The picture (right) shows a memorial to the 1914-18 war on a crossroads near Stanway
Most Cotswold towns have Tourist Information Centres . These carry a wide range of information about local attractions.
Hailes Abbey - see under Museums.
St. James'
Chipping Campden
Perpendicular architecture with elaborate tower. See Chipping Campden
St. John's
Cirencester
Cathedral-sized church with magnificant porch. See Cirencester.
Elkstone Church
6 miles S of Cheltenham
12th. C Norman Church
Interesting Norman tympanum, chancel arch and dovecote.
Fairford Church
15th.C Perpendicular style, famous for its complete set
of original pre-Reformation stained glass windows.
Malmesbury Abbey
The nave of a huge and important abbey church dating back to Saxon times. See Malmesbury.
St. Peter & St. Paul's
Northleach
One of the finest Cotswold churches, famous for its collection
of wool-merchants' brasses. See Northleach
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Crickley Hill Country Park
6 miles E of Gloucester
Tel. 01452 863170
Grassland, woodland and parkland on Cotswold scarp. Archeological
interest and visitor centre.
Cotswold Water Park,
Ashton Keynes (nr. Cirencester) and Fairford/Lechlade
A wide range of water sports, plus picnic areas, fishing and
nature reserves. See also Keynes Country Park and
Neigh Bridge Country Park.
Keynes Country Park
4 miles S of Cirencester
Tel. 01285 861459
Lakeside activities, playground and nature reserve.
Neigh Bridge Country Park
1 mile SW Somerford Keynes
Tel. 01285 861459
Picnic site, playground, angling and angling for the disabled.
Robinswood Hill Country Park
2 miles S of Gloucerter
Tel. 01452 413029
Nature, geology and horse trails. Gloucertershire Wildlife
Trust centre.
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Brewery Arts
Brewery Court, Cricklade St, Cirencester
Tel. 01285 657181
Converted Victorian brewery housing craft workshops.
Beckford Silk
Beckford, nr. Tewkesbury
Tel. 01386 881507
Rural workshop specialising in printed silk garments.
Cotswold Woollen Weavers
Filkins, nr. Lechlade
Tel. 01367 860491
Working woolen mill, shop, exhibition and picnic area
Craftsmans Market
Cornhill, Cirencester
Tel. 01452 424605
Quality handmade goods can be commissioned direct from the
craftsmen.
Crickley Windward Vineyard
Little Witcombe (4 miles SE of Gloucester)
Tel. 01452 863555
Vineyards at foot of Cotswolds, wine available for purchase.
Prinknash Abbey Pottery
2 miles NE of Painswick
Tel. 01452 812239
Benedictine Abbey with pottery worked by local craftsmen. Adjoined
by Bird Park.
Winchcombe Pottery
Becketts Lane (1 mile N of Winchcombe)
Tel. 01242 602462
Domestic pottery, old bottle kiln and craft workshops.
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Barnsley House Garden,
Barnsley (3 miles SW of Bibury on A433)
Tel. 01285 740281
Batsford Park Arboretum,
1.5 miles NW of Moreton-in-Marsh
Tel. 01608 850722
Fifty acre collection of rare trees
Hidcote Manor Gardens,
3 miles NW of Chipping Campden
Tel. 01386 438333
World famous gardens and topiary
Kiftsgate Court Garden,
Chipping Campden
Tel. 01386 438777
Individualistic series of interconnecting gardens
Painswick Rococo Garden,
Painswick,
Tel. 01452 813204
Unusual 18th.C Rococo garden
Sezincote,
2 miles W of Moreton-in-Marsh
Regency manor gardens
Westbury Court Garden,
Westbury-on-Severn
Tel. 01452 760461
17th.C formal Dutch water garden
Westonbirt Arboretum,
3 miles SW of Tetbury
Tel. 01666 880220
Wonderful 600 acre collection of temperate trees and shrubs
beautifully maintained by the Forestry Commision
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Ashleworth Tithe Barn,
6 miles N of Gloucester
Tel. 01684 850051
Very large 15th.C tithe barn
Chedworth Roman Villa,
1 mile NE of Chedworth village
Tel. 01242 890256
Remains of extensive Romano-British villa plus visitor complex
Great Witcombe Roman Villa
5 miles SE of Gloucester
Tel. 01272 750700
Villa foundations plus mosaics in a tranquil location of great
natural beauty
Hetty Pegler's Tump (Uley Tumulus)
0.5 mile west of Nympsfield
Chambered long barrow dated 2800 BC.
