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All Gloucestershire attractions

Days out in AndoversfordAndoversford
Days out in AshleworthAshleworth
Days out in BerkeleyBerkeley
Days out in BiburyBibury
Days out in BittonBitton
Days out in Bourton-on-the-HillBourton-on-the-Hill
Days out in Bourton-on-the-WaterBourton-on-the-Water
Days out in BristolBristol
Days out in BrockworthBrockworth
Days out in Charlton AbbotsCharlton Abbots
Days out in CheltenhamCheltenham
Days out in Chipping CampdenChipping Campden
Days out in CirencesterCirencester
Days out in CliftonClifton
Days out in ColefordColeford
Days out in DeerhurstDeerhurst
Days out in DyrhamDyrham
Days out in FishpondsFishponds
Days out in Forest of DeanForest of Dean
Days out in Frampton on SevernFrampton on Severn
Days out in GloucesterGloucester
Days out in Great WitcombeGreat Witcombe
Days out in HailesHailes
Days out in HartpuryHartpury
Days out in HenburyHenbury
Days out in Hidcote BartrimHidcote Bartrim
Days out in HortonHorton
Days out in KempleyKempley
Days out in KeynshamKeynsham
Days out in KingswoodKingswood
Days out in Lawrence WestonLawrence Weston
Days out in LechladeLechlade
Days out in Long AshtonLong Ashton
Days out in LonghopeLonghope
Days out in LydneyLydney
Days out in MinchinhamptonMinchinhampton
Days out in Moreton-in-MarshMoreton-in-Marsh
Days out in NewentNewent
Days out in NorthleachNorthleach
Days out in NotgroveNotgrove
Days out in NympsfieldNympsfield
Days out in OzleworthOzleworth
Days out in PainswickPainswick
Days out in ParkendParkend
Days out in RodmartonRodmarton
Days out in Severn BeachSevern Beach
Days out in SherborneSherborne
Days out in SlimbridgeSlimbridge
Days out in SnowshillSnowshill
Days out in SoudleySoudley
Days out in Stanton DrewStanton Drew
Days out in StonehouseStonehouse
Days out in Stow-on-the-WoldStow-on-the-Wold
Days out in StroudStroud
Days out in Temple MeadsTemple Meads
Days out in TetburyTetbury
Days out in TewkesburyTewkesbury
Days out in ToddingtonToddington
Days out in TwigworthTwigworth
Days out in UleyUley
Days out in Westbury-on-SevernWestbury-on-Severn
Days out in Westbury-on-TrymWestbury-on-Trym
Days out in WestonbirtWestonbirt
Days out in WhitchurchWhitchurch
Days out in WinchcombeWinchcombe
Days out in WraxallWraxall
Days out in WringtonWrington
Days out in YanworthYanworth

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Architecture Centre

The Architecture Centre is an independent organisation dedicated to the exploration and promotion of excellence in all aspects of the built environment. It was founded by the Bristol Centre for the Advancement of Architecture (BCAA), a charitable tru...

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Arnolfini

Situated at the heart of Bristol's harbourside, Arnolfini is one of Europe's leading centres for the contemporary arts, featuring a regularly changing programme, including exhibitions, cinema, live art, dance, talks and events. The converted warehous...

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Ashleworth Tithe Barn

15th-century tithe barn. The barn, with its immense stone-tiled roof, is picturesquely located on the banks of the River Severn....

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Ashton Court Estate and Vistor Centre

Ashton Court Estate is a place for people and for wildlife, outdoor activities, fresh air and views, and appreciation of the natural world. The estate is also one of the west country's most renowned event venues and it is intended to develop the esta...

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At-Bristol

There is so much to discover for all the family with At-Bristol!
Join Morph and friends for a journey through animation past and present and become an animator for the day. Be awed by icy bodies and cosmic rays, get in a spin at the turbulent orb...

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Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park

Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park is one of the West's premier family attractions.
The park fuses fun and education to provide an appreciation of the natural world. The grounds span 50 acres of beautiful countryside and its residents includ...

