Located within the former magistrates court and police station in the heart of the town, this museum offers visitors an interesting insight into the history...

Westonbirt is a wonderful world of trees and is beautiful at any time of the year. Set in 600 acres of glorious Cotswold countryside, it...

Lullingstone Castle is just 10 minutes drive from junction 3 of the M25, close to Sevenoaks in Kent. It is the site for the World...

This former Tudor hunting lodge was later transformed into a fashionable home, acquired by the National Trust in 1949. Aloft a forty-foot cliff with...

The Aero Museum is one of the best collections of its types anywhere in the region. It houses a large collection of aeroplanes, related...

Owlpen has long been recognised as one of the most romantic manor houses in the West of England. The Tudor manor – with its...

This purpose-built market place is the venue for the first and best farmers' market in Gloucestershire. Stroud Farmers' Market, established in 1999, was named Best...

Although St Lawrence's Church was built as a chapel of ease in the late thirteenth Century, it was largely rebuilt in the nineteenth Century -...

This is one of the first market houses in Gloucestershire. Built in 1590 by John Throckmorton, it originally stood alone in the centre of a...

This late 19th Century church hall was restored by the arts and crafts architect, Thomas Falconer, in the 1920s. The arts and crafts movement promoted...

This clock is one of Stroud's most distinctive landmarks. It stands at the junction of Russell Street, George Street and London Road, surrounded by some...

Stroud’s Subscription Rooms are as central to community life today as they were in 1833 when they were built with money raised from public subscriptions....

Shambles means slaughter house, and in 1651, John Bond, a butcher, leased this area together with two cottages and a market was born. Since then,...

Stroud's Congregational Church is an impressive building. Neoclassical, it was designed by Charles Baker and completed in 1837. Its best feature is probably the circular...

Stroud's former Temperance Hall is now home to The Space, a community arts centre. Art exhibitions, drama, dance, poetry and music can all now...

Stroud's Bank Gardens provide a green space for visitors and residents right in the town centre. Here well-kept lawns are combined with unusual planting schemes,...

Stroud House Gallery opened to the public in 1998 with an aim to allow a wider audience to enjoy contemporary artworks of varying genres....

Gosditch is the oldest street in the historic village of Ashton Keynes boasting very impressive examples of old Cotswold stone houses. People have lived...

The clothing manufacturer, George Holloway, was once the largest employer in Stroud. He was also a Member of Parliament, a social reformer and the man...

This very elaborate Gothic building was designed by WHC Fisher and built by JP Seddon in 1891. Iron-framed, the building also has many decorative features...

Rowcroft's fine houses were built at the end of the 18th Century for the town's growing middle classes. In 1845, a railway bridge was built...

Without a doubt one of the most beautiful and secluded valleys in the Cotswolds, this area of outstanding natural beauty has been protected and managed...

Holy Cross is a beautiful church on the edge of Ashton Keynes village which was mentioned in the Domesday book book as ESSITONE in 1086....

Built by the Keynes family in the 12th century, this large castle was originally a large earth ringwork and bailey fortress which was occupied until...

This 56-acre green-flag park has something for everyone. For children, there's a model train, a putting green, a skateboard park and a safe children's play...

Stroud's museum is set in the beautiful landscaped grounds of Stratford Park, a few minutes walk from the town centre. Here, a permanent display of...

Stratford Park Leisure Centre has a range of facilities to suit everyone, from fun-loving children to health-conscious adults. They include a 25-metre indoor swimming pool...

This interesting archaeological site is managed by English Heritage and overlooks the beautiful Severn Valley in the glorious Gloucestershire countryside. The long barrow has...

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....

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The National Trust acquired this ruined abbey in 1949. It is thought that the earliest part of the abbey was constructed in the 12th...

The Castle Combe Museum is made up of many interesting pieces that have been collected from the local region, and put together in order to...

Cirencester Cottage Hospital began taking in patients in 1875. It could accommodate up to 100 at a time, and did so until 1913, when it...

Purton Museum examines over two thousand years of history in this small community on the edge of Swindon. It works in a chronological fashion...