Minch Life

Knead Bakery in Box
2025-06-07 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Box Village Hall, Box, Stroud, GL6 9HE, United Kingdom
KNEAD BAKERY, who visited in Box Village Hall car park a few Saturdays ago, will be back this coming Saturday, 7th June from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
They will have all the favourites from their last visit plus, we hope, a wider selection of breads.

Mini-Makers Market at the Long Table
2025-06-07 11:00 - 13:00 | The Long Table, Brimscombe Mill, Stroud, GL5 2SA, United Kingdom
We are back shining a light on our young creators – showcasing artists, makers, and crafters aged 16 and under.
Lets champion our fledgling entrepreneurs!
Come along and support our young artisans and craftspeople from 11:00-13:00 @ Brimscombe Mill.

Coffee Morning at Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton
2025-06-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW

Repair Cafe
2025-06-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Minchinhampton Community Library, School Road, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP, United Kingdom

Back to Back Wool Challenge at the Long Table
2025-06-07 09:00 - 19:00 | The Long Table, Brimscombe Mill, Stroud, GL5 2SA, United Kingdom
Ready, Shear, Knit! Stroud’s Fastest Needles Take On the World

The Cotswold Woolgatherers are back – and they mean business! Join Stroud’s legendary team as they compete in the International Back to Back Wool Challenge 2025 – a wild woolly race to shear a sheep, handspin 600g of yarn, and knit a full adult jumper… all in under a day.
In 2024, the Woolgatherers were 4th fastest in the world and fastest in Europe
Team PB: 9 hours 40 minutes
Over £1000 raised for cancer charities so far – and counting
🌀 All day – Watch as our team spins and knits in real time
🎽 By 7pm – One handmade jumper, created from fleece to finish
🎁 Silent auction – Bid for the final sweater or pick up handspun yarn
There’ll be sheep, spindles, stitches – and plenty of community spirit. Come cheer us on, donate, and maybe even witness a world record.
Free entry – donations welcome. All proceeds to charity.

POSTPONED: Churches Count on Nature (focus on moths)
2025-06-07 | Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW
Postponed due to forecast weather conditions (not good for moths)
Minchinhampton Churchyard is a haven of peace and home for a wide variety of natural life. Churches Count on Nature is a national initiative, bringing local people together to discover the wildlife in their local churchyard. Join us in the churchyard. Children especially welcome, bring a butterfly net if you have one!

Wendy's Cash Bingo
2025-06-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Cotswold Club, High Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Members and Guests welcome.

Box Bar
2025-06-06 18:30 - 21:00 | Box Village Hall, Box, Stroud, GL6 9HE, United Kingdom
Box Bar continues to lubricate the village on the first and third Friday of every month. It is well supported and has become a very enjoyable social hub for the village.
It serves wine, prosecco, gin and tonic, organic cider, organic lager and beers from Stroud brewery, plus a selection of soft drinks. The draft organic pale ale on sale is now gluten free.
The bar has a card reader, so you don’t need to bring cash. The profits from the bar help to fund the Village Hall.

Free Digital Support: Personalised 1-2-1 Appointments with Digi-champion
2025-06-06 10:00 - 12:30 | Minchinhampton Community Library, School Road, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP, United Kingdom

Hampton Probus: Great Fire of London
2025-06-05 10:30 - 12:00 | Cotswold Club, High Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Speaker: Fraser Gunn
Members with guests by Invitation.
For further information contact: webmaster@hamptonprobus.co.uk

Locals Night at the Crown
2025-06-04 18:00 - 21:00 | The Crown Inn, High Street Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
The first Wednesday evening of every month is locals night in the barn. The team at The Crown welcome locals to come down for a special set menu created by our talented head chef Luka. 2 courses for £20 and 3 courses for £25. Bookings are highly recommended as we expect this to be a popular night.

WI meeting - Speaker Alan Roe “Life in the Coldstream Guards”
2025-06-04 14:30 - 16:30 | Minchinhampton Scout Hut (Coronation Hut), 16 Dr Browns Road, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BT
Our monthly meetings provide an opportunity for women of all ages to meet together in a friendly, relaxed and warm atmosphere.

We spend a little time talking through local and national WI activities that are open to all members. This is followed by a talk given by a guest speaker on one of a wide range of engaging topics.

Refreshments and an opportunity to get to know each other and make new friends are key parts of every meeting.

You are welcome to attend some of our meetings as a visitor before joining.

