Pirates! has now taken place, the Mayor was rescued by Captain Jack Sparrow and the Pirates defeated. 
We hope you enjoyed the weekend. 

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Below are just a few highlights of the Pirates weekend!

 

 

25th & 26th October 2008


Ahoy me hearties, raise your Jolly Roger and set sail to Gloucester for a swashbuckling weekend of Pirate adventure.  A free weekend of activities for all the family.

Gloucester Docks will be brought alive with a swashbuckling weekend of adventure including pirate ships, sword fights and all things pirates!

We've finished all the planning now and the full timetable of events can be downloaded here.|

Highlights include:

Gloucester Docks

The Matthew - our very own Pirate Ship

Viking's Battle in their longships

Enrol in our Pirate School

Meet Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp Look-alike)

Family activities and entertainment

City Centre

Pirate Parade

Craft and activity workshops

Live Music

Latest News

16th October 2008 - BRACE YOURSELF FOR A VIKING INVASION

Norse marauders will be taking on Saxon sailors, as Viking pirates stage their first maritime battle since the great age of pillaging for Gloucester’s Pirates! Weekend.

The battles, involving a 50ft Viking longship in full sail, a similar sized Saxon ship and a Saxon rowing boat, will take place on the afternoons of Saturday October 26^th and Sunday October 26^th in Gloucester Docks.

Re-enactors from Viking group Regia Anglorum will engage in daring manoeuvres, hand-to-hand combat, rescues with ropes and at least one splashing for Vikings and Saxons alike.

Kim Siddorn, the organiser from Regia Anglorum, said: “It’s the first time we’ve staged a battle like this and it’s very exciting. We’ll be firing javelins and arrows at one another and trying to capture one another’s ship. I expect that someone will end up falling in the water too.

“And the whole episode will be fully narrated and commentated on, so that everyone there will know exactly what is happening and feel fully involved.”

Leader of the council Paul James commented: “It’s great that some of the earliest pirates, represented by the Vikings of Regia Anglorum, have chosen to stage their first great battle in the waterways of Gloucester. While it may have taken more than a millennium, they are certainly putting Gloucester on the Viking map.”

Other highlights include tall ship The Matthew sailing into the Docks complete with pirate styling, shanty bands, pirate battles and re-enactments, treasure hunts and pirate workshops for children.

25th September 2008 - Yo, Ho, Ho – It’s Pirate Weekend in Gloucester

Gloucester will be alive with cries of “Shiver Me Timbers” as the city plays host to a weekend of pirate action.

On the weekend of October 25^th and 26^th, Viking long boats will do battle in the docks, a pirate-styled tall ship, The Matthew, will sail in and pirate crews will do mock-battle with pistol and cutlass.

Other highlights include shanty bands, historical re-enactments, treasure hunts and, on the family Sunday, pirate workshops for children.

The pirate weekend carries on the theme of exciting maritime events started last year with the hugely successful Tall Ships weekend, and celebrates Gloucester’s position as Britain’s most inland port.

Leader of the council Paul James said: “This is a fantastic event for everyone to enjoy, celebrating our historic maritime connections as well as highlight all the new places unfolding thanks to Gloucester’s continued regeneration, truly putting our “buried treasure” on the map.”

Various events take place in The Docks and The Mall Eastgate Street on both Saturday and Sunday.

 For more detailed information, go to: www.gloucester.gov.uk/pirates

telephone 01452 396572 or visit Gloucester Tourist Information Centre on Southgate Street.

Car Parking

Please follow the yellow and black Pirate event signs to official event car parks.  In the event of these car parks being full please use other City Centre Car Parks.  Alternatively on Saturday why not use the city park and ride from either St Oswalds Park or Waterwells.  Disabled spaces are available at Gloucester Docks.

Coach Parking
Coach Parking is available in Gloucester Docks, if these spaces are full please drop off in Gloucester Docks and then park at Westgate NCP.

Rail
Why not travel to Gloucester by train for full detail visit http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/

Full details on travelling to Gloucester are available here
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For further information about the Pirates event, please contact:
Gloucester Tourist Information Centre
28 Southgate Street
Gloucester
GL1 2DP
Tel: 01452 396572
Email: tourism@gloucester.gov.uk|


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