Want some ideas for a day out?
Here's our guide to places to go and events to visit. Enjoy yourself!
In addition the Castle promotes a programme of special events throughout the year and is a unique and distinguished venue to hire for special occasions.
Check our website for opening times, prices and events.
Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire GL13 9BQ
Tel: 01453 810332
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The Chantry, Church Lane, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9BN
Tel: 01453 810631
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Mumbleys Farmhouse, Sweetwater Lane, Mumbleys, Near Thornbury, BS35 3JY
Tel: 01454 415296
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The park also boasts a Victorian Walled Garden, woodland walk, adventure playground, rockery and fishing lake.
Refreshments are available from the café with seasonal snacks and cakes prepared fresh every day. Next door to the café sits the farm shop stocked with a selection of locally sourced produce, toys and gifts.
Old Down Manor sits in the grounds of the country park and is available for private hire and weddings.
Foxholes Lane, Tockington, BS32 4PG
Tel: 0845 6830730
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Tel: 01454 228224
Tel: 01453 810510
Winterbourne Medieval Barn
10am-1pm, Winterbourne Medieval Barn, Court Farm, Church Lane, Winterbourne BS36 1SE
Winterbourne Medieval Barn Force is a small crew of dedicated friends who enjoy improving and maintaining the physical aspects of the barn and its immediate environment. We work as a group one Saturday a month, rain or shine, with a tea and coffee break somewhere in the middle.
If you would like to join us in this often satisfying work, please just show up and pitch in. Everyone is welcome.
The Chantry, Thornbury
10.30am–4pm. Admission: Adults 50p, Families £1. Serious fun for everyone! Click below for more information.
Edward Jenner Museum
12-5.30pm
To celebrate Dr Jenner’s birthday we have a brand new exhibit displaying two beautiful Georgian Silhouette drawings of Dr Jenner and his wife Katherine. To further mark the occasion we are holding a Glorious Garden Event, where there will be tea and cake available on the lawn (weather permitting!) and an exclusive talk and book-signing by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, acclaimed Garden Designer and Author.
In 2011 two silhouette drawings were donated to The Jenner Trust by The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Staff at Dr Jenner’s House have been working hard to ensure they are on display for visitors to enjoy this season.
The two individually framed images thought to be dated around 1815 are completely unique to the collection. Perhaps most interesting is the depiction of Katherine Jenner. Never before has anyone at Dr Jenner’s House seen an image of her and it may be the only image of her in existence.
Helen Jeffrey, Education and... Read more >>
www.jennermuseum.com
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Old Down Country Park
9.15am-1pm, Old Down Manor, Old Down Country Park, Foxholes Lane, Tockington BS32 4PG
Every Wednesday May 2nd - 23rd
Get in shape for Summer with Personal Trainer Russell Knight.
These Boot Camps are designed for trainees of all abilities.
£30 per session. Click below to find out more.
Smallholder Taster Day
10am-4pm, Mumbleys Farmhouse, Sweetwater Lane, Mumbleys, Near Thornbury BS35 3JY
Not sure where to start? Come and look round our smallholding and discuss land requirements, time commitment, skills and knowledge needed.
5–8pm. All the usual stalls, games, raffles etc. All welcome.
Old Down Country Park
Old Down Country Park, Foxholes Lane, Tockington BS32 4PG
Traditional Summer games and fun.
Alveston House Hotel
Alveston House Hotel is throwing open its doors and inviting guests to celebrate the Queen’s 60th year on the throne with a thoroughly British Garden Party and the ultimate indulgence, Champagne afternoon tea.
The festivities take place within the beautiful walled gardens of Alveston House Hotel, a stunning Georgian building first built as a private family home over 200 years ago.
Alveston House Hotel has pledged to donate £1 from every Champagne afternoon tea sold at the British Garden Party and throughout May and June to its chosen charity, Hammer Out, a local Thornbury based charity that offers help and a caring network of support to those whose lives have been affected by brain tumours.
Tickets for the event must be bought in advance to avoid disappointment. Full afternoon tea complete with finger sandwiches, homemade fruit scones with Cornish clotted cream and jam, freshly baked cakes and a selection of speciality teas and coffees can be enjoyed for just £12.75 and a luxury... Read more >>
Wheatsheaf Inn
Cider, Music, Crafts and Food Festival
JUNE 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th, The Wheatsheaf Inn, Chapel Street, Thornbury
Details to be confirmed.
Call 01454 412356 for more details or click below.
Berkeley Castle
10am–4.30pm, Berkeley Castle Meadow, Berkeley GL13 9BQ
The Classic Car Show at Berkeley has now been running for 15 years and has gone from strength to strength. The event started as an antique and collectors fair, with only a few classic cars and it has now grown into one of the largest Classic Car shows in the area with hundreds of Classic Cars on display.
In addition to the Classic Cars there are also Club Displays, Trade Stands, Auto Jumble, Classic Cars for Sale and the Antique and Collectors Fair.
Antique Valuations by Philip Tauberheim of Wotton Auction Rooms are also available between 2-4pm. £1.50 per item - proceeds to Chinese Moonbear Rescue.
Tickets are available on the gate for £6 (children under 16 are FREE, when accompanied by an adult).
Access to the Castle grounds will be free of charge from the event, usual admission charges into the Castle will apply.
For more information about the show contact Rafael Fairs on 01454 202638 or by clicking below.
Old Down Country Park
Jubilee Cream Teas
Monday 4th June & Tuesday 5th June, Old Down Manor, Old Down Country Park, Foxholes Lane, Tockington BS32 4PG
Celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee in style with a Cream Tea. £14.95 for a full afternoon tea and £7.95 for a traditional cream tea. Booking is advisable on 01454 414081.
Old Down Country Park
School in the Forest is pleased to announce that we will be running a Holiday Club for the 3 days of the June Holidays.
If you are looking for childcare for your children while you go out to work the School in the Forest may be able to help.
School in the Forest has broken the mould slightly with its Holiday Club and we are proud to do so. We are committed to giving children the best experiences possible and we feel that more of these are had outside in the GREAT outdoors rather than stuck inside in front of a games console and that is what we offer the children who attend our Holiday Club.
