Saturday

BOLTON MUSEUM, ART GALLERY & AQUARIUM, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton. Tel: 332211. www.boltonmuseums.org.uk Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Admission free.

Bolton Aquarium

There are fantastic fish on display from all over the world, some highly threatened in their natural habitats. From Piranhas to Pufferfish, huge Catfish to tiny Tetras, there are hundreds of fish to come and see in an aquarium designed to allow the fish to behave as they would in the wild. There is now the unique chance to name our new Lungfish from Queensland, Australia, which will be on display in the very near future.

HALL I'TH'WOOD MUSEUM, Green Way, off Crompton Way, Bolton, tel: 332370

Open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am-5pm. Admission is £2 for adults and £1 for children and concessions, £5 family ticket (2 adults and 2 children), joint Hall i'th'Wood and Smithills family ticket £10.

SMITHILLS HALL AND HISTORIC house, Smithills Dean Road, Bolton, tel: 01204 332377

The Hall is now open for the Summer season with guided tours available. Opening hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11am-5pm (last admission 4.15pm) and Sunday, 2pm-5pm (last admission 4.15pm).

Come and visit this beautiful historic house and browse through the gift shop. Events throughout the year include Ghost evenings.

Special offer: Admission price is £1.50 per person with this advert. (This advert can be used for upto a maximum of 10 people to receive the special price).

PLAY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: Play and Children's Services currently run a variety of playschemes around the Borough. Some are free operating on a drop-in basis while there is a minimal charge for others which includes transporting your child to and from school. The following are out of school childcare schemes offering before-school, after-school and holiday care in a targeted area as well as free drop-in provision.

Harvey's Kids Club, Harvey Early Years Centre, Pilkington Street, Bolton, BL3 6HP. Tel: 334031. e-mail carla.lord@bolton.gov.uk

Heywood Playworld, Heywood Park, High Street, Great Lever, Bolton, BL3 6SR. Tel: 334322. e-mail heywood.playworld@bolton.gov.uk

Waggon Road Play Centre, Waggon Road, Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 5AU. Tel: 334410. e-mail waggonroad.playcentre@bolton.gov.uk

BOLTON LADS & GIRLS CLUB, 18 Spa Road, Bolton, tel: 540142. Out of school care, breakfast club, after school club, ie holiday club. e-mail Patsy.Cowan@blgc.co.uk

LEISURE, SPORT & KEEP FIT

BOLTON EXCEL, Lower Bridgeman Street, Bolton, tel: 334456.

DEANE COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Junction Road, Deane, Bolton, tel: 334432. Bolton Tornadoes Lifesaving Club, 4.30pm-5.30pm. Cost £2.50. Tel: Heather on 793175 for details.

Little Lever COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Church Street, Little Lever, tel: 334177.

Sharples COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Hill Cot Road, Sharples, with swimming pool on site, tel: 334224.

HARPER GREEN COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Harper Green Road, Farnworth, tel: 334234.

Turton COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Chapeltown Road, Turton, with swimming pool on site, tel: 334440.

HAYWARD COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Stack Fold Lane, Bolton, tel: 334233.

Horwich LEISURE CENTRE, Victoria Road, Horwich, with swimming pool on site, tel: 334488.

Kearsley COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Springfield Road, Kearsley, tel: 334141.

FARNWORTH LEISURE CENTRE, Brackley Street, Farnworth, with swimming pool on site, tel: 334477.

Westhoughton COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Bolton Road, Westhoughton, with swimming pool on site, tel: 01942 634810.

JUBILEE POOL, Darley Street, Bolton, with swimming pool on site, tel: 334443.

WITHINS LEISURE CENTRE, Newby Road, Breightmet, tel: 334133.

BADMINTON COACHING, suitable for adults and children, classes throughout the borough, tel: Ray Schofield on 667498 or 01257 480961.

Saturday

CIRCUIT TRAINING sessions for children, 5pm-6pm and adults 6pm-7pm are held at Gibbon Street Community Centre. Admission free. For further details tel: 528786.

HILTON TABLE TENNIS CENTRE, Nuttall Avenue, Horwich: table tennis for all ages, 1pm-3pm and 7pm-9pm, tel: 481593/692752.

BOLTON YMCA, 125 Deansgate: second hand book sale, 10am-12 noon; Tae Kwon Do self defence, 10.30am; modern sequence dancing, 6.30pm.

BOLTON LADS & GIRLS CLUB, Spa Road, Bolton: Family Leisure and Sports with quality sports and activites aimed at all the family, 12 noon-4pm. Only £1 per person. Tel: 540100.

OTHER EVENTS

Saturday

HORWICH HERITAGE, exhibition of Horwich Loco Works Remembered 1884-1984, Heritage Centre.

RED ROSE ROLLER SKATING CLUB, Darwen Leisure Centre, 2pm-5pm. Details 01254 668314.

WHEELIES, a sports and social club for young wheelchair users aged between 4 and 16, Coney Green Sports Hall, Spring Lane, Radcliffe, 10am-12 noon. Tel: 0161 253 6388.

HORWICH RESOURCE CENTRE, Beaumont Road: Fundraising Events, 10am-12 noon; Junior Craft Club 2nd and 4th Saturday, 10am-noon; RSPCA Advice and Information, tel: 693694 (Sat only), 11am-1pm; Adult Craft Club, tel: 694013, 10.30am-3.30pm.

ZAC'S YOUTH BAR, Market Street, Farnworth, Dreamcast, Playstation and pool table, details 706200.

THE LIGHT FACTORY for children aged four to 11, Church of the Nazarene, Yarrow Place, off Brownlow Way, 10am to 12 noon. Details 522550.

MUSIC & DANCE

Saturday

LINE DANCING, beginners and intermediate classes. Ladybridge Community Centre, 7.15pm to 10.30pm. Admission £2.

SEQUENCE DANCING, St Joseph's Ballroom, Hobart Street, Halliwell, 7.30pm.

MUSIC CENTRE ACTIVITIES, over 30 Ensembles, weekly rehearsals and opportunity to perform regularly, tel: 333533.