Celebrate 60 years of CNL with us!
We are thrilled to announce a summer of events celebrating 60 years of the Cotswolds as a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
This summer, we are working with the team at Leaping Fox Films, and our own Cotswolds Voluntary Wardens to offer a summer-long programme of events to connect people with the Cotswolds National Landscape.
Summer screenings tour
Cotswolds: Field & Folk is a brand new documentary film, shot across 18 months in the Cotswolds. With challenges from every direction – climate, policy, financial, and a massive loss of biodiversity – farmers in the Cotswolds are working within a critical moment. In the face of these challenges through, the Cotswolds is gaining recognition as being an area where things are done differently – and well. By combining traditional knowledge with technology and data, by working with nature rather than against it, and by harnessing the power of connection and community, farmers and conservationists in the Cotswolds are making changes now which will benefit us all in the future. Cotswolds: Field & Folk tells their story.
9 July | Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester
Hosted by Dame Fiona Reynolds, more details to be released nearer the time.
10 July | FarmED, Shipton-under-Wychwood
Screening, BBQ, and Q&A – hosted by Ian Wilkinson.
Tickets available here – https://farm-ed.co.uk/events/275/film-night-and-bbq-cotswolds-field-and-folk
16 July | Tetbury Goods Shed
Screening and Q&A – tickets and more details to be released nearer the time.
17 July | Isbourne Arts, Winchcombe
Screening, Q&A and live music from the band behind the sound track Lawton & Mac – tickets and more details to be released nearer the time.
23 July | Stroud Brewery
Screening, Q&A and live music from the band behind the sound track Lawton & Mac – tickets and more details to be released nearer the time.
24 July | Pound Arts Centre, Corsham
7:30pm Screening and Q&A – tickets and more details go to the website: https://poundarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173665895
29 July | Farm screening, Ashton Under Hill
A community screening of Field & Folk in the north Cotswolds, at Groaten Barn. Hosted by Lucy Robbins’ on the family farm. Lucy features in the film, and this screening will showcase the film in the working context and within the community that inspired it.
Tickets and more info – https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lucyrobbins/2225622
7 August | Sherston Village Hall
Exclusive screening with an introduction from director Tea Smart and the Leaping Fox film crew. Tickets and more details to be released nearer the time.
15 August | SUMMER CELEBRATION at Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham
Come and join the party! Celebrate 60 years in style with a film screening and Q&A session, exhibition, mark-making project, food, and music.
Tickets on sale now: https://boxoffice.cheltladiescollege.org/events/160343 (ticket sales are to cover costs only, and prices have been kept as low as possible)
20 August | Stroud Brewery
Exclusive screening with introduction from director Tea Smart and the Leaping Fox film crew. Tickets and more details to be released nearer the time.
13 September | Farm screening, Lower Hampen Farm
Join us at Lower Hampen Farm for a special community screening of Cotswolds: Field & Folk. Hosted by Lydia and the team at Homegrown at Hampen, this unique evening will celebrate local farming, food, and the rural communities that shape the Cotswolds.
TBC November | Wilson Nights Takeover, The Wilson, Cheltenham
Details TBC, but this will be an exciting takeover evening featuring an abundance of creativity, conversation, and connections! Watch this space for more details!
Guided walks
The Cotswolds Voluntary Wardens have devised a number of free guided walks, including a number of accessible ‘Riders and Striders’ routes, to celebrate 60 years of CNL. Search ‘CNL60’ on the guided routes section, and browse upcoming events.