Bisley Street runs along the ancient Gloucester-to-Cirencester road, and has Painswick's oldest buildings. Among them, New Hall, a fifteenth Century wool hall, The Chur, which...

This gallery is owned and run by the famous Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen. The organization, one of the oldest of its kind in the country,...

The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen was founded in 1933 and since that time has gone from strength to strength. It features an eclectic mixture...

The Cotswolds is well known for its craft shops and galleries, selling everything from jewellery to ceramics. This one sells nothing but wood, particularly items...

Painswick Post Office is the oldest in England. Built in 1478, it is the only Painswick building with a part timber-framed front, although many buildings...

Victoria Square's striking buildings are typical of Painswick where most of the houses are built from the same distinctive silver-grey stone, quarried nearby in the...

The Fiery Beacon Gallery exhibits and sells unusual and contemporary arts and crafts. Regularly changing exhibitions focus on painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, photography, textiles and...

St Mary’s Church in Painswick is unique for the dozens of clipped yew trees in its churchyard. The trees have given rise to two legends....

Landsdown Estate is one of Britain's first provincial garden suburbs. In 1824, JP Papworth planned a suburb of high-quality housing, built around gardens and parks....

The first Montpellier Spa was nothing more than a small wooden pavilion, hastily constructed in 1809 by the entrepreneur William Thompson to take advantage of...

Cheltenham’s most elegant parade of shops was built between 1840 and 1860. The shops are separated by 32 caryatids or stone pillars carved into female...

The Regency village of Montpellier in Cheltenham is as chic and fashionable today as it was 150 years ago, with its specialist shops, fine restaurants,...

The Courtyard’s glass and iron free-standing pavilion makes for an unusual shopping experience in one of the most stylish parts of Cheltenham. Its sunken central...

Cheltenham has many unique shops and arcades, some dating from its heyday as a fashionable spa town. This arcade is one of them and it's...

Cheltenham was at forefront of Victorian education in Britain and The Cheltenham Ladies' College led the way in the education of girls. Its early success...

Cheltenham’s Edwardian Baroque Town Hall was built entirely for entertainment and it's still used for that purpose today. Events held here include concerts, dinners, balls,...

One of the earliest and best of Cheltenham's Regency terraces, Royal Crescent was built between 1805 and 1825 by Charles Harcourt, an architect from Bath,...

One of Cheltenham's less well-known public spaces, this award-winning garden is minutes from the town centre. A long path leads from the high street to...

Cheltenham's amateur theatre has been putting on productions for over sixty years. Founded in 1945, the building was converted from Henry Thompson's Montpellier Baths, which...

St Gregory's Church was begun in 1854 and designed by the well-known architect, Charles Hanson. It took 23 years to complete, not being consecrated until...

John Dower house is one of Cheltenham's most impressive buildings. Ashlar-faced, four stories high, with a central Ionic portico, it was built in 1820 as...

Sandford Parks Lido's heated outdoor pools are a mecca for swimmers on sunny days. Facilities include a heated 50-metre pool with lanes for training, a...

St Mary’s Parish Church, the only medieval building in Cheltenham, is also noteworthy for its outstanding windows, especially the beautiful rose window on the east...

This ornate red-brick building is actually an early electricity station. Based on the Strozzi Palace in Florence, it was part of Cheltenham's first electricity grid,...

This Italianate church was designed by Henry Dangerfield and completed in 1855 with money raised by the Baptist congregation that was formed over ten years...

This is the largest shopping centre in Cheltenham, with its two floors, five restaurants, 70 shops and 500 parking spaces. Many well-known global brands are...

Weighing in at three tons and boasting a mechanism 14 metres long, the Wishing Fish Clock is thought to be the tallest mechanical clock in...

Extended in 1989, Cheltenham’s museum and art gallery houses an impressive permanent collection of ceramics, jewellery, fine art, furniture and local history exhibits as well...

Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre is worth visiting not only for its performances, which include opera, drama, dance, ballet, comedy, pantomime and music, but also for its...

Sandford Park is one of Cheltenham's hidden jewels. Stretching from the end of the High Street to the River Chelt and beyond, it has ornamental...

Begun in 1823 but probably not completed until 1835, Cheltenham’s municipal offices are regarded by many as the finest regency buildings not only in Cheltenham...

This fountain stands at the South end of Cheltenham’s magnificent Municipal Offices. It was carved out of Portland stone in 1892-2 by Boulton & Sons,...

Beechwood Shopping Centre has around 28 shops, including two department stores and a range of cafes and restaurants. A more unusual feature is the indoor...

A part of the University of Gloucester, this beautiful chapel is a fine piece of religious architecture that has been a feature of the city...

Cheltenham's newest leisure and retail centre is home to a fitness centre, an 11-screen cinema, shops, restaurants and bars. Converted from an old maltings, The...

These landscaped lawns are the centrepiece to Clarence Square, a Georgian square in the Pittville Estate, just north of Cheltenham town centre. This combination of...

Discover the childhood home of Gustav Holst, composer of ‘The Planets’. See his piano, personal family items and listen to his music. Also see a...

Lying within the Pittville garden estate, Wellington Square’s houses are built around attractive landscaped gardens. Here are some of the earliest and the latest 19th...

In the heart of the beautiful Cotwolds, Chedworth represents one of Britain’s largest Romano-British villas. This is a stately home with a history that...

Cheltenham’s most ambitions Regency building was completed in 1830 for the then vast sum of £40,000, for Joseph Pitt, when Cheltenham’s golden age as a...