Date: Sat 11 & Sun 12 July
Time: 10am – 4pm both days
Venue: Hethersett Village Hall, Norwich, NR9 3JJ
Open to: Everyone! Individuals, families, children, members and non-members!
Booking? Just turn up! Tortoise health checks – booking recommended.
Entry: Members & Children – Free, Non-members – £2
🐢 Tortoise Health Checks – Bookings 9.30am-1pm, Walk-in 11am-1pm
General check, advice & beak trimming (if required). Click the booking link to get more information.
Prices: Members – £12, Non-members – £15
Booking advised.
🐢 NEW! Rehoming Chats – Serious about rehoming but need advice? Click the booking link to get more information.
Prices: Members – Free, Non-members -£5, redeemable in Club Shop
Booking advised.
🐢Freshly Made Food & Drink
Café open all day – Cakes, Sandwiches, Ice creams & Nibbles – Tea & Cofee – Free cold drinks
Saturday special 🥗VegTubby’s Fresh world foods from spiced curries to Bombay toasties!
World food menu: Curry & Stew – Choose from Afghan or Ethiopian. Persian sytle hummus & flatbreads. Armenian salad bowl. Bomby Toastie. Vegetable omelette. Gujarati potatos. Mango Lassi. £3-12
Sunday special 🍕 Benissimo’s Freshly made pizza’s available outside at the pizza van all day! Menu including gluten free, vegetarian & vegan. Buzzer system so no waiting around!
Pizza Menu: Margherita, Pepperoni Picante, Vegetariana, Grande Speciale and a Sunday special. £10-14.
🐢Are you bringing your tortoise with you?
Relax and enjoy the event while your tortoise chills out in our free, safe and quiet tortoise creche
🐢Visiting as a family?
Children’s activities workshop for fun tortoise themed crafts in the afternoon, kindly run by playschool group
Here on Sunday? Drop by at 10.30am or 2.45pm for a story time with Ian Brown, the author of Albert the Tortoise! Get signed copies and enjoy a giveaway
🐢Timetabled events
9.30am-1pm | Early Bird Booked Health Checks & Rehoming 1-to-1s SEE BOOKING INFOMATION BELOW
11am-1pm | Walk-in Tortoise Health Checks
1:15pm-1.45pm | Cool sit down presentation on natural tortoise diet tips, enclosures & the most asked questions on tortoise care
NEW 5-10 minute mini ‘Show and Tell’ talks!
2pm & 3pm | Tortoise Plant ‘Show and Tell’ – Learn about foraging, feeding, growing plants for food, enclosure enrichment & ask questions
2.15 & 3.15pm | Tortoise Products ‘Show and Tell’ – Hear about the latest tortoise essentials – including UVB, heat & lighting, supplements, and dried foods and more.
🐢Open All Day!
Edible tortoise-safe plant shop
Club shop for tortoise food, supplements, lighting, books, gifts & tortoise trinkets!
Enclosure inspiration
Get up close with the giant and baby tortoises and meet ones waiting to be adopted
Tombola, games & raffles
Tortoise care resource stand with FREE care sheets
Rehoming desk – talk to us about the process of rehoming with us
Membership stand & help desk
Worming & Chipping is NOT available at this event – separate event taking place – click for more details
