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Things to do · Stow-on-the-Wold
Red Rag Gallery
A gallery of contemporary British painting, sculpture and prints on Church Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, with more than 200 original works on two floors and changing exhibitions, open every day.
Rainy days
The gallery to walk into in Stow: two floors of contemporary British painting, open seven days, with no pressure to buy. Half an hour on a wet afternoon, longer if an exhibition is on.
- Good: More than 200 original paintings on show across two floors
- Good: Open every day, Sundays included
- Good: Changing exhibitions, with artists at the openings
- Worth knowing: A selling gallery: everything on the walls is for sale
About
Red Rag Gallery, at 5 to 7 Church Street in Stow-on-the-Wold, shows and sells contemporary British, Scottish and Irish painting and sculpture, with limited-edition prints. It opened in 2003 and has a second gallery in Bath. In Stow the rooms run over two floors, and the gallery says more than 200 original paintings are on the walls at any one time, from landscapes and still lifes to figurative and naive work.
The exhibitions change through the year. In autumn 2026 the gallery was showing a group of Welsh painters, among them Tim Fudge, Martin Llewellyn and Peter Morgan, and featuring Helen Tabor. Andrew Macara's solo show, Studies in Light, runs from 7 to 21 November 2026: more than 30 new paintings, many of Derbyshire, with Alpine scenes in Austria and France and others from Greece. He is at the gallery to meet visitors on Saturday 7 November, from 11am to 2pm.
It opens every day: Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. There is no ticket and no need to book: you walk in and look. Allow half an hour, or longer when an exhibition opens. There is no parking at the gallery: use the pay car park on Maugersbury Road or the free Fosseway car park.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 10:00 to 17:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:00 to 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 to 17:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00 to 17:00 |
| Friday | 10:00 to 17:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00 to 17:00 |
| Sunday | 10:00 to 16:00 |
Hours can be extended by request to view a particular work.
The details
- Time to allow
- Half an hour to an hour
- History
- Opened 2003. A second gallery in Bath
- Parking
- No car park of its own: use the pay car park on Maugersbury Road (from £4.40 for two hours in 2026) or the free Fosseway car park (GL54 1BX).
- Without a car
- Pulhams' 801 bus from Moreton-in-Marsh station stops in Stow, about 15 to 20 minutes away.
Location
Places to stay nearby
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Stow Lodge Hotel
Hotel · Stow-on-the-Wold
A family-run hotel with 20 rooms in Stow's former rectory of 1763 on the Square, with a restaurant, a bar, gardens and a private car park; no pets.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Kings Arms, Stow
Inn · Stow-on-the-Wold
A former coaching inn on Stow's Market Square with ten rooms, three of them split-level stable rooms, a restaurant and its own parking.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Sheep on Sheep Street
Inn · Stow-on-the-Wold
An inn with 22 rooms and a restaurant on Sheep Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, open from breakfast to late every day, with some rooms for dogs.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Durham House Antiques 0.1 km away
- Stow Lodge Hotel 0.1 km away
- Huffkins, Stow-on-the-Wold 0.1 km away
- The Kings Arms, Stow 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Edward's is Stow-on-the-Wold's Grade I parish church, beside the Market Square, with a fifteenth-century tower seen across the wold and a north door framed by two yews. Royalist prisoners were held inside after the battle of 1646. Open daily.
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Market cross, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Monument · Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow's market cross stands in the southern half of the Market Square: a medieval calvary and socket stone, probably of the fourteenth century, carrying a shaft and lantern head restored in 1878 and again in 1995, when its four carved panels were restored. Grade II and scheduled.
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Pineapple Spa, Lower Swell
Sight · Historic building · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Pineapple Spa is a row of cottages beside the B4068 between Lower Swell and Stow-on-the-Wold that began as a spa over a mineral spring found in 1807, with a front in the Indian style of Sezincote and a stone door hood crowned by a pineapple. Grade II*; private.
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St Mary's Church, Lower Swell
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Mary's at Lower Swell, a mile west of Stow, is two churches in one: a twelfth-century nave and chancel, now the south aisle and chapel, beside a larger church of 1852. Its Norman doorway has a Tree of Life tympanum and its old chancel arch rare carvings. Grade II*.