Established in 1971, the Cotswold Farm Park was the first-ever Rare Breeds Farm to open to the public. With over 50 flocks and herds of our most fascinating British breeds of farm animals, visitors can listen to their intriguing tales...

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 garden. Packed with large architectural shrubs, it also has a brook running through it, which...

Situated a short distance from Cheltenham amongst some charming Gloucestershire countryside, Belas Knap Long Barrow represents a particularly fine exampe of a Neolithic tomb, dated around 2500 BC. The site features a false entrance and side chambers and was...

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 earlier. The history of Baptists in Cheltenham goes back still further to 1690 when they...

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, which was created in 1895. Here 2000 volts were transferred down to 100 volts. Joseph...

In the heart of the beautiful Cotwolds, Chedworth represents one of Britain’s largest Romano-British villas. This is a stately home with a history that dates back over 1700 years. Within the structure are a collection of mosaics, hypocausts,...

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 as an Arts and Crafts Collection, which includes leatherwork, plasterwork, jewellery, metalwork, furniture, pottery, silver,...

Cheltenham was at forefront of Victorian education in Britain and The Cheltenham Ladies' College led the way in the education of girls. Its early success forced it to move to its present building in 1873. Designed by Middleton & Goodman,...

Cheltenham Promenade is the venue for the town's popular markets. Award-winning Farmers' Markets are held on the second and last Friday of every Month. All goods are produced or grown within 30 miles of Cheltenham. They include meat, fruit, vegetables,...

Cheltenham Racecourse is located in the scenic village of Prestbury just outside Cheltenham. Set within a natural amphitheatre close to the Cotswold Hills, the racecourse is often known as the "home of National Hunt horse racing" mostly due to the...

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, exhibitions, festivals, flower shows, recitals and dances. The sprung maple-wood floors of its enormous Grand...

St Gregory's Church was begun in 1854 and designed by the well-known architect, Charles Hanson. It took 23 years to complete, not being consecrated until 1877. Highlights include John Hardman's magnificent stained glass, a finely carved reredos behind the high...

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 gardens and quality housing is typical of Joseph Pitt's garden estate. Most of the houses...

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 to the Malvern Hills and, on a clear day, to the Black Mountains of Wales....

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 varied terrain. This 18-hole par-72 course has a philosophy of open access and it’s free...

Cox’s Meadow is part of Cheltenham’s Flood Alleviation Scheme. The town is vulnerable to floods caused by run-off from thunderstorms high on the Cotswold scarp. This flood plain helps to protect it. A side effect is a habitat that supports...

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 fine Rococo interior. Theatre architect, Frank Matcham, who also designed the London Palladium, created the...

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 working Victorian House including kitchen, scullery, servant’s room, bedrooms and nursery. Lectures, tours and special...

The gardens were originally planted out for the exclusive use of the subscribers to the Sherborne Spa. The spa was constructed in 1818 on the site now occupied by the Queens Hotel. Over the intervening years, the gardens have undergone...

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 a hotel. The coat of arms over the door commemorates a stay here in 1827...

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. After a faltering start, caused by the collapse of the property boom, the estate was...

Martin's Gallery exhibits work from around the world and in a variety of formats. They include sculptures in stone, glass, bronze and ceramic as well as watercolours and oil paintings, with Vietnam, China, Russia and India among countries represented. Recent...

Cheltenham has many unique shops and arcades, some dating from its heyday as a fashionable spa town. This arcade is one of them and it's among the best preserved in the country. It was built in 1831 for the sale...

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 Cheltenham Spa’s growing popularity. Popularity that by 1817 had risen enough to make this much...

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, cafés, gardens and elegant buildings. Built in 1825, this is just one of its many...

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 statues, based on similar figures on the Acropolis in Athens. Rossi, a sculptor in London,...

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 but also in the country. Over sixty three-story Regency houses lie behind a shared façade...

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, a local company, who also made the Boer War Memorial that stands at the north...

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 large lake. Beautiful stone bridges were added at either end and the surrounding grounds were...

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 fashionable spa town was already fading. In 1890, the building was sold to the Borough...

Pittville Studios Gallery is the main art exhibition space used by the faculty of media and art at the University of Gloucester. Throughout the year, the space is used for an extensive range of purposes that include the exhibition...

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 first opened in 1806. Today, this small theatre offers a varied programme, which includes musicals...

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 here alongside a few smaller independent retailers. Opened in 1985 by HRH Princess Ann, the...

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, for Joseph Pitt, who also built Pittville Park, Estate and Pump Room. Note the well-crafted...

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 borders, Italian gardens, pools, cascades, a fountain, a children's play area and contemporary sculptures. This...

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 heated children's pool with a slide, a paddling pool, a café, table tennis and landscaped...

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 side of the north transept. Other attractions include quirky tombstone inscriptions and the preaching cross...

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 Brewery retains the façade and cupola tower of the original building, but the full-height glass...

The Courtyard’s glass and iron free-standing pavilion makes for an unusual shopping experience in one of the most stylish parts of Cheltenham. Its sunken central piazza, with its cafés and wine bars, is a favourite place for shoppers to eat...

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 century buildings in Cheltenham. The Square’s north side has the earliest. These houses date from...

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 an imposing classical stone chapel. Behind it is a large walled garden with well-kept lawns,...

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 the world. It's also very popular. Every year, over a quarter a million visitors watch...