Hatch End Millennium Festival is serving up a weekend of activity which is sure to offer something for everyone.

A full programme of events from May 19-21 draws on the worlds of sport, culture, religion, horticulture and much, much more.

The Festival was planned as a celebration of the new millennium with the aid of a £4,000 grant from the Millennium Festival Awards for All.

Anne Swinson, co-ordinator of the event and a member of the Hatch End Association, said: ' We have been meeting regularly to organise the Festival for quite some time now. It is very exciting that it is finally here.

'This is a unique festival, but we hope that some events such as the triathlon may continue in the future.'

The weekend begins at 7pm on Friday with a ticket-only explanatory service at the Kol Chai Synagogue. Tickets are available by calling 020 8428 1415.

At 8pm, the 1st Hatch End Scouts will have a campfire at Wildfire Meadow, Hall's Farm by Bryant's Close, George V Avenue and at the same time the Acorn Players will be performing Two and Two Together at the Traveller's Theatre, Harrow Arts Centre. The play will also be on the following day.

A garden day from 9.30am-3pm at the Harrow Arts Centre is supported by the Hatch End Horticultural Society.

And from 11am-2pm Grimsdyke School will be the venue for a family fun day featuring displays, music dancing and more.

At 6pm, Gareth Thomas MP will unveil a Living Map of Hatch End at Hatch End Station, painstakingly researched and created by boys and girls from Hatch End scouts and guides

Later a treasure hunt will set off at 6.45pm from Hatch End Station. Prizes can be won on route to the finish three miles away at Shaftesbury Playing Fields. There is a shorter walk for those less energetic.

On the Sunday from 8am to 1pm there will be a triathlon at Hatch End Swimming Pool and Hatch End Playing Fields.

At 12.30pm Hatch End Cubs will bury a time capsule at Elliott Hall and the weekend will be rounded off at the Free Church in Rowlands Avenue with an ecumenical service at 3.30pm.

Towards the end of the year a souvenir brochure will be published to commemorate the Festival.