Castle Quarry Activity Centre is in Tytherington, in a beautiful natural setting. Choose from indoor climbing, archery, shooting, caving, open canoeing or our 80 metre aerial runway.
All instructors are qualified and experienced - all necessary safety equipment is supplied. One call takes care of it all - 01454 411474
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There's heaps to see and do and lots of interesting and unusual animals to delight adults and children alike. There's always someone on duty to provide information on the more exotic creatures or to let you know of any new arrivals!
It's educational and lots of fun.
Foxholes Lane, Tockington, BS32 4PG
Tel: 0845 6830730
We offer one hour, half day and full day experiences flying hawks, owls and falcons, for private and corporate events. Gift vouchers are available for any session.
We also provide authentic medieval falconry displays suitable for parties and fetes.
Tel: 01454 294258
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We have regular social events such as skittles evenings, quiz nights, barbecues and the like, and there is always a Christmas dinner.
However, we are more than just a walking club. The Ramblers is a registered charity and one of its aims is to campaign to keep the footpath network open.
Click below to visit the website or download the newsletters, which contain details of walks.
Click here to download the Severnside newsletter, with details of local walks
Click here to download Avon Area News, which has details of ‘railway walks’
Thomas Dagg gave the field to Thornbury in 1546, so we tend what must be some of the oldest allotments in the country.
There are 120 allotments, and the Association has over 100 members. It organises social events such as the Summer BBQ, the Autumn Talk, the Christmas Meal as well as distributing monthly newsletters, running the Allotment Shop and offering discounts to some local retailers.
Gillingstool Primary School has a large plot which offers all pupils the opportunity to grow and eat their own produce.
Membership costs just a couple of pounds a year, and brings many benefits. You don't need to be a plot holder to become a member. We have discounted seeds, competitive prices on gardening items, guest speakers and visits.
If you would like to become a member, or be added to the waiting list for a plot, click the website link below.
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The garden features a pergola, solar-powered water feature, interesting display of rocks and fossils from Aust Cliff and windchimes, amongst other things. It involves local groups, including the disabled and local schools, as well as the wider community.
The garden, which can be made fully secure, is open everyday during daylight hours. If you have an event that you would like to hold in the garden, please contact us. For more info download our brochure or visit our website.
Download our leaflet (PDF, 743k)
Upper Bath Road, Thornbury, behind new apartments in Market Square
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Come and enjoy a wide selection of fresh, high quality produce from local suppliers.
For more information, contact Alan Cole on 01454 888822.
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Its objectives are:
- To bring enjoyment to its members through an appreciation and love of the countryside.
- To endeavour to preserve footpaths and means of access to the countryside.
Contact the secretary Gill Davies on 01454 414198.
We would welcome plants or any other related items to sell to raise funds. We would also appreciate offers of help to man the stall for an hour or so.
We are teaming up with The Horticultural Society, The Small Holders Association and Alveston Gardening Club and it will be very much a stall to promote awareness of our causes, but if we can raise some funds to help with our impending large bills for floral displays it will help.
www.mythornbury.co.uk/thornbury_i...
1-4.30pm
For a truly inspirational outing you can do no better than popping along to the Olveston and Tockington Open Gardens day.
The garden trail lets you peek into the back gardens of some of the village's most interesting and inspirational green spaces, from informal family gardens, traditional cottage gardens and productive allotments, to mature formal gardens.
There will be teas and cakes, plants to buy and a stall selling just the prettiest hand-made bird and insect boxes, to help encourage wildlife to make your garden "home".
Take a leisurely walk around the gardens - the trail is little more than half a mile and we guarantee that you will see gardening delights that are otherwise hidden from view.
So, whether you are green fingered or not come and share in the pleasure of someone else's hard work!
The benefiting charity is 1st Olveston Scouts.
For more information, please contact Nikki Clarke on 01454 614099 or by email below.
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Thursday 25 June, Wednesday 8 July, Friday 17 July and Wednesday 22 July, 7.30pm, Acton Court, tickets £5 (suitable for children aged 7 years and upwards)
Join broadcaster and conservationist, Chris Sperring MBE, for an evening of owl lore and information followed by a conducted Owl Prowl in the grounds.
