I Had a Wonderful Time at the Greenoaks Gathering!

I was away at the Greenoaks Gathering last weekend and it was absolutely bloomin' brilliant, despite my tent half collapsing on the Friday night.

I danced so much that my 66-year-old body really felt the aches the next day. As well as music and dancing, the pagan festival offered talks and workshops. I taught one on dowsing. It's the first time I've run the class, but I hope to offer it again at other events. There was also a market, lovely food and drink, and the campsite even had some real flushing toilets with sinks and soap and loo paper!

The collage above shows some of the photos I took. Here's the details:

• Inkubus Sukkubus, the Saturday headline act. 
• Fire dancers in the meadow.
• Handmade witch dolls with individual personalities plus and other creations by Hook and Broom. 
• Mari Lwyd (horse skull hobby horses) face off against each other in the marquee.
• Music by guitar and fiddle in the market.

While I was there I had a go at crafting a Viking-style glass bead in a workshop run by Scarlet Impressions. I'll be blogging more about that later this week.

Greenoaks Gathering is an annual event at Hatters Campsite in the Cambridgeshire countryside. You can find out more here: https://www.greenoaksgathering.co.uk/

Previous related posts
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/06/festival-time-im-off-to-greenoaks.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/06/pictures-from-glorious-greenoaks.html

Festival TIme: I'm Off To The Greenoaks Gathering!

I'm off to the Greenoaks Gathering tomorrow morning. It's a lovely Pagan gathering in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens, at an eco venue called Hatters Campsite and it runs from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 June. There'll be music, talks, workshops, kids activities, rituals, and a magickal market. 

I'll be running a dowsing workshop on Saturday afternoon, teaching how to used pendulums to find answers to questions. Then, on Sunday afternoon, I'll be giving a talk on poppets. All the activities are free - it's only the festival itself that requires a ticket

There are still some camping weekend tickets available, costing £122 for adults, but you can also just come for a day. An adult Saturday day and evening ticket is £61. Remember that includes all the entertainment and talks etc. You can find out more and book here:  https://www.greenoaksgathering.co.uk/

Hatters Campsite, can be found at Second Drove Adelaide, Ely CB7 4UD.  

The pictures are ones I took at last year's Greenoaks Gathering. 

Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks, including the Summer Solstice. There are online things you can do anywhere (highlighted in bold so you can see them easliy) plus in-person talks and workshops in or near London, and some conferences and festivals further afield.

Now – 29 November; The Coming of Age Exhibition - including displays on witches and crones. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Open daily 10am-6pm.  Free. https://wellcomecollection.org/

Now - 8 September; The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial. Exhibition. Venue: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London, SW3 4RY. Open 10am-6pm. Tickets from £13. https://www.saatchigallery.com/whats-on

Now to 13 September;  Hail, Delirium! Surrealist Dorothea Tanning art exhibition.  Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: during normal opening hours. Free entry. https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/

Now to end of June; Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition. Venue: The Vaults, Leake Street, SE1 7NN. Open Wednesdays to Sundays. Tickets from £21. https://darksecretsexhibition.com/london/

Now – 13 September; The Material Heart: Front Line to Home Front. Exhibition of WWI folk art. Venue: Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF.  Open: Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11am – 6pm. Tickets free with general museum admission ticket or a ticket to the Paint, Pattern, Print exhibition that's also on, costing £11.50. https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/

Now – 16 August; Olivia Plender: Little Fennel’s Complaint Exhibition. Venue:: Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, UK, OX1 1BP. Open from 11am Tuesday - Sunday. Tickets from £7.21. https://modernartoxford.org.uk/

Now on; Vikings: The Immersive Experience. Venue: Dock X, Unit 1 Canada Water, Surrey Quays Rd, London SE16 2XU.  Opening hours: daily from 9am. Adult tickets from £23 and children from £16. https://vikings-immersive.co.uk/london/?