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Avon Valley Railway

The Avon Valley Railway is more than just a train ride, offering a whole new experience for some or a nostalgic memory for others. It's a real treat for the whole family!
Steam trains are running every Sunday and Bank Holiday until the end of Oct...

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Barley Wood Walled Garden

The Beautiful Barley Wood Walled Garden is a carefully restored Victorian kitchen garden.
A huge array of vegetables are grown within the walls of the garden as well as an incredible variety of fruiting and flowering plants. Old fashioned espalier...

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Batsford Arboretum

Situated one and a quarter miles west of Moreton-in-Marsh (Gloucestershire - UK), Batsford Arboretum is tucked away on a south facing escarpment of the famous Cotswold Hills. Find out on this website about the history of the arboretum and the treasur...

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Belas Knap Long Barrow

Belas Knap Long Barrow is a good example of a Neolithic long barrow, with the mound still intact and surrounded by a stone wall. Belas Knap Long Barrow chamber tombs where the remains of 31 Stone Age people were found, have been opened up so that vi...

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Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle has been lived in by the same family for over 900 years. It is where history has been made. Where Edward II was murdered, where the Barons of the West gathered before Magna Carta and where Queen Elizabeth I hunted and played bowls.

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Bibury Trout Farm

Bibury Trout Farm is one of Britain’s oldest, and certainly most attractive, Trout Farms. Founded in 1902, by the famous naturalist Arthur Severn, to stock the local rivers and streams with the native Brown Trout it now covers 15 acres in one of...

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Birdland Park and Gardens

Birdland is a natural setting inhabited by over 500 birds; Flamingos, pelicans, penguins, cranes, storks, cassowary, and waterfowl can be seen on various aspects of the water habitat. Over 50 aviaries of parrots, falcons, pheasants, hornbills, toucan...

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Blackfriars and Greyfriars

One of the most complete surviving friaries of Dominican 'black friars' in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and the fine scissor-braced dormitory roof....

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Blaise Hamlet

Nine rustic cottages around a green. The hamlet of nine different picturesque cottages was designed by John Nash in 1809 for Quaker banker and philanthropist John Harford, to accommodate Blaise Estate pensioners....

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Bourton House Garden

Monique and Richard Paice opened to the public on a single Sunday in 1987 under the auspices of the National Garden Scheme. This was an exciting time; the Paices had only just begun to take on a neglected wilderness with the hope of turning it into a...

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Bourton Model Railway

Housed in a period farmhouse, established over 25 years a spectacular Model Railway Exhibition and traditional Toyshop situated right in the centre of the picturesque Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water.
Bourton-on-the-Water is famous for its...

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Bredon Barn

Large medieval threshing barn. The 14th-century barn is beautifully constructed of local Cotswold stone and noted for its dramatic aisled interior and unusual stone chimney cowling....

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Bristol Sightseeing - See the best of Bristol by bus

Travelling on one of our bright red City Sightseeing Bristol open-top buses is the very best way to see the city of Bristol; as you look at the sights of the city from high up on the bus, your fully-trained guide introduces Bristol's history and nume...

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Bristol Zoo Gardens

Now open, the new Monkey Jungle featuring Meet the Lemurs, offers an immersive forest experience where monkeys mingle with gorillas and visitors enjoy close-up walk-through encounters with lemurs. From the smallest and rarest tortoise in the world, t...

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Bristol's Blaise Castle House Museum

Explore hundreds of weird and wonderful objects inside the museum that show how people used to live in the past. Gaze out of this 18th century mansion house over 400 acres of beautiful parkland and imagine that it all belongs to you and your family....

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Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery

Bristol's major museum and art gallery houses an outstanding and diverse range of objects, from sea dinosaurs to magnificent art. A visit to the region's largest museum and art gallery is guaranteed to inspire you!
The City Museum & Art Gallery is...

