Cotswold Local Events Diary 2011
INCLUDING SOME SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL DATES AND EVENTS
March 2011
| 10-13 | Crufts Dog Show, NEC Birmingham |
| 11 | Hellebore Sale, Stone House, Wyck Rissington (10-1) |
| 12-13 | West Country Game Fair, Royal Bath and West Showground, Bath |
| 12 | Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Northleach Church |
| 15 | Real Tennis final, Merton College, Oxford |
| 15-18 | Cheltenham Racing Festival (Gold Cup 17th) |
| 20 | Wadham College Oxford gardens via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 21 | Old Rectory gardens, nr. Cirencester (Mary Keen) via NGS scheme (11-5) |
| 26 | Spring Supper Club, Daylesford Organic, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh |
| 27 | British Summer Time begins (clocks go forward 1 hr at 2 a.m.) |
| 27 | Trinity College Oxford gardens via NGS scheme (2-5) |
April 2011
| 3 | Epwell Mill garden, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 08-10 | RHS Show, Bute Park, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff |
| 9 | Grand National, Aintree |
| 10 | Abbotswood garden, Stow-on-the-Wold via NGS scheme (1.30-6) |
| 10 | The Old Chequer garden, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh via NGS scheme (1-4) |
| 10 | Buckland Lakes garden, nr. Faringdon via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 10 | The Old Rectory, Colehill nr. Highworth via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 12 | Adam Henson of BBC’s Countryfile book signing, White Hart Inn, Stow-on-the-Wold (10.30-12) |
| 16 | Lambing tours, Daylesford Farm, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh |
| 17 & 21 | Barnsley House garden, nr. Bibury via NGS scheme (12.30-4) |
| 17 | Stone House gardens, nr. Bourton-on-the-Water (Katie Lucas) via NGS scheme (2-5.30) |
| 17 | Upton Wold gardens, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh via NGS scheme (11-5) |
| 17 | Garsington Manor gardens, nr. Oxford via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 17 | Horton cum Studley gardens, nr. Oxford via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 21 | Maundy Thursday |
| 21-25 | Badminton Horse Trials |
| 22 | Good Friday |
| 24 | Easter Day |
| 24 & 25 | Beverston Castle gardens via NGS scheme, Tetbury (2.30-5) |
| 25 | Point to Point (North Cotswold Hunt), Paxford |
| 25 | Kencot gardens, nr. Lechlade via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 25-2 nd May | Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival |
| 27–2 nd May | Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham |
| 29 | Royal Wedding – Bank Holiday |
| 30-2 nd May | Tewkesbury Festival of Food and Drink |
May 2011
| 1 | Broughton Grange garden, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (10-5) |
| 1 | Charlbury gardens, nr. Woodstock via NGS scheme (2-5.30) |
| 1 | Randwick Cheese Rolling |
| 2 | May Day Bank Holiday |
| 03-05 | Chipping Campden Literary Festival |
| 07-08 | Highnam Court Festival, west of Gloucester |
| 08-21 | Chipping Campden Music Festival |
| 8 | Blockley gardens via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 8 | Cerney House gardens, nr. Cirencester via NGS scheme (12-5) |
| 8 & 9 | Hodges Barn garden, nr. Tetbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 8 | The Old Chequer garden, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 8 | Court House gardens nr. Moreton-in-Marsh via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 9 | Old Rectory gardens, nr. Cirencester (Mary Keen) via NGS scheme (11-5) |
| 11-15 | Royal Windsor Horse Trials, Windsor Great Park |
| 12 | Stow Gypsy Horse Fair, Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 12-15 | RHS Malvern Spring Gardening Show, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire |
| 15 | Stowell Park gardens, nr. Northleach via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 21-29 | Nailsworth Festival |
| 22 | Country House Plant Sale, Eyford House, nr. Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 22 | The Grove garden, nr. Chipping Norton via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 24-28 | RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London |
