Events Around Warminster & SW Wiltshire...
(Please check for updates/cancellations with the organisers themselves)
Tuesdays - Quiz Night - 8:30pm - Yew Tree Inn, Boreham Road, Warminster, 01985 212335
Thursdays - Karaoke - at the Old Bell Hotel, Market Place, Warminster. BA12 9AN. Tel: 01985 216611
Thursdays - Quiz - 7:45 - at the Deverill Road Warminster BA12 9QS. Tel: 01985 212874
Fridays - Disco - at the Old Bell Hotel, Market Place, Warminster. BA12 9AN. Tel: 01985 216611
Saturdays - Disco - at the Old Bell Hotel, Market Place, Warminster. BA12 9AN. Tel: 01985 216611
Saturdays - Live Music - Rose & Crown, East St, Warminster, 01985 214964
Saturdays - Live Music - Yew Tree Inn, Boreham Road, Warminster, 01985 212335
February 2012
Friday 24 February - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Upton Scudamore Church
Saturday 25 February - Warminster Town FC v Tadley Calleva - 3pm - Warminster Town FC, Weymouth St, Warminster
Sunday 26 February - Great Gillingham Gathering - Commercial Transporting Preservation Ltd road run for any old or interesting vehicles. Leaving the Central Car Park, Warminster 10am, and traveling over Mere Down. The event was started in 1999 as a tribute to Phil Bailey, our first chairman who passed away a short time after the start of CTP in September 1998. Gillingham was his home along with Mary, our vice-chair and son Peter. It was felt that "something should be done" and so the idea of this gathering was suggested and has just grown from strength to strength, like everything to do with CTP. It is based on two simple parts: Firstly: A short road run from Warminster Central Car Park. Starting at 10.00am - Over the years this has attracted a diverse collection vehicles and owner's from far and wide. Secondly: Centred around Nick Bakers Garage hot pasties, cake and coffee. Fair organs, live steam. Friendship and fun. All from about 11am until 1.00.
Wednesday 29 February - Big Brew Coffee Morning - 10am until 12 noon, £1.50 per cup for tea/coffee and a homemade biscuit (Ed - great biscuits, had some before). In aid of Traidcraft to support Fairtrade Fortnight. - Ivy House St Denys Retreat Centre, 3 Church Street, Warminster BA12 8PG
March
Thursday 01, 08, and 15 March - CAP Money Course - 7.30pm on Thursdays only. A weekly course of three sessions to enable people to take control of their finances. If you feel out of control, confused or worried about money, of just want to be better informed, come along and get free advice. Sign up at CAP website https://capmoney.org/en_GB/home or phone Annie 218608 or Jennifer 846890. - Christ Church, Warminster
Saturday 03 March - Art In The Park - 10am to 4pm. Arts and crafts for sale, refreshments. - Warminster Park Community Centre
Saturday 03 March - Warminster RFC v Ellingham & Ringwood II - 3pm,, free to watch, bar open. - Warminster RFC, Folley Lane, Warminster
Monday 05 March - Talk On Fuchsias - 7:30pm, plant sale, raffle, refreshments - Warminster Park Community Centre
Tuesday 06 March - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Corsley Reading Rooms
Wednesday 07 March - Illustrated Talk On The Flora & Fauna Of South Africa - 7:30pm. A Warminster Countryside Club event. Telephone 01985 211689. Visitors and new members welcome. Visitor, £2., To join, £10. p.a. - United Church, George St, Warminster
Saturday 10 March - Spring Shopping Event - 10am till 4pm. Various stall holders including 'PartyLite' Candles, 'Avon Cosmetics', 'Neal's Yard Remedies' plus lots more handmade art & crafts stalls. There will be a bouncy castle to keep the children entertained whilst you shop. Proceeds from the event will be shared between; Heytesbury School/Heytesbury Young Persons Org Jubilee Committee - Heytesbury School, Heytesbury, near Warminster
Saturday 10 March - Come And Sing With The Athenaeum Singers! - 9.30 am we will be holding an open workshop where visitors are invited to join us to learn, rehearse and perform great music in just one day! Admission £10 (students £5) Scores available to hire on the day (£1). Information from Paddy Yerburgh on 212017 - Warminster Baptist Church BA12 9AD
Thursday 15 March - Police Drop In Centre - 11am to noon - Civic Centre, Warminster
Friday 16 March - 3 Yorks Farewell Parade - 10am from Station Road, Warminster, to say farewell, and good luck, to 3 Yorks ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan. 250 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, will be parading through town prior to their deployment to Afghanistan for nine months. This will give family, friends and residents the opportunity to wish them farewell before they embark on their tour of duty. Schools have been encouraged to allow their children to view the parade, and it is hoped that as many members of the public as possible will come out to line the streets and extend their best wishes to the troops. The parade will be led by the Town Crier, followed by the Band of the Royal Logistics Corps (RLC), and the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire will be in attendance to take the "eyes left" as the troops pass in High Street, providing a fitting send-off.
