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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.

Blockley Decorative and Fine Arts Society

Supporting Young Arts

Historically, much of this support has been given to primary schools and by working with teachers and museums to sponsor workshops and projects of various kinds.

Now the Society would like to support older pupils and is now offering 10 free places to A Level Art pupils to join any of their monthly lectures.

The Society’s programme for the next 6 months is wide ranging and exciting and covers diverse subjects ranging from Darwin to Venetian Glass. The lectures will be given by speakers known for their very high level of specialist knowledge and also enthusiasm for their subject.

The lectures will take place at St George’s Hall, Blockley and start promptly at 2.45pm and last for an hour. The topics for the next six months are:

7 December     Darwin and the Beagle
15 February     Early Flemish Painting and the discovery of oils
15 March     Isafan and Persepolis
19 April     Venetian Glass: the sublime to the ridiculous
17 May     Gustave Caillebotte
21 June     London’s Country Houses

If you would like to book a place, do please contact Kyrstyna Allen on 01789 740243.

Helios Exhibition

A short drive from the lovely village of Broadway on the Cheltenham road a turn to the right, signed Aston Somerville, will take you to Little Buckland Gallery where you will be rewarded by the annual exhibition of exciting and colourful work by the artists of the Helios group,

Helios was formed eleven years ago to promote the work of ten professional and semi-professional artists working in the area. This year's exhibition is showing the work of nine painters and a ceramicist Gloria Eastwood Norman

Last years exhibitors Liz Duff, Jan Godman, Felicity Hill ,Gill Holloway, Jill Jeffrey, Suzanne Jones and John Limbrey are joined by Lesley Abadi and Malcolm Wilcox both specialists in design and colour. Malcolm earlier this year had a very successful sell out show in the Westcroft Gallery in Kingsand, Cornwall and it is Malcolm who has designed the superbly original publicity material for this exhibition.

Jill Jeffrey won the Sarah Samuel Fine Art prize in the Pastel Society's Exhibition in 2008 and Suzanne Jones won second prize in the Tabernacle competition organized by the Museum of Modern Art Wales, and Gill Holloway has had a major retrospective exhibition, her 15th one man show.

For nine years Helios exhibited in Upper Swell Gallery and have now chosen this attractive new gallery to display their work. Over one hundred works will be on show in a variety of media and subject matter, plus ceramics all for sale.

The exhibition can be viewed Saturday 5th September to Sunday 13th September 10.30am - 5.00pm.

Chipping Campden School
A Technology and Language College

Language Evening Classes for Beginners / Improvers

SPANISH
A 20 week course of 90- minute lessons
Commencing Thursday, 17th September
 (Beginners:  6.30pm – 8pm
Improvers: 8pm – 9.30 pm)
Tuition by a native speaker

MANDARIN CHINESE
A 20 week course of 1 hour lessons
Commencing Wednesday, 16th September
5pm – 6pm

Offered free of charge as part of a community learning programme

For further information or to book a place, contact:
Mrs. D. Wateridge, Chipping Campden School,
Telephone: 01386 840216

In The Mood For Art?

ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION 2009
SATURDAY AUGUST 1ST – SUNDAY AUGUST 9TH
St George’s Hall, Park Road, Blockley, Gloucestershire, GL56 9BY
10.00am – 5.30pm
ADMISSION FREE – AMPLE PARKING

Are you in the mood for something rather special? Well, what about combining a visit to a relatively unknown village, with a visit to Blockley Art Society’s annual exhibition? You may be surprised by both! Blockley is a hidden gem; deep in one of the UK’s largest areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, but located conveniently close to the towns of Chipping Campden, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, and Broadway. A wonderfully picturesque village, with old silk mills, wisteria clad stone cottages, 18th century terraces, stunning views, mill ponds, a village shop, two pubs, and the lovely church of St Peter and St Paul.

Blockley Art Society is a thriving association of artists, whose annual exhibition attracts not only locals, but also many from further a field, especially art lovers seeking original art at affordable prices. The standard of work is unusually high. Last year one of the exhibits, a landscape by David Birch went on to win first prize at The Royal Watercolour Society in London.

Another regular exhibitor is Jill Jeffrey, a full member of the Pastel Society and exhibits regularly at The Mall in London. During the last year, several other members have had their work accepted for prestigious open exhibitions including: The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours at The Mall, London, The Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, and The Royal Watercolour Society at Bankside.

For more information please contact the Exhibition Organiser:
Suzanne Jones: Tel. 01386 841 651

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.

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

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.

And more...

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

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You can visit more websites related to Chipping Campden, the Cotswolds, travel (or just having fun) at our our links page!)