Public events celebrating wild daffodils in an area known as the Golden Triangle are back for the first time since 2019.

Events will be taking place throughout next month, with Daffodil Weekends taking place in Kempley and Dymock on consecutive weekends.

A grant of £7,800 from Gloucestershire County Council’s Build Back Better Market Towns Fund has made the programme of events possible.

It has helped fund free 'Daff and Ride' minibus trips, organised walks, support for those organising the events and production of the event programme.

Kempley Parish Council and Gloucestershire Highways have jointly funded new metal kissing gates, which are replacing old stiles along the Daffodil Way, making the footpath more accessible.

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Footpaths that link the Daffodil Way to the village hall also feature a new footbridge, kissing gate and signage.

The signage is part of a new consistent branding being used across Kempley and by all of its community organisations including the village hall and parish council.

Kempley Daffodil Weekend takes place across the weekend of March 19-20, with three guided walks taking place each day at 9.45am, 10.15am and 2pm.

All walks start from St Edward’s Church, where tea and coffee will be available from 9.30am. There will also be refreshments served in Kempley Village Hall between 10.30am and 4.30pm.

Guided walks

A free ‘Daff and Ride’ bus will take visitors on a tour of the area every 45 minutes and there will be a plant stall and raffle taking place.

Dymock Daffodil Weekend and Spring Fayre takes place on the weekend of March 26-27, between 11am and 5pm at Dymock Village Hall.

There will be guided walks taking place throughout the afternoon.

Local musicians will also be performing lunchtime concerts every Monday in March from 1pm to 1.30pm at St Mary’s Church in Dymock.

Last year, with public events unable to go ahead due to Covid restrictions, Dymock Forest Rural Action told us how people had still been enjoying the wild daffodils during lockdown.

The group’s Chris Bligh said: “Throughout three lockdowns, local families continue to exercise and extend their home-schooling activities by walking in the Dymock Forest special woodland areas.”