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🚧 Big Changes Ahead: Roadworks, Reopenings & a Carnival!
🚧 Big Changes Ahead: Roadworks, Reopenings & a Carnival!
Derby Turn gets a makeover, The Lifestyle Bar returns, and the carnival rolls in.
Chris Towland
Aug 7, 2025
All the Good Stuff Happening in Burton! Thursday 7th August 2025 |
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🎉 What’s On in Burton
🌤️ Your Weekend Weather Forecast
🚧 Derby Turn Roundabout Upgrade Begins Monday
🍽️ Kids Eat Free (or for £1!) This Summer
…plus plenty more Burton bits to keep you in the know and ahead of the weekend!
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This week in Burton... |
Burton Caribbean Carnival |
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🎉 Burton Caribbean Carnival – Saturday 9 August 2025 🎉
Get ready for a day of colour, music and mouthwatering food as one of Burton’s biggest summer celebration returns! 🕤 Parade starts 10:30am from Burton Caribbean Association (Uxbridge Street), dancing its way through Union Street, Station Street, Borough Road, Wellington Road and Shobnall Road to Shobnall Playing Fields by around 12:30pm.
📍 Main event at Shobnall Leisure Complex (DE14 2BB), 11:00am – 6:00pm
Whether you’re in it for the parade, the food, or the limbo dancing - it’s one not to miss!
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Thursday 7th August
Friday 8th August
☀️ Daytime Events Gruffalo Falconry Show at Church Farm, Anslow
🌙 Evening Events (other than live music)
80s The Decade Show at Conkers
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☀️ Friday, August 8th
⛅ Saturday, August 9th
🌤️ Sunday, August 10th |
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Major resurfacing will begin at the Derby Turn roundabout in Burton starting Monday, August 11, as part of a £2.5 million upgrade to the A5121 Derby Road.
Daytime closures will occur Monday to Friday during the school summer holidays, with diversions and on-site staff ensuring residents can access their homes.
Overnight works and final touches will follow, including new road markings and a full surface rebuild. Read More... |
Where Kids Eat Free in Burton During the Summer Holidays |
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Discover where kids can eat free or for just £1 in Burton during the summer holidays. We've listed the top pubs, restaurants, cafes and more in the Burton area that are offering these holiday deals.
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🚗 Learning to drive? Let’s get you on the road with confidence! |
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Monday 11th August
Tuesday 12th August
Have Tea with a Pony at Scropton Horse Centre (Weekly)
Circus Stars at Coopers Square 🎸 Live Music Greg Coulson at The Deer Barn, Tatenhill
Friday 15th August
🌙 Evening Events (other than live music)
Legally Blonde the Musical at The Brewhouse
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From barn conversions to dream homes, his story (and advice) is well worth a read... Read More... |
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Many thanks for reading this week's Insider. Chris Towland |
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I love how a fly will get into your house through a 2mm crack in a bathroom window, but can't find its way out even if you have the side of your house taken off.
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