Activities
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Chavenage House, Gloucestershire, England
Edward Stephens built Chavenage, an Elizabethan house in 1564. It was a key location during the English Civil War and has been owned by the Lowsley-Williams family since 1851.
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Cirencester Park Grounds, Gloucestershire, England
The grounds of Cirencester Park have belonged to the Earls Bathurst since the early eighteenth century. The woodland surrounds the Cotswold town of Cirencester and a walk there makes a good break from window shopping.
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Dr Jenner's House, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Edward Jenner bought this small house in 1785 and he performed the first ever vaccinations here.
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Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Museum
Opened in 2016, the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Museum preserves the heritage and history of the GRCWC. The GRCWC operated from the 19th century until 1986, & the museum includes a workshop space and library documenting the carriages, wagons, and locomotives they built. You don't have to be an expert on railways to appreciate the museum's heritage and history exhibitions & activities.
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Gloucester Waterways Museum, Gloucester
In the old Llanthony Warehouse in the centre of what was once Gloucester’s Docks, this museum tells the story of those who lived and worked on the site.
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Hardwicke Court, Gloucestershire, England
This Georgian house was built in the early 19th century for the Lloyd-Baker family. The 6th generation of the Lloyd-Bakers live there today.
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Kiftsgate Court Gardens, Gloucestershire, England
Three generations of women have shaped the gardens at Kiftsgate, from Mrs J.B. Muir in 1918 to her granddaughter, Anne Chambers, who looks after them now.
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Museum of Gloucester, Gloucester
The museum tells the story of the city’s origins as a Roman settlement and its development through the Dark Ages and Medieval Period.
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Painswick Rococo Garden, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Painswick Rococo Garden is a beautiful place to escape, explore and imagine. It was designed in the 1740s as an English country gentleman's pleasure garden, a place for holding intimate garden parties. Laid out in a hidden valley around Painswick House, the Garden is now the country's only complete surviving rococo garden.
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Rodmarton Manor, Gloucestershire, England
Claud Biddulph and his wife commissioned this Arts and Crafts style house from Ernest Barnsley in the early 20th century to highlight the value and quality of traditional crafts.
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Sezincote, Gloucestershire, England
This Indian Mughal building was built for the Cockerell family in the late 18th century. It’s strikingly different from its green Cotswolds surroundings, and is now owned by Edward Peake and his family.
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Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, Gloucester
Located on Gloucester’s historic docks, this museum tells the story of the lives of Gloucestershire soldiers over the last 300 years.
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Stanway House, Gloucestershire, England
The Jacobean manor Stanway House belongs to James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and March. In the gardens you’ll find the tallest gravity fountain in the world.
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Sudeley Castle and Gardens, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England
The castle was built in 1442 by Ralph Boteler and is now owned by the Dent-Brocklehursts. Its Tudor roots are clear in its architecture, furniture and association with Dowager Queen Katherine Parr, who is buried in the grounds.
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The House of The Tailor of Gloucester, Gloucester
Featured in Beatrix Potter book, The Tailor Gloucester, the House today is a museum and shop.
