Visit Fireground Museum – Fireground, Maclure Road
Open 10am - 4pm, Friday 18 & Saturday 19 August

Fire Museum attractions are on show including historic and recent day artifacts.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72912/

Gallery Exhibitions: Watercolours – Littleborough Coach House, Saturday 19 August, 10am – 3pm

Littleborough Painters – Watercolours and Glynis Thorpe.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72963/

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• Saturday 19 August

Charity Indoor Car Boot Sale – Smithy Bridge Methodist Church, 9.30am – 11.30am

The car boot sales will take place every third Saturday of the month.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72819/

Summer Saturdays - Riverside Retail & Leisure Complex, 11am – 3pm

Hosted by Rochdale Bid. Visitors to the town centre will be able to soak up the atmosphere this summer with free entertainment and activities.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72907/

Rochdale AFC v Eastleigh – Crown Oil Arena, 3pm kick off

Vanarama National League match.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73226/

NHS Mobile ‘Clinic in a Van’ - Asda Rochdale Superstore

A new NHS mobile ‘clinic in a van’ is coming to Middleton and Rochdale so staff can talk to men about their risk of prostate cancer.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/73054/

For a full list of Saturday’s events see the Rochdale Online Events Diary:

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=19-08-2023&searchtype=date

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• Sunday 20 August

Bowlee Car Boot Sale and Market – Bowlee Community Park, 7am

One of the biggest car boot sales and markets in Greater Manchester.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72477/

Heywood Station Car Boot Sale Sundays – Heywood Station, 8.30am

Car boot Sundays are back!

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71959/

Rochdale Ramblers – Sunday Walks – To the Halo, 10am

Walk distance = 2 miles.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72997/

Hollingworth Lake Craft and Wellbeing Fair – Hollingworth Lake, 10am – 2pm

Visit Lake Bank for the best handmade goods or treat yourself to a relaxing complementary therapy.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72507/

Leyla Mae’s Day – Heywood St James, 2pm

Family fun day to raise money for families with critically ill children.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/72977/

Rochdale Hornets v Oldham RLFC – Crown Oil Arena, 3pm kick off

Betfred League 1 match.

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/71839/

For a full list of Sunday’s events see the Rochdale Online Events Diary:

www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/events/search?searchvalue=20-08-2023&searchtype=date

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