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Bristol's Georgian House

The Georgian House is an 18th century, six storey townhouse that has been restored and decorated to its original glory.
The house was built in 1790 for John Pinney, a wealthy slave plantation owner and sugar merchant, it was also where the enslave...

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Bristol's Red Lodge

The Red Lodge is often described as Bristol's 'hidden treasure' because of its magnificent Tudor rooms. The house, built in 1580, is furnished in Elizabethan, Stuart and Georgian styles and contains the impressive Great Oak Room, with its original El...

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British Empire and Commonwealth Museum

An internationally acclaimed National Museum presenting the dramatic 500-year history of the rise and fall of the British Empire and the emergence of the modern Commonwealth.
The award-winning galleries are packed full of interactive exhibits, vid...

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Brunel's ss Great Britain

Descend under the glass 'sea'; step back in time in the Dockyard Museum; see, hear, touch, and smell, what life was like for Victorian passengers and crew on board Brunel's ss Great Britain....

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Cattle Country Adventure Park

Cattle Country in Berkeley, Gloucestershire is a great day out come rain or shine for children, and adults too. Best known for its indoor and outdoor play equipment, Cattle Country has a whole range of things to do and many animals to see. Whenever t...

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Chastleton House

One of England's finest and most complete Jacobean houses. Chastleton House is filled not only with a mixture of rare and everyday objects, furniture and textiles collected since its completion in 1612, but also with the atmosphere of 400 years of co...

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Chavenage House

Originally built in 1383, there have been additions and renovations to the property over the centuries. Since Tudor times, only two families have owned Chavenage, the current owner David Lowsley-Williams having inherited the House from his uncle.

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Chedworth Roman Villa

Remains of one of the largest Romano-British villas in the country. Set in a wooded Cotswold combe, the site was excavated in 1864 and retains a Victorian atmosphere. Over a mile of walls survives and there are several fine mosaics, two bathhouses, h...

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Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum

In 1898 the third Baron de Ferrieres, a former Mayor and MP for Cheltenham, gave 43 important paintings, mostly from Belgium and the Netherlands, to the town, together with £1000 towards the building of a gallery in which to house them. This was ope...

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Cirencester Amphitheatre

Situated outside the Roman town of Corinium (Modern Cirencester) lie the remains of one of the largest amphitheatres known from Roman Britain. The amphitheatre was constructed in the first half of the 2nd century AD on the site of an existing Roman q...

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Cirencester Lock Up

A two-celled lock-up built in 1804 and moved to its present site in 1837. Display panels tell the story of lock-ups in general and the history of this building and the Cirencester workhouse.
The key is only available from the offices of Cotswold ...

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Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre

The Clifton Suspension Bridge is the world famous icon of the city of Bristol. Designed in the 1830s by the Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was not completed until 1864. Remarkably it still copes admirably with the 11,000 vehicles whi...

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Coleford Great Western Railway Museum

The Great Western Railway Museum is housed in one of the last remaining permanent railway buildings in the Forest of Dean, on the original site of Coleford Railway Yard. It is the original GWR Goods Station of 1883. The Museum features a 7 1/4' gauge...

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Coopers Hill Local Nature Reserve

Coopers Hill Local Nature Reserve is a superb Cotswold beech woodlands together with small areas of flower-rich limestone grassland make this an internationally important site. It is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and also co...

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Cotswold Country Park and Beach

The Cotswold Country Park and Beach is the newest edition to The Watermarks portfolio and since our acquisition of the site in 2008 the park is surely becoming the ideal destination for any fun filled family day out, offering everything from peaceful...

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Cotswold Falconry Centre

Cotswold Falconry invites you to a spectacular demonstration with a large variety of birds of prey flying free. This gives a remarkable insight into the ancient art of falconry. It's an unforgettable experience to see falcons stoop and hawks, eagles ...

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Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection

The Cotswold Motoring Museum is owned and run by CSMA Club.
CSMA Club is an organisation which was founded in 1923 and now has more than 460,000 members. The Museum was acquired in 1999 when the original owner retired. The Museum reflects the moto...

