The National Arboretum in Gloucestershire is renowned worldwide both for its tree and shrub collection and beautifully landscaped grounds.

Today the collection contains around 18,000 numbered specimens covering some 600 acres of Grade 1 Listed Landscape.

Westonbirt Arboretum

www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt

Survival School

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Sharp Fitness

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Gran Canaria is a paradise for hill walking in the Canaries, with inhabited cave villages, lake side walks, spectacular mountain scenery and wonderful flora & fauna especially in the Spring. 

There are a great variety of hikes on outstanding trails, many of these are off-the-beaten-track and the climate is excellent for trekking.

'Don’t leave Gran Canaria without seeing it'
THE definitive Guide for hikers by Rambling Roger, resident in Gran Canaria, Spain

Hobbs House Bakery

www.hobbshousebakery.co.uk

Hobbs House is a truly family business, with members of three generations currently working alongside their enthusiastic team of about 120 employees.

They have worked together since 1986 to produce an astonishing range of breads and confectionary to the very highest standard. 

They provide a personal, individual and friendly service to the people of Tetbury, Nailsworth, and Chipping Sodbury, UK.

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Gardens in Gloucestershire

Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury - www.abbeyhousegardens.co.uk

Painswick Rococo Garden, Painswick - www.rococogarden.co.uk

Westonbirt - The National Arboretum - www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt

Bowood House and Gardens, Wiltshire - www.bowood.org

Chavenage House, country house and family home - www.chavenage.com
 

Days Out

Prinknash Bird and Deer Park
This park has reindeer, aviaries, pheasants, waterfowl, swans, peacocks, deer, fish ponds and follies set in a wooded valley at the centre of a monastic estate of King Henry VIII:
www.thebirdpark.com
 

Cotswold Farm Park - Britain's first ever farm park
On display is an unrivalled collection of rare breeds of British farm animals including sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, horses, poultry and waterfowl.  Step into living history with our outdoor and indoor animal displays and daily demonstrations.

The Farm Park is regularly featured on television, including holiday programmes, The Really Wild Show and Absolutely Animals. They have supplied animals for two David Attenborough Natural History programmes, as well as period dramas and feature films including Emma, Clandestine Wedding, Middlemarch, The Hour of the Pig and Braveheart.  They even have their own television celebrity, as Adam Henson, owner of the Farm Park, is also a presenter for the BBC Countryfile programme.
www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk

West Midland Safari and Leisure Park - www.wmsp.co.uk

Elgar Museum - www.elgarfoundation.org

Morgan Cars - www.morgan-motor.co.uk