Now - 1 November; Exhibition: The Saxons. Venue: Discover Bucks Museum, 9 Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 2QP. Time: Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm. Sunday noon – 4pm. Adult tickets from from £5.90. https://discoverbucksmuseum.digitickets.co.uk/tickets

Most lunchtimes and some other times: Meditation - in-person or online. In-person venue: Inner Space, 36 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London · WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm (for lunchtime meditation). Free. https://www.meetup.com/inner-space-covent-garden/events/

Every Tuesday to Sunday except over bank holidays; College of Psychic Studies -  pop in to have a look around the lovely building.  Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-4pm. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Every lunchtime: Rainbow Spirit offers a shared vegetarian lunch from a flat in Soho, London, for all people LGBT+Allies. The foundation is British witchcraft. Each meal is followed by Ancestor Circle, passing the talking stick. Alcohol-free event. To attend join the Whatsapp chat group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LhDxaCzGsmE2YI6AReyw3W

or email: rainbowawakening1@gmail.com

Wednesday 10 June; Collage on Discarded Ceramics with House of Frisson. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £50 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 10 June (and other dates and times); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour and a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £12. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Wednesday 10 June (2nd Wed each month);  The Power of Practice. Training group workshop by the Wytchery. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/the-wytchery/

Wednesday 10 June (most Wednesdays); Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £23.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday 10 June (every Wednesday); Feeling Sound. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £18.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 10 June;  Spirit Allies for Support. Class with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Wednesday 10 June (tbc but usually 2nd Wed each month);  Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 10 June; Light Language. Start of 2-session course with Gemma Petherbridge, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £95. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 10 June; On Collecting as a Psychological Condition with Viktor Wynd. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 11 June (every Thursday); Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Thursday 11 June; The Hieroglyphica of Horapollon with Sasha Chaitow. Online talk via Watkins Bookshop. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 11 June; Magick Without Tears Moot. Venue: Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte St., London W1T 2LY. Time 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwtpubmoot

Thursday 11 June; Heartspaces - Heart and Soul spiritual gathering. Venue: Essex Hall, Essex Street, London WC2R 3HY. Doors at 6.30pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/121061473538?

Thursday 11 June;  The Symbols of Alchemy with Eliza Swann. Talk and Soirée. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 11 June (and other dates); Kundalini Yoga and Sound Healing with Claudia Chapman. Venue: The Goddess Studio, 116 Whitehouse Way, London N14 7LU. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/20248016862

Thursday 11 June (and other dates); Cosy Candlelit Gong Bath by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £20.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Thursday 11 June;  Way of the Witch monthly online circle with Samantha K. and Jacqui C. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/sammi-k-shamanic-practitioner-psychic-medium/events/

Thursday 11 June; Luck. Talk by Cunning Folk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm, Free but £5/£8 donations welcome.  Email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com to book a space or visit  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 12 June  (every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Online event. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday, 12 - Sunday 14 June 2026; Greenoaks Gathering 2026. Pagan gathering in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens, at an eco venue. Music, talks, workshops (including a couple run by myself), kids activities, and a magickal market. Venue: Hatters Campsite, Second Drove Adelaide, Ely CB7 4UD. Tickets: £0 – £114.47. https://www.greenoaksgathering.co.uk/

Friday 12 June; The Secret History of the Universe with Jonathan Black. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Friday 12 June; Travel with the Sacred Drum with Heather McDonald. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 6.30pm. Tickets: £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 12 June (and other dates); Welcome Women's Circle. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House | 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Tickets: optional donation of £5 - £15. https://rsh.anth.org.uk/whats-on/

Saturday, 13 June; Folklore Inspired Creative Session with the Saturday Morning Folklore Club. Venue: The Crosse Keys, 9 Gracechurch Street, · London. Time:· 10am. Tickets free.  https://www.meetup.com/saturday-morning-folklore-club/

Saturday 13 June; Sacred Power of the Serpent Queen. Workshop with Frances Billinghurst, author of Encountering the Dark Goddess, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 10.30am. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 June: Tantric Symbols for Self-Empowerment workshop with Nishant Sharmaa. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 June: The Gifts of a Highly Sensitive Person workshop with Mel Collins. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 June: Mediumship and Spirit Communication workshop with Sean Collyns . Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: contact the college.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 13 June: The Light in the Dark Oracle -Lucia Dami. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: noon. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Saturday 13 June:  Wild And Witchy Day Retreat. Venue: Station Approach, Leatherhead KT227SQ. Time: 2pm. Tickets: from £108.51. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-and-witchy-day-retreat-tickets-1989903435743?

