School Holidays

at Brimscombe Mill

Connect, Learn and Move

We’re hosting a full programme of creative, low-cost or free activities for children, young people and families this summer holiday. Whether you want to get active, make something, learn a new skill or just spend time with friends we have workshops, crafts and activities for toddlers to teens.

Check the timetable below for drop-in activities, bookable workshops, family food and school holiday events near Stroud.

Drop-in activities every day

If you’re making last minute plans to entertain the kids then our daily family activities are perfect, just just turn up, no booking needed. Monday-Saturday.

  • Kids Stuff Crafts 10-12am

    Monday to Saturday, Kids Stuff hosts a different pay-as-you-can craft activity for children.

  • childrens scavenger hunt

    Scavenger Hunts

    Join us for a new family-friendly scavenger hunt around Brimscombe Mill each week. Explore, follow the clues and collect a prize at the end.

  • Table tennis

    Games & Activities

    Our free play area and games are open all day, choose from table tennis, pool, table football and a gaming machine.

  • Kids lunch

    Food & Drink

    The Long Table are open daily serving up amazing coffee & cakes, seasonal Pay As You Can meals and just for the holidays jacket potatoes for kids.

  • Play area near Stroud

    Play Area

    Let little ones climb, slide and explore in our large, free indoor play area, with a mini climbing wall, climbing frame and slide.


Part of our full programme, a series of one-off and regular school holiday events for children, young people and families.

Some events need booking, please check the listings below before you visit.

Special events

Crafternoon with Leigh: Learn how to tie dye
Jul
22

Crafternoon with Leigh: Learn how to tie dye

Leigh will be hosting a tie dye crafternoon session. Book your child on to learn how to tie dye and take home their own tie dyed item.

Aimed at school age children younger children will need adult help/supervision throughout the session.

There are two sessions; 13:00-14:00 & 14:15-15:15.

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Severn Rivers Trust Drop In Family Session
Jul
24

Severn Rivers Trust Drop In Family Session

Join The Severn Rivers Trust by the river for a fun-filled drop-in session for families and children of all ages!

Explore the riverside on a bug-hunting adventure and get creative with river-themed crafts, including making your own clay river creature and decorating a plant pot to plant a seed to take home and grow.

No need to book, just turn up.

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Crafternoon with Susie: Lino Cut Cards
Jul
29

Crafternoon with Susie: Lino Cut Cards

Join printmaker and pattern designer Susie Hetherington, printing handmade cards using lino blocks/stamps designed and carved by Susie. Following a floral theme, you can select a mixture of stamps, ink them with colours you can choose and mix, and create your own repeat patterns to fill up your page. Come away with a couple of unique cards (with envelopes) to send to important people in your life.

Aged 10 and upwards.

There are two time slots 13:00-14:00 & 15:00-16:00.

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Hannah Shaw Silly Animal Stories Show
Aug
5

Hannah Shaw Silly Animal Stories Show

Silly Animal Stories and draw-along with Hannah Shaw 

Join illustrator Hannah Shaw for some of her fun animal-themed picture book stories and draw silly animal characters with her.

Animal craft activity afterwards. Dressing as your favourite animal optional!

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Crafternoon with Gemma: Design and make a collage
Aug
6

Crafternoon with Gemma: Design and make a collage

Join Gemma for a collage making Crafternoon.

Come & spend a colourful afternoon having fun & being spontaneous with collage with artist Gemma Pitman.

Gemma will have magazines & coloured papers that you can choose from to create a Mother Earth/Green Man/Celestial Being.

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Teen Open Mic Night At Long Table
Aug
6

Teen Open Mic Night At Long Table

Long Table Teen Open Mic Night.  

Whether you're a solo musician, part of a band, or have another talent you'd like to share, we'd love to welcome you to the stage.

Or if you just want to come down and support our local teen stars, come for dinner and support them.

To sign up to play on the night click the button below.

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School Of Larks Circus Skills Workshop
Aug
12

School Of Larks Circus Skills Workshop

Join us this summer holiday for School Of Larks circus skills drop in workshop in the Sanctuary.

Come along and learn a range of circus skills including tight wire, juggling, plate spinning, flower sticks and diablo.

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Martha Lightfoot Illustration Workshop
Aug
18

Martha Lightfoot Illustration Workshop

Join writer and illustrator Martha Lightfoot for an illustration workshop.

My Weird World ~ come and draw your own imaginary land: you get to name it, map it, and invent what goes on there! Is it a magical place full of unusual creatures, a mysterious alternate universe, or a newly discovered country with a language that only you can understand? Who or what lives there? Explore it through drawing, writing, maps - or bring your own suggestions and see what happens!

Aimed at childen 8 and above.

There are two time slots 13:00-14:00 & 14:15-15:15.

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Family Quiz Night
Aug
20

Family Quiz Night

Family Quiz Night

Come down and spend the evening quizing with us at our family friendly quiz night. There will be questions for all ages and a grand prize at the end.

Teams of 6. If you don’t have a full team do come down anyway and we can pair you up with other teams.

No need to book, just turn up and quiz with us.

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Silly Science Show
Aug
25

Silly Science Show

Join Silly Science for a fun filled show in our Sanctuary.

Crowd-pleasing craziness and barmy experiments that will cease to amaze and inspire young minds. Putting the fizz-popping fun back into science this show is fun for all the family, igniting a passion for learning about the wacky world we live in!

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Crafternoon with Leigh: Make Cynotype Prints
Aug
26

Crafternoon with Leigh: Make Cynotype Prints

Create beautiful blue-and-white & Tumeric sun prints in this fun and creative cyanotype/anthotype workshop! Using A5-sized paper coated with a light-sensitive solution/natural tumeric, children will arrange leaves, flowers, letters, shells and other interesting objects to make their own unique designs.

Aimed at school age children.

There are two time slots 13:00-14:00 & 14:15-15:15.

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Back To School Disco
Aug
27

Back To School Disco

Back To School Disco

We will be celebrating the end of the holidays with a back to school disco at family night. Think family food, family music, disco lights and giant inflatables.

No need to book, just turn up and party with us.

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