SPECIAL CHRISTMAS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE SECTION - now live!!!

The long awaited Christmas in Gloucestershire pages are now up and ready to assist you during the festive season.

Whether or not you need to find out when the Christmas lights are being switched on in Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, Stroud or somewhere in the Forest of Dean or Cotswolds, or find out where Father Christmas has set up his Santa Claus Christmas Grotto - could be at Clearwell Caves, Regent Arcade or on a Santa Special steam train - our Christmas in Gloucestershire pages will definitely help you plan your Christmas.

There's plenty of other Xmas activities going on this Christmas with a fabulous Winter Wonderland in Gloucester, Titan the Robot and Bjorn the Polar bear at The Brewery in Cheltenham plus many more fabulous festive treats at various venues around Gloucestershire.

If you haven't booked your Christmas meal for work or family, then we've a tasteful list of places to eat out this Christmas in Gloucestershire, including Xmas dining on a paddlewheeler boat, on a steam train or celebrating Christmas in a traditional country pub in the Cotswolds!

We have a comprehensive list of other Christmas entertainment in Gloucestershire including comedy nights and of course the traditional Christmas panto with the award winning panto's at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham with 'Sleeping Beauty' hitting the stage this year.

There's also a great section offering alternative Christmas gift ideas for friends and family including presents such as adopting an animal, skydiving, balloon rides over the Cotswolds or learning to drive a steam locomotive on the Dean Forest Railway.

Lots of shopping ideas are catered for in a section for Christmas markets and fayres in Gloucestershire, including shopping opening times at the some of the shopping centres in Gloucestershire.

For those who relish a good old festive sing-a-long or Christmas concert, we've a long list of places to enjoy these and many other Christmas musical events and carol singing in Gloucestershire.

• Switching on the Christmas lights in Gloucestershire

• Where's Father Christmas in Gloucestershire?

• Christmas activities in Gloucestershire

• Pantomimes and Christmas entertainment in Gloucestershire

• Eating out in Gloucestershire this Christmas

• Christmas shopping in Gloucestershire

• Alternative Christmas gifts in Gloucestershire

• Christmas carol concerts and carol singing in Gloucestershire

The Christmas in Gloucestershire pages are updated daily but if you have an event etc. which isn't listed and you'd like to promote then please fill out the Christmas Events Promotion Form.
There is a charge of £50 inc vat but for charity or non-profit making events there is a NO CHARGE. Simply put your Charity No in the promo code box or email us directly at events@exploregloucestershire.co.uk explaining the nature of the event etc.

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13 November 2009

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