Sunday 14 June: The Way of the Ankh workshop with Pixie P Carney. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 14 June; The Magic of Trees at North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, NW Kent. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887

Sunday 14 June;. Betts Park - Mixed Adult Forest Bathing. Meet at Anerley Road, London SE20 8TQ. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Sunday 14 June; The Dark Night of the Soul. Workshop with Julia Shepherd, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 14 June; Pagan School Under 35s Summer Solstice. Venue: Queen's Wood Road, London. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £10 - £12. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/87136041303?

Sunday 14 June; Honouring the Sun Deities at Luna Iter (Ritual in the Tower). In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. Meet at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London, from 4.30pm, moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £10. https://www.hildegardmaier.co.uk/luna-iter or https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154 

Sunday 14 June; Menstruation, Folklore, Tradition and The Power of Women.Workshop with Dr Deirdre Nuttall via Seed talks online.  Time: 5pm. Tickets £17 - £26.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/36463428713?

Sunday 14 June (every full and new moon); Moon Space online event via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Sunday 14 June; Labyrinth Walk Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 8pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 14 June; Psychedelic Plant Medicines and Faerie Realms with Zina Brown. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday 8 June; The Zodiac (Part 2). Free online talk via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 5pm. Tickets free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 15 June; Bibi's Circle - Summer Solstice. Venue: Rons Coffee House, Holdrons Arcade 135a, Rye Lane London SE15 4ST. Time: 6pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bibis-circle-56277271483

Monday 15 June; Dracula Returns To Derby with Dan Webber. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  from £16.14, includes a cocktail. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 15 June; Witchcraft’s Big Ideas class with Rebecca Beattie, author of Planetary Magic and Nature Mystics, via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 15 June;  Theosophy. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Monday 15 June; Talk on The Astrological Sappho with Heather McVey followed by chart discussion. Online talks via the Astrological Lodge of London. Starts 7pm. Tickets £6/£9. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 15 June; The Principles of Kabbalah. Start of 5-session course with Mike Bais, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £180. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 15 June (tbc but usually every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Tuesday 16 June (and other dates); Yoga for Mind, Breath and Body. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 6.15pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesday  17 June; 'A History of Science in Reverse: The Doctrine of Signatures, 1885-1609'- Lecture. Venue: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Time: 2pm. Free but book a ticket. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events

Wednesday 17 June (and other dates); Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £60 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 17 June; The Morrigan: The Nightmare Queen. Hybrid talk by Professor Ronald Hutton, author of Triumph of the Moon and Blood and Mistletoe, via Gresham College. In-person venue Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, Holborn, London EC1N 2HH. Time: 6pm. Free to register for online viewing. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/

Wednesday 17 June; Space for Storytelling Free Workshops (Theme: “Site Specific”) with London Dreamtime. Venue:  St Johns Waterloo crypt, London SE1. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  free https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Wednesdays 17 June; An Introduction to Inspired Writing. Start of 2-session course with Anne-Marie Bond, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 17 June; Threshold Magic. Workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 17 June; Rebecca Tamás and Malcolm Gaskill: The Book of Mysteries. Venue: London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Pl, London WC1A 2JL. Time: 7pm Tickets £10. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rebecca-tamas-malcolm-gaskill-the-book-of-mysteries-tickets-1987077846329?

Wednesday 17 June; Wakefire: An Incantation To Summer. Venue: Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London, NW1 7AY. Time: 8pm. Tickets £23. https://www.efdss.org/

Wednesday 17 June (tbc but usually 3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/

Thursday 18 June;  Private View: That Large Ghost, Curated by Jack Catling (Exhibition Run: Friday 19 June-Friday 17 July). Venue: Swedenborg House, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6pm. Free but reserve a space. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/private-view-that-large-ghost-curated-by-jack-catling-tickets-1990949444383

Thursday 18 June; Drumming for Infinity. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  £15. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Thursday 18 June; Live Welsh Folk Music. Talk and Performance by Chris Avery. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 18 June;  Poetry Evening. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events

Thursday 18 June; Summer Solstice Ritual Online Ceremony with Julian Vayne via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 18 June; Natalie Haynes – The Myth of Medea Live In Conversation with Robin Ince. Venue: Saint James Church, Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0EA. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £35/£15. https://howtoacademy.com/events/natalie-haynes-the-myth-of-medea/?

