Stroudwater Textile Trust

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Stroudwater Textile Trust Promoting a lively textile culture where the heritage of the past meets the creativity of the present Come and visit us.

Stroudwater Textile Trust tells the story of the Gloucestershire woollen industry. We restore and demonstrate historical textile machinery at two sites, Dunkirk Mill Centre and Gigg Mill, Nailsworth. We also have a wide range of other activities: mounting exhibitions, arranging guided walks, producing publications and running an extensive educational programme for both schools and adults. Find out more about this fascinating industry’s past and how it is reinventing itself in the present.

- See historic machinery powered by an immense water wheel

- Discover what a teazle raising gig is and see one of the last remaining examples at work

- Find out how a machine designed to trim cloth inspired the invention of the first lawn mower

- Watch weaving demonstrations on handlooms and a power loom

- Hear how Stroud scarlet cloth provided the uniform of the British Army and how cloth made in Stroud still covers snooker and pool tables around the world

- Take a walk round these beautiful Cotswold valleys and see just a few of the hundred and more mills that were once hard at work in the area round Stroud

Another opportunity to attend a workshop given by expert weaver Rebecca Connolly. Join her at Hawkwood College (just out...
08/10/2026

Another opportunity to attend a workshop given by expert weaver Rebecca Connolly. Join her at Hawkwood College (just outside Stroud) on 14 November to spend a restful day creating experimental hand-woven pieces of fabric in fabulous wools. A limit of 8 participants ensures plenty of one-to-one attention, so book now! Details on the Hawkwood website: https://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/our-programmes/programme/29210-loom-weaving-with-wool.

Calling all STT Members! Join us at Stroud Brewery this coming Saturday (10 October) for a networking day where you ca...
06/10/2026

Calling all STT Members! Join us at Stroud Brewery this coming Saturday (10 October) for a networking day where you can share ideas, try your hand at a new skill (weaving, braiding, spinning), enjoy demonstrations (dyeing, felting, etc) , and book a personal spinning or weaving try-out slot (visit our website to book). You can also marvel at Anthony Lewis Churchill's wonderful puppets and, most importantly, have lunch together in the Brewery's atmospheric taproom and enjoy each other's company. Bring a friend by all means, but please join us yourselves on Saturday 10 October between 10 am and 3 pm. www.stroudtextiletrust.org.uk/stt-events

Start your weaving journey with the Stroudwater Textile Trust and expert tutor Rebecca Connolly. Just a couple of places...
30/08/2026

Start your weaving journey with the Stroudwater Textile Trust and expert tutor Rebecca Connolly. Just a couple of places left, so hurry! Thursday 10 September 10-4 at France Lynch Church Rooms. £60 or £55 for Members of STT. Full details and booking at https://www.stroudtextiletrust.org.uk/stt-events/

TODAY! Meet William Sheepshear and his friend, the story-teller Anthony Lewis Churchill, ready to tell you stories at 1....
06/08/2026

TODAY! Meet William Sheepshear and his friend, the story-teller Anthony Lewis Churchill, ready to tell you stories at 1.30pm in St Mary's Church, Painswick as part of our Painswick Family Wool Day. Come and enjoy the fun!

Don’t forget our Painswick Family Wool Day this coming Thursday 6th August. With activities throughout the village, adul...
03/08/2026

Don’t forget our Painswick Family Wool Day this coming Thursday 6th August. With activities throughout the village, adults and children of all ages are welcome, and you can expect animal encounters (sheep, alpacas), story time and a quiz, plus spinning, weaving and craft activities. Come along to St Mary’s Church Rooms from 10 o’clock to see what’s on offer and to pick up a programme (no charge). Please note: dogs, even on a lead, should not be taken near the alpacas.

Learn to weave! Following our successful taster weaving workshop with expert weaver Rebecca Connolly earlier this year, ...
06/07/2026

Learn to weave! Following our successful taster weaving workshop with expert weaver Rebecca Connolly earlier this year, we are now offering a full-day workshop with this skilled tutor covering the key skills for successful weaving. Join us on 10 September and learn how to design a warp, set up a loom, weave different patterns and experiment with different yarns. 8 students max; materials provided plus use for the day of a small loom for each participant. More details on our website: www.stroudtextiletrust.org.uk/stt-events.

Four places still available for our walk on Sunday 21 June exploring the industrial heritage of Eastington with Steve Mi...
15/06/2026

Four places still available for our walk on Sunday 21 June exploring the industrial heritage of Eastington with Steve Mills of the Gloucestershire Society of Industrial Archaeology. The Eastington coal wharf on the Stroudwater Canal, pictured here in around 1900, will be one of our stopping places. Meet at 09.45 for a 10.00 start at Pike Lock; more details and booking at www.stroudtextiletrust.org.uk/stt-events/.

Colourful pictures created by participants in our recent felting workshop with . Sorry you missed it! STT's next event, ...
17/04/2026

Colourful pictures created by participants in our recent felting workshop with . Sorry you missed it! STT's next event, in collaboration with Lewis & Wood, is fully booked, but there are still places available on our guided textile-related walks around Painswick (May) and Eastington (June), and a crewelwork workshop with Kim Hardie (chair of the Goldwork Guild Gloucestershire, also in June). For details and booking information visit www.stroudtextiletrust.org.uk/stt-events.

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