General Retail markets at Moreton-in-Marsh (Tuesdays), Chipping Norton (Wednesdays), and Stratford-upon-Avon (Fridays).
January 2010
Daily - Meet the Falconer and Hawk Walks
31 Home Farm, Newent - snowdrops and country walks
February 2010
Snowdrop Season at Rococo Gardens, Painswick (daily) and Colesbourne Park, Cirencester (weekends)
6 Guided Walk - meet 10am Back Lane car park, Winchcombe (Winchcombe and Belas Knapp)
7 Guided Walk - meet 10am at Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial (The Slaughters and Windrush valley)
7 Trench Hill, Sheepscombe - snowdrops and hellibores NGS
13 Guided Walk- meet 10am Willersley Village Hall
14 Trench Hill, NGS
16 Folk Night at Bakers Arms, Broad Campden, Nr. Chipping Campden
18 Guided Walk - meet 10am at Blockley villlage green
27 Home Farm, Newent NGS (as above)
March
3 Walk - meet 0930 at New Inn, Willersley
3 Walk - meet Tesco car park, Stow
7 Walk - meet 0930Winchcombe back Lane car park
14 Walk - meet 0930 Waterloocar park
16 Chipping Campden Folk Night. bakers Armsd, Broad Campden
16/17/18/19 National Hunt Festival, Cheltenham Races
17 Hidcote gardens NT. 1400 Informal garden talk
18 Walk - meet 1000 Blockley Green bus shelter
19 Broadway arts and Crafts market 1100-1600
20 Batsford Arboretum Daffodil Week
24 Chastleton House NT informal guided tour by custodian
26 Walk - meet 1000 Stanton village car park
27/28 Diesel Gala, GWR, Toddington
28 Mill Dene garden spring tour 1130 - 1700
31 Walk - meet 0930 Stanton village car park
31 Walk - meet 1000 Moreton-in-Marsh War Memorial
April
Best of Hidcote - skunk cabbage, foxglove tree and magnolias
Spring Blossom Trails, Vale of Evesham
2-5 Blenheim Palace Easter Egg Challenge
3-5 Easter Trail, Snowshill Manor NT
3-5 Easter gathering, Pathlow, Stratford-upon-Avon (steam engines, classic cars, trade stalls, etc)
4/5 Hidcote Gardens Easter Trail NT
4 Easter Egg Trail at Sudeley Castle
5 North Cotswolds Point to Point, Paxford, Chipping Campden
11 NGS Abbotswood, Stow-on-the-Wold
11 NGS The Old Chequer, Draycott
18 NGS Stanway Water Garden
18 NGS Kiftsgate Court, Mickleton
22-25 Spring Grand Sale at Sudeley Castle
24/25 Thomas the Tank, GWR, Toddington
24/25 British & Midlands Hillclimb, Prestcott Hill
25 NGS Mill Dene, Blockley
28-3 May - Cheltenham International Jazz Festival
29 to 5/5 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
British Asparagus Festival, Evesham
Shakespear's Birthday Celebrations, Stratford-upon-Avon
May
Best of Hidcote - tulips, Chinese handkerchief tree, wisteria, giant alliums and lilacs
1 NGS Grange Farm, Moreton-in-Marsh
1-3 Badminton Horse Trials
1-3 Blenheim Palace Jousting Tournament
1/2 Tewkesbury Festival of Food & Drink
1-3 Stratford-upon-Avon Country Show, Pathlow, SUA
6-9 Malvern Spring Show (Horticultural)
8/9 Vintage Flying Weekend, Kemble Airfield
10 NGS Elm Close, Welford-upon-Avon
10-21 Chipping Campden Music Festival
13 Gypsy Horse fair, Stow-on-the-Wold
16 NGS Blockley gardens
23 Open gardens - Longborough
29/30 La Vie en Bleu, Prescott Hill
29-6 June Annual Steam Gala, GWR Toddington
30 & 31 NGS Broad Marston & Pebworth Gardens
June
Best of Hidcote - old roses and herbaceous borders
29 May-6 June Annual Steam Gala, GWR Toddington
4/5 Cotswold Olimpick Games, Chipping Campden
5 Chipping Campden Scuttlebrook Wake
5/6 Triathlon Event, Blenheim Palace
6 NGS Campden House, Chipping Campden
6 NGS Stanway Water Garden
13 NGS Blockley Gardens
13 NGS Dorsington Gardens
13 NGS Ilmington Gardens
17 June - 31 July Longborough Festival of Opera
18-20 Three Counties Show, Malvern
19/20 Kemble Air Show
20 NGS Stanton Water Gardens
21-27 Sudeley Castle Rose Week
23 NGS Eyford House, Upper Slaughter
23 NGS Snowshill Manor, Broadway
26/27 Prescott Hill Climb, Midland Championship
27 NGS Temple Guiting Manor
July
Best of Hidcote - herbaceous borders, liles and lacecap hydrangeas
3/4 Cotswold Show and Country Fair, Cirencester
4 NGS Sezincote, Moreton-in-Marsh
6-10 Shakespeare in the Garden, Rococo, Painswick
12-14 Diesel Gala, GWR Toddington
17 NGS Hidcote, Mickleton
17/18 Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford
17/18 Tewkesbury Water Festival (provisional)
23 NGS Snowshill Manor, Broadway
24/25 Archaeology Weekend, Snowshill NT
26/7 to 8/8 Lace making at Sudeley Castle
August
Best of Hidcote - tender fuschias, red dahlias and heliotropes
6-8 Jousting Festival, Blenheim Palace
6-8 Gloucestershire Vintage Steam Extravaganza, Kemble Airfield
6/8 Gatcombe Park Horse Trials
7-8 Prescott Hill Climb, Vintage Sports Cars
7-15 Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester/Hereford/Worcester
13-15 Stratford-upon-Avon Vintage Steam Rally, Pathlow, SUA
15 NGS Bourton House, Moreton-in-Marsh
16 NGS Kiftsgate Court, Mickleton
22 NGS Barnsley House
20-22 Georgian Tea Party, Rococo Garden, Painswick
21/22 Steam Rally, Fairford
30 River Football, Bourton-on-the-Water
September
Best of Hidcote - Japanese anemones and Autumn crocuses
4 Moreton-in-Marsh Agricultural Show
4/5 Prescott Hill Climb, British & Midland Championships
9-12 Heritage Open Days
9-12 Blenheim International Horse Trials
18/19 Battle of Britain Air Show, Kemble
25/26 Malvern Autumn Show
25/26 Thomas the Tank Engine, GRW Toddington
October
Best of Hidcote - eye-catching cobaeas, acers and tapestry hedges
2/3 Autumn Classic Cars, Prescott Hill
15 NGS Open Day Sudeley Castle
21 Gypsy Horse Fair, Stow-on-the-Wold
23/24 Apple Weekend, Snowshill Manor NT
23/31 Hogwarts Express, GRW Toddington
26/27 Westonbirt Autumn Fair (Red Cross)
31 Halloween Happenings at Sudeley castle
November
December
3 Broadway Christmas Evening
