Stonehouse Town Council

APT Nature Trail
2025-08-16, 2025-08-17, 2025-08-18 | Stonehouse, United Kingdom
Looking for something to do with the family? Collect your trail sheet from APT or the All Pets in Quietways. Find all the pictures around the town and then return your sheet to APT with a chance to win a chocolate bunny. The trail starts on the 4th August and ends on Monday 18th August. So plenty of time to find all the pictures.

Nature & Environment Day on the Ship Inn Community Space
2026-06-07 11:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Ship Inn Community Space, Bristol Road, Stonehouse, GL10 2AF
A fun, nature-themed day of activities on the Ship Inn Community Space. There will be a tree walk with John Parker, 2 x herb walks, story-telling and 2 x ‘Find out about fossils’ talks. There is also an evening Bat walk at 21.10pm.
Stalls include:
Transition Stroud with Pedal Power ebikes
Stroud Valleys Project
Warm and Well
Field fresh skin care
Bat conservation
Butterfly conservation
Wildlife Trust
Andrew Hussey – local author of nature-themed children’s books
Colouring in sheets for children
Refreshments
Bubble & Brew Coffee Cart
BBQ
Fresh Brew Standard
Heavens Candifloss
Walks & Talks
Storytelling
Herb walks
Tree walk
Fossil presentations
Discovering Bats

Stonehouse Walking Festival 2026
2026-09-04 - 2026-09-13 | Stonehouse, United Kingdom
We are looking forward to our 7th festival from 4-13th September 2026. We will once again be celebrating the wide range of scenic walks possible around the Stonehouse area, also showcasing some walks having added specialised interest. The Festival offers free, guided group walks, including: level field and woodland footpaths, gently rolling fields, scenic views, canal, river and rail trails, walks for restricted mobility, family fun walk, history walk, tree walks, picnics, pub and cafe stops.
​Brochures will be available in Stonehouse from July at the Town Hall, Library, Co-op, Cotswold Canals Trust Bookshop and in Share and Repair.
Download our 2026 Walk Schedule
Download our 2026 Brochure
Please read our guidelines before choosing your walks with us.
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Walkfest Welcome
2026-09-06 11:00 - 15:00 | Ship Inn Community Space, Bristol Road, Stonehouse, GL10 2AF
SpICE are partnering with the Stonehouse Walking Festival who will run many of the day’s walks on or to/from the Ship Inn Community Space. Stonehouse Walking Festival runs from 4-13th September so this event is on the first Sunday of the festival.
Bubble & Brew, our mobile coffee cart will be available first thing to help see off the morning’s longer walks and from 11am – 3pm the event on site will be in full swing including a Teddy Bear picnic opened by our very own mascot bear: Toby.
NB Walks, activities and stalls are subject to change.
Walks:
Stonehouse History Group
Stroudwater Navigation Archive Charity
Stroud Valleys Trail Team
Teddy bear’s walk, zip wire and picnic for all the family
Activities:
Sportily Pilates taster sessions
Nordic Walking taster sessions
Stallholders:
Transition Stroud
Stroudwater Navigation Charity
Teddy Tombolla
Food & drink vendors
Bubble & Brew
Los Cubanos
Ice cream
Stroud Brewery

Ship Inn Apple Day
2026-10-04 11:00 - 15:00 | Ship Inn Community Space, Bristol Road, Stonehouse, GL10 2AF
Ship Inn Community Space – It’s the end of the apple season and the harvest is in.
So, bring your apples for juicing and come and join in. There will be plenty of apples to juice so don’t despair!
Grab a cake and a coffee or the juice you’ve just squeezed, sing along with the band or sit and take in the scene, a community together that was always our dream.
Whilst the kids play games together, it should be a scream, of course apple related, well it is the theme.
The last event of the season, we’re all a little sad but we look forward to seeing you on your space by the canal.
Stallholders and entertainment all subject to change
SpICE
