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ATTRACTIONS
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The Cotswolds has many attractions to help visitors to enjoy their stay in the area. Whether it's a family day out
at the Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford, a warm summer day enjoying the Cotswold Water Park or a Autumn stroll
through the breathtaking Westonbirt Arboretum, the Cotswolds has plenty to offer you.
Below are details of some of the visitor attractions available in the Cotswolds:-
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003.5 miles - Broadway Tower, Middle Hill, Broadway - WR12 7LB |
| William Morris spent his holidays in this extraordinary Folly Tower. Enjoy its spectatular architecture and views over 13 counties. |
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006.2 miles - Cotswold Falconry Centre - Batsford Park, Moreton in Marsh - GL56 9QB |
| The Cotswold Falconry Centre's collection is situated on the same estate as the arboretum and houses 80 to 100 individual birds of prey at any one time and aims to be one of the vfriendliest and most informative raptor centre in the country. |
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With daily flying displays at 11.30, 13.30, 15.0 & 16.30 in the summer, you will get closer to many different species of birds of prey than would be possible in the wild.
THe primary aim is to educate and promote a greater understanding of birds of prey and to assist in the care and conservation of these marvelous creatures. |
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006.3 miles - Batsford Arboretum - Batsford Park, Moreton in Marsh - GL56 9QB |
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Situated one and a quarter miles west of Moreton-in-Marsh (Gloucestershire – UK) on the road to Broadway, Batsford Arboretum is tucked away on a south facing escarpment of the famous Cotswold Hills. Click on the picture to reach their website. |
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Autumn, winter, spring or summer there is always something special to see and admire at the arboretum with its treasure of rare and unusual plants and trees. Plan your day by exploring their website before you go - see just what they are doing for conservation and what they are planning for the future. |
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006.5 miles - Sezincote House, Bourton on Hill - GL56 9AW |
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A unuique and extraordinary Indian house set admist the Cotswold Hills. THe architecture is in the Mogul style of Rajasthan, with a ccentrla dome, minarets, peacock-tail windows, jali-work railings and pavilions. Acurving Orangery frames the Persian Garden of Paradise with its fountain and canals.
Sezincote was builkt in 1810 by Charles Cockerell and Thomas Daniel, the great painter of Indian architectural scenery. Access is 1.5 miles out of moreton in Marsh on the A44 towards Evesham, oposite the entrance to Batsford Arboretum.
Website: www.sezincote.co.uk
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008.0 miles - Horse Riding Stables, Stanton - WR12 7NE |
| Jill Carenza (formerly Gabb) has been offering riding from her 17th century Cotswold stone house, The Vine, since 1975. The riding includes lessons as well as splendid hacks, for all levels of rider: with over 50 well-schooled horses, Jill has the right horse for you. There are ponies for children. |
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009.4 miles - Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, Toddington - GL54 5DT |
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GWR offers a 20 mile scenic round trip between Toddington and Cheltenham Racecourse, including the exciting Gotherington Tunnel and a stop at Winchcombe. Steam and diesel specials,
Work continuing to reach Broadway. |
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009.5 miles - Stanway House and Fountain, Stanway - GL54 5PQ |
| Stanway House is a charming, lived-in, golden stone jewel surrounded by beautiful parkland and villages. |
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At 300 feete high, this is the tallest gravity fountain in the world.
June, July and August - Tuesday and Thursdays only - Fountain plays 14.45 to15.15 and 16.00 to 16.30. |
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010.9 miles - Hailes Abbey (NT), nr Winchcombe - GL54 5PB |
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The Abbey was one of the main centre of pilgrimage due to a phial said to contain the blood of Christ. Museum displays fine examples of sculpture and decorated tiles. A tranquil spot to reflect from.
Fruit farm and cafe nearby. |
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011.9 miles - Cotswold Farm Park, Guiting Power - GL54 5UG |
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A farming treat for the family offering the chance to meet over 50 rare breeds of cattle, sheep, pigs and goats, etc. Seasonal demonstrations, adventure playground, Touch Barn, Fun Baren, Maze Quest and Jumping Pillow, etc.