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Berkeley Castle,
Berkeley
Tel. 01453 810332
Home of the Berkeleys for 800 years, and one of the few genuine
castles that Oliver Cromwell didn't demolish.
Blenheim Palace,
Woodstock (8 miles N of Oxford)
01993 811325
Vast and imposing palace and gardens built by the nation for
the 1st. Duke of Marlborough
Kelmscott Manor,
Kelmscott, nr. Lechlade
Tel. 01367 252486
Country home of William Morris. Restricted opening, so call
or check tourist information.
Newark Park,
Ozleworth, Wotton under Edge
Tel. 01453 842644
Elizabethan hunting lodge converted into a country house in
1790. Restricted opening, so contact.
Owlpen Manor,
Uley
Tel. 01453 860261
Romantic manor house in idyllic location. Restricted opening,
so call or check tourist information.
Snowshill Manor,
Broadway WR12 7JU
Tel. 01386 852410
Renowned for Charles Wade's extraordinary and eclectic collection
from all over the world
Stanway House,
2 miles N of Winchecombe
Tel. 01386 73469
16th.C Cotswold manor house
Sudeley Castle,
Winchcombe
Tel. 01242 602308
Tudor castle and gardens
Warwick Castle,
Warwick
Tel. 01926 408000
Spectacular and well-preserved medieval castle at the heart
of English history. Outside the Cotswold area, but not by much. Don't miss it - you'll
kick yourself if you do.
Woodchester Mansion,
Nympsfield (nr. Stroud - see also Coaley Peak)
Tel. 01453 860661
Ambitious but incomplete Victorian manor house in a hidden
valley. Open 1st. weekend of each month.
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Advertising and Packaging,
Albert Warehouse, Gloucester Docks
Tel. 01452 302309
The Robert Opie collection. You won't believe how nostalgic
this is - takes you back to your Granny's kitchen.
Arlington Mill Museum,
Bibury
Tel. 01285 740368
Working water mill and countryside museum
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum,
Clarence St.
Tel. 01242 237431
Internationally renowned collection of Arts & Crafts furniture
and silver, plus social history of Regency Cheltenham
Cogges Manor Farm Museum,
Church Lane, Witney OX86LA
Tel. 01993 772602
Rare breeds, farm implements, machinery and buildings
Corinium Museum,
Park St., Cirencester
Tel. 01242 890256
High-quality exhibition of Roman life and antiquities, including
superb mosaics from the Cotswold area. Don't miss this.
Cotswold Countryside Collection,
Fosse Way,
Northleach,
Tel. 01451 860715
Agricultural history and rural life in the Cotswolds
Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery,
Brunswick Road, Gloucester
Tel. 01452 524131
Dinosaur bones, antiquities, antiques, paintings, you name
it ...
Gloucester Folk Museum,
99-103 Westgate St.