Friday 16 and Saturday 17 March - A Triple Bill Of One Act Plays - 7:45pm, The Proposal, Dear Mother, and Last Tango, £8, from Budgens, New Road Service Station, Codford or tel: 01985 850345 (button 3) - Woolstore Theatre, Codford
Sunday 18 March - Endura Lionheart - 100km or 100 mile bike race starting at Longleat, register here.
Tuesday 20 March - Give Blood - Civic Centre, Warminster
Friday 23 March - An Evening Of Traditional Irish Music & Dancing - 7:30pm to 11:30pm, featuring Shebeen. Tickets £12.50 to include a traditional Irish supper, licensed bar. For tickets telephone 01373 832189 - Corsley Reading Rooms
Saturday 24 March - Bird Watching & Lunch At Langford Lakes Nature Reserve - Come and join us at Langford Lakes reserve for the chance to see spring migratory birds, followed by a delicious Ploughman's lunch. Cost: £6.00. Booking essential. Refreshments: A Ploughman's Lunch. Contact: Ann Jones (01985) 218928, Isobel Buckingham (01985) 219313. - Langford Lakes
Saturday 24 March - Crafts, Cakes, And Plant Stalls - 2.30 - 4.30 pm. In aid of Sport Relief 2012 - Longbridge Deverill Village Hall
Saturday 24 March - Warminster RFC v Ivel Barbarians - 3pm, free to watch, bar open. - Warminster RFC, Folley Lane, Warminster
Sunday 25 March - Fonthill House Garden Open - 2pm to 6pm. In aid of the National Gardens Scheme. £6 per adult (unless there’s a car with 3 or more people in it in which case it will cost £12) and children go free. Dogs are permitted if on leads. There will be refreshments of tea and sandwiches available. All gate receipts donated to NGS.
Friday 30 March - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Upton Scudamore Church
Friday 30 March - Police Drop In Centre - 10am to 11am - Warminster Library
April
Sunday 01 April - The A2Z Spring Road Run - 100+ miles of rural delight. Open to commercials of all sizes and types, public service and PSV vehicles. The run will start and finish at Warminster Central Car Park around 9.30am to end with a hard standing static display in the early afternoon at Crockerton Garden Centre with café on A350 just outside Warminster. This new route of about 100 + miles of scenic countryside, with no official stops, a day to enjoy yourself driving your pride and joy! Entry fee of £7.50 per vehicle, download an entry form from here. - Warminster
Tuesday 03 April - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Corsley Reading Rooms
Wednesday 04 April - Talk On The History & Restoration Of The Kennet & Avon Canal - 7:30pm. A Warminster Countryside Club event. Telephone 01985 211689. Visitors and new members welcome. Visitor, £2., To join, £10. p.a. - United Church, George St, Warminster
Friday 06 to Monday 09 April - Imber Roads Open
Saturday 07 April - Chase the Rabbit and Beat the Egg - 10:30am. Adult £8, Child £3. Join the Eco Fitness team for these fun Easter antics. Beat the Egg 8k run and Chase the Rabbit 1k run (for under 16s). All participants will receive a chocolate egg. More Information: Eco Fitness, 01373 836552. - Stourhead
Sunday 08 April and Monday 09 April - Easter Egg Trail At Stourhead - 11am to 4pm. Spring time family fun with our new Easter trail, giant games, face-painting and of course...chocolate! Normal charges plus £2.50 per child, no need to book. - Stourhead
Thursday 12 April - Police Drop In Centre - 11am to noon - Civic Centre, Warminster
Thursday 19 April - Demonstration by Arnold Lowrey, Watercolour Artist - 7-9pm Cost: £1.50 Warminster Art Society Members £3.00 Non Members. - Athenaeum, Warminster
Friday 20 April - Police Drop In Centre - 10am to 11am - Warminster Library
Friday 27 April - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Upton Scudamore Church
Saturday 28 April - Job's Mill Garden Open - 2pm to 6pm, £3.50, children free, home made teas, plants for sale. Surrounding an old converted water mill, a delightful medium-sized terraced garden through which R Wylye flows. Riverside and woodland walks, vegetable garden, orchard, herbaceous border and water garden - Job's Mill, Crockerton, Wiltshire, BA12 8BB