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Crickley Hill Country Park

A country park on the Cotswold scarp with extensive views. It is a site with nature conservation, geological & archaeological interest. It has a visitor centre (seasonal opening) and a number of waymarked trails. It is a good resource for school visi...

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Dean Forest Railway

The Dean Forest Railway not only has steam & diesel trains - with their unique appeal to kids - but also a free museum, cafe and gift shop. There is a childrens' Park near Lydney Town Station and a lake plus park near St Mary's Halt.
Bikes can be ...

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Dean Heritage Centre and Museum

The Dean Heritage Centre has five galleries and a library to explore inside the Museum, numerous
displays and attractions to discover outside and a cafe overlooking the mill pond.
The Museum of the Forest comprises 5 galleries. These explore th...

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Dick Whittington Farm Park

Dick Whittington Farm Park is set in over 100 acres of beautiful surroundings in the Forest of Dean. There is a newly extended undercover Play Barn, including soft play, trampolines, mega slides and ball pools. You can meet almost every type of farm ...

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Dyrham Park

Spectacular late 17th-century mansion, garden and deer park. Dyrham Park is a beautiful baroque country house set in 110 hectares (274 acres) of garden and parkland, designed by Talman for William Blathwayt, Secretary at War during the reign of Willi...

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Ernest Wilson Memorial Garden

The Garden is dedicated to the memory of Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930), one of the greatest plant collectors, and is planted up with many of the plants that he introduced to this country from China. The Garden was opened by Roy Lanacaster F.L.S.V.M...

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Frampton Court Estate

Frampton on Severn is a truly historic place and the history of the village, the Estate and the Clifford family have always been closely entwined. The village lies close to the east bank of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cots...

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Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery is housed in a stunning Victorian building in the heart of the City, it contains many items of national and international importance. Among the spectacular collection are archaeological finds, fine and decorativ...

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Gloucester Folk Museum

Gloucester Folk Museum is one of the oldest-established museums dedicated to social history. The collections have been drawn together through mainly gifts from Gloucestershire, and represent one of the most fascinating collections of such material. <...

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Gloucester Waterways Museum

In the heart of Gloucester's historic docks, a museum that tells the fascinating story of Britain's 2000 miles of waterways and helps capture life in a working docks.
Displays cover many aspects of waterways from the ingenious engineering to home...

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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

The railway operates a round trip of over 20 miles between Toddington (see map) and Cheltenham Racecourse (follow AA signs), where the station is within the racecourse grounds. Departing from the restored station at Toddington you travel past the vil...

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Go Ape! Forest of Dean

Open since the end of March, the Go Ape! course in the Forest of Dean at Mallards Pike Lake looks set to be amongst the most beautiful of our locations, as well as the most thrilling. Why don't you let us know what you think?Blending into the forest ...

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Great Witcombe Roman Villa

The remains of a large and luxurious villa built c. AD 250, with a bathhouse complex and possibly the shrine of a water spirit....

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Hailes Abbey

13th-century Cistercian abbey. Founded in 1246 and once a celebrated pilgrimage site, the abbey now lies in ruins. Remains of the dramatic cloister arches survive and there is a small museum....

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Hartpury Historic Bee Shelter

Almost too small to be a building, this structure is simply too special to ignore. It is a shelter containing 33 niches or boles to accommodate straw bee skeps, the traditional English forerunners of bee hives. There is nothing else like it in the wo...

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herne

Herne Bay Museum and Gallery displays include local paintings, prints and photos, mammoth tucks and fossils from local beaches, coastal wildlife and a Barnes Wallis Bouncing Bomb prototype from World War Two. Among display themes are seaside holid...

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Hidcote Manor Garden

Celebrated 20th-century garden in the beautiful North Cotswolds. One of England's great gardens, Hidcote was designed and created in the Arts & Crafts style by the horticulturist Major Lawrence Johnston. It is arranged as a series of outdoor rooms, e...

