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EVENTS & ATTRACTIONS CALENDAR

The Cotswolds has a busy calendar of events and festivals throughout 2008.  On this page we've collected the main attractions.  We've included location and contact details and where possible a web link.  If you are running a local event that you would like to see here, email events@greatescapecars.co.uk.

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The links on this page are hand-edited.  We've listed individual B&Bs, hotels and self catering cottages that our customers recommend or have a good local reputation.  We've also included accommodation directory sites that you might find useful.  Most of the accommodation is within 45 minutes of our classic sports car storage site near the M5 and M42 in Worcestershire.  So you'll find places to stay in Broadway, Stow on the Wold, Chipping Campden, Bewdley, Ludlow, Kidderminster, Great Witley.  There is plenty to do in the region - for ideas on tourism destinations and attractions in the Cotswolds, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, click here.

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February

15-17th Cheltenham Folk Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall & other venues www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk. 01242 227979

16th-24th Victorian Technology - Railways & Telephone, Blenheim Palace www.blenheimpalace.com. 01993 811091

March

11th-14th National Hunt Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse www.cheltenham.co.uk. 01242 513014

April

14-15th Victorian Falconry, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181 

19th-20th Gloucester through the Ages - Live, various locations around Gloucester, www.gloucester.gov.uk/festivals. 01452 396572

23rd-4th May, Nailsworth Festival, Nailsworth, http://www.nailsworthfestival.org.uk/. 01453 833270

25th-4th May Wotton-under-Edge Festival, Wotton-under-Edge, http://www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk/, 01453 760960

29th-5th May Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall and other venues, http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org.uk/, 01242 227979

May

1st-21st Stroudwater International Textiles Festival, Various venues around Stroud, http://www.stroudwatertextiles.org.uk/, 01453 752682

1st, 3rd Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181

3rd-4th Tewkesbury Food and Drink Festival, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040

11th Coventry Centre Centenary 1908-2008, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188

13th-24th Chipping Campden Music Festival, Chipping Campden, http://www.campdenmusicfestival.co.uk/, 01386 849018

17th Rhododendron Walks, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181

18th Cream Tea Run, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188

May Bank Holiday Tewkesbury Spring Festival, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040

24th Rhododendron Walks, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181

26th Cheese Rolling, Coopers Hill near Brockworth, http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/, 01684 855040

27th-3rd June Vale Asparagus Festival, The Fleece Inn, Bretforton, www.thefleeceinn.co.uk www.british-asparagus.co.uk 01386 831173

30th-31st Robert Dover's Olimpick Games and Scuttlebrook Wake, Chipping Campden, http://www.olimpickgames.co.uk/, 01384 274041

30th-1st June Wychwood Music Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse, http://www.wychwoodfestival.co.uk/, 01242 227979

30th-2nd June Gloucester Cricket Festival, Archdeacon Meadow, Gloucester, http://www.gloscricket.co.uk/, 0117 910 8000

June

1st-30th Site 08 Stroud Valleys Arts Space Contemporary Arts Festival, Various venues around Stroud, http://www.sva.org.uk/, 01453 751440

4th-8th Cheltenham Science Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall, http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org.uk/, 01242 227979

5th, 7th Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181

6th-26th July The Longborough Festival Opera, Longborough Near Moreton-in-Marsh, http://www.lfo.org.uk/, 01451 830292

7th Rhododendron Walks, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181

14th Gloucester Medieval Fayre, Westgate Street, Gloucester, http://www.gloucester-medieval-fayre.org.uk/, 01452 412828

14th-15th Twelfth Night, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181

15th Supercar Sunday, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk, 01926 641188

15th Kemble Air Day, Kemble Airfield, http://www.kembleairday.com/, 01285 654180

20th-22nd The Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham, http://www.garden-events.com/, 01242 227979 (we do not encourage drinking and driving)

22nd VMCC Banbury Run, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188

July

3rd, 5th Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181 

4th-20th Cheltenham Music Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall and other venues, www.cheltenhamfestivals.org.uk, 01242 227979

4th-6th Saul Canal Festival, Saul Junction, http://www.junctionevents.org.uk/, 01453 760960

5th-6th The Cotswold Show, Cirencester, http://www.cotswoldshow.co.uk/, 01285 652007

11th-13th The Royal International Air Tattoo RAF Fairford, http://www.rafcte.com/, 01285 713300

12th-13th Tewkesbury Medieval Fayre, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040

19th-2nd August Gloucester Festival, Various locations around Gloucester, www.gloucester.gov.uk/festival, 01452 503050

19th-20th The Merchant of Venice, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk 0870 333 1181

25th-27th The 50th CLA Game Fair, Blenheim Palace, http://www.gamefair.co.uk/

26th-3rd August, Gloucester International Rhythm and Blues Festival, various locations, http://www.gloucesterblues.co.uk/, 01452 412828

30th-10th August, Cheltenham Cricket Festival, Cheltenham College, http://www.gloscricket.co.uk/, 0117 910 8000

August

1st-3rd Gatcombe Horse Trials, Gatcombe Park, http://www.gatcombe-horse.co.uk/, 01285 654180

2nd Wizard of Oz, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 33 1181

7th, 9th Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley, www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181

18th-25th Festival of the Tree, Westonbirt Arboretum, www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt, 01666 880220

22nd-23rd Frocester Beer Festival, Frocester, http://www.visitthecoswolds.gov.uk/ 01453 760960 (we do not encourage drinking and driving)

27th Pershore Plum Fayre & Farmers Market, Pershore, www.wychavon.gov.uk www.worcestershires-heritage-garden.org

September

3rd-7th A Week in the Woods Westonbirt Arboretum www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt 01666 880220

4th, 6th Behind the Scenes Tours, Witley Court, Great Witley www.english-heritage.org.uk/events 0870 333 1181

6th Moreton-in-Marsh Show, Moreton-in-Marsh, http://www.moretonshow.co.uk/, 0870 877 7409

14th Auto Italia Autumn Car Day, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188

20th Tewkesbury Water Festival, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040

21st Autumn Cream Tea Run, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk 01926 641188

October

9th-10th Tewkesbury Mop Fair, Tewkesbury, http://www.visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk/, 01684 855040

10th-19th Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall and other venues, http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk/, 01242 227979

23rd-25th Autumn Highlights, Westonbirt Arboretum www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt 01666 880220

November

28th-21st December Enchanted Christmas, Westonbirt Arboretum, www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt, 01666 880220

 

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