Our meetings are in the Cossham Hall on the second Tuesday of each month between 7pm and 9pm. We have a varied selection of speakers and also organise trips to gardens of interest during the year. If you would like to join the club, please contact either Jill Lowden on 01453 842235 or Ann Varney on 01454 260235, or email Trevor below. Membership for the year is only £12. You can also come along as a visitor to see if you would like to join - at a cost of only £1.50.

If you like reading books and would like to meet to discuss a book once a month then join us. We sit around a log fire at Little Whitfield Farmhouse with a warm cup of tea, something to nibble and our book-stories to tell.
For more information, contact Mike or Gill Spiller on 01454 260153.

Make friends with our varied collection of birds of prey and have fun handling these majestic creatures under safe and expert supervision.
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

We meet in Thornbury's Armstrong Hall complex on the 4th Wednesday of each month except August and December.
We try to cater for all levels of quilters from beginners to the more experienced.
For more information contact Maureen Packer, Chairperson by email or on 01454 615749, or Heather Hasell at heather_hasell@hotmail.com or on 01454 413743.

Daggs Allotments are at the top of the High Street, and are administered and run for the people of Thornbury by Thornbury Town Trust.

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.

We meet for demonstrations and practice classes at Thornbury Methodist Church Hall, at 7.30pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. New members and visitors are always welcome at either the demonstration or practice nights. We are affiliated to NAFAS. For more information contact the Secretary Mrs Margaret Gover on 01454 261810.

Please email for more information.

Thornbury Art Club has been running nearly 40 years, and is open to anyone over 16.
Our Club Nights, normally first Wednesday of the month, are open to visitors for a charge of £2 (free refreshments!) - other events require membership.
Membership includes social functions and a summer programme of outdoor painting sessions. Studio painting sessions are held three times a week.

The club welcomes photographers of all abilities. We meet at 7.30 for 7.45 every Monday evening at the Bakery annexe near the Wheatsheaf pub, September to April, and have a reduced programme during the summer. The meetings are a mix of guest speakers, competitions and practical evenings. We run a beginners course in the Autumn, and students regularly join us for club meetings. If you would like more details, contact us, or come along to one of our meetings.

The club meets every second Thursday at St. Mary's Hall, Thornbury, 7.30-10pm. Why not join us to experience an evening of fun, make new friends and try your hand at a new craft? The meetings are a mix of demonstrations, speakers and hands-on experience. The evening normally concludes with an item to take home and show off to the family! The agenda may be changed at short notice. Anyone is welcome to attend from the age of 16 with any ability level. To attend a trial evening please ring Sue Treasure on 07989 451396, or email.

There are currently 140 members and the Society has just celebrated its 40th anniversary. Nine events are organised by the committee every year. These include two dinner and dances (St. David's Day and Christmas), Welsh Male Choir concert, carol service, an evening trip and day trip as well as three social events with buffet supper and entertainment (such as fun quiz, games night, casino night, fun barn dance musical entertainment and AGM). Many members come to all events but some prefer to come to only a few. The Society is above all a lively, very friendly group of people who enjoy meeting together to enjoy themselves. Please email or call Clive Farnham on 417669.

We are a section of Thornbury Museum and meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7.30pm in the Chantry. We meet to exchange information about local and world wide geological topics and examine maps, rocks, minerals and fossils. No previous knowledge of geology is needed and beginners and experts alike are welcome. Contact 416882 for details.

Archaeology and local history. See the events calendar for details of meetings. All meetings are at St Mary's Church Hall beginning at 7.30pm. All visitors are welcome. There is a small charge of £1.50. For more information, contact Ginny Toomer using the email link below.

Want to be more fit, but can't face the gym? Want to use your little grey cells, but can't fathom Sudokus? Most of all want to make new friends and have fun? Then why not try modern square dancing?

Thornbury Squares meet at Manorbrook School, where we dance to a variety of music, socialize and have a great deal of fun. All ages welcome. More details from Sue Elliott 01454 778795 or Ann Keates 01454 885058.

We meet on the first Friday in each month at 8pm in the Armstrong Hall. We stage three commercial wine tastings a year, including wines possibly more expensive than one would normally buy. For these evenings we charge between £3 and £5 depending on actual costs of wine and light supper.

Our other evenings involve slide shows and talks. These are funded from the annual subscription of £12. The Christmas meeting is at an hotel with dinner and dance, and the summer event is often a Mystery Coach Tour to an out of the way pub.

Unlike when the Wine Circle began in the Seventies, home made wine is not often made these days, but some grape and elderberry wine is used at BBQs, and mulled wine at Christmas.

For more information, contact Dave Slocombe on Thornbury 413038.

We cater for young people from the age of 11 upwards, and meet Monday to Thursdays, with different age groups meeting on different nights. We currently meet at the Youth Club building on Bath Road, and times vary. We have a coffee bar, snooker and pool, and a chill-out room.

We are always on the lookout for new committee members. If you're interested in youth involvement, we'd love you to join our stuctured support committee - but be prepared to be police checked.

For more information, phone Liz on Thornbury 413038, or email below.