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Highnam Woods Nature Reserve

This is a lovely remnant of ancient woodland, with a 2 km nature trail passing amongst a variety of trees. Visit in spring to hear a symphony of birdsong, especially the nightingales which breed here, and to see bluebells and primroses in beautiful b...

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Holst Birthplace Museum

This is Cheltenham's musical gem - the Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets was born in 1874. The story of the man and his music is told alongside a fascinating display of personal belongings including his piano. The muse...

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Hopewell Colliery Museum

At Hopewell Colliery Museum you can walk through a true Forest of Dean Freemine. See mine workings, some date to 1820's. See the old mine working tools on diplay and visit the Hopewell Colliery Museum cafe....

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HorseWorld

HorseWorld - Where Every Day's a Fun Day- Rain or Shine! Enjoy a great day out at our Visitor centre for all the family! Meet and greet the rescued horses, ponies, donkeys and support our welfare work. There's lot's of things to do everyday including...

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Horton Court

Norman hall and 12th-century ambulatory. A Norman hall and an exceptionally fine detached ambulatory are all that remain of what is probably the oldest rectory in England. The rest of the house is not open to the public....

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International Centre for Birds of Prey

World renowned falconer Jemima Parry-Jones and her team look forward to welcoming you to the International Centre for Birds of Prey, near Newent in Gloucestershire. Described recently as a Hidden Gem, the Centre houses over 280 birds of prey, eagl...

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Kelmscott Manor

Kelmscott Manor, a grade 1 listed farmhouse adjacent to the River Thames, was built around 1600, with an additional wing added to the north east corner in about 1665. The Manor is built of local limestone on the edge of the village of Kelmscott. ...

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Kiftsgate Court Gardens

Kiftsgate Court Gardens is a series of interconnecting gardens each with its distinct character and secrets. Let them share their secrets with you.
Our garden is the creation of three generations of women gardeners. Started by my grandmother Heat...

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Kilkenny Viewpoint and Picnic Area

Kilkenny Viewpoint and Picnic Area is thought to derive its name from a nearby farm, originally named Kilkenny after the capture of Kilkenny town in Ireland by Cromwell in 1650. Part of the area of Kilkenny Viewpoint and Picnic Area is designated ...

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Kings Weston Roman Villa

The remains of a roman villa or country house/farmhouse of the late 3rd and 4th Century AD with mosaic flooring, heating system and bath suite. Located by Long Cross Road, in Lawrence Weston. To view the remains collect a key from Blaise Castle House...

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Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse

Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse is a 16th-century gatehouse, one of the latest monastic buildings in England. Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse displays a richly sculpted mullioned window. It is the sole survivor of this Cistercian abbey....

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Llanthony Secunda Priory

Llanthony Secunda Priory is a hidden gem in the heart of an industrial landscape, the remains of a mediaeval priory of Augustinian Canons.
On the edge of the Docks remains what was once one of Britain's foremost priories. It is today called Llant...

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Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate

Rare 17th-century grandstand and Cotswold country estate. Situated on the picturesque Sherborne Estate in the Cotswolds, Lodge Park was created in 1634 by John 'Crump' Dutton. Inspired by his passion for gambling and banqueting, it is a unique surviv...

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Lydney Park Estate

Like many gardens, the Lydney Park grounds and Lydney Park Spring Gardens have evolved over time. The original house at Lydney Park was surrounded by a Pleasure Garden and a large walled garden, which backed onto the Deer Park. Overtime many impressi...

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Market House

This 17th Century market house was built for the wool trade, but has formed the focus for many different town events throughout the ages. It later was used as a theatre, where Sarah Siddons performed.
Market house for wool storage, built in 1698. ...

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Mill Dene Garden

Mill Dene is a romantic story of a young couple falling in love with each other and a beautiful Cotswold stone water mill. Knowing nothing about gardening the Dares set about creating one of the most interesting gardens in the Cotswolds. It is per...