| 25-5 th May | Bath International Music Festival |
| 29 | Polo: Gerald Balding Cup, Cirencester Polo Ground |
| 29 | Barton Abbey garden, Steeple Barton, nr. Chipping Norton via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 29 | Salford gardens, nr. Chipping Norton via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 29 | Barton House, Barton-on-the-Heath nr. Moreton-in-Marsh via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 30 | Spring Bank Holiday |
| 30 | Cheese Rolling, Cooper’s Hill, Brockworth |
| 30 | Tetbury Woolsack Races |
| 30 | Plant Sale, Stone House, Wyck Rissington (10-2) |
June 2011
| 01-04 | Royal Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallett |
| 2-5 th July | Garsington Opera Festival, Oxford |
| 3 | Cotswold Olympick Games, Chipping Campden |
| 4 | The Derby, Epsom Downs |
| 5 | Brize Norton gardens via NGS scheme (1-6) |
| 5 | Epwell Mill & Church Farm Field gardens nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 5 | Headington gardens, Oxford via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 5 | Steeple Aston gardens, north of Oxford via NGS scheme (1-6) |
| 06-12 | Queen’s Club Tennis Tournament, London |
| 7-15 th Aug | Royal Summer Academy Exhibition, London |
| 07-09 | Bledington Music Festival, St. Leonard’s Church, Bledington nr. Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 07-12 | Cheltenham Festival of Science |
| 8 | Campden House gardens, nr. Chipping Campden via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 09-19 | London International Fine Art and Antiques Show, Olympia |
| 11 | Trooping the Colour, London |
| 11 | Broadwell and Donnington Fete 2 p.m. |
| 12 | Blockley gardens via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 12 | Asthall Manor garden, nr. Burford via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 12 & 13 | Hodges Barn garden, nr. Tetbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 12 | Iffley gardens, nr. Oxford via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 12 | Dorsington village gardens, nr. Stratford-upon-Avon via NGS scheme (12-5) |
| 12 | Ilmington village gardens, nr. Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 12-13 | Great Tew Horse Trials, nr. Chipping Norton |
| 14-18 | Royal Ascot Racing |
| 15 | Campden House gardens, nr. Chipping Campden via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 15 & 19 | Cotswold Farm gardens, nr. Cirencester via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 15-19 | BBC Gardeners’ World Live, NEC Birmingham |
| 16-30 th July | Longborough Opera Festival, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh – Cosi Fan Tutte, Siegfried, Falstaff |
| 18-25 | Cirencester Parish Church Organ Festival |
| 18-19 | Cotswold Air Show, Kemble nr. Cirencester |
| 19 | Stanton gardens, nr. Broadway via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 19 | Stowell Park gardens, nr. Northleach via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 19 | Adderbury gardens, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 19 | Broughton Grange garden, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (10-5) |
| 19 | Garsington Manor gardens, nr. Oxford via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 19 | Sibford Gower gardens, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 19 | Westwell Manor, nr. Burford via NGS scheme (2.30-6) |
| 19 | Honington village gardens, nr. Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2.15-5.30) |
| 19 | Whichford and Ascott village gardens, nr. Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 20 | Old Rectory gardens, nr. Cirencester (Mary Keen) via NGS scheme (11-5) |
| 20-3 rd July | Wimbledon Tennis Championships |
| 22 | Daylesford House garden, nr. Stow-on-the-Wold via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 26 | Quenington village gardens, nr. Fairford via NGS scheme (2-5.30) |
| 26 | Broughton Grounds Farm garden, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 26 | Middleton Cheney gardens, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (1-6) |
