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What’s On For Kids May Half Term in Gloucestershire 2024
25 May - 2 June
May half term in Gloucestershire is set to be an exciting one with lots of places to visits, activities and events for families. Here’s the Red Kite Days guide to what’s on for kids in Gloucestershire. If you fancy exploring a little further afield, check the half term what’s on guide for Oxfordshire too.
May Half Term Events in Gloucestershire 2024
Family Theatre, Live Music and Puppets
- Bing Mini Shows at the Slimbridge Wetland Centre (Slimbridge) 25th May
The Brick People Lego Workshop at The Roses (Tewkesbury) 28th May
Do you have a LEGO® fan in the family? Take a look at this one hour workshop with The Brick People at The Roses. Expect various LEGO® activity tables, some containing self-building activities including mosaic building and random brick building, along with tables featuring monitored activities such as a timed tower build and small model builds. Just £6.50pp
Woman Like Me: Little Mix Show (Tribute) at The Roses (Tewkesbury) 30th May
This show brings back-to-back chart-topping hits, incredible voices, and the electrifying energy of Little Mix to life on stage, captivating fans old and new in an unmissable celebration of their phenomenal music career.
- The Little Prince at the Everyman Theatre (Cheltenham) 1st June
- Alice in Wonderland outdoor theatre at Dyrham Park (Chippenham) 1st June
Outdoor Half Term Adventures in Gloucestershire
Once Upon A Unicorn at Fairytale Farm (near Chipping Norton) 25th May – 2nd June
Step into the magical world of Fairytale Farm this May half term with their Once Upon a Unicorn Event. This mythical creature will sprinkle some colourful magic around the Farm.
- Bings Nature Explorers at Slimbridge Wetland Centre (Slimbridge) until 2nd June
- Cattle Country Farm Park splash pool opens for May half term (Berkeley) 25th May – 2nd June
- Gloucester Tall Ships (Gloucester) 25th – 27th May
Gruffalo Party Trail at Westonbirt Arboretum (Westonbirt)
Celebrating 25 years of the Gruffalo, the party trail at at Westonbirt Arboretum is great for younger visitors.
- It May Be Wild half term at Over Farm’s Countryside Adventure (Over) 25th May – 2ns June
- May half term fun & lamb feeding experiences at Cotswold Farm Park 25th May – 2nd June
- Gruffalo Party Trail at Beechenhurst Forest (Forest of Dean)
- May half term animal antics at Dyrham Park (Chippenham) 24th May – 2nd June
- Wildlife walks at Dean Heritage Centre 25th May – 2nd June
- May half term activities at Newark Park (Wootton-Under-Edge) 23rd May – 2nd June
- Mini Farmers half term event at Roves Farm (Sevenhampton) 25th May – 2nd June
- Living History Weekend at Berkeley Castle 26th – 27th May
- Eastnor Castle steam & vintage show (Ledbury) 26th – 27th May
- Knight School at Berkeley Castle 26th – 27th May
South Cerney street fair and duck race (South Cerney) 29th May
The Grand Duck Race is the much-anticipated culmination of the Street Fair and always draws a large crowd. Make sure to grab your spot by the riverside to see the ducks battle their way through the many obstacles in their quest to be the first across the finish line and claim the right to be called the champion! Will your duck be the victor?
- Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling (Brockworth) 27th May
- Robert Dover’s Cotswold Olimpick Games 2023 (Weston Subedge) 31st May
- Family Fun Friday: Bug Hunting and Butterfly Spotting (Cleeve Common) 31st May
- Wychwood Festival 31st May – 2nd June
- Family Fun Day at Eastnor Castle (Ledbury) 2nd June
- Birdland (Bourton) tbc
Indoor May Half Term Events in Gloucestershire
- Longlevens Library, Cirencester Library & Cheltenham Children’s Library 27th May
- Trainmaster play session (Gloucester) 1st June
- Dudley’s Garden spring trail at the Corinium Museum (Cirencester)
- Family activities at Corinium Museum (Cirencester)
