KEMPLEY

DAFFODIL WEEKEND

Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th

March 2013

'Daff & Ride' bus about every 20-30 minutes

Maps of walks are available from the following link: www.kempleytardis.org.uk/walks

               Here are some pictures from previous weekends

 

Visit our two churches:-

St. Edward’s Church.

St. Mary’s church will be open for visitors to view the ancient frescoes.

Daffodil Weekend is organised by an ‘ad hoc’ working party of local volunteers on behalf of the St Edward’s Church PCC.  All funds raised during the weekend are used for the benefit of the church, including the ‘Fabric Fund’.  The Friends of Kempley Churches, the Kempley Village Hall Trust, the Second Wednesday Club and the Parish Council support the DW working party but none of these bodies has any moral, fiscal or legal responsibility for the event.

 

 Updated 6 February 2013
 

Web site sponsored by

the automation workshop and

the marketing workshop.

The theme this year is:

 50 Years Anniversary of the Daffodil Line

In and around the Village of Kempley.

Come and see the wild daffodils and spend the day in our lovely village.

Through to its closure to passengers in 1959, the GWR Daffodil Line from Gloucester through Newent, Four Oaks, Dymock and on to Ledbury brought tourists from across the Midlands to enjoy the spring spectacle of wild daffodils. Dymock station was a vital access point for this ‘Lent Lily’ cut-flower trade. The blooms were marketed across the 3 counties, and proved a valuable fundraising opportunity, supporting hospital charities in Birmingham and London. Villagers collected daffs in bunches of 50, and many thousands were despatched by rail to cathedral cities such as York for Mothering Sunday and Easter celebrations.

In more recent decades the thriving tradition of Daffodil Weekend Teas, with produce stalls, events and guided walks has been cause for the reunion of village families, neighbours and friends, coming back to the rural villages of the Leadon Vale. The Village Hall offers a warm welcome to modern day tourists, now arriving by car and cycle, for guided walks along hedgerow path, fields and woodland to witness the magnificent Spring display. 

Kempley Daffodil Weekend is a fund raising event organised in the tiny Gloucestershire village of Kempley by a team of volunteers from the village. It began over twenty years ago by a local lady who saw the potential of the natural wild daffodils which grow in abundance in the woods surrounding the village. Every spring time the woods are carpeted in yellow with these tiny daffodils. The countryside is unspoiled and famous for links with poets such as John Masefield and Robert Frost.

The small wild daffodils grow freely in many fields and the surrounding woods and can be enjoyed on the circular 'Daffodil way' footpath covering approximately eight miles. The daffodils may be seen from the roads and the many footpaths between Newent and Dymock which pass through the village of Kempley.

The Village Hall will serve home made refreshments from 11.00a.m. until 5.00p.m

Home made produce, maps and DVDs for sale, plants stall and raffle

Walks

Organised guided walks through the woods to find as many daffodils as possible.
Several of the fields around the village are normally carpeted with daffodils and are designated areas of special interest

Daff’n’Ride Bus every 30 minutes

Linking village Car Park to St.Mary’s, Daffodil Way and Queens Wood Car Park. One-way or Return. Disabled/wheelchair facility. Tours around Golden Triangle & Daffodil hotspots of Dymock/ Newent.