Wombles events
Find out what’s happening in the world of the Wombles: release dates, public appearances, children’s activities and special events.
2024
- Mike Batt - The Closest Thing To Crazy: My Life Of Musical Adventures (26 September)
- Haydon the Womble's birthday (26 August)
- Beaulieu Monorail 50th anniversary celebrations (31 July)
- Limited edition vinyl album Golden (21 June)
- Mike Batt's birthday (6 February)
2023
- New Wombles audiobook read by Richard E Grant on BBC Radio 4 (25 December)
- Wombles storytime, crafts and 1973 reminiscence at Maidenhead Library (20 July to 21 July)
- The Big Help Out on Wimbledon Common (8 May)
- The Creator Of The Wombles: The First Biography Of Elisabeth Beresford (6 March)
- 50th anniversary of The Wombles TV series (5 February)
2022
- Bernard Cribbins Day on BBC Radio 4 Extra (29 December)
- Winter Wombling at the Wimbledon Museum (21 December)
- The Wombles 4 Album Box Set: The Complete Studio Albums (25 November)
- Mike Batt - Bright Eyes and Beyond at Bush Hall (15 November)
- The Making of The Wombles Stories exhibition in Newcastle (29 September to 4 October)
- Wombles Day and bench unveiling at Plough Lane stadium (9 July)
- The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Pageant (5 June)
2020
- Superwombling listening party (24 December)
- Great British September Clean 2020 (11 September to 27 September)
- Mike Batt: The Penultimate Collection (8 May)
- Mike Batt live stream: songs and chat (25 March to 4 May)
2018
- Bernard Cribbins autobiography published (11 October)
- Ivor Wood: A Celebration at BFI Southbank (26 August)
- Alderney stamps: 50th anniversary of the Wombles book (14 February)
- Wombling Weekend at Seven Stories (6 January to 7 January)
2017
- The World of Ivor Wood at Manchester Animation Festival (16 November)
- Wimbledon Common walk - Wimbledon BookFest (8 October)
- Wombles picnic at Waterstones Wimbledon (29 May)
- Womble craft and outdoor trail at Sudbury Hall (13 February to 19 February)
- The Story of Children’s Television from 1946 to Today (22 May 2015 to 29 January 2017)
- Wimbledon Common guided walk with Walk London (30 January 2010 to 28 January 2017)
2016
- Cambridge Film Festival: Keep on Wombling with Mike Batt and Orinoco (24 October)
- Mike Batt at MGSO4 Epsom & Ewell Arts Festival (25 June)
- Clean for the Queen (4 March to 6 March)
- Bernard Cribbins at Polka Theatre in Wimbledon (17 January)
2015
- Wimbledon BookFest 2015 – Wombles Storytelling and Singalong (4 October to 11 October)
2014
- Mike Batt - My Life In Song at The Crazy Coqs (13 October)
- Wimbledon BookFest 2014 – Wombles Storytelling and Singalong (5 October to 12 October)
- Keep Britain Tidy's Big Tidy Up (26 September to 31 October)
- Mike Batt at BFI Favourite BBC Children's Characters (13 July)
- Classic Children's TV stamps (7 January)
2013
- Leicester Christmas lights (17 November)
- Full colour paperback gift edition of The Wombles (7 November)
- Wimbledon BookFest 2013 – Wombles Storytelling and Singalong (13 October)
- Bernard Who? on BBC Radio 4 (25 April to 2 May)
- Litter picking on Wimbledon Common (9 March)
- 40th anniversary of The Wombles TV series (5 February)
- Old Jack's Boat - new Bernard Cribbins TV series (21 January)
2012
- Wimbledon BookFest 2012 – Womble Storytelling and Singalong (14 October)
- The Snow Womble picture book (11 October)
- Audiobook of The Wombles (11 October)
- Meet Haydon the Womble at Kidsfest 2012 (27 August)
- Book reading by Neil Matthews on Alderney (18 August)
- Paint a Womble at Morden Library (28 July to 7 August)
- Dean Parsons (Haydon) to carry the Olympic Flame (23 July)
- Grand opening of the Wombles exhibition (30 June)
- 'The Wombles, Elisabeth Beresford and her Alderney' exhibition (30 June to 29 September)
- Journeys From Wimbledon Common book (14 June)
- Mascot Grand National (7 May)
- Haydon the Womble at Wimbledon shopping centre (2 April)
- Mike Batt - My Vintage (Vintage TV) (14 February)
- Silver 70s exhibition - Leeds City Museum (27 January to 22 April)
2011
- Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs (Channel 5) (25 December)
- Loose Women (ITV1) (23 December)
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC Two) (19 December)
- OK! TV (Channel 5) (16 December)
- Haydon the Womble on The Basement (Sports Tonight Live) (15 December)
- Simon Mayo Drivetime (BBC Radio 2) (13 December)
- Personal appearance at HMV Oxford Circus in London (11 December)
- This Morning (ITV1) (9 December)
- Wimbledon Village Christmas Shopping Day (4 December)
- Wimbledon BookFest 2011 - Womble Storytelling and Singalong (9 October)
- Cheltenham Literature Festival (8 October)
- Full colour hardback gift edition of The Wombles (3 October)
- Wombling Free film in Nottingham (24 September)
- Wimbledon Common Stables Open Day 2011 (4 September)
- Seven Stories - Wombles Of Wimbledon Common Are We (20 August)
- Wilderness Festival - The Wombles Retreat (12 August to 14 August)
- Wombling Free film in Wimbledon (6 August to 7 August)
- National Media Museum - Remember You're a Womble (30 July to 5 August)