Tourist attractions Gloucester

The present structure is essentially the creation of the Norman Benedictine Abbot, Serlo, and some of his 14C successors, who pioneered the Perpendicular style and adorned the transept and choir using funds provided by royal patronage or by pilgrims ..

Using contemporary technology (video, interactive screens etc), this inspired museum evokes the life of boatmen in all their guises during the golden age of Britain’s canals in the 18C, dealing with types of boat, life aboard, waterside flora and fau..

The church is structurally simple but boasts very fine details, illustrating the opulence and importance of the former Benedictine abbey. It escaped the Dissolution when local residents bought it. The large 12C tower is the most impressive part. No..

The fifteen brick warehouses of this 19C river port are being revamped in preparation for this redundant site being transformed into a lively and trendy new focal point for the city. Restaurants, flats and shopping galleries have moved into the surro..

The oldest parts of St Mary's, formerly a church in a prospering monastery, may go back as far as the 8C. The church has remained profoundly Saxon, despite being rebuilt and enlarged several times. This can be seen in the splendid baptismal fonts . ..

To the east of the upper part of the Promenade are the Imperial Gardens, a dazzling splash of colour in the Summer and to the west are magnificent Regency houses . To the south is Montpellier Walk , whose mid-19C shopfronts are divided up by Grecia..

Little remains of pre-spa Cheltenham except for the secluded Church of St Mary and the line of the much rebuilt High Street. At right angles to this old thoroughfare is the Promenade , the city's main street, dominated by the majestic Queen's Hote..

Situated along the vast marshland of the Severn - a river greatly influenced by the tide - this aquatic bird sanctuary, which took the late Sir Peter Scott 40 years to complete, has become internationally renowned for its research centre and environm..

This famous pedestrian route roughly follows the line of the Roman walls and links the cathedral with a modern shopping centre and other points of interest, notably Blackfriars, a medieval Dominican friary.

St Michael's Tower , now the Tourist Information Centre, marks the site where the medieval streets once met, the Cross. Bishop Hooper's Lodging in Westgate Street, now the Gloucester Folk Museum and the New Inn in Northgate Street are two exce..

Built on a low hillock, in the middle of the Severn bed that runs nearby, the Chapel of Odda was consecrated by Count Odda in 1056. Still attached to the farm that it once housed the kitchen for, the chapel was only "rediscovered" in the ..

Among the paintings, porcelain, pottery and many exhibits of local interest is a fine collection of applied art, illustrating the importance of the Cotswolds in the Arts and Crafts Movement.

A romantic park, the keystone of the elegant district of Classical villas laid out by Joseph Pitt. The picturesque lake, tall trees and sweeping lawns form the setting for the Pump Room (1825-1830). This Grecian building with its Ionic colonnade an..