Thursday 18 June; PF London Midsummer Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.15pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/groups/pflondon/events

Thursday 18 June; Nocturnes, Symphonies and Seances:Whistler’s Life and Art with Antony Clayton. Talk online via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society.  Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 19 June; Solstice Dawn Chorus Walk at Camberwell Old Cemetery with London Wildlife Trust. Venue:  Camberwell Old Cemetery, Forest Hill Road, London SE22 0RU. Time: 4.30am. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/7357843879?

Friday 19 June (1st and 3rd Friday each month); Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 19 June;  Summer Solstice Yoga and Meditation + Optional Wild Swim on the Heath. Venue: Hampstead Heath, Next to Mixed Bathing Ponds, London NW3 1BP. Time: 6pm. Tickets:  From £10.19. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-solstice-yoga-meditation-optional-wild-swim-on-the-heath-tickets-1990899509025?

Friday 19 June; Hex and the City Walking Tour with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Cowcross St, Farrringdon, London EC1M 6BY. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/

Saturday 20 June;  Hand Reading Made Simple with Robin Lown. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 20 June;  Mediumship and Spirit Communication with Sean Collyns. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 20 June; Understanding Tarot Court Cards with Avril Price, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 11am. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 20 June; Feeling Spirit: Clairsentience with Hernan Cotroneo, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 11am. Tickets: £120. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 20 June;  Summer Picnic. Venue: Primrose Hill, Primrose Hill Road, London NW1 4NR. Time: noon. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-picnic-tickets-1990773505144?

​Saturday 20 June (Saturday closest to the festival); Summer Solsice at Coldrum Stones with Kent Gorsed. Venue: Coldrum Long Barrow, West Maling, Kent. Time: noon. Free. https://www.facebook.com/kentgorsedd/

Saturday 20 June; Sea Witches Fancy Dress Tea Party. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: noon, Free event just turn up https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 20 June; Sacred Lodge Sacred Ceremony Celebrating Summer Solstice. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: 12.30pm start Tickets £30 min donation, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/

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Saturday 20 June; There will be Summer Solsice rituals taking place at Avebury Stone Circle from noon on Saturday to sunrise on Sunday. One of these is the annual Free and open Gorsed of Caer Abiri ritual at Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire. Meet at the Red Lion pub from noon for druidic ceremony at 1.30pm. Offering of bread, mead, or Bardic performance always welcomed. Free event, just turn up. There will also be a Sunset Ceremony and a Sunrise Ceremony that are also free to attend. Be respectful and leave no litter. https://www.facebook.com/groups/49080749624/

Saturday 20 June; Spooky Isles Midsummer Eve Social Gathering. Venue: The King and Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL. Time: 2pm. Tickets £8 - £17 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/121088529614?

Saturday 20 June; Oracle of the Celestial Deities and Legends, Heroes and Villains Oracle with Letao Wang. Talk and signing, Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 2pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

​Saturday 20 June;  Woodland MidSummer Ritual 2026 with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at the entrance to Queen's Woods, Queen's wood Road, London N6 5UU, to be led into woods to the ritual spot. Bring a torch and wear suitable clothing and footwear. Time: 2pm. Tickets £6.13. More info: https://mani.org.uk/ or visit  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mani-woodland-witch-34325436803

Saturday 20 June;   Wolf Pack Solstice. Venue: Watermill Wolves, TN39 5JB; Time: 4.30pm. Tickets £21. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/whiteravenceremonies/2064917?

​Saturday 20 June; Summer Solstice Circle. Venue: 145 Willersley Avenue, Sidcup DA15 9EP. Time: 6pm. Tickets:  From £11.55. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-solstice-circle-tickets-1988510077170?

