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Things To Do Highlights

Lower Slaughter

Our walking tours are boots-only - we meet you at the agreed start point and leave the transport…

Scrivens Conduit, Hillfield Gardens

Just outside the city centre lies Hillfield Gardens, a true hidden gem of Gloucester. This public…

St Michael's Tower

The impressive St Michael’s Tower is situated in the centre of Gloucester at The Cross. It is a…

Laser Quest Gloucester

Laser Quest is the most fun and exhilarating laser-tag experience in the UK.

Ultimate Warriors

The ultimate family adventure! Action-packed obstacle venue to challenge all ages and abilities.

Dean Forest Railway

Heritage steam railway running between Lydney Junction and Parkend.

The stage at Gloucester Guildhall

Gloucester's premier arts venue featuring art galleries, cinema and live musical and theatrical…

Person playing football

Gloucester City AFC were founded back in 1883 and currently compete in the National League North,…

Gloucestershire Archives

Gloucestershire Archives preserves historical records and makes them available for research e.g.…

Young Owls

Bird of Prey Experiences & Photography Days at The Barn Owl Centre. The Barn Owl Centre's mission…

St John's Northgate Church

St. John's Northgate is an 18th Century Church with visible structural evidence of a previous 14th…

Tour and Explore with Anne Bartlett

Tour and Explore Gloucester with Anne Bartlett - Blue Badge Tour Guide and Tour Director. Discover…

Ten Pin

Tenpin bowling is great fun for everyone so visit Gloucester Tenpin where you will be provided with…

Gloucester Prison

Activites taking place in the abandoned haunted prison in the middle of Gloucester include: Airsoft…

National Waterways Museum Gloucester

Three floors of a Victorian warehouse house interactive displays and galleries, which chart the…

Digi Wall

Housed in an old Victorian Warehouse, near Gloucester's Historic Docks, The Warehouse Climbing…

Performers on stage at The Kings Theatre

Tucked just off Eastgate Street, close to the heart of Gloucester City Centre is this little gem of…

People working with archive boxes in a records room with shelves and tables.

Our city's story is held in our memories, in written records, but also in hidden objects, waiting…

Brilliant Magpie Bookbinding

Create your own notebook, a sketchbook or a box!

A child feeding a goat at St James City Farm

An inner city farm providing real hands on contact with farm animals. Rare breeds of pigs, sheep,…

Spring at Batsford Arboretum

Beautiful 60 acre arboretum with colour and interest all year round. Browse the walled garden plant…

Photo of people paddleboarding in Gloucester Docks

Stand-up paddleboarding in Gloucester Docks, canal and River Severn. We’ll take you through water…

Gloucestershire Arts and Crafts Centre

Browse beautiful local arts and crafts or sign up to an upcoming workshop at the Gloucestershire…

Barnwood Park

Barnwood Park is a formal park with mature trees and ducks. Barnwood Arboretum is a local nature…

What's On Highlights

Ghosts & Giggles

Ghosts & Giggles offers thrilling and informative tours that delve into the eerie and mysterious…

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1st January 2025-31st December 2025
Community Cafe

Please come and join us at our Community Cafe coffee morning

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1st January 2025-31st December 2025
Salsa At Butlers

Your friendly weekly dance night in Gloucester!

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1st July 2025-15th December 2026
Foodie Passport

Embark on a delectable journey through Gloucester's finest eateries.

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15th September 2025-31st October 2025
Quiet Mornings

Our weekly Quiet Mornings offer a calmer museum experience, especially suited to visitors who…

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18th September 2025-26th March 2026
Weirdsmith - Pop up shop

We're a group of local professional artists who are opening up a pop up shop on Westgate street in…

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1st October 2025-25th December 2025
Tessy Tumblepot's Potion Trail

This Halloween, help Tessy Tumblepot, the museum's most muddled witch, brew her magical potion!

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14th October 2025-2nd November 2025
half term family trail

This October half term, the Garden will be alive with time-travel magic!

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18th October 2025-2nd November 2025
Autumn Threads

Autumn Threads at the National Waterways Museum Gloucester!   

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25th October 2025-1st November 2025
Community in Nature Lantern Making

Join local artist, Ally Goff to create a lantern from recycled materials.

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27th October 2025

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28th October 2025

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1st November 2025
Jekyll & Hyde

Step into the atmospheric Upper East Range at Blackfriars Priory, and journey with us to Victorian…

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27th October 2025
Vocamini

Vocamini! is a community-driven Vocaloid-inspired fan concert created by fans, for fans.

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28th October 2025
Brick or Treat - Halloween LEGO Sessions

Join us for some spooky building fun this Halloween at our Brick or Treat LEGO sessions

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28th October 2025

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28th October 2025

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28th October 2025

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28th October 2025
Barn owl

What's an owl's favourite food? Dissect an owl pellet and find out! Uncover bones and see which…

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30th October 2025
Potions & Cauldrons: The Legend of Ceridwen the Witch

Step into the world of Welsh myth with the tale of Ceridwen, a wise and powerful witch whose…

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30th October 2025

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30th October 2025

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30th October 2025
The Magpie Arc

The Magpie Arc is a cross-border band out of Sheffield

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30th October 2025
A smiling woman with a dragon puppet against an orange background with drawn silhouettes of a castle, flying witch and some bats.

Join us (if you dare) for our fun-filled Halloween Half Term event!

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30th October 2025

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30th October 2025
Halloween Fundraiser

Join Dave and his crew for his first Public Dress Rehearsal on board the Kathleen & May on…

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31st October 2025
Halloween party

Halloween fancy dress party at the Dick Wittington pub Gloucester

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31st October 2025
Ghosts & Giggles: Ghost tour of the Museum

Get ready for a spine-tingling adventure like no other with an exclusive after-hours ghost hunt at…

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31st October 2025
Ghosts & Giggles: Family Ghost Tour

A spine-tingling, smile-raising adventure through the Museum of Gloucester

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31st October 2025
An old fashioned woodcut etching of a sea serpent swimming in the water with a sailing ship in the background

Come along for a bowl of soup and a show at lunchtime!

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31st October 2025
The Emo Pub Quiz

"That's right baby! The Emo Quiz is back, and we've got a whole quiz where the questions are on…

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Season

31st October 2025
A smiling man in an Edwardian costume with flat cap and waistcoat opening a large old oak door

Explore our historic listed buildings with one of our costumed guides representing a real…

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Season

31st October 2025
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