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Billing Aquadrome Holiday Park
1st January-31st December 2024
Time: 08:00
Venue: Billing Aquadrome Holiday Park
Address: Crow Lane, Great Billing, Northampton NN3 9DA
Website: meadowbay.com/billingaquadrome
This one-of-a-kind holiday park is transforming into "an incredible holiday destination", with new activities and fresh facilities including an outdoor cinema, amphitheatre, splash pool, pump track and...
Museum Education Programme
1st January-31st December 2024
Time: 10:00
Venue: The Museum of Gloucester
Address: Brunswick Road, Gloucester, GL1 1HP
Website: www.museumofgloucester.co.uk
Sessions range from 45 minutes to a full day and include object handling and a chance to explore the Museum. Suitable for KS1-3, with curriculum links. Activity sessions available with all topics and can...
Museum of Gloucester - family trails
1st January-31st December 2024
Time: 10:00
Venue: The Museum of Gloucester
Address: Brunswick Road, Gloucester, GL1 1HP
Website: www.museumofgloucester.co.uk
Trails run throughout the year including: Reggie the Raptor’s Trail Through Time promising “roarsome” fun; RPS Trail (Sat 2 Mar-Thu 6 Jun) discover beautiful artwork and photograph as part of the...
Christmas at Dyrham Park
21st November-5th January 2025
Venue: Dyram Park
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/bath-bristol/dyrham-park/events
The house will be dressed in the style of different eras, from Tudor times right up until the 20th century.Christmas trees decorated with golden pears - a pear theme running across the site to tie in with...
Enchanted Light Trail
22nd November-31st December 2024
Venue: Cotswold Farm Park
Website: www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk/seasonal-events/enchanted-light-trail
This family-friendly illuminated light trail is a wonderous night-time experience, showcasing marvellous creations, installations and illuminations created by local creative artists, lighting designers...
Spectacle Of Light
22nd November-30th December 2024
Venue: Sudeley Castle
Website: www.everymantheatre.org.uk/shows/spectacle-of-light-sudeley-castle
Explore this magical after-dark experience and follow the New illuminated trail around the beautiful grounds of Sudeley Castle now in its 9th Year. Meet some great characters as you discover what has happened...
Spectacle of Light 2024
22nd November-30th December 2024
Venue: Sudeley Castle
Address: Winchcombe, Cheltenham
Website: sudeleycastle.co.uk/events/spectacle-of-light-2
Explore this magical after-dark experience and follow the new illuminated trail around the fairy-tale grounds of Sudeley Castle, now in its ninth year. Meet iconic characters from this well-loved tale...
The Gateway Ice Rink
22nd November-5th January 2025
Venue: The Gateway Ice Rink
Address: Cirencester
Website: www.gatewayicerink.co.uk
Take the family and enjoy the festive activities including Snow Princess Sessions perfect for families and children of ages 4 and up plus Sensory skating with softer lighting, gentle holiday music, and...
Cheltenham BID Christmas Elf Trail
23rd November-5th January 2025
Venue: Cheltenham Town Centre
Website: www.visitcheltenham.com
Cheltenham BID invites families to join in the search for cheeky elves hiding in shop windows around Cheltenham town centre. Families taking part in the FREE Christmas Elf trail will be able to collect...
Cheltenham Junior Parkrun
25th November-2nd February 2025
Venue: The Park, Cheltenham
Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/cheltenham-juniors
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds). it's free but please register before you first go along. The aim is to have fun. Go along and join in whatever your pace!
Aladdin
29th November-12th January 2025
Venue: The Everyman Theatre
Address: Regent Street, Cheltenham
Website: www.everymantheatre.org.uk/shows/aladdin/
Step into a world of wonder and enchantment as The Everyman Theatre proudly presents the spectacular and timeless tale, Aladdin. Visit for a magical journey filled with laughter, adventure, and heartwarming...
Christmas at Westonbirt
29th November-31st December 2024
Venue: Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
Address: Tetbury
Website: Forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/christmas
Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is hosting a brand-new festive light experience in Gloucestershire this year. Forestry England has teamed up with the award-winning, internationally acclaimed light trail...
The Cheltenham Ice Rink
29th November-5th January 2025
Venue: Imperial Gardens
Website: www.visitcheltenham.com/ice-skating
The perfect Christmas activity for all the family! Each session lasts an hour, and the real ice rink is indoors meaning that you don’t need to worry about wet weather spoiling your festive day out. Wheelchair...
