What’s On in and around Cirencester

  • A busy town square with market stalls, historical buildings, pedestrians, and bunting overhead.

    Markets

    Award winning historic Charter Markets, Arts & Crafts Market, Farmers' Market and Specialty Market.

  • People sitting inside a bandstand in a park surrounded by trees.

    Bands in the Park

    Sundays July to September.
    Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of free live music in the Abbey Grounds, Cirencester.

  • People browsing stalls at an outdoor Christmas market, with checked tablecloths and festive decorations.

    Advent Festival

    Christmas in Cirencester is always special and creates a truly memorable family outing in our vibrant, beautiful and historical market town.

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Cirencester Wool Walk

  • Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester, Glos. GL7 2BX. (map)
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“The finest and most expensive wool was the English which came from the Cotswolds and, in particular, from Northleach and the great Abbey lands of Cirencester” Francesco Datini, 15th Century Florentine merchant. Five hundred years ago it was noted that ‘half the wealth of England rides on the back of sheep.’ Join Ian Thomas for a walk around Cirencester, where the hustle and bustle of the medieval town will be brought to life through the lives and skills of the wool combers, the card makers, the dyers, the weavers and the wool staplers. Ian will share the role the Abbey played in trading wool…

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