MISCELLANEOUS

Claygate English Folk Dancing Club, Thursdays, 8pm-10.15pm, St Nicholas Church Hall in Summer Road, Thames Ditton, 020 8641 2013 or 01372 373 745.

Asian Elderly Group meets at 10.30am Tuesdays, Drake House, St George's Road and 10.30am Thursdays, Merton Hall, Kingston Road, 020 8944 9545.

Motspur Park Horticultural Society meets every Sunday, from 9.30am until 12pm, 82 Blakes Lane, Motspur Park, 020 8942 0653.

Bridge Group meets Sundays, 2.30pm to 5pm, Ethnic Minority Centre, Vestry Hall, 336 London Road, Mitcham, 020 8543 2709.

Meditation at the Dorjechang Buddhist Centre, 12 Springfield Road, Wimbledon. Call 020 8946 5140.

FAIRS

Every Friday

q Barnes Women's Institute Market, Rose House, 70 High Street, Barnes, 10am-12pm, 020 8788 7046.

1st and 3rd Fridays of the month

q Friday Market, Sheen Lane Centre, East Sheen, 020 8878 4594.

Every Saturday

q Twickenham Farmers' Market Holly Road Car Park, Twickenham 9am-1pm, fresh seasonal produce direct, 020 7704 9659

q Wimbledon Park Farmers' Market at Wimbledon Park First School, Havana Road, Wimbledon Park 9am-1pm.

Every Friday and Saturday

q Putney Open Air Farmers' Market, Putney High Street (behind Iceland), Putney.

1st Saturday of every month

q Richmond Farmers' Market, Heron Square (off Hill Street and Bridge Street), 10am2pm, 020 8747 3063.

1st Sunday of every month

q Antique and Collectibles Fair, Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, 9am-5pm, £1, 020 8390 1230.

TALKS

May 30

q The Making Of CD Masters, Surbiton Recorded Music Society, British Red Cross Hall, King Charles Crescent, Surbiton, 7.45pm, £2.

June 3

q Leisure and Pleasure in Stuart Times, lecture by Rosie Greaves, Surbiton & District Historical Society, Surbiton Library Hall, Ewell Road, Surbiton, 7.45pm.

June 5

q The Queen's Conjuror, best-selling biographer, Benjamin Woolley will talk about John Dee, the Queen's astrologer, The National Archives Ruskin Avenue, Kew, 7pm, £4-£5, 020 8876 3444.

WALKS

Edwardian Extravaganza, free entry to Marble Hill House to mark 100 years of public opening, Marble Hill Park, Twickenham, May 31-June 1, 10am-6pm, fair until 9pm.

Ham House, Ham Street, Richmond. Weekly tours of the garden, Wednesdays, 2pm, £3-£6, includes entry to the house.

Historic Kingston. Fascinating Sunday walk led by Kingston's voluntary tour guides. Meet Kingston Parish Church, first Sunday of each month, The Market Place, Kingston, 2.30pm, £2, 020 8942 7015.

Daily Wildlife Walks at The London Wetlands Centre, Queen Elizabeth's Walk, Barnes, 11am and 2pm, 020 8409 4400.

Kew Bridge Steam Museum. Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlesex, 020 8568 4757. Interactive paradise 11am-5pm daily. The engines now run every Sunday, 11am-5pm, £2-£10.50 family ticket.

Kew Gardens, Kew Road, Richmond, 020 8332 5655. Daily guided tours, 11am, 2pm meet at the Victoria Gate Visitors Centre.

q Go Wild. Kew's summer festival full of activities including a treetop walkway, until September 28, 9.30am-6.30pm, £5.50-£7.50.

The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew. Behind The Scenes' public tours, 12pm on the last Friday of each month, free but booking is essential on 020 8392 5202.

q The National Archives Museum: Treasures from the National Archives. British history from the Domesday book to Edward VIII's abdication letter, famous names from Jane Austen to Elton John and written and photographic records revealing every aspect of British life, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, free.

May 30, 2003 10:30