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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Cheltenham’s largest park was completed in 1827 as the backdrop for Joseph Pitt’s magnificent new Pittville Pump Room. Wyman’s Brook was dammed to create the...

Pittville Studios Gallery is the main art exhibition space used by the faculty of media and art at the University of Gloucester. Throughout the...

Golf has been played on Cleeve HIll since 1891 and Cleeve Hill Golf Course is the latest to exploit its natural beauty, magnificent views and...

At 330 metres above sea level, Cleeve Common is the highest point in the Cotswolds. Countless footpaths crisscross its 1000 acres and breathtaking views extend...

The world’s first museum dedicated exclusively to art inspired by nature in all forms, styles and media. Spanning 1500 years, the collection has been created...

Hawling parish church is mostly 18th Century, but the pretty tower is around 500 years old. Early perpendicular in style, it has embattlements and gargoyles....

Hawling Methodist Chapel sites on a hill and has wonderful views of the surrounding Cotswold countryside. Built in 1837, it is a simple square building...

This is a truly interactive railway museum where visitors can actually operate the exhibits, which include simulated signal boxes that can be seen locking as...

St Peter’s is best known for its gargoyles. Around forty grotesque faces stare down from the outside of the church. It’s said that the faces...

Winchcombe’s most picturesque terrace was built for Lady Emma Dent of Sudeley Castle. Dent’s Terrace is a row of almshouses with gabled porches and pretty...

The Gloucestershire Archives are a fascinating collection of documents that have a history that goes back many hundreds of years. A great deal of...

With its distinctive Mansard roof, this is a typical Winchcombe house. From its façade it appears to be Georgian but hidden behind is a much...

This pub’s overhanging upper floor gives away its age. Its sturdy timber frame has seen out the centuries. The core of it was built in...