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Miniature World

Apparently CLOSED DOWN. Please check before visiting....

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Misarden Park Gardens

From early Spring until Autumn visitors to this Cotswold garden are rewarded with rich and memorable views: Spring flowers, shrubs, fine topiary (some designed by Edwin Lutyens) and, within the walled garden, herbaceous borders; roses, fine specimen ...

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Model Village

The Bourton on the Water model village can be found in the garden of The Old New Inn.
Built by an earlier inn owner and a small team of local craftsmen during the early thirties, the Village is a 1/9th replica of Bourton-on-the-Water, built from t...

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Museum in the Park

The Museum in the Park is set in Stratford Park in the centre of Stroud, Gloucestershire.
The Museum is housed in a Grade II 17th century wool merchant's mansion. Objects and colourful displays combined with an exciting public programme combine t...

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Nature in Art

Nature in Art is unique - it is the world's only museum dedicated exclusively to art inspired by nature. Within it you'll find a truly diverse range of world-class art: displays embrace two and three-dimensional work in all mediums and styles ranging...

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Newark Park

Tudor hunting lodge. This unusual and atmospheric property was built c.1550 as a hunting lodge and added to in the 1790s. It stands high on the edge of a 40ft cliff with outstanding views....

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Noah's Ark Zoo Farm

Experience a truly hands on day out by getting up close to over 100 fascinating and exciting wild animals from every continent.
Located just six miles from Bristol, Noah's Ark has everything from rhinos to rabbits, giraffe to gibbons - all on 100...

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Notgrove Long Barrow

Notgrove Long Barrow is a grassed-over Neolithic long barrow containing stone-lined burial chambers, on the crest of a high Cotswold ridge....

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Nympsfield Long Barrow

Nympsfield Long Barrow is a large Neolithic burial mound with spectacular vistas over the Severn Valley. Nympsfield Long Barrow internal burial chambers are uncovered for viewing....

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Odda's Chapel

Odda's Chapel is one of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the equally famous Saxon parish church....

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Oldbury Court

Oldbury Court is a beautiful and diverse estate, combining woodland and riverside paths with historic parkland and excellent childrens play facilities. Only three miles from Bristol city centre, the estate is a great place for a family day out, featu...

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Over Bridge

A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford....

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Owlpen Manor

Owlpen Manor , home of Sir Nicholas and Lady Mander and their family of five children, has long been recognised as one of the most romantic Tudor manor houses in southern England. Set in a picturesque valley among bluebell woods right under the Cotsw...

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Painswick Rococo Garden

Painswick Rococo Garden is a unique 18th century garden set in a hidden valley with lovely views of the surrounding countryside.
There is a fascinating combination of woodland walks, vistas, a large kitchen garden which has been restored.
Some...

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Prinknash Bird And Deer Park

On entering the Park over 50 peacocks and waterfowl welcome you as you walk towards the Love Bird Aviary and the Golden Wood full of golden Pheasants leading to the haunted 'Monks' Fish Pond' teeming with large fish.
Leaving the wood your attentio...

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Robinswood Hill Country Park

Robinswood Hill Country Park is set in 250 acres of Cotswold countryside within 2 miles of central Gloucester. Explore the flora, fauna, footpaths and nature trails then visit the on-site Rare Breeds Farm....

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Rodmarton Manor

Rodmarton Manor is the supreme example of a house built and all its furniture made according to Arts and Crafts ideals and was one of the last country houses to be built and furnished in the old traditional style when everything was done by hand with...

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RSPB Nagshead Nature Reserve

Spring at the RSPB Nagshead Nature Reserve is an especially good time to visit as you can wander along the trails looking for pied flycatchers, redstarts and species of tits around the nestboxes. There are hawfinches and all three British woodpecke...

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Severn Bridges Visitor Centre

The Visitor Centre is a primary resource centre for educational information on the Severn Bridges (including their history, information on traffic conditions, tolls and the local weather), bridges generally, engineering, designers, constructors, the...

