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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.
Culture Stratford Park
Families with children can explore wheels, gears, toys and floating objects during a hands-on session at the Museum in the Park in Stroud on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
Culture Stratford Park
Museum in the Park will host a pre-bookable, neurodivergent-friendly session at Stratford Park on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, with hands-on activities involving toys, movement, water, trains and simple machines.
Culture
The Long Table Stroud will host an all-welcome Friday evening of live swing music, pay-as-you-can dinner and a screening of Dirty Dancing on 21 August 2026.
Culture
The Long Table Stroud will host a Friday Film Night on 21 August 2026, combining live music from Moonlighting with a screening of the classic film Dirty Dancing.
Culture
The Long Table Stroud is inviting families to a quiz night on Thursday 20 August 2026, with questions for all ages, a prize and no need to book in advance.
Culture Stratford Park
A family drop-in craft workshop at Museum in the Park will invite children aged five and over to create colourful designs using leaves from Stratford Park on 20 August 2026.
Culture Stratford Park
Families can step into a world of folklore at Fairy Folk Day, taking place at The Museum in the Park in Stratford Park, Stroud, on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
Community
A council-backed crowdfunding scheme has raised £588,856 for 33 community projects across the Stroud district, with a fourth funding round due to launch in autumn.
Community
The Long Table Stroud will host a Kids Kitchen: S’mores On The Firepit session on Tuesday 18 August 2026, with no booking required.
Traffic & Construction
Multidisciplinary artist Georgia Williams will develop a new body of work during a residency at Stroud Valleys Artspace from 18 to 24 August 2026.
Culture Stratford Park
Families can drop into Museum in the Park at Stratford Park on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, for a hands-on day exploring Roman life, archaeology and crafts.
Culture Stratford Park
Museum in the Park will host a small, pre-bookable Roman-themed activity session for families with neurodivergent children and children with additional access requirements on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
Business & Openings Stratford Park
Stroud’s much-loved Stratford Park Outdoor Pool has reopened following refurbishment, with a preview video highlighting the renewed facility and the hopes of local councillors and campaigners for its future.
Culture High Street
The free eat:Stonehouse food festival will bring more than 70 food and drink makers to Stonehouse town centre on Sunday 16 August 2026, alongside music, entertainers and family activities.
Culture Stratford Park
Families with children aged five and over can explore microscopic soil life through a drop-in craft workshop at the Museum in the Park in Stroud on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
Community Stratford Park
Stroud’s Stratford Park Lido is due to reopen this weekend, according to a community-news listing published by Stroud Times on 12 August 2026.
Culture Stratford Park
Families can step into medieval Britain at The Museum in the Park in Stratford Park, Stroud, on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with free activities, crafts and bookable sword-school sessions.
Culture Stratford Park
Families can explore Victorian life through hands-on activities at the Museum in the Park in Stroud on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
Culture Stratford Park
A botanical art workshop led by artist Karen Green at Stroud’s Museum in the Park has sold out ahead of its Tuesday 11 August 2026 session. The adult workshop will take place at Stratford Park and forms part of the Park Life exhibition programme.
Culture Stratford Park
Museum in the Park will host a pre-bookable Victorian-themed family session for children over five who need a quieter, more flexible environment. The event takes place at Stratford Park in Stroud from 10am to 11am on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
Business & Openings Central
Renishaw has reaffirmed its commitment to Earth science and mineralogy by sponsoring an international conference marking the 150th anniversary of the Mineralogical Society, according to Stroud Times Business.
Culture Stratford Park
IKP Productions will bring its family comedy adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz back to the Museum in the Park at Stratford Park on Saturday, August 8, 2026.
Community Stratford Park
Residents across Gloucestershire will no longer be able to take fridges, freezers and other cooling appliances to household recycling centres from Saturday, August 8, according to Stroud Times.
Culture Stratford Park
Families can try traditional games and toys from the past at a free drop-in event at the Museum in the Park, Stroud, on Friday 7 August 2026.
Crime & Public Safety
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and footage after a van driver was assaulted in a suspected road-rage incident in a lane off Marling Close in Amberley, Stroud, on 28 March.
Culture Stratford Park
A new exhibition by the Stroud Artists’ Cooperative will open at the Museum in the Park on Saturday 1 August 2026, featuring work inspired by local parks and the grounds of Stratford Park.
Culture
BAG A TINGS will return to Stroud Valleys Artspace on Friday 31 July 2026, bringing a late-night programme of dancehall, UK garage, Afrobeats, baile funk, reggaeton and global bass sounds to John Street.
Culture Stratford Park
Families can explore Stroud District’s history for free at Museum in the Park from Saturday 18 July to Monday 31 August 2026.
