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Enjoy walks and picnics in this amazing range of parks and green spaces across the county.

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  • Gloucestershire / Arts and Crafts -Attractions and Days Out -Children's Activities -Gardens and Nature -Historic buildings -Parks and Green Spaces -Play Areas -Wellbeing

    Wild Winter at Slimbridge

    Winter is a fantastic time to visit Slimbridge with up to 30,000 wild wintering ducks, geese and swans feeding and roosting on the reserve. Look out for star species: Bewick’s swans, white-fronted geese, lapwing, water rail, curlew. Enjoy the following winter activities included in admission:  – Wild Bird Feeds | Daily at 4pm  See flocks […]

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  • Cirencester / Gardens and Nature -Parks and Green Spaces -Wellbeing

    Woodland Wellbeing

    Join us in the woods to immerse yourself in nature, slow down, connect and learn. In these gentle and supportive sessions, we focus our attention away from stress and worries and towards the here and now, observing nature’s beauty and learning new, empowering skills. There is no charge for registering for or attending the sessions. […]

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  • Forest of Dean / Parks and Green Spaces -Sports and Leisure

    Swimming and Jumping

    Orchard Trust has a fully accessible Therapy Suite on its peaceful, rural Stowfield Site. This houses a hydrotherapy pool with a counter current current massage unit and colourful lights and a Rebound trampoline. There are private changing rooms with hoist access and space to store wheelchairs when you are in the pool or on the […]

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  • Forest of Dean / Farms and Zoos -Parks and Green Spaces -Play Areas

    Have a go on the Activity Park

    The Orchard Trust Stowfield site has it’s own activity park with swings, a roundabout and a floor trampoline. All are wheelchair accessible, there is also a small slide accessible by a shallow steps or a pull up pipe. The park sits on the wheelchair accessible site surrounded by nature and our friendly animals. Pay us […]

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  • Forest of Dean / Farms and Zoos -Parks and Green Spaces

    Give some love to a Guinea Pig

    The Orchard Trusts small animals include guinea pigs, rabbits and Speedy the tortoise. They all enjoy seeing visitors and having a cuddle. Come to our Stowfield site to see the animals, the small ones and the larger ones like Millie the pig and our sheep and goats. They’d love to see you. The whole site […]

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  • Forest of Dean / Farms and Zoos -Parks and Green Spaces

    Walking with animals

    Visitors to our Stowfield site can take a walk with a goat. Our pygmy goat family is very friendly and they all like to say hello when they see someone approach.  It is possible to walk them around the site or go into their paddock to help look after them too. The whole site is […]

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  • Stroud / Arts and Crafts -Attractions and Days Out -Food and Drink -Gardens and Nature -LGBTQIA+ -Online -Parks and Green Spaces -Performing Arts -Social Interest Groups -Wellbeing -Youth

    3rd Space – Creative Sustainability

    3rd Space Youth Project  What is 3rd Space? Well it’s not home and it’s not school/college. It’s the 3rd place that you need in your life – a safe, supported space for young people 16-25 to explore their potential in different ways, underpinned by our three core values of Inclusion, Empowerment and Sustainability. Young people can join […]

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  • Stroud / Parks and Green Spaces -Wellbeing

    *FREE* Gentle Park Walk

    Days: Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the Month (Not in August) Time: Meeting at 10.30am for coffee, finishing around 12.30pm. Meeting place: The cafe at the Museum in the Park, Stratford Park. Contact Info: Chris – 07902 100 968, stroud@fairshares.org.uk No costs or booking needed. Contact Chris beforehand to confirm the walk is going […]

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  • Gloucester / Food and Drink -Parks and Green Spaces -Sports and Leisure -Wellbeing

    “Tennisability” Coaching at Oxstalls Sports Park, Gloucester

    https://aspiretrust.org.uk/tennis/tennis-general Indoor courts at Oxstalls Sports Park Welcome sign and path leading to Oxstalls Sports Park Oxstalls delivers a weekly, award winning disability tennis programme, “Tennisability” with specialist coaches and all equipment provided. All sessions pay & play. Timetable: Mondays: Adult Wheelchair Tennis 8.30-9.30pm ÂŁ9.00 Emma and Paul 2 adult wheelchair tennis players Tuesdays: Visually […]

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  • Cheltenham / Children's Activities -Food and Drink -Gardens and Nature -Parks and Green Spaces -Play Areas

    Refreshments at Pittville Park

    If you are visiting Pittville Park, why not pop into one of their cafĂ©s for some refreshments? Central Cross CafĂ© You can find Central Cross CafĂ© in the middle of the eastern side of Pittville Park, alongside Central Cross Drive. This is the perfect cafĂ© for good quality home-made food for breakfast, lunch or picnics, […]

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  • Cotswolds / Gardens and Nature -Historic buildings -Parks and Green Spaces -Wellbeing

    Discover secret gardens and magnificent vistas at Hidcote

    Hidcote Gardens, National Trust Explore the maze of paved pathways and discover secret gardens, magnificent vistas and plants that burst with colour throughout the gardens at Hidcote. Many of the plants found growing in the garden were collected from Johnston’s many plant hunting trips to far away places. It’s the perfect place if you’re in need of […]

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  • Online / Faith and Spirituality -Gardens and Nature -Parks and Green Spaces -Wellbeing

    Self-care toolkit- FREE RESOURCE

    This is a FREE resource created by MHELO. MHELO is an independent network of people in Gloucestershire who have had or are experiencing mental ill health or for those interested in mental health and mental health support within the county. It is a project within Inclusion Gloucestershire. We know the benefits of self care, and […]

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