Clyde and Avon Valley Festival

Discover what secrets are tucked into the Clyde and Avon Valley by taking part in an exciting and vibrant Festival, Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 May 2017.

The programme includes a staggering 38 family-friendly events offered over a fun-packed nine days. Events include walks, talks, exclusive tours, children’s activities, a song writing workshop, musical performances, an orchard open day, photography walks, Blossom Day and Landscape and Heritage Conference. All but two events are free.

The Clyde and Avon Valley, a designated Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV), is renowned for its arresting beauty, nationally significant ancient gorge woodlands, crumbling castles, old estates, riverside settlements, fertile land and bountiful orchards.

The festival takes place down the length of the Clyde and Avon valleys from Hamilton to New Lanark and Strathaven respectively. Locations include the picturesque Dalserf village, Carluke, Chatelherault Country Park, Cleghorn Glen, Dalzell Estate, Falls of Clyde, Hamilton, Lanark, Larkhall and Stonehouse.

It offers visitors the chance to follow in the footsteps of the people who have traversed the Clyde and Avon Valley through time to the present day, from the ancient Kings and Queens of Strathclyde to Mary Queen of Scots, J. M. W. Turner, Wordsworth, local fruit growers and the people that care for the landscape today.

The Festival is organised by the Heritage Lottery Fund supported Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (CAVLP) in collaboration with local attractions, organisations and community groups. These include South Lanarkshire Countryside Rangers, North Lanarkshire Countryside Parks, Scottish Badgers, CAVLP Heritage, Clyde River Foundation, Clyde Valley Orchards Co-operative, Dalserf Church, Falls of Clyde Heritage Group, Get Walking Lanarkshire, ice cream architecture, Lanark and District Archaeology Society, Lanarkshire Songwriters, Scottish Natural Heritage and Scottish Wildlife Trust.