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Sezincote House

Oriental water gardens by Thomas Daniell with trees of unusual size. Unusual and fascinating Regency house in Indian style inspired by the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Also a temple with a figure of the goddess Souriya, a bronze serpent, Brahmin bulls, ...

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Shambles Victorian Village

Apparently CLOSED DOWN. Please check before visiting....

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Slimbridge

The headquarters of WWT. Sir Peter Scott's vision became a reality at Slimbridge in 1946, when he realised how many thousands of geese depended on the shores of the Severn Estuary.
Today with its award-winning visitor centre overlooking nationally...

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Snowshill Manor

Cotswold manor house with eclectic collection and Arts and Crafts-style garden. Snowshill Manor contains Charles Paget Wade's extraordinary collection of craftmanship and design, including musical instruments, clocks, toys, bicycles, weavers' and spi...

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Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum

We encourage you to visit the Museum. There is no substitute for seeing the items in our magnificent collections first hand. There is something for everyone here from researchers to young children, from detailed archives and research facilities to ch...

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St Briavel's Castle

The fine twin-towered gatehouse of this castle, built by Edward I in 1292, once defended a factory making crossbow bolts from Forest of Dean iron. Long a prison, it is now a youth hostel in marvellous walking country....

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St Mary's Church

A delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well-preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries....

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Stanton Drew Circles and Cove

Although Stanton Drew Circles is the third largest collection of prehistoric standing stones in England, the three circles and three-stone 'cove' of Stanton Drew are surprisingly little-known. Recent surveys have revealed that Stanton Drew Circles...

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Stanway House and Fountain

Stanway House, situated near Winchcombe in the glorious Gloucestershire countryside, has been described by Fodor's Guide as 'as perfect and pretty a Cotswold manor house as anyone is likely to see'. The grounds are now the perfect setting for a 300f...

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Sudeley Castle

The history of Sudeley Castle and its award-winning gardens spans over a thousand years and contains many varied tales of royal associations, wars and periods of neglect and subsequent restoration. The Castle has changed hands over a dozen times ...

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Swinford Museum

Housed in a 17th century Cotswold cottage, this fine collection of local domestic, agricultural, trade and craft tools is one of Oxfordshire's oldest small museums, set up by George Swinford in the 1930s.
For 2010, the subjects covered will be 'Th...

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Tailor of Gloucester Beatrix Potter Museum and Shop

Tailor of Gloucester Beatrix Potter Museum is a charming shop and museum is open to the public every day where you will be served by our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers. The house, pictured left is the original building used by Beatrix Pott...

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Temple Church

The 'leaning tower' and walls of this large late medieval church survived bombing during World War II. The graveyard is now a public garden....

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Tetbury Police Museum

Tetbury Police Museum displays in cells, police office and the former magistrates court. Selection of uniforms, photo's, documents, equipment etc....

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Tewkesbury Abbey

Today in the peace of this beautiful church, it is difficult to believe that it has seen great violence and tragedy. In 1471, after the Battle of Tewkesbury, the defeated Lancastrian soldiers seeking sanctuary in the Church, were massacred by the vic...

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Tewkesbury Museum

A fun learning experience for children and adults alike.
DISCOVER, SEE, RUMMAGE, EXPLORE AND ENJOY!
Discover Tewkesbury's rich and diverse past from prehistory to the Victorians.
See the medieval battle scene and find out about the differe...

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The Edward Jenner Museum

The Edward Jenner Museum, in the historic town of Berkeley, is housed in the elegant Queen Anne house which was Dr Jenner's home from 1785 until his death. Displays celebrate the life and work of this world famous 18th century doctor who was also a m...

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The John Moore Countryside Museum and The Merchant's House

Our museum was created, by The Abbey Lawn Trust, in memory of the writer and naturalist John Moore, whose knowledge and love of the countryside was paramount.
John Moore was Gloucestershire's best-known and loved author of the Twentieth century - ...

