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Autumn Trail at Sudeley Castle
1 September – 31 October
Life, Lines and Illusion Exhibition at Nature in Art
25 September – 21 October
October Events at the Corinium Museum
Throughout October
Apple Week at Gloucester Life Museum
16 - 20 October
Halloween Land at Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park
18 – 31 October
Halloween Trail at Lodge Park
19 - 21 October
Autumn Scavenger Hunt at Lodge Park
19 - 21 October
Halloween Fun Farm Trail at Primrose Vale
19 - 31 October
Halloween Spooktacular at Cattle Country Adventure Park
20 October - 2 November
Half term at Chedworth Roman Villa
20 - 28 October
Make a Bird Feeder at Lodge Park
20 October
Cotswolds Food & Drink Fayre at GWSR
20 - 21 October
Deep Level Caving Sessions at Clearwell Caves
20 October
October Half-Term Activities at Chedworth Roman Villa
20 – 28 October
October Half Term Shriek Week at Birdland
20 October – 4 November
Autumn Family Festival at Painswick Rococo Garden
20 - 21 October
Uley Firework Display
20 October
Spooktacular Half-Term Fun at Berkeley Castle
21 – 24 October
Major Pipework at Lodge Park
21 October
Halloween Events at the Corinium Museum
22 - 26 October
Five Valleys Firework Display 2018
23 October
Halloween - Pumpkins Galore! at Puzzlewood!
22 - 31 October
Frankenstein Monster Masks at The Holst Birthplace Museum
23 October
Semi Deep Level Caving at Clearwell Caves
23 October
Kids Combat Club at BattleSports Glos
24 October
Deep Level Caving Sessions at Clearwell Caves
24 October
Half-Term Pay & Play Laser Combat for All at BattleSports Glos
25 - 26 October
Halloween Trail at Lodge Park
26 - 28 October
Batsford Family Forest School Fun!
26 October 2018
Autumn Brewery Tap at Hillside Brewery
26 October
Museums at Night at the National Waterways Museum
26 - 27 October
Autumn Scavenger Hunt at Lodge Park
26 - 28 October
Gloucester Zombie Walk 2018
27 October
Make a Bird Feeder at Lodge Park
27 October
Semi Deep Level Caving at Clearwell Caves
27 October
Pumpkin Festival at The Dean Heritage Centre
27 - 28 October
November Events at the Corinium Museum
Throughout November
Elmbridge Junior School Firework Display
1 November
Fairview Fireworks Party
2 November
Churchdown Firework Extravaganza
2 November
Birdlip Bonfire Night Fireworks
2 November
Dursley Fireworks 2018
3 November
Bonfire & Fireworks Night at Hillside Brewery
3 November
Firework Display at Cheltenham Racecourse 2018
3 November
Wotton-under-Edge Firework Display
3 November
Tewkesbury Rotary Club Firework Display
3 November
Fairford Fireworks
3 November
Coney Hill Rugby Club Fireworks Display 2018
4 November
CACSSA Firework Display
4 November
Walls Club Bonfire Night, Gloucester
5 November
2018 British Wildlife Photography Awards at Nature in Art
6 November – Sunday 6 January
Leonard Stanley Bonfire Night
8 November
Winter Owl Evening at ICBP Newent
9 & 10 November
Ashton Keynes Firework Night
10 November
Quedgeley Firework Display
10 November
Bake Back in Time at The Holst Birthplace Museum
10 November
Victorian Christmas Market, Gloucester Docks
15 - 25 November
Ice Rink at Gloucester Docks
15 November - 6 January
Winter Owl Evening at ICBP Newent
16 & 17 November
Gloucester Christmas Lights & Lantern Parade
18 November
Winter Owl Evening at ICBP Newent
23 & 24 November
Winter Wonderland at Prinknash
24, 25 Nov & 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 & 21 - 24 Dec
Moreton-in-the-Marsh Christmas Lights & Market
24 November
The Brewery Quarter’s Annual Christmas Lights switch on event
24 November
Christmas at Cotswold Farm Park
24, 25 November, 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 20- 24 December
Santa's Farmyard Grotto at Cattle Country
24 - 25 November
The Suffolks Christmas Market, Cheltenham
25 November
Christmas Shopping Fair at Cheltenham College
25 November
Tewkesbury Festival of Christmas Lights 2018
25 November
Spirit of Christmas Concert at Gloucester Cathedral
27 November
The Velveteen Rabbit at the Everyman Studio Theatre
29 November – 23 December
'Cora & the Bloobious Bright' at Clearwell Caves
30 November - 24 December
Calton Primary School Fireworks and Winter Market
30 November
Aladdin at the Everyman Theatre
30 November – 13 January
Winter Owl Evening at ICBP Newent
30 November
Gloucester Choral Society - Handel’s Messiah at Gloucester Cathedral
1 December
Youth@Heart Christmas Fair
1 December
Santa's Farmyard Grotto at Cattle Country
1 - 2 December
Christmas Fair at Newark Park
1 - 2 December
Christmas Card Workshop at The Roses Theatre
1 December
Cirencester Sparkles Advent Festival, Market & Light Switch on
1 December
Santa Specials on the GWSR
1 - 24 December
Mrs Claus Tea Room at the National Waterways Museum
1- 23 December
The Big Batsford Elf Hunt!