For more information, contact Sandy (President) emery31@btinternet.com
Christina ( Secretary) gooch764@btinternet.com
Joy (Minch Life liason rep) joyburr005@gmail.com ‘

Afternoon Fellowship - Harvest India - at Holy Trinity Minchinhampton
2025-06-03 14:30 - 17:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW
Join the Afternoon Fellowship Group with guest speakers Alun and Diane Davies talking about Harvest India. More info from Sue Fairley 01453 873136.

Arkie's Quiz
2025-06-01 19:45 - 22:00 | Cotswold Club, High Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Our Quizmaster Brian L Powell looks forward to your company for another challenging but fun quiz. Members and guests welcome. Tables of 4, £1.00 per person.

Box Open Gardens
2025-06-01 12:00 - 18:00 | Box Village Hall, Box, Stroud, GL6 9HE, United Kingdom
Box Open Gardens only comes round once every three years and it’s on this year. Why not join in the fun, and help us at the same time to give a lot of people a fantastic afternoon whilst raising money for charity.
Box is a fantastic setting for a Sunday afternoon walk and Box gardeners are rightly proud of their beautiful gardens. Open Gardens offers everyone a rare opportunity to see the village from a different perspective. There will be a Discovery Trail for children to keep them interested while you look around. Have a peek around some of the prettiest and most spectacular gardens in the village.
Only £6 per head, and children go FREE! Proceeds
from entry tickets go to selected local charities.
DON’T MISS THE OTHER ATTRACTIONS:
A Cream Tea at Box House or in the Village Hall. A display of Classic Cars from around the village at Box House. A Flower Display in
the beautiful Arts and Crafts church, St Barnabas.
The award-winning Nailsworth Silver Band and Winstones Ice
Creams on the Village Green. An Art Trail featuring talented
artists in the village. And take part in the Grand Raffle – win
fabulous prizes and help with the fund raising.
For further information contact: Mark Rogers (tel 833588).

Holy Trinity Minchinhampton Parish Breakfast
2025-06-01 08:45 - 09:30 | Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW
Join us for breakfast with a selection of cereals, croissants, bacon roll, juice tea and coffee.

Family Fundraiser
2025-05-31 10:00 - 15:00 | Market Square, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW, United Kingdom
See poster for details.

Community Litter Pick
2025-05-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Minchinhampton Community Library, School Road, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP, United Kingdom

"A Complete Unknown" - Minchinhampton Movie Night at the Market House
2025-05-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Minchinhampton Market House, Market Square, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW, United Kingdom
Doors open 7pm, show starts at 7.30pm.
The next movie night at the Market House will feature the Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A COMPLETE UNKNOWN’. Set in the 1960s, the film charts the rise of this now iconic folk singer. In 1961 Dylan leaves Minnesota and arrives in Greenwich Village, New York to seek out his folk singing idols and activists Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. Gradually Dylan works his way into the New York folk music scene, performing and recording his own protest songs. Like all biographical films, the creators play a little fast and loose with actual history. For example the famous ‘Judas’ shout from the audience when Dylan appeared on stage with an electric guitar was not first heard in America, but at a concert in Manchester (UK). The artistry of the lead actor Timothée Chalamet, in both singing and playing guitar/harmonica, is quite remarkable. Apparently he learned how to play the instruments just for this role. A Guardian review of the film included the quote ‘No one has ever worn sunglasses better.’
Tickets from the Market Stores £7. Licensed bar.
(Both cash only please.)

Wood-fired Pizza in the Undercroft
2025-05-30 17:00 - 21:00 | The Undercroft, Minchinhampton Market House, Market Square, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW, United Kingdom
Menu as follows:

Margherita – san Marzano tomato, veggie parmesan, basil, mozzarella, olive oil.
Pepperoni – san Marzano tomato, mozzarella, pepperoni, ‘nduja crumb, honey.
Aubergine – san Marzano tomato, oregano, garlic, basil, roasted aubergine, mozzarella.
Sausage – san Marzano tomato, basil, garlic, red onion, house sausage, garlic crunchies.

Bookings in advance would be useful (but not essential) – please contact:

Mail – hello@midnightpizza.co.uk
Phone – 07800 742798
Website – www.midnightpizza.co.uk

Amberley Quiz Night
2025-05-29 20:00 - 22:30 | Amberley Inn, Culver Hill, Amberley, GL5 5AF, United Kingdom

The Crown Quiz
2025-05-29 19:30 - 23:00 | The Crown Inn, High Street Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Test out your general knowledge with a pint and some proper pub grub. Round up your team and join us for a fun evening. Why not make an evening of it and have food with us before the start of the quiz? The quiz is £2 per person (cash only) to join and there is a £50 bar tab to grab for the winning team (6 max per team). 8pm start. All entry money for quiz will be donated to Stroud Women’s refugee.

