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Gloucestershire Events

January
International Cajun & Zydeco Festival
January at Batsford
Marshfield Potato Day
The Big Garden Birdwatch
February
Art Activity Days
BITE
February at Batsford
Snowdrop Week at Batsford
Valentines Day
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition
Young Explorers Holiday Club
March
Cheltenham Poetry Festival
Chipping Sodbury Mop Fair
Daffodil Week at Batsford
Easter Trail

IWA Regatta & annual meeting
March at Batsford
Mothering Sunday
National Hunt Festival
NGS Open Day at Batsford
Snowdrop Week at Batsford
Thornbury Eisteddfod
April
Annual Giant ‘Boat jumble’ & Waterways Festival
April at Batsford
Badminton Horse Trials
Big Batsford Chicken Hunt!
Cheltenham Poetry Festival
Dawn Chorus Wild Walk
Easter Weekend at Batsford
Flowering Cherries in Full Bloom!
Highnam Court Spring Fair
Mummers Play
Music in the Church
Overbury Farms Lambing Day
Severn Vale Art Trail
Spring Grand Sale
Sue Ryder Easter Eggstravaganza
Swimathon
Wild Over Waterways
World Tai Chi Day at Batsford
Young Explorers Easter Holiday Extravaganza
May
Awaken Your Senses
Berkeley Castle Game & Country Fair
Cheltenham Carnival
Cheltenham International Jazz Festival
Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling
Cotswold Festival of Steam
Cotswold Highland Games & Dog Show
Davidia Delights at Batsford
Dragon Boat Regatta
Early and Late May Bank Holidays
Festival of Youth Sport
Food Festival
Lechlade Music Festival
May at Batsford
Randwick Cheese Festivities
Randwick Wap
Sea Shanty Festival
Severn Vale Art Trail
St Briavels' Bread & Cheese Dole
Stroud International Textile Festival
Sue Ryder Midnight Walk
Tewkesbury's Food and Drink Festival
Thornbury Arts Festival
Wildlife Art Society International
Winchcombe Walking Festival
Woolsack Races
Wye Valley River Festival
June
Berkeley Festival
Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival
Chipping Sodbury Classic Car Run
Chipping Sodbury Festival
Cotswold Olimpicks
Father’s Day
Festival of Youth Sport
Hullabaloo Festival
June at Batsford
Lister Tyndale Steam Fair
Music in the Church
Open Farm Sunday
ROSE WEEK
Saul Canal festival
Scuttlebrook Wake
Steam & Real Ale Weekend
Stroud Arts Festival
Sue Ryder Cycling Event
Sue Ryder Midnight Walk
The Art of Flowers
Winterwell
Wychwood Festival
July
2000trees Festival
Cheltenham Book Fair
Cheltenham Music Festival
Chipping Sodbury Jazz Festival
Clematis Weekend
Cotswold Show
Cotswold Show & Country Fair
Crafts at the Castle
Dig It, Cook It, Eat It!
Glorious Gloucestershire Festival
Gloucester Blues festival
Gloucester Festival
Gloucester Festival - Carnival Procession
Gloucester Festival - Funfairs
Gloucester International Rhythm & Blues Festival
Gloucester Quays Food Festival
JOUST 2 Weekends Of Mediaeval Mayhem
Joust Lord's Luncheon Banquet
Joust Mediaeval Festival
July at Batsford
Longborough Festival Opera
North Nibley Music Festival
Outdoor Shakespeare
Overbury Street Market
Rose Week

