Cotswold Local Events Diary
INCLUDING SOME SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL DATES AND EVENTS
April
| 06 | Good Friday |
| 07 | Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race |
| 08 | Easter Day |
| 09 | North Cotswold Point to Point, Paxford (first race 1 p.m.) |
| 10 | Kencot gardens, near Lechlade via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 14 | Grand National, Aintree |
| 15 | Garsington Manor gardens, nr. Oxford via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 22 | Upton Wold gardens, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh via NGS scheme (11-5) |
| 22 | Ilmington gardens, near Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 24 | Folly Lodge gardens, Halford, near Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 22-28 | Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival (21-22 Shakespeare’s Birthday celebrations) |
| 29 | Court House garden, Stretton-on-the-Fosse (2-6) |
| 29 | Charlbury gardens, near Woodstock via NGS scheme (2.-5.30) |
| 29 | Blockley gardens via NGS scheme (2-6) |
May
| 02-07 | Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham |
| 05-06 | Tewkesbury Festival of Food and Drink |
| 06-19 | Chipping Campden Literary Festival |
| 07 | May Day Bank Holiday |
| 07 | Daylesford House garden, nr. Stow-on-the-Wold via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 09-13 | Royal Windsor Horse Show, Windsor Great Park |
| 10 | Stow Gypsy Horse Fair, Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 10-13 | RHS Malvern Spring Gardening Show, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire |
| 13 | Old Rectory gardens, near Cirencester via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 13-14 | Hodges Barn garden, near Tetbury via NGS Scheme (2-6)Old Rectory gardens, near Cirencester via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 19-27 | Nailsworth Festival |
| 20 | Stowell Park gardens, nr. Northleach via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 20 | The Grove garden, nr. Chipping Norton via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 22-26 | RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London |
| 23 | Olympic torch at Cheltenham Race Course (evening event) |
| 26-27 | South Newington village gardens, near Banbury via NGS scheme (1-5) |
| 27 | Barton Abbey garden, Steeple Barton, nr. Chipping Norton via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 27 | Barton House, Barton-on-the-Heath nr. Moreton-in-Marsh via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 27 | Burmington Grange garden, Cherington via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 27 | Steeple Aston gardens, north of Oxford via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 30-10 June | Bath International Music Festival |
June
09-29 JulyLongborough Opera Festival, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh (The Magic Flute, Katya Kabanova, Gotterdamerung)
| 01 | Chipping Campden Olympick Games, Chipping Campden (400th Anniversary) |
| 01 | Specialist plant sale, Coach House, Ampney Crucis near Cirencester (11-3) |
| 01-02 | The Derby, Epsom Downs |
| 02 | Broadwell and Donnington gardens open p.m. |
| 02-04 | The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend Bank Holidays |
| 02-05 July | Garsington Opera Festival at Wormsley, High Wycombe (Don Giovanni, L’Olimpiade, La Perchole) |
| 03 | Salford gardens, nr. Chipping Norton via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 07-17 | London International Fine Art and Antiques Show, Olympia |
| 10 | Brize Norton gardens via NGS scheme (1-6) |
| 10 | Dorsington village gardens, near Stratford-upon-Avon via NGS scheme (12-5) |
| 10 | Headington gardens, Oxford via NGS scheme (2.30-5.30) |
| 10 | Blockley gardens via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 10 | Dorsington village gardens, nr. Stratford-upon-Avon via NGS scheme (12-5) |
| 10 & 11 | Hodges Barn garden, nr. Tetbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 11-12 | Great Tew Horse Trials, nr. Chipping Norton |
| 11-17 | Queen’s Club Tennis Tournament, London |
| 12-17 | Bledington Music Festival, St. Leonard’s Church, Bledington nr. Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 12-17 | Cheltenham Festival of Science |
| 13 | Campden House gardens, nr. Chipping Campden via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 13-17 | BBC Gardeners’ World Live, NEC Birmingham |
| 15-17 | Cheltenham Festival of Food and Drink, Cheltenham |
| 16 | Trooping the Colour, London |
| 16-17 | Hurley Hall, Atherstone-on-Stour, near Stratford-upon-Avon via NGS scheme (1-6) |
| 16-17 | Deddington gardens near Banbury open via NGS Scheme |
| 17-15 July | Asthall Manor Sculpture exhibition, nr. Burford |