​Saturday 20 June (date tbc);  Summer Solstice Pagan Ceremony Online via Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Saturday 20 June to Sunday 21 June; Summer Solstice at Stonehenge. English Heritage is allowing managed free open access to the stones for the sunset and sunrise, although the car parking is charged. Times: 7pm Friday to 8am Saturday. Details: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/solstice/  The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnglishHeritage

Sunday 21 June;  Crown Chakra. Wicca Women’s Circles Focus on a Chakra . Venue: Crystal Wicca,  West Wickham, BR4. Time: tbc. Tickets: £33 or £55 for two classes. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Sunday 21 June (closest Sunday to the festival); Pagan Federation Online Summer Solstice Festival. Starts 10am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/paganfederation/events

Sunday 21 June;  An Introduction to Dowsing with Vicky Sweetlove. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £130. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 21 June;  Mythic London Walking Tour with with Caroline Wise, organised through  Treadwells. Meet outside  St Mary Le Strand Church, Strand, London WC2R 1ES. Time: 11.20am. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 21 June; Druid Fest. Venue: Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon EN11 8LS. Noon-6pm. Entrance by donation. https://www.facebook.com/HertsEvents

Sunday 21 June (tbc but usually closest Sunday to the festival); Summer Solstice  ritual for members of the Woodspirits group. Venue: Highgate, London. Meet from noon for a social then ritual at 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/4032235040150960

Sunday 21 June (closest Sunday to the festival); Druidic Ritual to celebrate Summer Solstice on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, at 12.30pm to prepare the site for the ritual at 1pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill

Sunday 21 June;  Summer Solstice Open Ritual and Picnic with members of Hertford and Ware Pagan Moot. Meet at: Pindar Lane Car Park, Windmill Lane Cheshunt EN8 9AJ. Time: 1pm. Free. Bring your own picnic. https://www.facebook.com/events/1004451185387095/?

Sunday 21 June (tbc but usually closest Sunday to the festival);  Anderida Gorsedd Summer Solstice open ritual. Venue: Long Man of Wilmington, Wilmington, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm, walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards, the Giants Rest pub. https://www.facebook.com/groups/227609495203/

Sunday 21 June; Wild South London Midsummer Nature Festival in Beckenham Place Park. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: from 1.30pm. Tickets free but reserve a place. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-south-london-midsummer-nature-festival-in-beckenham-place-park-tickets-1989902891114?

Sunday 21 June; Summer Solstice Picnic with South East London Pagans. Venue: Greenwich Park, South London. Time: 2pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Sunday 21 June;  Solstice - 21st June  an afternoon of vocal music, movement, and art. Venue: St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG. Various times from 2pm,. Tickets £0 - £16.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solstice-21st-june-tickets-1985522287611?

Sunday 21 June; Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 2pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/ or  https://allevents.in/london/dawn-of-the-oak-london-pagan-and-heathen-meeting-15th-february-2026-tickets/80001854227648

Sunday 21 June;  Wild Pavements - a Summer Solstice urban walk with Amanda Tuke and Bookseller Crow, followed by a talk. Meet at: Bookseller Crow On The Hill, 50 Westow Street,  London,  SE19 3AF. Various times from 2.30pm. Tickets £5 to £22. https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35151/wild-pavements-an-urban-walk-with-amanda-tuke-and-bookseller-crow?

Sunday 21 June; Southwark Hysteries Solstice Special with  Maria Beadell of Herstorical Tours. Meet: Green Dragon Court, London SE1 . Time: 4pm. Tickets: £22.50. https://www.herstoricaltours.co.uk/book

Sunday 21 June; Talk and Tarot: The Sun Card - Solstice Special. Venue:  Bonnington Cafe and Community Centre, 11 Vauxhall Grove, London SW8 1TD. Time: 6pm. Tickets £7. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-tarot-the-sun-card-solstice-special-tickets-1989183151353?

Sunday 21 June (closest Sunday to the festival); Summer Solstice Litha Wheel of the Year: Pagan Ceremony. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 21 June; Summer Solstice Shamanic Ceremony with Beáta Alföldi, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 21 June; Midsummer and Creative Writing. Workshop with Bernadette Russell  via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events. Contact organisers directly if you have questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you're running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com I earn commission from advertisers for some links.

