Guidebook for Churchdown

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Guidebook for Churchdown

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Excellent day out. You can fly hawks on a walk in the country nearby. Great experience
Barn Owl Centre
Netheridge Close
Excellent day out. You can fly hawks on a walk in the country nearby. Great experience
Full of nooks, crannies and interesting corners. You can see why so many film makers use the place.
180 locals recommend
Gloucester Cathedral
12 College Grn
180 locals recommend
Full of nooks, crannies and interesting corners. You can see why so many film makers use the place.
Find out the full story of our wonderful canal network. Excellent museum
14 locals recommend
National Waterways Museum Gloucester
14 locals recommend
Find out the full story of our wonderful canal network. Excellent museum
Feel like giving money to sick animals? This is the most fun place to do it. Gold Cup week has fabulous atmosphere with half of Ireland arriving on the streets of Cheltenham
284 locals recommend
Cheltenham Racecourse
Evesham Road
284 locals recommend
Feel like giving money to sick animals? This is the most fun place to do it. Gold Cup week has fabulous atmosphere with half of Ireland arriving on the streets of Cheltenham
A good day out for the kids
11 locals recommend
Prinknash Abbey Park
11 locals recommend
A good day out for the kids
Very interesting and picturesque walk. Old Roman mine workings create a Tolkein-esque feel to the place. Kids love running round and getting lost. In early summer the smell of wild garlic is overp
159 locals recommend
Puzzlewood
Perrygrove Road
159 locals recommend
Very interesting and picturesque walk. Old Roman mine workings create a Tolkein-esque feel to the place. Kids love running round and getting lost. In early summer the smell of wild garlic is overp
Beautiful mozaics. Beginning of one of our favourite walks... 7 miles with an excellent pub half way round. Bring your boots!
105 locals recommend
Chedworth Roman Villa
105 locals recommend
Beautiful mozaics. Beginning of one of our favourite walks... 7 miles with an excellent pub half way round. Bring your boots!
Spent many a happy day with the kids here. Lovely place
443 locals recommend
Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
443 locals recommend
Spent many a happy day with the kids here. Lovely place
One of Chris favourites... feeding the lambs. Kids will love it
251 locals recommend
Cotswold Farm Park
251 locals recommend
One of Chris favourites... feeding the lambs. Kids will love it
Classic Cotswold town. Great place to explore. Visit the bird park and the model village
450 locals recommend
Bourton on the Water
450 locals recommend
Classic Cotswold town. Great place to explore. Visit the bird park and the model village
Sheer magic. Probably my favourite garden. Bring the camera you will find much to make a great picture
119 locals recommend
National Trust Snowshill Manor and Garden
119 locals recommend
Sheer magic. Probably my favourite garden. Bring the camera you will find much to make a great picture
Top end eating place. Lazy Sunday lunch...
8 locals recommend
Corse lawn house hotel
8 locals recommend
Top end eating place. Lazy Sunday lunch...
Lovely views over the Severn Vale. On the Cotswold way
27 locals recommend
Crickley Hill Country Park
Crickley Hill
27 locals recommend
Lovely views over the Severn Vale. On the Cotswold way
One of Britains few remaining lidos. Interesting and relaxing place to visit. Bring your swimming costume.
62 locals recommend
Sandford Parks Lido
Keynsham Road
62 locals recommend
One of Britains few remaining lidos. Interesting and relaxing place to visit. Bring your swimming costume.
The place to see wild wetland migrating birds. One of the best places to visit in January or February
25 locals recommend
Slimbridge
25 locals recommend
The place to see wild wetland migrating birds. One of the best places to visit in January or February
Boat trips up and down the canal. My friend Ivor might be steering your boat so be nice to him!
7 locals recommend
Saul Junction Marina
7 locals recommend
Boat trips up and down the canal. My friend Ivor might be steering your boat so be nice to him!
Buy an ice cream from Winstons dairy...sit on the grass and dream...
32 locals recommend
Rodborough Common
32 locals recommend
Buy an ice cream from Winstons dairy...sit on the grass and dream...
Our good friends and supporters of the Stroud Wassail! Charming small museum
35 locals recommend
Museum in the Park
Stratford Road
35 locals recommend
Our good friends and supporters of the Stroud Wassail! Charming small museum
One of the best walks around. Stunning views over the meanders of the Severn
15 locals recommend
Haresfield Beacon
Cotswold Way
15 locals recommend