Tel. 01452 526467
Museum of local history, folk lore, crafts and industry housed
in timber-framed Tudor building
Gloucester Prison Museum,
Barrack Square
Tel. 01452 529551
18th.C prison life in original building
Gloucester Transport Museum,
Bearland
Tel. 01452 526467
19th.C vehicles
Gloucester Aviation Collection,
Unit 2B, Gloucester Trading Estate, Brockworth, Gloucester
Tel. 01452 330761
Historic Gloster aircraft factory
Gloucestershire/Warwickshire Railway,
Toddington (nr. Winchcombe)
Tel. 01242 621405
Restored Great Western Railway station plus steam train trips
Hailes Abbey,
nr. Winchcombe off B4632
Tel. 01242 602398
Museum and remains of 13th.C Cistercian abbey
Holst Birthplace Museum and Period House,
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham
Tel. 01242 524846
Regency terrace house and birthplace of Holst
Jenner Museum,
Berkeley
Tel. 01453 810631
Life and work of Dr. Edward Jenner, father of immunology
John Moore Museum,
Church St.,
Tewkesbury
Tel. 01684 297174
Countryside collection
Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music,
High Street, Northleach
Tel. 01451 860181
Immaculate collection of mechanical music machines
Little Museum,
45 Church Street, Tewkesbury
Tel. 01684 297174
Medieval life in original house
National Waterways Museum,
Llanthony Warehouse, Gloucester Docks
Tel. 01452 318054
200 years of inland waterway history
Nature in Art,
Wallsworth Hall,
Twigworth (2 miles north of Gloucester)
Tel. 01452 731422
Art inspired by nature
Northleach House of Correction,
Northleach
Tel. 01451 860715
Original 18th.C buildings and exhibitions on law and punishment
of the time
Pittville Pump Room Museum,
Pittville Park, Cheltenham
Tel. 01242 523852
Enter into the social history of Cheltenham in the magnificant
Pump Room
Regiments of Gloucestershire Museum,
Custom House, Gloucester Docks
Tel. 01452 522682
Award-winning exhibition of county's regiments at war
Tetbury Police Museum,
63 Long St., Tetbury
Tel. 01666 503552
Various artifacts of the Gloucestershire Constabulary house
in original cells
Tewkesbury Town Museum,
64 Barton Street, Tewkesbury
Tel. 01684 295027
Social history of Tewkesbury and surrounding area
The Old Mill,
Mill Lane, Lower Slaughter
Tel. 01451 820052
Mill museum and crafts
Wellington Aviation Art,
British School House
Tel. 01608 650323
WW2 aircraft history
Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum,
Winchcombe
Tel. 01242 602925
Local history and police collection
Woolstapler's Hall Museum,
High Street, Chipping Campden
Tel. 01789 840332
You name it, they've got one. Early manufactures of every kind.
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Cleeve Common,
3 miles NE of Cheltenham
Large area of grassland on Cotswold Escarpment with panoramic
views
Coaley Peak Picnic Site,
4 miles SW of Stroud nr. Nympsfield
Panoramic views of Severn Vale, hangliding haunt, also near
Hetty Pegler's Tump
Dover's Hill,
1 mile NW of Chipping Campden
Natural amphitheatre on Cotswold spur with fine views
Haresfield Beacon,
3 miles NW of Stroud
National Trust site, spectacular views of Sever Vale, Romano-British
hillfort
Leckhampton Hill
2 miles S of Cheltenham
Limestone grassland, views, quarries, fossils, Devil's Chimney,
Iron Age hillfort
Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons,
2 miles S of Stroud
Open grasslands and woods, downland wildlife
Painswick Beacon,
1 mile N of Painswick
Open upland, fine walks and views
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Bibury Trout Farm,
Bibury
Tel. 01285 740215
A working trout farm
Butts Farm,
nr. South Cerney, Cirencester
Tel. 01285 862205
Rare farm breeds plus Welsh mountain ponies
Cattle Country,
Berkeley Heath Farm, Berkeley
Tel. 01453 810220
Britain's biggest collection of cattle breeds, bison, exotic
species
Cotswold Farm Park,
2 miles NE of Guiting Power
Tel. 01451 850307
Large collection of rare breeds
Countryside Centre,
3 miles north of Stonehouse nr. Stroud on B4008
Tel. 01452 728338
Conservation-orineted animal park
Folly Farm Waterfowl,
3 miles west of Bourton-on-the-Water on A436
Tel. 01451 820285
Rare breeds of poultry and domestic waterfowl
Prinknash Bird Park,
nr. Cranham, Glos.
Tel. 01452 812727
Uncaged birds and animals in beautiful parkland setting
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust,
Slimbridge (7miles west of Stroud)
Tel. 01453 890065
World's largest collection of wildfowl
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