Attractions

The Cotswolds

TOURIST INFORMATION

Hume Cottage is located in the district of Stroud, at the heart of the Cotswolds – an area famed for its natural beauty and quintessential “Englishness”.

You can find useful information about the area at the following:

The Cotswolds Website

A tourism website written by people who live and work in area – it provides practical information on things to do, instructions for getting around, maps and more.

Tel: 01242 522 878     Website: http://www.the-cotswolds.org/

Cotswolds District Council Online

Visit this site for more information on living, working and visiting the Cotswolds and the Cirencester area close by to Hume Cottage.

Tel: 01285 654 180 Website: http://www.cotswold.gov.uk

The Stroud District Council

The official district council website with information on living, working and visiting the Stroud area.

Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm

Ebley Mill, Stoud GL5 4UB, UK

Tel: 01453 766321       Website: http://www.stroud.gov.uk/home.asp

Stroud Tourist Information Centre

Alternatively, you may like to visit the tourist information office in Stroud to find out more about events happening in the region.

The Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud, GL5 1AE, UK

Tel: 01453 760960     Website: www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk

Cirencesster

Corinium Museum, Park Street, Cirencester GL7 2BX

Tel: (0)1285 654 180  /(0)1285 654 180 Email: cirencestervic@cotswold.gov.uk

Map & Directions: Cirencester VIC

 

ATTRACTIONS

If you love country living, you’ll absolutely adore exploring the region! Many of our guests quite happily spend their days wandering through the lovely country lanes and villages nearby, going where chance takes them. Nevertheless, here’re just some of the countless attractions nearby:

 

MINCHINHAMPTON

Minchinhampton                   

Minchinhampton is a lovely ancient market town, located on a hilltop 3 miles from Hume Cottage. Nearby Minchinhampton Common is a recreation area for walkers and golfers, 580 acres of which is owned by the National Trust. The main square has a 17th-century Market House where a market is held every Thursday. There are two churches in Minchinhampton – Holy Trinity (Anglican) and Minchinhampton Baptist Church.

 

 

CIRENCESTER

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, and is the largest town in the Cotswold region. It is the ancient site for the Roman city of Corinium. Self-guided walking tours take you through the town, allowing you to explore different aspects of its history and architecture. Visit the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Park and more.

 

Corinium Museum

Park Street, Cirencester GL7 2BX, United Kingdom

Tel: 01285 655 611     Website: www.cotswold.gov.uk

This award winning  museum houses one of the finest and largest collections of Romano-British archaeological remains found locally around Cirencester.

Roman Amphitheatre

On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre which, while buried, retains its shape in the earthen topography of the small park setting. Cirencester was one of the most substantial cities of Roman-era Britain.

Church of St. John the Baptist

The Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its perpendicular porch, fan vaults and merchants’ tombs.

 

 

CHELTENHAM

 

Cheltenham Art Gallery

Clarence Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50, UK

Tel: 01242 237 431‎     Website: cheltenhammuseum.org.uk

Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum was opened in 1899. It offers free admission, and has a programme of special exhibitions including a world renowned Arts & Crafts Movement collection.

 

National Waterways Museum‎

Llanthony Warehouse, The Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EH, UK

Tel: 01452 318 220     Website: nwm.org.uk‎

Discover the history of Britain’s waterways with interactive displays and galleries laid out on three floors of a Victorian warehouse.

 

Prinknash Bird & Deer Park‎

Prinknash, Cranham, Gloucester GL4 8EU, UK

Tel: 01452 812 727‎     Website: thebirdpark.co.uk

A deer park with fallow deer, pygmy goats, peacocks, Indian blue and white and crown cranes and numerous species of waterfowl and exotic pheasants.

 

The Birthplace of Holst

4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham GL52 2AY, UK

Tel: 01242 524 846‎      Website: holstmuseum.org.uk

Holst Birthplace Museum is a Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets, was born in 1874. The house tells the story of the man and his music, including a display of many of his personal belongings.

 

GLOUCESTER

Gloucester Cathedral

12 College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX, UK Tel:01452 528 095     Website: gloucestercathedral.org.uk‎

One of the most beautiful medieval buildings in the country with magnificent stained glass, royal tombs, fan-vaulted medieval cloisters and a rich musical heritage. Open daily from 8am until Evensong.

 

BATH

Roman structures in Bath             

The city of Bath in Somerset was established as a spa resort by the Romans in AD43. Baths and temples were built along naturally occuring hotspring around the city and on the surrounding hills in the valley of the River Avon. Its popularity as a spa resort was revived in the Georgian era, leaving a heritage of exemplary Georgian architecture in Bath stone. Bath was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1987. The city has a variety of theatres, museums, and other cultural and sporting venues, which have helped to make it a major centre for tourism.

AVEBURY & STONE HENGE

Stonehenge

Avebury is the site of a large henge and several stone circles surrounding the village of Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is one of the finest and largest Neolithic monuments in Europe, about 5,000 years old. Although older than the megalithic stages of Stonehenge 32 kilometres (20 mi) to the south, the two monuments are broadly contemporary overall. Avebury is roughly midway between the towns of Marlborough and Calne, just off the main A4 road on the northbound A4361 towards Wroughton. The henge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a World Heritage Site.

 

 

VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE

The Vale of the White Horse

The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire. It is a geographically distinct region, lying between the Berkshire Downs and the River Thames, named after the prehistoric Uffington White Horse.

 

 

WESTONBIRT ARBORETUM

Westonbrit Arboretum

Westonbirt Arboretum is an arboretum near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England, perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom. It is managed by the Forestry Commission, which also manages Bedgebury Pinetum. The arboretum comprises some 18,000 trees and shrubs, over an area of approximately 600 acres (2.4 km²). Its 17 miles (27 km) of marked paths are popular with visitors, and provide access to a wide variety of rare plants. Westonbirt backs onto the Highgrove estate of HRH the Prince of Wales.

 

 

EVENTS

Cheese-Rolling at Cooper’s Hill

The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in the Cotswolds region of England. It is traditionally done by and for the people of Brockworth – the local village, but now people from all over the world arrive to take part. Website: cheese-rolling.co.uk