One of the best walks around. Stunning views over the meanders of the Severn
Very old and beautiful church. Legendary location of the "Deerhurst Serpent" which apparently "swallowed up cows and swallowed up goats and occasionally dined on small weasels and stoats..."
St Mary's church, Deerhurst
Very old and beautiful church. Legendary location of the "Deerhurst Serpent" which apparently "swallowed up cows and swallowed up goats and occasionally dined on small weasels and stoats..."
Beautiful gardens in a fascinating village
107 locals recommend
Painswick Rococo Garden
Gloucester Road
107 locals recommend
Beautiful gardens in a fascinating village
Come and chant with the rest of us... Glawwwssstteeeerrrrrrrrrr!
11 locals recommend
Gloucester Rugby
Kingsholm Road
11 locals recommend
Come and chant with the rest of us... Glawwwssstteeeerrrrrrrrrr!
http://www.sherbornecinema.co.uk/ The antidote to big multi screen cinemas. Step back to the past with this gem of a cinema. You can't book it, just turn up in good time
Sherborne Street
Sherborne Street
http://www.sherbornecinema.co.uk/ The antidote to big multi screen cinemas. Step back to the past with this gem of a cinema. You can't book it, just turn up in good time
Apparently the best fish and chips shop in England. It has red and white checkered tablecloths.... and mushy peas....
22 locals recommend
Simpsons Fish and Chips
75 Priors Rd
22 locals recommend
Apparently the best fish and chips shop in England. It has red and white checkered tablecloths.... and mushy peas....
Incorporates the Spicy Aroma curry house. A good solid and very acceptable curry two hundred yards from our door. http://www.spicyaroma-gloucester.co.uk/
Churchdown Tennis Club
Church Road
Incorporates the Spicy Aroma curry house. A good solid and very acceptable curry two hundred yards from our door. http://www.spicyaroma-gloucester.co.uk/
Very nice Chinese restaurant... 200 yards from our door
Golden City
3 Church Rd
Very nice Chinese restaurant... 200 yards from our door
Standard bowling place... pretty much what you would expect. Five minutes drive
Tenpin Gloucester
Standard bowling place... pretty much what you would expect. Five minutes drive
Wordsworth said: Of past existence, wilt thou then forget That on the banks of this delightful stream We stood together; and that I, so long A worshiper of Nature, hither came,
167 locals recommend
Tintern Abbey / Abaty Tyndryn
167 locals recommend
Wordsworth said: Of past existence, wilt thou then forget That on the banks of this delightful stream We stood together; and that I, so long A worshiper of Nature, hither came,
Our kids used to love the way that the Llamas stick their heads in through the car windows. The loved to log flume too...
146 locals recommend
West Midland Safari Park
Spring Grove
146 locals recommend
Our kids used to love the way that the Llamas stick their heads in through the car windows. The loved to log flume too...
Proper medieval castle. They often have jousts. It has a proper dungeon too... Kids should love it
270 locals recommend
Warwick Castle
270 locals recommend
Proper medieval castle. They often have jousts. It has a proper dungeon too... Kids should love it
World class entertainment in a charming riverside setting. Worth looking at the Swan Theatre next door as well. It is a very intimate space with a mere 450 seats
181 locals recommend
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
181 locals recommend
World class entertainment in a charming riverside setting. Worth looking at the Swan Theatre next door as well. It is a very intimate space with a mere 450 seats
Stroud is simply... different. The Facebook page "Not Unusual For Stroud" gives you a good idea. Great farmers market
130 locals recommend
Stroud
130 locals recommend
Stroud is simply... different. The Facebook page "Not Unusual For Stroud" gives you a good idea. Great farmers market
Great place for a walk with nice views across parkland and lakes. There are tours around the house including a scaffolding tour around the outside to see details of architecture
22 locals recommend
National Trust at Croome Park
22 locals recommend
Great place for a walk with nice views across parkland and lakes. There are tours around the house including a scaffolding tour around the outside to see details of architecture
Nice building, lovely grounds, with Katherine Parr's tomb. Lovely tea shops in the town!
248 locals recommend
Sudeley Castle
248 locals recommend
Nice building, lovely grounds, with Katherine Parr's tomb. Lovely tea shops in the town!
The Mappa Mundi is a fascinating glimpse into the medieval mind. Well worth a trip
147 locals recommend
Hereford Cathedral
Cathedral Close
147 locals recommend
The Mappa Mundi is a fascinating glimpse into the medieval mind. Well worth a trip