Green London: Bloomsbury's Secret Gardens

Here's a view of Montague Street Gardens, which is normally a private secret garden hidden behind buildings in Bloomsbury, near the British Museum. I visited for London Open Gardens weekend, organised by London Parks and Gardens.  

It's a really lovely green space with trees, lawns, swirling gravel paths and some great statues. Planting includes evergreen hedging, camellia beds, a pocket meadow and a bee garden supporting pollinators.

I also visited Bedford Square Gardens, also in Bloomsbury, and photographed below.

As it says on the London Parks and Gardens website:

"Built between 1775 and 1786, Bedford Square is London's finest and most complete Georgian squares... Many of the elegant surrounding buildings were once fashionable townhouses, and are now offices. Pre-war iron railings enclose the large oval garden at the centre while shrubberies and mature London plane trees provide screening and shade. A restored summerhouse provides shelter."

London Open Gardens is an annual event, with over 100 green spaces to visit that are normally closed to the public. However, there are still many public parks that are open all year round.

About My Green London Posts

I've been blogging regularly about London's green spaces in an effort to dispel a prevalent myth in the pagan community that it's just all concrete. Even in the City, which is of course heavily built up, there are still places where nature thrives, while Greater London has huge areas of woods, commons, parks and beautiful gardens.

The pictures on this post were all taken by me. Please do not use them without my permission.

Some Previous Links
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/05/green-london-beltane-flowers-on-street.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/07/green-london-ruskin-park-tranquil-gem.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/04/green-london-rookery-streatham-common.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-plumstead-common-its.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-londons-first-botanical.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/09/green-london-st-alphege-gardens-city.html

Dowsing: I've Shopped For Crystal Pendulums

I've been shopping for crystal dowsing pendulums for people to use at the dowsing workshop I'm running at Greenoaks festival next weekend. They came with a velvet chart. Here's what they are as they're photographed from left to right, top row to bottom row:

• Strawberry quartz: Helps with questions of the heart
• Zebra agate: Good for intuition
• Peach moonstone: For questions on personal happiness and creativity
• Kambaba jasper: For help with grief, anger, and sadness
• Red aventurine: Boosts confidence, for help with getting the most out of life
• Vesuvianite: For questions to help get over negativity and about the past
• Black tourmaline: Helps block unwanted thoughts and insecurity when doing psychic work
• Cream moonstone: For questions about creativity, imagination and fertility
• Mahogany obsidian: For questions about sex and passion as well as creativity
• Banded agate: A good-luck stone that can help with answering difficult questions
• Red jasper: Help with questions about your ambitions and goals

I'll be adding these to the ones I already owned. These include ones made from rose quartz which is good for questions about love and friendship, garnet which is associated with passion and confidence, and wood which is grounding.

Greenoaks Gathering

The Greenoaks Gathering runs from Friday, 12 - Sunday 14 June 2026. It's a lovely Pagan gathering in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens (picured), at an eco venue. There'll be nusic, talks, workshops (including a couple run by myself on dowsing and poppets), kids activities, and a magickal market. The venue is Hatters Campsite, Second Drove Adelaide, Ely CB7 4UD. Tickets are from  £0 – £114.47. Find out more here: https://www.greenoaksgathering.co.uk/

Pagan Portals - Dowsing

My next book in the Pagan Portals series is Dowsing: A Witch’s Guide to Divining with Pendulums and Rods. It's published by Moon Books. This is the description on the website:

"In Pagan Portals - Dowsing Lucya Starza teaches the basics of using pendulums, rods, and the tingles in your fingers to find what you are looking for, whether that falls within the elemental categories of earth, air, fire, and water, or the boundless remit of the realm of spirit."

The book is due to reach shops early in 2027 but can already be pre-ordered.

You can view Pagan Portals - Dowsing on Amazon.

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Previous Related Posts

https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/03/revealing-cover-of-my-next-book-dowsing.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2026/06/my-witchy-events-charms-dowsing-dolls.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/11/i-bought-pendulum-at-college-of-psychic.html
https://www.badwitch.co.uk/2024/10/using-pendulum-as-divination-to-make.html