An Association For Kingswood Village Nr Wotton Under Edge
Kingswood Village Association organises a variety of events in the village.
Any profits raised from these events are used for the benefit of the community.
The Kingswood Village Association is a voluntary not for profit organisation
that exists to make money for donating back into the village. By doing
this we aim to provide high quality events over the year. The KVA is run
by a small committee of volunteers. No position is paid, and all money
made from village events is donated back into the community.
Regular scheduled events throughtout each year are Open Gardens; Showday;
Christmas Wine Festival and the NYE Senior Citizens lunch. For dates of
the years events please click on the Calendar link above. For more detail
on the events click on the Events link on the left or on the relative
storybook below.
The KVA are always looking for willing volunteers to help
either as a full member of the committee or as a friend of the KVA. If
you are interested please email chair@thekva.co.uk.
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DATES FOR YOUR
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Kingswood Gadabout
7th February 2026 Start and Finish at The Village Inn
Annual
General Meeting Tuesday 17th March 2026 Kingswood Village Hall
Open Gardens and
Treasure Hunt 4th July 2026
Kingswood
Village Showday 5th September 2026
Kingswood Christmas
Wine Festival November 2026
Kingswood Childrens
Christmas Parties 2026
Kingswood Seniors
New Years Eve Lunch 31st December 2026
OUR HISTORY
Since the 1950s Kingswood
Village Association (KVA) has put on events in and for the village.
Later, in partnership with the Kingswood New Village Hall project,
Showday became a major feature. To this in 1978 was added the Classic
Car Show. From the 80s onward, with the Village Hall completed,
KVA continues to run Showday on its own.
Other events the KVA hold in the village include Gadabout, Open
Gardens/Treasure Hunt and Wine Festivals. Plus the increasingly
popular Childrens Christmas Parties and Senior Citizens NYE Lunch,
both provided free of charge in the Village Hall every year. The
purpose has always been constant, which is to put on fun events
and use the profits for donations to other Kingswood organisations.
Unlike most organisations, KVA has no need of funds for itself.
Thus, its entire surplus can be donated. |
| CHILDRENS
CHRISTMAS PARTIES Christmas parties for primary school
age children who live in Kingswood or who live elsewhere but attend
Kingswood Primary School. Provided free of charge by the KVA. |
Come Dine
With Me Under a new name for 2026. Sign up to a night
of dining where one of you provides a starter in their home and
then you split up and go to another house where a main course is
provided. Take your own tipple, make new friends, have many laughs
and end up back at the Village Inn for cheese and results of the
evenings raffle. |
| Open
Gardens We are planning for 2026 to enable hosting
the open gardens of some of the richest, most diverse and beautiful
gardens in this part of the United Kingdom. Get a map and stroll
around our gardens, talking with their owners and maybe taking away
ideas for your own garden. This event has also hosted local artists
work. |
Showday The jewel
in the crown of each years events has to be Kingswood Showday held
on the first Saturday of September each year. This event has grown
over the years to be one of the major show events in this part of
Gloucestershire. Enjoy entertainment, buy from our stallholders,
listen to live music, show your produce or handicraft work, inspect
classic cars, watch the dog show, watch punch and judy or relax
with a drink from the bar or tea and cake from the WI. |
| Wine
Festival Buy a ticket for each Autumns Wine Festival
and get to enjoy a glass of four wines of your choice from a vast
selection of whites, reds and roses. During the evening canapes
are served. A great way to get to know wines. A great way to renew
old friends. A wonderful way to enter the Christmas season. |
Seniors New Years Eve Lunch
Another jewel in the crown event, but this time everything is
provided free of charge for the seniors of this village. Up to 100
people come together in the village hall for a three course roast
turkey lunch accompanied by a welcome drink, wine during the meal
and port with cheese. All with live music and a rousing chorus of
Auld Lang Syne. |
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