| 26 | Whitehill Farm garden, nr. Burford via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 29-3 rd July | Henley Royal Rowing Regatta |
| 29 | Eyford House and Rockcliffe gardens, nr. Stow-on-the-Wold via NGS scheme (10-6) |
| 29-10 th July | Deddington Festival, nr. Banbury |
| 29-17 th July | Cirencester Festival of Music and Fringe |
July 2011
| July | Royal Festival of the Horse, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire |
| 01-03 | Cornbury Music Festival, Great Tew Park nr. Chipping Norton |
| 02-03 | Cotswold Show, Cirencester Park, Cirencester |
| 3 | Temple Guiting Manor gardens, nr. Stow-on-the-Wold via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 3 | Corpus Christi College garden, Oxford via NGS scheme (3-7) |
| 3 | Idlicote village gardens, nr. Shipston-on-Stour via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 05-10 | RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, Hampton Court, London |
| 9 | North Oxford gardens via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 10 | Broughton Poggs and Filkins gardens, nr. Lechlade via NGS scheme (2-5.30) |
| 10 | Wadham College Oxford gardens via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 10 | Court House gardens nr. Moreton-in-Marsh via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 10-11 | Tewkesbury Medieval Festival |
| 17-18 | Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
| 17 | Battle Proms Concert, Blenheim Palace |
| 22-24 | Country Landowners Association Game Fair, Blenheim Palace |
| 23-25 | Warwick Folk Festival |
| 23-31 | Guiting Music Festival, nr. Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 24 | Trinity College Oxford gardens via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 31 | Broughton Grange garden, nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (10-5) |
August 2011
| 06-08 | The Festival of British Eventing, Gatcombe Park |
| 07-08 | The Midlands History Festival at the Stratford Armouries, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 07-15 | Three Choirs Festival – Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester cathedrals |
| 09-21 | Polo: County Cup, Cirencester |
| 10-14 | Cricket: 3rd Test – England v India at Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| 12-15 | Mitsubishi Motors Hartpury Horse Trials, Hartpury |
| 13-15 | Stratford-upon-Avon Vintage Steam Rally |
| 21-22 | The Fairford Traction Engine Rally and Show |
| 23-4 th Sept | Polo: Cheltenham Cup, Cirencester |
| 23-5 th Sept | Cotswold Art Club Summer Exhibition, St. Edward’s Hall, Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 23-30 | Festival of the Tree at Westonbirt, nr Tetbury |
| 28 | Cotswold Vintage Fair, Toddington, nr. Moreton-in-Marsh |
| 29 | Summer Bank Holiday |
| 29 | Winchcombe Fun Runs |
| 30 | Bourton Football in the River, Bourton-on-the-Water |
| 30 | Winchcombe Country Show |
| 31 | Bredon Vintage & Classic Car Rally |
| 31 | Berkeley Agricultural Show, Berkeley Castle |
September 2011
| 01-04 | Burghley Horse Trials |
| 3 | Moreton-in-Marsh Agricultural Show |
| 08-11 | Blenheim Horse Trials, Blenheim Palace |
| 11 | Wyck Rissington gardens, nr. Bourton-on-the-Water via NGS scheme (1-5) |
| 11 | Epwell Mill garden nr. Banbury via NGS scheme (2-6) |
| 16 | Autumn Plant Sale, Stone House, Wyck Rissington |
| 16-18 | Cotswold Festival, Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 16-24 | Jane Austen Festival, Bath |
| 18 | Garsington Manor gardens, nr. Oxford via NGS scheme (2-5) |
| 24-25 | Malvern Autumn Show, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire |
| 30-3 rd Oct | Tetbury Music Festival |
October 2011
| 05-11 | Horse of the Year Show, NEC, Birmingham |
| 07-16 | Cheltenham Literary Festival, Cheltenham |
| 11-13 | Open Meeting, Cheltenham Racecourse |
| 15-16 | Broadway Horse Trials, Lybrook Farm, Broadway |
| 20 | Stow Gypsy Fair, Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 30 | British Summer Time ends (clocks go back 1 hr at 2 a.m.) |
November 2011
| 11 | Armistice Day (2 minute silence at 11 a.m.) |
| 12 | Remembrance Sunday (local services around 10.30 a.m. at Moreton and Stow) |