The Elves and The Shoemaker
29th November-4th January 2025
Venue: The Everyman Theatre
Address: Regent Street, Cheltenham
Website: www.everymantheatre.org.uk/shows/the-elves-and-the-shoemaker/
Are you looking for a dose of Christmas magic for you and your family? In this new adaptation of the classic tale, a lonely shoemaker gets more than they wished for as two cheeky, but very helpful, elves...
Cinderella: The Pantomime
30th November-4th January 2025
Venue: The Roses Theatre
Website: www.rosestheatre.org
Get ready for an enchanting experience with this family-friendly pantomime of Cinderella! Countdown to midnight and help the Prince search for his love, who's lost her glass slipper, in this fun-filled,...
The Big Batsford Elf Hunt
30th November-5th January 2025
Venue: Batsford Arboretum
Address: Moreton-in-Marsh
Website: www.batsarb.co.uk
Santa's naughty elves have gone missing at Batsford Arboretum, find them to win a prize! £3 per child, plus admission fees. See website for full details and Christmas opening hours.
The Big Batsford Elf Hunt!
30th November-5th January 2025
Venue: Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre
Website: www.batsarb.co.uk/elf-hunt
Santa’s naughty elves have gone missing and they’re hiding in the arboretum – find them to win a prize!The Elf Hunt costs £3 per participating child plus admission for children and accompanying...
A Victorian House at Christmas
3rd December-4th January 2025
Venue: Holst Victorian House
Website: www.holstvictorianhouse.org.uk
Swap the hustle and bustle of a 21st-century Christmas for something more authentic. Taste traditional festive treats,make homemade presents like jam jar lanterns and peppermint creams and play games such...
Robin Hood Cidermill Pantomime
14th-31st December 2024
Venue: Cidermill Theatre
Website: www.cidermilltheatre.com
This Christmas prepare to rob from the rich and give to the poor as you join the legendary Robin Hood and his band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest as they fight the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and Prince...
Robin Hood
20th December-5th January 2025
Venue: The Sub Rooms
Website: www.thesubrooms.co.uk
Robin Hood promises to be another fantastic festive treat for the whole family, produced by the same team that brought you last year’s critically acclaimed Snow White. The story of the original caped...
Adventure Time – A Very Merry Victorian Christmas!
21st-28th December 2024
Venue: The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum
Website: www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
Join Gemma Bolwell of Drama Adventures for a jolly festive Christmas back in time: Putting presents under the tree, playing parlour games, putting on our finery! See how rich and poor celebrate this season...
Beauty and the Beast - A Pop Up Panto
27th-31st December 2024
Venue: Dunkertons Cider Shop
Website: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ikp/beauty-and-the-beast-a-pop-up-panto
This Christmas, from the team who brought you Peter Pan, Jack and the Beanstalk, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, escape on a magical adventure with a fabulous, funny pop-up pantomime of Beauty and the...
Illustrious Illuminations
31st December 2024
Venue: Corinium Museum
Website: www.coriniummuseum.org
Write your New Year resolutions in style with this illuminated lettering workshop. Craft your letter art like they did in medieval times, to make you list of hopes and dreams for 2025 look extra special....
Cheltenham's New Year's Day Raceday
1st January 2025
Venue: Cheltenham Racecourse
Website: www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham/events-tickets/new-years-day
Regardless of how you celebrated New Year’s Eve, there is no better way to jump into 2025 than racing on New Year’s Day at Cheltenham. Thrilling and high-quality racing action, that is sure to provide...
The Royal Ballet - The Nutcracker
11th January 2025
Venue: Cidermill Theatre
Website: www.cidermilltheatre.com/rbo-the-nutcracker
Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker...
The Enchanted Garden by Night
30th-4th January 2025
Venue: Painswick Rococo Garden
Website: www.rococogarden.org.uk
This Christmas, step into a world of wonder at the newly-transformed Enchanted Garden. As dusk falls, the Garden transforms into a twinkling wonderland, charmingly lit up to captivate visitors of all ages.Prepare...
Aladdin
29th November-12th January 2025
Venue: The Everyman Theatre
Website: www.everymantheatre.org.uk
Embark on a fun-filled adventure featuring the return of Gloucestershire’s favourite dame, Kevin Brewis playing Widow Twankey, as she tries to control the comic chaos caused by her son, TWEEDY Twankey!...