Greentop Circus Beginners’ Static Trapeze Workshop, Sheffield

Gain a new skill by spending the day learning static trapeze, pictured above, which involves rope work, moves on and under a bar. You might even find time to try acrobatics while you’re there. June 20, £35, www.greentop.org/home/greentop_circus

Giant bunny bin, Holland Park and Covent Garden, London

A world away from his classics-with- a-twist range, Paul Smith has been working with the Design Museum to tackle London’s litter problem. The result is a bin shaped like a giant bunny, with ears that light up when you throw in your rubbish. Hop along and see it in a tidy park near you. Until the end of June, www.designmuseum.org

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Bath Boules Tournament, Queens Square, Bath

The tournament is fully booked, but you can still go along to watch the action. Kick back with a gin and tonic and indulge in some old-fashioned entertainment for an afternoon. June 20-21, free, www.bathnes.gov.uk

Tamar Valley, Tavistock, Devon

More than 80ft above the ground, Britain’s top tree surfers will demonstrate their vertiginous art as they leap and swing across the treetops of the Tamar Valley. Marvel at these modern-day Tarzans as they make their way along surfing planks, down zip wires and across rope bridges. June 20. Try the rope course for £5, www.treesurfers.co.uk

Fancy a spot of croquet, darling?

Muddy Boots Croquet Tournament, Fulham Palace, London Pack your wellies and flip-flops and toddle along to Fulham Palace, where you can compete in croquet matches on the main lawn, or teach the kids how to swing a mallet. How very, very jolly. June 20, £15 to compete, lessons and spectators free, www.thebestof.co.uk/local/hammersmith-and-fulham

Fight with the animals

Imperial War Museum North, Manchester It isn’t just people who fight in wars, but animals too. Killer whales, for example, were in the past trained to deliver nuclear weapons to enemy shores. Take your kids along for this interactive war exhibition. June 21 and 28, free, www.north.iwm.org.uk

Waltz like Queen Victoria

Kenwood House, Hampstead, London. Take part in a weekend of Victorian-themed events at sumptuous Kenwood House. Activities range from meeting redcoat soldiers to trying out some of the moves that our 19th-century ancestors would have enjoyed on the dancefloor. June 20-21, free, www.english-heritage.org.uk

Set the moths free

Smithills Hall, Bolton, Lancashire Often considered the ugly cousins of the more glamorous butterfly, moths can get a bad press. This moth morning may change your mind. Stunning specimens will be released from a light trap, giving you the chance to learn all about the different varieties. June 21, free.

www.boltonmuseums.org.uk

Embrace metrosexuality with a new manbag

Manbag auction, www.ebay.co.uk

Various celebrity guys and gals (Ricky Gervais, Twiggy, Rio Ferdinand and Jimmy Choo among them) have been designing manbags to be auctioned on eBay, starting on Wednesday night. The aim is to raise awareness of prostate cancer, the most common cancer among men in the UK. Starts 12.01am on June 24 for 10 days. For more details www.manbagcompany.com

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Hyde Park, London. Join hundreds of inline skaters and spend a hot (not guaranteed — pack a cagoule just in case) summer’s evening zooming around Hyde Park. Get fit, have fun — and it’s all free. June 26, free, www.lfns.co.uk

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Greenwich and Docklands International Festival

Practise your fire-breathing in preparation for this street festival with art, performance and dancing in the streets. June 25-28, free, www.festival.org

Fishy business

Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The aquarium wants your help looking after its residents. See what life with Free Willy is really like. June 20 and 27, £35 per child, www.blueplanetaquarium.com

Stomp around the zoo with the elephants

Chester Zoo, Chester. The first of a series of evenings held at Chester Zoo will take you on a tour of the grounds, focusing on majestic elephants and cheeky primates. A barbecue (with meat from a local butcher, so the animals have no need to worry) will round off the evening. June 25, £34.50, www.chesterzoo.org

Blindfold Challenge Run, Roundhay Park, Leeds

Join in this blindfolded 5km run to raise money for the charity Sense, which supports deafblind adults and children. Blind running might sound scary and dangerous — the deafblind are thought to lose up to 95 per cent of their sensory abilities through loss of hearing and sight — so it is suggested that participants run with a sighted partner who will provide assistance. June 28, £12.50 per entrant, www.vision5kuk.org.uk