Forthcoming Events

Tour organised by Harry Shaw Group Travel on behalf of the Friends of The Wilson Non-members welcome Thursday 19 – Saturday 21 May 2022 (3 days / 2 nights) This tour has been arranged specifically...   (Read more)

Although known chiefly as a polar explorer, Edward Adrian Wilson was something of a polymath: ornithologist, natural historian, physician and artist. This illustrated talk is designed to commemorate the 150 years since Wilson’s birth in...   (Read more)

The Cotswolds has drawn dreamers and practitioners in attempts to create utopias for well over a century. This talk explores some of the communities who took up the challenge of living well and creating craft...   (Read more)

The inspirational Cotswold retreat of William Morris, Father of the Arts and Crafts movement, is always a delight to visit. The house has been closed for nearly two years whilst important conservation and improvements take...   (Read more)

For those of you who are intrepid walkers please join us for a walk from Crickley Hill across to the top of Crippets Lane. The Wilson family home, Hillcrest, is just opposite where the footpath...   (Read more)

The Rise and Fall of the Honourable Miss Monson During the early nineteenth century, Cheltenham’s housing stock increased dramatically from 710 in 1801, to an estimated 4,027, with 774 more being built, in June 1826....   (Read more)

Berkeley Castle, which dominates the Vale of Berkeley, is steeped in over 860 years of British history. It is best known as the scene of the brutal murder of Edward II in 1327 and for...   (Read more)