15-March to 7-September and weekend in September and half-terms. |
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012.3 miles - Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust |
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Shakespeare's birthplace and exibition at Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. Mary Arden's house (mother) is at Wilmcote, 3 miles from Stratford. Ann Hatheway's (wife) cottage is at Shottery, 1 mile from Stratford. Susanna's (daughter) house is Hall's Croft located in the old part of Stratford. Nash's House (grand-daughter) and New Place (next door) where Shakespeare spent his last years are located on Chapel Street. Shakespeare is laid to rest in the Holy Trinity church in Stratford.
Website: www.shakespeare.org.uk
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012.7 miles - Chastleton House (NT), Chastleton, nr Moreton in Marsh - GL56 0SU |
Chastleton House is one of England's finest and most complete Jacobean houses and competed in 1612.. The rules for the game of Croquet were written here. Since aquiring the property the National Trust has concentrated on conserving it rather than restoring it to pristine condition.
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The same family occupied the house for nearly 400 years with little or no modernisation taking place.
Located near the village of Chastleton a few miles from Moreton-in-Marsh off the A44. |
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013.6 miles - Cotswold Motor Museum, Bourton on the Water - GL54 2BY |
| An extensive array of motoring paraphernalia, a great toy collection and the home of BBC TV's Brum! |
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| Motors including the rare Austin Bantam (pictured), motorcycles and a whole range of memorabilia from the mid 1920's from picnic sets, caravans, radio sets, grmaphones and kitted swim suits. |
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015.9 miles - Bourton Model Railway Exhibition and Toy Shop - GL54 2AN |
| 400 sq ft of the finest operating scenic model railway layouts in the country. British and continental trains running on 3 main displays. Shop - quality toys, models, trains & accessories. |
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015.9 miles - Model Village, Bourton on the Water - GL54 2AF |
| A model of the actual village built of Cotswold stone to 1/9 scale in 1937. Every house & garden is depicted in great detail. |
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016.1 miles - Birdland Park & Gardens, Rissington Road, Bourton on the Water - GL54 2BN |
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A natural seting of woodland, river and gardens inhabited by over 500 birds; flamingoes, pelicans, penguins, crans. Tropical toucan and desert houses.A natural seting of woodland, river and gardens inhabited by over 500 birds; flamingoes, pelicans, penguins, crans. Tropical toucan and desert houses.
All year except Christmas Day |
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017.4 miles - Coughton Court (NT), Alcester B49 5JA |
One of the great Tudor Houses, Coughton Court has been the home of the Throckmorton family since 1409. It has important associations with the Gunpowder Plot, about which there is an exibition and also much activity in the Civil War. The house has fine collections of furniture, porcelain, and paintings.
The grounds contain two churches, a lake, riverside walk, formal walled garden, and bog garden.
Located near Alcester about 20 minutes by car from Chipping Campden. |
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017.5 miles - Charlecote Park (NT), Warwick - CV35 9ER |
The House is the home of the Lucy family, begun in 1551 and situated next to the river Avon in the heart of an ancient deer-park with views to Stratford-upon-Avon a few miles away. Located 5 miles east of Stratford and 6 miles south of Warwick on the north side of the B4086.
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Capability Brown landscaped the grounds and Queen Elizabeth I stayed and Shakespeare poached deer here.
Beautiful house and well worth a visit - click picture for website.
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018.3 miles - Broughton Castle, nr Banbury - OX15 5EB |
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A generous tribute from historian Sir Charles Oman in 1898, and one continued by the noted diarist James Lees-Milne in a 1989 - "It is still the most romantic house imaginable"
Website: www.broughtoncastle.com
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019.0 miles - Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music, Northleach - GL54 3ET |
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A living museum, shop and workshop for all self-palying musical instruments. |
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022.5 miles - Chedworth Roman Villa, Yarnworth - GL54 3LJ |
The remains of one of the largest Roman Villas in thecountry and set in a wooded Cotswold Combe. Over 1 mile of walls survive and there are several fine mosaics, two bathhouses, hypocausts, a water-shrine and latrine.
| Excavated in 1864, the site still has a victorian feel to it and the site museum houses objects from the villa. A 15 minute audiovisual presentation gives visitors an insight into the history of this fascinating place. |
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022.6 miles - Out of the Hat, 100 Church Street, Tewkesbury - GL20 5AB |
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This superbly restored old hat shop is now home to the Tourist and Visitor Centre on the ground floor as wel las an innovative Heritage Centre on the two floors above.
