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Cotswolds Dry-Stone Walling Academy
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Dry Stone Walling Courses
Dry stone walls are truly an icon of our heritage, our countryside and our beautiful Cotswolds landscapes- it’s practically impossible to miss them! With such importance throughout the AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) our landscapes would be unrecognisable without...
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New 2016 Dry Stone Walling Competition
2016: the year of our 50th anniversary celebrations and the year of exciting new courses and competitions. This year, one of our new competitions comes in the form of our revised dry stone walling competition! The Cotswolds Rural Skills...
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Other volunteering opportunities
Other Volunteering Opportunities in the Cotswolds Stroud Valleys Project The project has a long track record of working with volunteers on environmental initiatives around Stroud. Visit www.StroudValleysProject.org The Friends of Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common (FOLK) FOLK was formed...
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One of our team has been awarded an MBE
Becky Jones, speaking to people in Bath at the start of the 102 mile Cotswold Way at 50 relay walk in 2021. Photo: Russell Sach We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Jones, our Volunteer and Access Lead, is among...
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Voluntary Wardens Projects
July 2023 Mickleton Primary School visit Greystones Farm and Nature Reserve The students exploring the wet-woodland at Greystones © Rowan Wynne-Jones On the 11th July students from Mickleton Primary School visited Greystones Farm and Nature Reserve with the help of...
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Meet our wardens
We are fortunate to have a collective of over 400 volunteer wardens supporting us with the work we do. The Cotswold Voluntary Wardens were established in 1968 and have continued to grow year on year. Anyone can join: all you...
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Rural Skills Training
Get involved with rural skills Rural skills like dry stone walling, hedgelaying, coppicing, charcoaling, blacksmithing, horse-logging, spinning and weaving, stone carving, and green woodworking are all woven together with the history of the landscape. Skills such as dry stone walling,...
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Cotswolds Conservation Board brings quarry stakeholders together
Photograph of Guiting Quarry (Copyright: Paul Keyte, The Johnston Quarry Group) The Cotswolds Conservation Board has initiated and organised a quarry stakeholder meeting relating to the cluster of eight quarries between Naunton and Toddington in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding...
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