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The Old Mill Museum

The Old Mill at Lower Slaughter, Owned by Gerald Harris, a well Known Jazz Singer, is undergoing an ambitious restoration scheme which will continue into the millenium. At present the business is thriving as a museum gift and craft shop with riversid...

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The Toy Museum

The Sutton collection of teddy bears, dolls and doll related items, many other Victorian and later toys, games and books. Also on show are textiles, lace, porcelain, pottery and other interesting collectables. Large shop selling items similar to thos...

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Three Choirs Vineyard

Three Choirs Vineyard is England's leading and most awarded, single estate vineyard. It is now one of Gloucestershire's main attractions, offering a unique experience for both wine enthusiasts, and those just looking for a great day out....

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Tyntesfield

Spectacular Victorian country house and estate. Situated on a ridge overlooking the beautiful Land Yeo Valley, Tyntesfield was inspired and remodelled by John Norton in 1864 for William Gibbs, a successful merchant. The mansion is an extraordinary Go...

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Uley Long Barrow (Hetty Pegler's Tump)

Dating from about 3000BC, this 55 metre (180 ft) Neolithic chambered burial mound is unusual in that its mound is still intact....

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Water Maze

This is a Chartres Maze that was built in 1984 to commemorate/recognise the need for fresh drinking water. It's was meant to have water flowing from a sluice at the centre all around the maze and out the other side. Apparently the Council maintained ...

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Wellington Aviation Museum

Some years ago Gerry Tyack opened his small museum dedicated to all those who served or who passed through RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, on one of the many training courses for RAF bomber command. Though the airfield is now a fire training station Gerry keep...

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Westbury College Gatehouse

15th-century gatehouse. This is the gatehouse of the College of Priests (founded in the 13th century), of which John Wyclif was prebend. There is an interesting church (not NT) nearby....

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Westbury Court Garden

Dutch water garden - a rare and beautiful survival. Originally laid out in 1696-1705, this is the only restored Dutch water garden in the country. It was the National Trust's first garden restoration, undertaken in 1971, and is planted with species d...

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Westonbirt School, Gardens and House

23 acres of fascinating Victorian private gardens at the former country seat of the nearby Westonbirt Arboretum's founder, Robert Holford. Noe home to a thriving girls' school, but faithfully maintained in its original style. Delightful features inxl...

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum

Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is a magical tree garden, with some of the oldest, rarest and biggest trees in the world. Set in a 600-acre historic landscape there are 16,000 trees and shrubs and 17 miles of easily accessible paths. It's the perf...

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Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum

This unique museum in the Victorian Town Hall has two themes. The Folk Collection shows the history and heritage of the ancient town of Winchcombe and its people with displays, historic items and much local and family history information. The Police ...

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Winchcombe Railway Museum and Garden

Winchcombe Railway Museum and Garden displays of tools and equipment which show railway life in the days of steam. Signals and working models are visitor operated. Set in 1.5 acres of gardens....

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Windmill Tump Long Barrow

The classic Neolithic 'causewayed enclosure', with three concentric but intermittent ditches. Large quantities of animal bones found here indicate feasting, animal trading or rituals here, or perhaps all three....

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Woodchester Mansion

Woodchester Mansion is a 19th Century Victorian Gothic masterpiece mysteriously abandoned mid-construction in 1873. Hidden in a secluded Cotswold valley, it is untouched by time and the modern world. This Grade I Listed Building has been saved fro...

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Woodchester Park

Beautiful secluded Cotswold valley. The valley contains a 'lost garden' -- the remains of an 18th- and 19th-century landscape park with a chain of five lakes, fringed by woodland pasture. An unfinished Victorian mansion (not NT), is open to the publi...

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World of Mechanical Music

Welcome to The World of Mechanical Music, a special place in the heart of England noted for traditional standards of British craftsmanship and hospitality. Here, in a period setting in the beautiful Cotswolds, is a unique collection of self-playin...

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