Discover sheets, trails, activity workshops, living history days, demonstrations and talks were young and old alike can get involved.
Click o nthe picture to find more information on current evenmts & workshops. |
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022.7 mile - Blenheim Palace, Woodstock - OX20 1PX |
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| The birthplace of Winston Churchill is one of the finest private houses in England - not to be missed !!!!! |
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023.3 miles - Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford - OX18 4JW |
| Over 250 species of animals from ants to white rhinos and beautifully lansscaped parkland and gardens for the whole family to enjoy. Visit the new Madagascar enclosure with free roaming lemurs. |
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023.7 miles - Farnborough Hall (NT), nr Banbury - OX17 1DU |
This beautiful honey-coloured house, home of the Holbech family for over 300 years, was richly decorated in the mid-18th century.
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The interior plasterwork is some of the finest in the country.
A superb landscaped garden of the 1740s remains largely unchanged, containing a broad terrace ornamented with temples. |
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028.5 miles - Bibury Trout Farm, Bibury, Cirencester - GL7 5NL |
| Working trout farm in a beautiful location. Feed the fish or even catch your own at the beginner's fishery - all tackle provided. |
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028.5 miles - Gloucester Antiques Centre, 1 Severn Road, The Docks, Gloucester - GL1 2LE |
| 140 dealers selling antiques and collectables on 5 floors. Jewellery to Georgian silver to antique furniture, china, toys, etc. - you nam,e it nad you should find it! |
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028.5 miles - Gloucester Cathedral, 2 College Green, Gloucester - GL1 2LR |
Described as Northern Europe's sixth most beautiful building by John Betjamin. Located in the heart of Gloucester city, the architecture varies from the Norman nave with its massive columns to examples of Romanesque and early perpendicular. Other features include the glazed fan-vaulted cloisters, the monks' lavatorium, the medieval glass of the great east window and the tombs of King Edward II and Robert Duke of Normandy.
The cathedral was the scene of the only coronation to a monarch outside of London to Edward II. Also you will find a Whispering Gallery. Located in the centre of Gloucester city.
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The cathedral was the scene of the only coronation to a monarch outside of London to Edward II. Also you will find a Whispering Gallery.
Located in the centre of Gloucester city. |
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028.5 miles - Gloucester City Museums - GL1 1HP & GL1 2PG |
| A wide range of City museums includingTudor & Jacobean buildings displaying local history, domestic life, crafts, trades and industries from 1500 through to today. |
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| Go back to the beginnings of life and local history at the Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery - Roman artifacts includingthe Rufus Sita tombstone, the birdlip mirror, dinosors and local wildlife, paintings by turner and Gainsborough, furniture, glass, ceramics andsilver, etc. |
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028.5 miles - Gloucester Docks, Gloucester - GL1 2ER |
| Gloucester Docks and the Sharpness Canal where the Victorian Warehouses stand as proud guardians to Britain's most inland port. Now home to award winning museums, specialist shops, bars, cafes and restaurants creat a unique day out for the whole family. |
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029.0 miles - Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester - GL7 2BX |
The dominant theme of this nationally important museum located in Cirencester is life in Roman Britain with displays arranged in chronological sequence through Cotswold history from Prehistory to the English Civil War.
| The Corinium Museum houses one of the finest collections of antiquities from Roman times which come alive using full-scale reconstructions to re-create life in Corinium, second largest town in Roman Britain. |
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030.0 miles - Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen, Bisley Street, Painswick - GL6 6QQ |
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A changing selection of contemporary fine designer crafts from one of the oldest craft Guilds in the Country. Includes jewellery, ceramics, textile art, millinery, knmitwear, woven & printed textiles, wood, paper, leather, glass, furniture, etc.
http://www.guildcrafts.org.uk/
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030.2 miles - Buscot Park, Faringdon, Oxon - SN7 8BU |
Neo-classical mansion with fine art and furniture collection, set in landscaped grounds
Fine artwork from the Renaissance to Pre-Raphaelite era Restful Italianate water garden
Explore the walled garden and grounds on lovely avenue walks. Administered on behalf of the National Trust by Lord Faringdon.