May
Tuesday 01 May - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Corsley Reading Rooms
Wednesday 03 May - Warminster Countryside Club AGM - 7:30pm. Telephone 01985 211689. Visitors and new members welcome. Visitor, £2., To join, £10. p.a. - United Church, George St, Warminster
Thursday 17 May - Police Drop In Centre - 11am to noon - Civic Centre, Warminster
Friday 25 May - Police Drop In Centre - 10am to 11am - Warminster Library
Friday 25 May - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Upton Scudamore Church
Friday 25 May - Warminster Civic Trust AGM - Open To Non Members Also - 7pm, refreshments. - Civic Centre, off Sambourne Road, Warminster
Saturday 26 May... Another Albion Adventure - 9am start of the anti-clockwise round Britain coastal trip by John Pomeroy and John Poole in a 1937 Albion 3 tonne lorry, in aid of the Royal British Legion. - Central Car Park, Warminster
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 May - Warminster Highbury Annual Football Tournament - Kick-offs: Saturday 09:00 Under 12s, 12:00 Under 10s, 15:30 Under 8s; Sunday 09:00 Under 11s, 12:00 Under 9s, 15:30 Under 7s. Entry is £1.50 per adult. Children free. More info and pictures of previous years tournaments on our website - Highbury Ground, Woodcock Road, Warminster
June
Tuesday 05 June - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Corsley Reading Rooms
Thursday 07 June - Police Drop In Centre - 11am to noon - Civic Centre, Warminster
Saturday 09 June - Job's Mill Garden Open - 2pm to 6pm, £3.50, children free, home made teas, plants for sale. Surrounding an old converted water mill, a delightful medium-sized terraced garden through which R Wylye flows. Riverside and woodland walks, vegetable garden, orchard, herbaceous border and water garden. - Job's Mill, Crockerton, Wiltshire, BA12 8BB
Sunday 10 June - Edington Gardens Open - 2pm to 6pm, £5 combined ticket, children free. Four varied gardens on greensand, many with lovely views, are open in this historic village. From a camomile lawn the size of a handkerchief to a large old garden with fine views, the gardens are full of colour, interest and ideas. Among the highlights are an arboretum with a growing range of unusual trees and an avenue of fastigate hornbeams, herbaceous borders, a gravel garden, roses, fruit and vegetables - and even some long-established Japanese knotweed which has been retained as a feature. The Old Vicarage is home to National Collection of evening primroses, with over 20 species. Grade I C14 church open, home-made teas in Parish Hall - BA13 4QF
Sunday 10 June - Upton Lovell Open Garden - 2pm to 6pm, £3, children free, refreshments. 1¾ acre garden, bisected by the R Wylye and on the site of an old cloth mill, with archaeological interest. The remaining features of the mill are incorporated into the garden design and planting. Herbaceous borders, rose garden, pebble garden, rockery and fernery. Children’s puzzle trail. Exhibition of the mill's history - Hatch House, Upton Lovell, Wiltshire, BA12 0JP
Sunday 10 June - Codford Open Garden - 2pm to 5pm, £3, children free, refreshments. The Old Dairy's garden is full of interest. A newly created rose garden with lavender hedges and varied underplanting in the front, while at the rear herbaceous borders, pond, shrubs and vegetables. A plantsmans garden with good ideas for all the year. - The Old Dairy, Codford, Wiltshire, BA12 0ND
Friday 15 and Saturday 16 June - Aerobatic Competition - Every year the British Aerobatic Association holds the Don Henry Squadron competition at Compton Abbas Airfield. Some of the best aerobatic pilots in the UK compete on both Friday and Saturday for the prestigious award (subject to weather - phone the airfield). - Compton Abbas Airfield