| 17 | Iffley gardens, nr. Oxford via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 17 | Ilmington village gardens, nr. Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 17 | Stanton gardens, nr. Broadway via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 17 | Stowell Park gardens, nr. Northleach via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 17 | Littlefield garden, Hawling via NGS scheme (11-5) |
| 17 | Broughton Grange garden, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (10-5) |
| 17 | Langford village gardens, near Lechlade via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 17 | Sibford Gower gardens, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 17 | Honington village gardens, nr. Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2.15-5.30) |
| 17 | Whichford and Ascott village gardens, nr. Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 19-23 | Royal Ascot Races |
| 19-20 | Cotswold Air Show, Kemble nr. Cirencester |
| 24 | Wormington village gardens via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 24 | Littlefield garden, Hawling via NGS scheme (11-5) |
| 24 | Quenington village gardens, nr. Fairford via NGS scheme (2-5.30) |
| 24 | Middleton Cheney gardens, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (1-6) |
| 24 | Whitehill Farm garden, nr. Burford via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 24 | Temple Guiting gardens via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 24 | Corpus Christi College garden, Oxford via NGS scheme (3-7) |
| 25-08 July | Wimbledon Tennis Championships |
| 27-07 July | Henley Royal Rowing Regattas |
| 27 | Eyford House and Rockcliffe gardens, nr. Stow-on-the-Wold via NGS scheme (10-6) |
| 29-01 July | Cornbury Music Festival at Great Tew Park nr. Chipping Norton |
| 30-01 July | Cotswold Show, Cirencester Park |
July
| 01 | Olympic torch at Chipping Campden 11 a.m. |
| 01 | Atherstone Hill Farmhouse garden, near Stratford-upon-Avon via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 01 | Broughton Poggs and Filkins gardens, nr. Lechlade via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 03-08 | RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, Hampton Court, London |
| 04-15 | Cheltenham Festival of Music |
| 07-08 | Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
| 09 | Olympic torch at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock |
| 13-15 | The Festival of British Eventing, Gatcombe Park |
| 14 | Battle Proms Concert, Blenheim Palace |
| 14-15 | Tewkesbury Medieval Festival |
| 15 | Wadham College Oxford gardens via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 15 | Court House gardens nr. Stretton-on Fosse via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 20-22 | Country Landowners’ Association Game Fair, Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Leicestershire |
| 21-28 | Three Choirs Festival – Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester cathedrals at Hereford |
| 26-27 | Warwick Folk Festival |
| 27-4 Aug | Guiting Music Festival, nr. Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 27-12 Aug | Olympic Games |
| 29 | Broughton Grange garden, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (10-5) |
August
| 04-05 | The Midlands History Festival at the Stratford Armouries, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 09-12 | NAF Hartpury Horse Trials |
| 19 | Barnsley House garden open via NGS scheme (12.30-4.30) |
| 19 | Adderbury village gardens, near Banbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 25-27 | Festival of the Tree at Westonbirt, nr Tetbury |
| 25 | Cotswold Vintage Fair, Toddington, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh |
| 27 | Summer Bank Holiday |
| 27 | Winchcombe Country Fair |
| 27 | Bourton Football in the River, Bourton-on-the-Water |
| 29-09 Sept | Paralympics |
| 30-02 Sept | LandRover Burghley Horse Trials |
September 2012
| 01 | Moreton-in-Marsh Agricultural Show |
| 02 | Epwell Mill garden nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 06-09 | Blenheim Horse Trials, Blenheim Palace |
| 14-22 | Jane Austen Festival, Bath |
| 23 | Garsington Manor gardens, nr. Oxford via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 29-30 | Malvern Autumn Show, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire |
October
12-14Cheltenham Literary Festival, Cheltenham
| 03-07 | Horse of the Year Show, NEC, Birmingham |
| 06-09 | Tetbury Music Festival |
| 13-21 | Stratford-upon-Avon Music Festival |
| 25 | Stow Gypsy Fair, Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 27 | British Summer Time ends (clocks go back 1 hr at 2 a.m.) |
November
| 11 | Armistice Day/Remembrance Sunday (2 minute silence at 11 a.m.) |
| 16-18 | Open Meeting, Cheltenham Racecourse |