The black and white Market House and Heritage Museum is also Newent’s town hall and is sited in the middle of the town. It was built in 1668 as a butter market, there being a market established here for several...

The centre is open from the 1st February to 31st October 7 days a week between 10.30am and 5.30pm. There are daily flying demonstrations with a variety of birds of prey and owls. Other features include the Owls Tea Rooms,...

Newent Lake, with its riverside walk and adjoining park, is a beauty spot situated in the heart of the town. It’s set in the grounds of the former Newent Court and was created from the fish ponds of medieval monks...

Standing on a stone plinth in the porch of St Mary the Virgin Church in Newent is the carved shaft of a free-standing cross, probably 9th Century. The great nave was rebuilt during the 17th Century after it collapsed in...

The Shambles, first opened in 1988, is a museum of Victorian life, set out as a complete town of shops, cottages, cobbled streets and alleyways. There’s everything here from a doctor’s surgery, bakery, and beer cellar to a solicitor’s office...

England’s leading wine producer, visitors are welcome all year and new for 2002 is a microbrewery. Visitors can sample the wines, follow the vineyard trail, watch a video and enter the winery via the viewing gallery. We also have an...

An indoor and outdoor playcentre suitable for toddlers to ten year olds. The indoor adventure zone includes soft play, ball pits and teampolines. The outdoor activities include a giant sandpit, pedal zone, animals, picnic area together with hilltop walks. Also...

In 1829, a chapel attached to the west wing of the old Hartpury Court was constructed for Dominican Nuns. Lord of the Manor, Robert Canning, erected the chapel shell with the nuns responsible for the internal furnishings. Behind the altar...

The preaching cross at Ashleworth is situated in a prominent place on the village green. It is believed to date from the 14th Century with the head of the cross now partly obliterated. The story goes that it was once...

St Margaret’s Church in Corse is known locally as ‘the church in the orchards’, being situated amongst orchards of apple trees. It was most likely built during the 14th Century by the owner of the neighbouring manor house. The interior...

Enter St Mary the Virgin Church in Hartpury through the 14th Century carved oak porch and you’ll encounter plenty of fascinating detail. Two medieval carvings in the roof of the nave depict a Green Man and his scaly companion, but...

The Tudor tower of St Mary the Virgin Church in Upleadon is believed to be unique, being timbered from the base to its height. The half-timbered structure was erected in the early 16th Century and has a ‘wishbone’ type cross...

St Mary’s Church in Dymock is mostly Norman, and has a sculptured Norman doorway, the work of the Dymock School of sculpture. Above the door there is a tympanum depicting the tree of life. Two Holy water stoups rest on...

The stonework Bee Shelter in Hartpury is considered by the International Bee Research Association to be a unique historic monument, with no comparable structures anywhere else worldwide. Built by stonemason Paul Tuffley in his ornamental garden in the mid 19th...

The Abbey of Gloucester built the tithe barn at Hartpury during the 14th Century. It measures 16 feet x 36 feet, making it one of the largest such structures in the UK and was used to store the manor’s produce....

The tithe barn at Ashleworth was erected during the 15th Century. Built by Abbot Newland, it is of a limestone construction and measures 125 feet long by 25 feet wide. It has a stone slate tile roof with queen post...