Royal International Air Tattoo
South Cotswold Beer Festival
Summer Magic Proms Night
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
August
Art in The Garden
August at Batsford
Big Batsford Bug Hunt
Bisley Flower Show and Fete
Collaboration Fest
Cotswolds Vintage Fair
Football in the River
Gatcombe Park Horse Trials
Gloucester Festival - Firework Finale
Go Crazy at the Castle
Spring Hill Horse Trials
Summer Concerts TBA (open air)
Summer Festival @ The Coach & Horses
Tewkesbury to Twyning Raft Race
The Cranham Feast
Three Choirs Festival
Treefest
September
Annual Charity Golf Day
Battle!
Big Batsford Bat Walk
British Wildlife Photography Awards
Cerney House Autumn Fair
Chipping Sodbury Mop Fair
Classic Car & Antique Show
Cycle Challenge in aid of The Stroke Association
Discover Creative Campden
Frampton Country Fair
Heritage Open Days
Moreton Agricultural Show
Music in the Church
Newent Onion Fayre
Painswick Church Clipping
September at Batsford
Stroud Food Festival
Stroud Fringe Festival
Sue Ryder Annual Autumn Fayre
The Art of Flowers
October
Annual Gift & Craft Fair
Autumn Colour Spectacular
British Wildlife Photography Awards
Cheltenham Literature Festival
Craft Food and Country Gift Fair
Creepy Crawly Roadshow!
Engage Festival
Festival of Bacchus
Fungi Foray
Halloween Happenings!
NGS Open Day
October at Batsford
Salvation Army Charity Concert
STARLIGHT HIKE: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Steam & Vintage Rally
Sue Ryder Starlight Hike
The Art of Cornwall
Walking, Talking River
November
Autumn Colour Spectacular
British Contemporary Crafts
British Wildlife Photography Awards
Cheltenham Christmas Market
Christmas Lantern Procession & Christmas Lights switch-on
Feast of Christmas Fair
November in Batsford
The Friends Creating Christmas
The Sodbury Slog
December
Boxing Day at Batsford
Chipping Sodbury Victorian Day
Christmas Period at Batsford
December in Batsford
Mummers Play
Music in the Church
National Synchronised Swimming Championships
Santa Fun Run
Santa Specials

117 Places to Visit in Gloucestershire | Directory

Situated in the Heart of England, Gloucestershire is an unspoilt county with plenty of opportunities for great day trips. Steeped in lore and legend,the area has attractions that are ancient and industrial, small and grand. Notable places to visit include the Forest of Dean, The famous and well traversed Cotswold Hills, Gloucester and regency Cheltenham

Arlingham | Berkeley | Bibury | Bourton-on-the-Hill | Bourton-on-the-Water | Cheltenham | Chipping Campden | Cinderford | Cirencester | Coleford | Deerhurst | Dursley | Gloucester | Hartpury | Lechlade | Longhope | Lower Slaughter | Lydney | Moreton-in-Marsh | Nailsworth | Newent | North Cerney | Northleach | Nymspfield | Painswick | Stonehouse | Stow-on-the-Wold | Stroud | Tetbury | Tewkesbury | Westbury-on-Severn | Winchcombe | Wotton-under-Edge

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Birthplace of: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Edward Jenner, Dick King-Smith, Laurie Lee, Sir Bernard Charles Lovell, Mark Phillips, Dennis Potter, Fitzroy Somerset, Ralph Richardson, Frederick Sanger, John Taylor, William Tyndale, Beatrice Webb, Charles Wheatstone, George Whitefield, Ernest Wilson, Frederic Bartlett, John Biddle, Rowland Biffen, James Bradley, Edward Codrington, W E Henley, Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, Frederick Handley Page, Edward Wilson, Jimmy Young, Anna Ford, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brian Jones, David Hemery, Simon Pegg, Henry Green, Ivor Gurney, William Hadow, Matthew Hale, Robert Hardy, Eddie the Eagle Edwards, Richard O'Brien, Herbert Howells, Edith How-Martyn, Charles Hyne, John Keble, Albert Mansbridge, William Prout, Robert Raikes, Willie Renshaw, Edward Russell, Jack Russell, John Stafford Smith, Alex Gregory, Zac Purchase, Alastair Cook,

Arlingham

Berkeley

Bibury

Bourton-on-the-Hill

Bourton-on-the-Water

Cheltenham

Chipping Campden

Cinderford

Cirencester

Coleford

Deerhurst

Dursley

Gloucester

Hartpury

Lechlade

Longhope

Lower Slaughter

Lydney

Moreton-in-Marsh

Nailsworth

Newent

North Cerney

Northleach

Nymspfield

Painswick

Stonehouse

Stow-on-the-Wold

Stroud

Tetbury

Tewkesbury

Westbury-on-Severn

Winchcombe

Wotton-under-Edge

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