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Business & Openings Stratford Park
Independent café Willow & Co is celebrating five years at Wheelwrights Corner in Nailsworth after growing from a takeaway coffee shop run by Sally Norman into a business employing around eight people. The café is now planning new savoury options, more workshops and possible pop-up events.
Traffic & Construction Stratford Park
Stratford Road will shut between the Tesco roundabout and Stratford Park entrance on September 5 and 6 while contractors carry out tree works and inspections. Access to the park and nearby facilities will remain available from Paganhill.
Sport Rodborough
Rodborough Old Boys are rebuilding after a difficult period, with a relaunched Reserves side, the club’s first U18 team and its first women’s team following County Cup success and promotion.
Culture
The Long Table Stroud will host a pay-as-you-can Friday night dinner with live music from Joe Noel on 4 September 2026.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Police are appealing for witnesses after a grey Nissan Qashqai was taken from the Berrycroft area of Berkeley between the morning of September 1 and the early hours of September 2. Officers are also seeking information about reports of suspicious behaviour involving a man and a woman nearby.
Community Nailsworth
Fourteen-year-old Finn Young from Stroud has been named the National Allotment Society’s new Youth Ambassador after winning a UK-wide competition for young growers.
Culture Nailsworth
A fragment from a remarkable Roman mosaic has returned to the Corinium Museum after disappearing from museum view for 45 years, with plans for a temporary public display later in 2026.
Culture
SVA will host Matthew Harris’s exhibition The Cellophane Wrapper and Other Items at 4 John Street, Stroud, from 3 to 12 September 2026.
Sport Nailsworth
Forest Green Rovers will commemorate former director Martin Anns, who died aged 67 on 21 August 2026, with a minute’s applause during the club’s match against Gateshead on 12 September.
Sport Nailsworth
Former Forest Green Rovers manager Frank Gregan has defended Robbie Savage after a difficult start to the season, urging supporters to ignore outside criticism and stand behind the club’s manager.
Education Nailsworth
John Treweek, who spent much of his career teaching at Stroud College, has published Secrets of the Scrolls after waiting until retirement to pursue his ambition of becoming a novelist.
Community Brimscombe
A Stroud MP has praised the importance of community while describing the town’s Yard Trail activities over the August Bank Holiday Monday.
Business & Openings Nailsworth
The Contrast Suite, a family-run wellness business owned by Tom and Amy King, has opened at Gouldings Estate in Nailsworth, offering private sauna and cold-plunge sessions to customers from across the Stroud district.
Community Rodborough
Stroud and the wider district will host music, Morris dancing, a Palestine awareness event, a new charity festival, an exhibition and the annual Whiteway Colony Fete from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September 2026.
Culture Nailsworth
Howard Donald, a member of Take That and co-founder of DJ collective Sonic Headz, is set to perform a tech and electro-house DJ set at The Sub Rooms in Stroud on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
Traffic & Construction Nailsworth
Gas pipe upgrades in the Horsley area of Nailsworth are due to begin on 7 September, with traffic lights and possible short road closures expected during the project.
Community Rodborough
Labour councillor Katy Hofmann has resigned from Stroud District Council with immediate effect because of ill health, prompting a by-election in Rodborough and a Labour Group leadership election.
Community Rodborough
Fern Cottage on Bath Road, a landmark associated with Meningitis Now and Princess Diana’s 1990 visit, has been demolished during the redevelopment of the former Daniels Industrial Estate.
Community Brimscombe
RUSH Skatepark is rebuilding its organisation and restarting the search for a permanent Stroud-area venue after its proposed Moreton Valence site failed, following more than £50,000 of spending on project work.
Sport Nailsworth
Forest Green Rovers suffered a third consecutive defeat after Altrincham substitute Kahrel Reddin scored in the fifth minute of added time. Robbie Savage said the players were devastated but praised their effort, the supporters and the club’s medical team after a 2-1 match-day loss.
Business & Openings Cainscross
Lettings at Tricorn House in Cainscross have been put on hold. Stroud MP Simon Opher described the decision as “a shame” while stressing that the building’s future remains a matter for its private owner.
Culture Stratford Park
Families and nature lovers can explore the Walled Garden and bee hive at the Museum in the Park’s free Buzz Club session on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
Culture Stratford Park
Annie Garthwaite will join Jo Durrant at the Museum in the Park in Stroud on Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a conversation about Cecily Neville and the women at the heart of the Wars of the Roses.
Culture
The Long Table Stroud will host Sanctum, featuring experimental duo Unicorn Ship Explosion and acclaimed UK jazz musician Elliot Galvin, on Friday 28 August 2026.
Culture
Steve Ferbrache will perform at The Long Table Stroud on Friday 28 August 2026, with a pay-as-you-can dinner and no booking required.
Culture Stratford Park
Families can drop in to a Victorian-inspired flower craft activity at the Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, on Thursday 27 August 2026.
Education
The Long Table Stroud will host a Back to School Disco on Thursday 27 August 2026, with family food, music, giant inflatables and a pay-as-you-can dinner.
Culture Stratford Park
Families and art enthusiasts can pick up a free mini sketchbook at the Museum in the Park and explore Stratford Park through drawing, sketching and doodling on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
Community
The Long Table Stroud has announced a Kids Kitchen: Banana Splits session on Tuesday 25 August 2026, with no booking required.
Traffic & Construction
Stroud Valleys Artspace will host Archie Taylor-Roach’s artist residency from 25 to 31 August 2026, featuring hand-woven sculptures made with waste materials, used coffee grounds, paper and found plant materials.