Saturday 16 June - Police Street Meeting - 2:30pm to 3:00pm - Three Horseshoes Walk, Warminster
Friday 22 June - Police Drop In Centre - 10am to 11am - Warminster Library
Sunday 24 June - Fun Day in the Park - noon until 5pm. In aid of the Warminster Carnival. Events include: Carnival Prince & Princess Competition, Baby Competition, Raft Race, Warminster Community Radio, Mini Olympics, Scarecrow Trail, Pony & Trap rides, Children’s rides, Face Painting, Refreshments & many Charity stalls. - Warminster Town Park
Friday 29 June - Warminster Police Consultation - 1030 to 1130 - Upton Scudamore Church
July
Sunday 08 July - Nunney Garden Open - £6 combined ticket, children free, three gardens open, home-made teas at Somerset Lodge. Picturesque village clustered around its C15 church, duck pond fed by the Nunney Brook, ruined medieval castle with moat and market square. 3 contrasting gardens, Court Farm House: created over last 30yrs by current owners. Walled garden with flag stone paths lead to borders of herbaceous plants, bulbs, roses, various unusual shrubs and trees incl old pear tree. Small Japanese garden, behind yew hedging, climbing plants, topiary and column junipers give the garden shape. Miller’s House: garden of a plants person. Many areas to sit and enjoy views of mostly perennial garden with rockeries, terraced borders and vegetable patch leading to bridge over Nunney Brook to shrubbery and wild walk. Designated to wildlife, encouraging nature alongside the brook and leat which feeds the romantic millpond. Small modern sculptures incorporated in garden. Somerset Lodge: unusual garden created from rough pasture by artist owner and first time gardener. Work in progress, signature colour blue garden is patchwork with different aspects, topiary like sculptures, yew pyramids, frog pond, field glorious meadow in spring/early summer.Artist's ceramic sculptures incorporated into garden - BA11 4NP
Wednesday 11 - Sunday 15 July - Larmer Tree Festival - over 70 diverse artists • 6 stages • Comedy Club • 150 free workshops • street theatre • carnival procession • intimate crowd of 4,000 • voted Best UK Family Festival 08 • tickets sold out for 17 years • The perfect escape from it all! - Larmer Tree Gardens, map
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 July - Westbury Open Garden - 2pm to 6pm, £3.50, children free, refreshments. High on a chalk escarpment overlooking farmland is the unlikely setting for a Chinese-inspired garden. Pavilions, ponds, archways, mosaics and statuary transform this 1-acre hillside into an enchanting Chinese pleasure garden of intricate pathways, rare and colourful plantings. The extensive potager is home to chickens, and pigs live in the mature beechwood. Art exhibition. - Beggars Knoll, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 3ED
Wednesday 25 July - 29th Noggin, Nosh & Natter - 6pm. It attracts around 250+ examples of all forms of wheeled transport and hundreds of visitors from far and near. - The George Inn, Longbridge Deverill, Nr Warminster
August
Sunday 19 August - Brokerswood Open Garden - Adm £3.50, chd £3.50 (incl home-made cakes & tea). Come and enjoy the unique atmosphere of this working nursery, in its peaceful rural setting which is a haven for wildlife. Wander around the mature garden of herbaceous borders, raised alpine and Mediterranean beds giving colour through the season. For NGS opening, guest stalls provide a cheerful festive air. Variety of guest stalls - The Mead Nursery, Brokerswood, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4EG
Wednesday 29 August to Sunday 02 September - Great Dorset Steam Fair - There is no other event like it anywhere in the world which is why over 200,000 visitors attend each year both from the UK and from all over the World!
September
Thursday 06 to Sunday 09 September - Heritage Open Days - information to follow
October
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