Forthcoming Events

May 2026

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27th May 2026 14:00-15:00	Visit: The Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway	Booking for the Friends' Tour is now closed. Visit on Wednesday 27 May 2026 : one-hour Friends’ tour at 2pm £13pp to include a free copy of 'The Story of Furniture' by Gordon Russell and...   (Read more)

June 2026

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17th Jun 2026 14:00-15:30	Talk: Lucy Abel Smith and the story of the biennial Fresh Air sculpture show St Matthew’s Church, Cheltenham	This talk has been re-scheduled from 11th February. We are delighted that Lucy Abel Smith, co-founder of Fresh Air Sculpture and chair of trustees of the Quenington Sculpture Trust, will be our speaker. Lucy says...   (Read more)

July 2026

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15th Jul 2026 14:00-15:30	Talk: Freddie Gick - Cheltenham’s newest and smallest World War I museum St Matthew’s Church, Cheltenham	This is the story of how a group of wooden crosses from the battlefields of World War I came to be placed in a new, very small museum in the grounds of Cheltenham Crematorium. Originally...   (Read more)
20th Jul 2026 12:30-18:30	Visit: Rodmarton Manor, with private tour led by Fiona James Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton	Visit to: Rodmarton Manor near Cirencester photo courtesy of Rodmarton Manor Monday 20 July 2026 2pm Private Tour of Rodmarton Manor with Fiona James Chance to explore the gardens Tea and cake The number of...   (Read more)

September 2026

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2nd Sep 2026 19:15-20:45	Evening Talk: From Birmingham to Byzantium to the Cotswolds: stories of Ernest and Sidney Barnsley with Kirsty Hartsiotis St Luke’s Hall, Cheltenham	This is an evening meeting starting at 7:15pm. 2026 marks the centenary of the death two of the Cotswolds’ greatest Arts and Crafts architects, the brothers Ernest and Sidney Barnsley. They moved, with their friend...   (Read more)
23rd Sep 2026 14:00-15:30	Talk: Ornament unbound: print, transfer and ceramic surface with Lisa Sheppy St Matthew’s Church, Cheltenham	Details to follow.   Location: St Matthews Church, 44 Clarence St, Cheltenham GL50 3PL Cost per person including tea/coffee and cake: FoTW members £11, non-members £13 Non-members welcome. If you have any questions about the...   (Read more)

October 2026

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28th Oct 2026 14:00-15:30	Talk: Street Art in Cheltenham: the art of our time? with Adrian Barlow St Matthew’s Church, Cheltenham	At first sight, Cheltenham may seem an unlikely location for street art, let alone for a street art festival, but between 2017 and 2024 seven festivals were held and there are hopes for another in...   (Read more)

November 2026