The Games

Robert Dover’s Cotswold Olimpick Games is a celebration of the original games held here first in 1612. Over time the games have evolved, but the spirit remains the same. Their political importance has long disappeared, but they are proof that Britain’s modern Olympic history began before the Civil War, in the time of Shakespeare, long before de Coubertin’s 1896 revival.

The Games & The Ceremony

The gates open at 4pm, with the opening ceremony at around 6.45-7pm. The games commence soon after and the sports draw to a close as the sun sets over the Malvern Hills. After the fireworks, The torchlit procession is lead into the town by the stirring beats of the Coventry Corps of Drums arriving at the Town Square where we will dance the night away to the amazing sounds of Wired.