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Things To Do in (and Around) Chipping Campden

Here is just a small sample of some of the things you can do when visiting Chipping Campden and the surrounding Gloucester and Warwickshire area.

CUT 2 ON FOLD – Visual Art and Dance Event

The Studio-Seven group of textile designers is becoming known for presenting combined arts events . In 2007 they had tremendous success with Textiles in Performance at Woodchester Mansion and at the Fresh Air Sculpture Show in Quenington Old Rectory Garden.

This year they are staging CUT 2 ON FOLD in which garments, created in a recent interactive installation for Stroud International Textile Festival, are the springboard for a dynamic visual art / dance event.

Professional dancers and musicians are devising new choreography and composing new music in collaboration with the Studio-Seven designers to bring the world of CUT 2 ON FOLD alive.
There will be two performances in July at Quenington Old Rectory Garden and Hidcote Manor Gardens. There will be a final performance in September at the scene of 2007's triumph at Woodchester Mansion.

The performance at Hidcote on Saturday 11th July at 7pm will round off HIDCOTE UNLOCKED, a week long festival the culmination of a creative projects involving local schools and guest artists.

Tickets: £15 from Hidcote Manor Garden. Tel: 01386 438333.

For more information tel: 01285 658715 or visit: www.studio-seven.net


CUT 2 0N FOLD Dancer	Textile in Performance – Quenington Old Rectory Garden 2007
Photos by Henry Arden

Win a Car with Chipping Campden Bowling Club!

Chipping Campden Bowling Club has launched a raffle to win a car. It is hoped that the raffle will raise much needed funds for the club. The £10,000 car, a Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.25, has been supplied by Cutts of Campden Ford Dealership.

Tickets are just £10 with all proceeds going to the club. Tickets can be purchased directly from Bowling Club members – just pop into the Clubhouse or visit www.ccbowlingclub.co.uk. The new site has been developed so that people can purchase draw tickets online.

The Grand Draw is taking place on Saturday 26th September 2009 at the Club House on Station Rd. Everyone is welcome to join us on the day. Please support your local community and perhaps you will be the lucky winner of a brand new car.

Shipston Proms Music Festival

Starts on June 20th 2009 and runs right through to July 5th. All different types of music: classical, pop, jazz, folk, choral etc, at different venues in and around Shipston.

shipstonproms.org

The Cotswold Way

The Cotswold Way

The Cotswold Way is a charming walk that meanders along the western edge of the Cotswolds. It starts in Chipping Campden and ends in Bath, and takes in a landscape of sheep pastures, cornfields, woodlands and picturesque villages.

The trail is 102 miles (163km), so not one for the 'strollers'. However, there are many walks around Chipping Campden ideal for strolling.

Chipping Campden Walks

A variety of pleasant walks around Chipping Campden exist, graded in terms of difficulty. You can explore the neighbouring countryside, going to nearby places like Broadway Tower, Blockley and Batsford Arboretum.

Guided Tours of Chipping Campden

For locally organised guided tours, then get in touch with Cotswold Voluntary Wardens (tel: 01386 832131)

For further details, please enquire at the Chipping Campden Tourist Information Centre:
The Old Police Station, High Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6HB
Tel: 01386 841206 Fax: 01386 841681
www.visitchippingcampden.com

Historic Houses and Gardens

Historic houses and gardens include the following: Batsford Arboretum, Kiftsgate Court Gardens, Sezincote Garden, Bourton House, Hidcote Manor Garden, Broadway Tower. (See our page on Historic Houses and Gardens for contact information and website links.)

Nearby Attractions

Stratford Town Walk & Stratford Town Ghost Walk

Award-winning guided walks in Stratford upon Avon every day of the year, including Christmas Day. Entertaining 'magical' ghost walk on Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings and ghost cruises on the beautiful river Avon from Easter to Halloween.
www.stratfordtownwalk.co.uk

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

Copyright © GWSR plc 2004-7 If you're interested in steam railways, or just want to sample more of the beautiful Cotswold countryside then you should visit the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.

You can even take a ride on one of the steam trains!

For more details visit the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Golf Courses

There are nearby golf courses at Broadway, Naunton Downs, Great Comberton, and Evesham.

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Nearby attractions include Warwick Castle, William Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon and Blenheim Palace.

Also, there are many museums which reflect the Cotswold Countryside and the area's Industrial History:

The Cotswold Countryside collection, at Northleach
The National Waterways Museum, at Gloucester Docks
Museum of Advertising and Packaging, at Gloucester Docks
The Perfumery Exhibition, at Burton-on-the-Water
The Soldiers of Gloucestershire, at Gloucester Docks