Limited opening times.
Website: www.buscot-park.com
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036.9 miles - The Shambles Victorian Village, Church Street, Newent - GP18 1PP |
| Step back into the 1890's at The Shambles, one of the largest private collections of Victoriana in the country. |
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037.0 miles - Bristol Aero Collection, Hanger E2, Kemble Airfield - GL7 6BA |
| Trace the history of the Bristol Aero Company from its earliest bi-planes through to Concorde (VIP Tours available). |
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043.8 miles - Malmesbury Abbey, Malmsebury - SN16 9AS |
Malmesbury Abbey in the market town of Malmesbury was founded in the 7th-century as a Benedictine Monastry by Aldhelm, a nephew of King Ina of Wessex. The Abbey was once a major European centre of scholarship and learning. The present building, now about a third of its original size, was consecrated in about 1180 AD. At the Dissolution of the Monastries by King Henry VIII (1539), it was sold with all its lands to William Stumpe, a local wealthy clothier, for just over £1500. Today the Abbey is the Parish Church and dedicated to St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Adhelm and to St. Mary. The Abbey was an important centre for pilgrimage because it is the burial place of St. Aldhelm (first Abbot) and KingAthelstan. The Abbey House gardens are especially enchanting and are one of the most beautiful in England.
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044.2 miles - Berkeley Castle, Berekeley - GL13 9BQ |
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Berkeley Castle is one of the March Castles, built to keep out the Welsh, and has all the trappings to match: trip steps designed to make the enemy stumble during an assault, arrow slits, murder holes, enormous barred doors, slots where the portcullis once fell, and worn stones where sentries stood guard. It is also a fairytale Castle with its warm pink stone that glows in soft sunset light. Outside, the battlements drop some 60' to the Great Lawn below; but inside the Inner Courtyard, the building is on a human scale, with uneven battlements, small towers, doors and windows of every shape and size. The surrounding land would have been flooded for defense.
Website: www.berkeley-castle.com
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047.0 miles - Dean Forest Railway, Forest Road, Lydney - GL15 4ET |
| 9 mile round trip through the medievil forest to Parkend for the village. Interesting range of trains,forest walks, real ale pubs, museum, cafeteria, children's park, lake and shops. RSPB nmature reserve. |
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048.3 miles - Clearwell Caves, nr Coleford - GL16 8JR |
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An impressive natural cave system tunnelled into by miners for more than 4000 years in their search for iron ore and ochre pigments. Nine impressive caverns with mining equipemnt and displays.
Jonathan Wright now manages Clearwell Caves and is the last Free Miner still mining iron ore and ochre. Jonathan's family have mined in the Forest of Dean for generations, many of them being Free Miners and he is proud to continue his family's tradition into the 21st century. |
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063.1 miles - Roman Baths, Abbey Church Yard, Bath - BA1 1LZ |
Bath owes its origin and ultimately its name to the springs which produce about five hundred thousand gallons of water a day at 120 degrees Fahrenheit. During the first century the Romans turned this backward village into a fashionable spa dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva, from which the city took its Roman name: Aquae Sulis. Near the hot spring which feeds the baths there was a temple dedicated to Sulis Minerva where pilgrims came to pray to that goddess when seeking cures, before bathing in the sacred waters.
After invading Britain in AD 43 the Romans investigated the steaming swampy spot in the Avon valley that was so revered by the locals. With Roman efficiency and engineering ingenuity, in the space of 30-40 years they had drained the Marsh, contained the water, and built a temple and Britain's first health hydro for restorative and pleasurable purposes.
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