Shopping

Fascinating. The best bit is hearing Rachmaninov playing the automatic piano. Quite eerie...
Mechanical Music Museum
High Street
Fascinating. The best bit is hearing Rachmaninov playing the automatic piano. Quite eerie...
Take the day trip from Ross to Symonds Yat. 17 miles of floating (with the occasional paddle) down probably the most beautiful river in England. It's a must do
Canoe Hire Symonds Yat East
Take the day trip from Ross to Symonds Yat. 17 miles of floating (with the occasional paddle) down probably the most beautiful river in England. It's a must do

Food Scene

Probably the best Indian restaurant in the UK. Their £14.95 lunch is outstanding value
42 locals recommend
Prithvi
38 Evesham Rd
42 locals recommend
Probably the best Indian restaurant in the UK. Their £14.95 lunch is outstanding value
Possibly the best sausages ever. Bar none. Try the black pudding variety... or maybe the Gloucester spot. Cook slowly in the oven... sacrilege to fry these beauties!
Farmhouse Deli
92 High St
Possibly the best sausages ever. Bar none. Try the black pudding variety... or maybe the Gloucester spot. Cook slowly in the oven... sacrilege to fry these beauties!

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent value Thai food.
6 locals recommend
Suffolk Arms
40 Suffolk Rd
6 locals recommend
Excellent value Thai food.
Sunday Brunch... with jazz guitarist. Just got to do it...
The Royal Union
37 Hatherley St
Sunday Brunch... with jazz guitarist. Just got to do it...
Excellent live music venue. Good beer too!
19 locals recommend
The Prince Albert
Rodborough Hill
19 locals recommend
Excellent live music venue. Good beer too!
You'll find me here every other Friday singing my heart out at the folk club
The Beaufort Arms
184 London Rd
You'll find me here every other Friday singing my heart out at the folk club
I sing here on the first Tuesday of every month. They also have a great "Sausage and Wine" menu
28 locals recommend
White Hart Inn
High Street
28 locals recommend
I sing here on the first Tuesday of every month. They also have a great "Sausage and Wine" menu
Excellent place for a drink or a meal on a warm summers evening. Drive through picture perfect lanes to get there.
51 locals recommend
Butchers Arms
51 locals recommend
Excellent place for a drink or a meal on a warm summers evening. Drive through picture perfect lanes to get there.
Great place to chill out and watch the river flow by.
64 locals recommend
The Red Lion
74 High St
64 locals recommend
Great place to chill out and watch the river flow by.
One of the best pie places ever! Try the two in one pie... steak and kidney at one end, cauli cheese at the other. Chris only lets me have one of these a year in the interests of my waistline
16 locals recommend
The Weighbridge Inn
16 locals recommend
One of the best pie places ever! Try the two in one pie... steak and kidney at one end, cauli cheese at the other. Chris only lets me have one of these a year in the interests of my waistline
Chilled out pub. Visit the entrance to the old canal tunnel and remember days gone by.
9 locals recommend
The Tunnel House Inn
Tarlton Road
9 locals recommend
Chilled out pub. Visit the entrance to the old canal tunnel and remember days gone by.
Extensive menu, wood fires, good choice of beer.
The Golden Heart Inn
Extensive menu, wood fires, good choice of beer.
Made famous by Laurie Lee. Good place to have a pint or two
68 locals recommend
The Woolpack Inn
Slad Road
68 locals recommend
Made famous by Laurie Lee. Good place to have a pint or two
Beautiful pub. Has it all. Also a regular venue for Morris and folk
36 locals recommend
The Fleece Inn
36 locals recommend
Beautiful pub. Has it all. Also a regular venue for Morris and folk
Under new management, this pub is within walking distance. It offers a good selection of real ale and good pub grub. Thursday nights are quiz nights with a curry thrown in for a fiver. Also regular live music. I have sung here with the Gloucester Diamonds myself
The Old Elm Inn
Church Road
Under new management, this pub is within walking distance. It offers a good selection of real ale and good pub grub. Thursday nights are quiz nights with a curry thrown in for a fiver. Also regular live music. I have sung here with the Gloucester Diamonds myself