Summer Holidays
Join the Leach Pottery this Summer Holiday with a collection of creative opportunities for all to have-a-go making with clay. Workshops take inspiration from the museum collection and take a playful approach.
Young Potter’s Throwing Have a go on a Potter’s Wheel
Make with Leach: Tea Set Each week focus on a different element of a tea set
Snakes and Ladders A collection of play based games
Summer Sketching Kit using graphite, charcoal and chalk to sketch the pots in the museum
Clay Station A collection of play based games
Leach at the Palemon: The Summer Reading Challenge 2025 ‘Story Garden’ Takes Reading to the Great Outdoors
Calendar Overview of Family Workshops at the Leach Pottery
Every day across August our Potter’s Corner is stocked with clay to make with and Sketching Kits are ready for drawing. In addition we have the following activities on offer (some taking place at Leach Pottery, others, where stated, offsite);
Friday 1 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Saturday 2 August
Sunday 3 August
Monday 4 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Tuesday 5 August
· Tea Set: 10:30-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. The Exchange, Penzance. Drop-in.
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Wednesday 6 August
· Thursday 7 August: Snakes & Ladders: 2-4pm. Leach Pottery Museum. Drop-in.
· Young Potter’s Throwing 10-11 & 11.30-12.30pm. The Leach Pottery Museum. Booking essential
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Friday 8 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Saturday 9 August
Sunday 10 August
Monday 11 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Tuesday 12 August
· Tea set: 10:30-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Hayle Recreation Ground. Drop-in.
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Wednesday 13 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Thursday 14 August:
· Snakes & Ladders: 2-4pm. Leach Pottery Museum. Drop-in.
· Young Potter’s Throwing 10-11 & 11.30-12.30pm. The Leach Pottery Museum. Booking essential
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Friday 15 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Saturday 16 August
Sunday 17 August
Monday 18 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Tuesday 19 August:
· Tea Set: 0-11am, 11.30-12.30pm, 1.30-2.30pm, 3-4pm. Camborne Library. Booking essential.
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Wednesday 20 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Thursday 21 August Snakes & Ladders: 2-4pm. Drop-in.
· Leach Pottery Museum. Young Potter’s Throwing 10-11 & 11.30-12.30pm. The Leach Pottery Museum. Booking essential
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Friday 22 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Saturday 23 August
Sunday 24 August
Monday 25 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Tuesday 26 August:
· Tea Set: 10:30-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. The Buttermarket, Redruth. Drop-in.
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Wednesday 27 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Thursday 28 August:
· Snakes & Ladders: 2-4pm. Leach Pottery Museum. Drop-in.
· Young Potter’s Throwing 10-11 & 11.30-12.30pm. The Leach Pottery Museum. Booking essential
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Friday 29 August
· Clay Station: 10-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm. Drop-in.
Saturday 30 August
Sunday 31 August