All about Well Dressing in the Derbyshire tradition
Bisley
Bisley:
May 14 (afternoon) to May 21, 2026
Dedication: May 14, 1:00p.m. (TBC) starting in All Saints Church
Note: The Ascension Day Well Dressing at Bisley in Gloucestershire is a regular annual event with a long history, although the dressings do not take the typical Derbyshire form of pictorial petalled boards.
Well Dressings
A number of small dressings at one location:
1. Seven Wells at the drinking fountains and troughs on Wells Road
The dressings typically consist of geometric shapes and letters of the alphabet decorated with flowers. A few of the dressings may be constructed as petalled boards.
How to get there
Bisley is located on minor roads northeast of Stroud.
CAR: use GL6 7AF for satnav
No details of car parking available at present.
BUS:Mondays to Saturdays: 2 or 3 journeys per day from Stroud; Sundays: no service.