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Snowshill Manor & Garden A Night at the Manor - Friday 17th May 2013

Fri, 10/05/2013 - 21:23

Snowshill Manor is opening its doors for a rare and exclusive tour where guests will be able to experience the Manor out of hours when it is normally closed to the public.

"Cheltenham" at Cheltenham: Steam Loco united with School for the first time in 79 years

Thu, 09/05/2013 - 15:12

Southern Railway Schools class locomotive visits Cheltenham for Cotswold Steam Celebration. Cheltenham College staff and pupils to meet ‘their' engine for first time

On Thursday 16th May at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's

Cheltenham Racecourse station, a piece of missing history from Cheltenham College will be repaired.

Local electronic cigarette firm launches on no-smoking day- Lucky 8s

Tue, 12/03/2013 - 11:27

Since 2006 electronic cigarettes have been sold in the UK, but it's only over the last few months that the media has really started to stand up and take notice.

Business survey reveals benefits of Cotswolds location

Wed, 20/02/2013 - 19:58

Recent findings from research including a survey of businesses in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) have revealed the total value of economic activity within the AONB to be worth around £2billion and that many businesses significantly benefit from being located within the Cotswolds.

GWR's £1 million emergency appeal reached, thanks to anonymous donor

Tue, 18/09/2012 - 18:10

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway has passed the £1 million mark in its Emergency Appeal, launched three years ago to fund the cost of repairing major embankment collapses at both Gotherington and just north of Winchcombe.

The landmark was passed thanks to a £7,000 donation from an anonymous benefactor who simply asked how much was needed to complete the appeal.

Thomas and friends chuffing to Cheltenham

Fri, 14/09/2012 - 10:51

Two days of family fun as famous railway stories are re-lived
on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Thomas the Tank Engine - creation of the late Rev Awdry - takes over the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway over the weekend of September 22 and 23.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway calls for volunteers

Tue, 24/07/2012 - 21:26

Thinking of volunteering? Do you like meeting people?
Think of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway!
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is calling for new volunteers.
The railway, which runs between Cheltenham Racecourse and Laverton via Winchcombe and Toddington, is run almost entirely by volunteers. But it could do with more!

Court Barn Museum Chipping Campden has acquired the "Barrie Candelabra"

Fri, 30/03/2012 - 10:05

Court Barn Museum, Chipping Campden, has acquired an iconic brass candelabra created by Robert Welch (1929 - 2000), one of the foremost British designers and silversmiths of the late twentieth century.

GWR starts its 2012 Season - Classic Steam & Diesel Trains;Classic Buses, Events for Everyone

Wed, 29/02/2012 - 21:09

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (GWR) starts its main 2012 season

over the weekend of 10th and 11th March.

Because the 12-mile long railway, often known as the ‘Honeybourne Line', is
currently divided by a landslip just north of its Winchcombe station, trains
are operating over the separate sections - with a vintage bus link
connecting the two.

Digging for Victory:Work starts on Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Embankment Repair

Mon, 27/02/2012 - 12:42

• Work begins on Winchcombe embankment collapse in February
• ‘Last push' for final £170,000 of £1m emergency appeal

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway is about to start work on a £670,000 project to repair its collapsed embankment just north of Winchcombe station.