Half-term Craft Session for children aged 3+
2025-05-29 14:00 - 16:00 | Minchinhampton Community Library, School Road, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP, United Kingdom

Stroud Businesswomen's Networking Meeting
2025-05-29 09:30 - 11:00 | Minchinhampton Golf Club, Minchinhampton, Stroud, GL6 9BE, United Kingdom
Sam Collins, Committee Member of SBN and Associate Partner of St. James’s Place Wealth Management will give a talk and a Q&A* around Wealth Management and making sure you are doing all you can in the current economic climes.
*If there are specific questions, please do let us know in advance by emailing enquiries@stroudbusinesswomen.org.uk
Meeting Hosted by our Chair Sue Eskins

8.45 am doors open;
9.00am Come along for pre meeting chat and coffee

9.30am Start meeting with Chair’s introductions
9.35am Round-the-Room-Introductions 30 secs each
9.50am Member Shout Out
10.00am Speaker see details above
10.25am Events announcements & requests to connect with other members
10.40am Informal Networking
11.00am Meeting Close

Venue Minchinhampton Golf Club, New Courses, off Hampton Hill GL8 8SB. Enter main Clubhouse, proceed up stairs and once in bar the meeting room is on your left.
Visitors/Guests are invited to come along:
If you are a Friend of SBN or you know anyone who might enjoy being part of our Membership we welcome non-members to come along for a fee introductory meeting at one of our Main meetings to see how we work with a view to joining. Drop us an email beforehand to enquiries@stroudbusinesswomen.org.uk so that we can add you to our list.

Just Sing!
2025-05-28 14:30 - 16:00 | Minchinhampton Community Library, School Road, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP, United Kingdom

BANK HOLIDAY
2025-05-26

Arkie's Quiz
2025-05-25 19:45 - 22:00 | Cotswold Club, High Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Gather your sharpest quiz brains and come along and join in Minchinhampton’s premier quiz night where you will be challenged and at times tormented by Arkies array of assorted quiz questions.

Minchinhampton Walking and Wildlife Group - Skylark survey with Glos Naturalists Society
2025-05-25 10:30 - 13:00 | Reservoir car park, Minchinhampton Common, GL6 9AQ, United Kingdom
Meet at the Reservoir car park Minchinhampton Common.

We are an informal group of friends who enjoy walking, wildlife, good company and the occasional trip the pub. You are very welcome to join us – but entirely at your own risk!!
All walks use public footpaths which may be steep, rough and slippery. Prepare accordingly.
We generally walk on the last Sunday of each month, starting at 10.30 and finishing by lunchtime, unless otherwise specified in the programme.
If the weather is very poor, we will cancel by email by 9.00am on the morning the walk was planned.
Please contact karencolebourn@gmail.com to be added to the circulation list.

Cultivating Nature: How to enhance woodlands for biodiversity
2025-05-24 10:30 - 13:30 | Voltaires Wood, Minchinhampton, Stroud, GL6 9AL, United Kingdom
Join us this May for a walk and talk as we discuss how to enhance land, wood and field for the benefit of nature.
£45.00

This walk is will be of help to those looking at how to manage their own land or woodland for biodiversity, those interested in the ecology of the woods and those with general interest in the flora and fauna of an ancient woodland.

We will be talking about:
-the flora and fauna of woods: unusual examples and why they are there-light and its importance to trees and the woodland floor-managing open spaces – how to do it and what to expect-the annual cycle of birds, flowers and seeds, insects and fungi– dead hedges and the life they bring

Clair is one of the woodland managers at Voltaire’s Wood, with responsibility for aspects of Countryside Stewardship work. She is our little powerhouse of knowledge and information.
This isn’t a strenuous outing but you will need to have a moderate level of fitness for this event as you will be out in the woods on uneven terrain for a couple of hours at a time. We will take a break for tea and sandwiches halfway.

Churchyard Clearing morning
2025-05-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW
Please come to help tidy the churchyard. Tasks to suit every age and level of energy, mobility or strength. Refreshments will be provided late morning. Please bring your own tools if possible.
