Originally known as The Music meeting, The Three Choirs Festival comes to Gloucester once every three years and is an event shared with Worcester and Hereford. Famous musical personalities associated with the Three Choirs Festival have included John Stafford Smith and Herbert Howells.
Staverton Airport began as a private flying club in 1936, served as an RAF training base during World War Two. Staverton Airport is now a successful municipal airport with airliners, helicopters, business jets and training aircraft.