Acton Court is host to several species of owl and these are often (though not guaranteed) to be seen or heard in the evenings.
This year we will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Hawk and Owl Trust, Britain’s premier bird of prey and owl conservation group. All proceeds to the Hawk and Owl Trust
www.actoncourt.com
2pm, departing from Rock Street car park
The entry fee is £5, payable on the day. Come and join us and have fun getting lost in the beautiful Gloucestershire countryside.
Anyone interested in knowing more about the Twinning link with Bockenem, or becoming a member, is invited to contact our Chairman, Nigel Hale on 01454 8840420.
www.mythornbury.co.uk/twinning.php
2-5pm, NGS Daggs Allotments, top of the High Street
£3 entry, all children free, TAA members and their immediate families free, also plot holders free.
Cakes and biscuits, plants and produce for sale, stories and bark rubbing for children and the popular tea stall.
www.thornburyallotments.com
Thursday 25 June, Wednesday 8 July, Friday 17 July and Wednesday 22 July, 7.30pm, Acton Court, tickets £5 (suitable for children aged 7 years and upwards)
Join broadcaster and conservationist, Chris Sperring MBE, for an evening of owl lore and information followed by a conducted Owl Prowl in the grounds.
Acton Court is host to several species of owl and these are often (though not guaranteed) to be seen or heard in the evenings.
This year we will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Hawk and Owl Trust, Britain’s premier bird of prey and owl conservation group. All proceeds to the Hawk and Owl Trust
www.actoncourt.com
We will be judged for the regional competition South West In Bloom [which we won last year] in the morning.
This means that Thornbury has to be “spick and span” free from weeds, litter and graffiti. We will be arranging working parties just before, so if you are able to help it will be much appreciated. If you can’t help in a big way please just ensure you keep the front of your own house or business premises clean and tidy.
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Thursday 25 June, Wednesday 8 July, Friday 17 July and Wednesday 22 July, 7.30pm, Acton Court, tickets £5 (suitable for children aged 7 years and upwards)
Join broadcaster and conservationist, Chris Sperring MBE, for an evening of owl lore and information followed by a conducted Owl Prowl in the grounds.
Acton Court is host to several species of owl and these are often (though not guaranteed) to be seen or heard in the evenings.
This year we will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Hawk and Owl Trust, Britain’s premier bird of prey and owl conservation group. All proceeds to the Hawk and Owl Trust
www.actoncourt.com
We will be judged for the national In Bloom competition.
This means that Thornbury has to be “spick and span” free from weeds, litter and graffiti. We will be arranging working parties just before, so if you are able to help it will be much appreciated. If you can’t help in a big way please just ensure you keep the front of your own house or business premises clean and tidy.
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5th-7th June, Rose Cottage, Shellards Lane, Alveston, BS35 3SY
Jekka’s Herb Farm is a multi-award winning organic herb nursery which grows over 600 varieties of culinary, medicinal, aromatic and decorative herbs, available to order online.
The farm is usually closed to the public, but four times each year, their gates are flung wide open and everyone is warmly welcomed to browse and buy amongst the herbs, and chat to Jekka McVicar and her team of herb experts.
New for 2009! Herb Workshops and pre-bookable Herb Talks – book early to avoid disappointment.
Entry is free on the Friday and £2 per person on Saturday and Sunday. Catalogue holders, members of the RHS, BBC Gardener’s World, West of England Herb Group, The Soil Association and ticket holders for pre-booked events also receive free entry.
For further details, click below or telephone 0845 2903255 or 01454 418878.
www.jekkasherbfarm.com
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2.15pm, Jubilee Hall and Field and Youth Centre
Supporting Local Charities. Cream Teas available 2.30-4.15pm. This Year the Show will be opened by Jekka McVicar of The Herb Garden, Alveston.
The show is open to everybody, you don’t have to live in Alveston to enter any of the classes, of which there are many. Even the children are catered for with lots of classes to fire their imagination. So why not pick up a schedule from the local shops or the library. Any problems please ring Marj on 418694 or Hazel on 412555.
If entering is not your “thing” just come along for the afternoon, perhaps treat yourself to a Cream Tea - Non fattening - Of course!!!!
