About the Cotswold Hare Trail
The Cotswold Hare Trial is a public art sculpture trail based around a trail of 85 five foot hare sculptures which have been decorated by a mix of professional, amateur and community group artists. Its primary aim is to increase public awareness of creativity bringing the talents of diverse artistic styles into the realm of the everyday world. It is designed to run for a long period (six months) to maximise the time that the art is on show. By involving local businesses and community organisations it enables the trail to reach a huge audience and to create an accessible open air art gallery in the midst of the Cotswolds towns and villages …read more
Our Patrons
Dame Janet Trotter DBE H.M. Lord Lieutenant of the County of Gloucestershire
The Right Honourable The Earl Bathhurst
Vanessa Arbuthnott
Professor Chris Gaskell
The Right Honourable Countess Bathurst, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire
Charles Berkeley
Lord & Lady Vestey
Lady Ashcombe
In Partnership with
New Brewery Arts
Cotswold Tourism
Media Partners
Cirencester Scene
Boundary Magazine (Yate, Chipping Sodbury & villages)
Cotswold TV
Corinium Radio
Hospitality Partner
Relish Food Events
Logistics Partner
Corinium Movers and Storage
Sponsors In Kind
Severn Print
Peppermint Print
GB Liners
Vale Press
Jamprint
Burford Garden Company
The Team
Florence Beetlestone (Director)
Sarah Watson (merchandise)
Phil Griffiths (website)
Tess Capaska
Julie Iredale
Jazmine Cloughley
Doreen Newman
Jenny Hincks (finances)
Holly Cook (National Star)
Debbie Stirling
Will Masefield (GWT – Hare Festival Way)
Martin Conyers (CTC – Hare Festival Way)
Gary Birks – Logo Design
Melanie Dunn – Leaflet Design
James Weightman – Photographer
Liz Mason – International Consultant