Summer solstice evening walk & gathering at Gibbets Close Hill nature reserve

Join the Wychwood Forest Trust team on a special guided walk around Gibbets Close Hill nature reserve at the summer solstice.

In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs on 20th or 21st June, when the sun is at its highest position in the sky and furthest from the equator, bringing the most hours of daylight. The longest day is also known as 'midsummer', and evidence suggests it has been a significant day in our calendar for millennia, marked with fire and festivity since the Neolithic period. 

It is easy enough to appreciate why the summer solstice was a celebration, even if we don't know exactly how ancient peoples celebrated. Understanding the cycle of nature, the changing of the seasons, the rising and the setting of the sun, was crucial to survival - for the care of their land, their crops and their animals. 

Come and join us at the…