1 December - 6 January
December Events at the Corinium Museum
Throughout December
Advent Carol Service at Gloucester Cathedral
2 December
Winchcombe Christmas Festival
4 December
The Old Curiosity Shop at the Everyman Studio Theatre
5 – 23 December
Just So - The Musical at The Barn Theatre
5 December - 13 January 2018
Stroud Christmas Goodwill Evening 2018
7 December
Winter Owl Evening at ICBP Newent
7 December
Victorian Family Christmas at The Holst Birthplace Museum
8 December
Santa's Grotto at Batsford Arboretum
8 - 9 December
The 12 Days of Christmas at Puzzlewood
8, 9, 15, 16 & 22 - 24 December
Christmas Celebrations & Father Christmas at Newark Park
8 - 9 December
Santa Specials at Dean Forest Railway
8 & 9, 15 & 16 & 22-24 December
Santa's Farmyard Grotto at Cattle Country
8 - 9 December
Spectacle of Light at Sudeley Castle
8-9, 13-23 & 27-30 December
Bake Back in Time at The Holst Birthplace Museum
8 December
Carols by Steam Train at GWSR
8 December
The Santa Run at Sudeley Castle
9 December
Cirencester Christmas Markets
10 - 16 December
Winter Owl Evening at ICBP Newent
14 December
The Snowman screening with live orchestra at Gloucester Cathedral
14 December
Father Christmas at the Dean Heritage Centre
15 - 16 December
Christmas Celebrations & Father Christmas at Newark Park
15 - 16 December
Santa's Farmyard Grotto at Cattle Country
15 - 16 December
Christmas Events for children at the Corinium Museum
18 - 20 December
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs at Stroud Subscription Rooms
21 - 24 December
Winter Owl Evening at ICBP Newent
21 December
Santa's Farmyard Grotto at Cattle Country
22 - 23 December
Father Christmas at the Dean Heritage Centre
22 - 23 December
Jack & the Beanstalk Family Pantomime at Whitemead Forest Park
22 December
Christmas Eve at Gloucester Cathedral
24 December
Morris Men and Mummers at Gloucester Cathedral
26 December
Christmas Cracker at GWSR
29 - 30 December
Mince Pie Specials at Dean Forest Railway
29 December - 1 January
January Events at the Corinium Museum
Throughout January
Jack & the Beanstalk Family Pantomime at Tetbury Goods Shed
2 January
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at The Bacon Theatre
17 - 20 January
The Easter Eggspress at GWSR
22 April
Wartime in the Cotswolds at GWSR
27 - 28 April
Lechlade Music Festival 2019
24 - 26 May
Classic Vehicle Day at GWSR
9 June
Steam and Real Ale Weekend at GWSR
21 - 23 June
Heritage Diesel Gala at GWSR
26 - 28 July
Classic Bus Rally at GWSR
28 July
Teddy Bear Tuesdays at GWSR
6 August
Cotswolds Bricks and Trains Weekend at GWSR
10 - 11 August
Teddy Bear Tuesdays at GWSR
13 August
Teddy Bear Tuesdays at GWSR
20 August
Teddy Bear Tuesdays at GWSR
27 August
Classic Vehicle Day at GWSR
8 September
Cotswolds Food & Drink Fayre at GWSR
19 - 20 October
Santa Specials on the GWSR
30 November - 24 December
Carols by Steam Train at GWSR
19 December
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