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5.4milesSpetchley Park Gardens
Spetchley Park, Spetchley, WR51RS
Just three miles east of the beautiful cathedral city of Worcester and surrounded by glorious countryside, lies one of Britain's best kept secrets. From the first tantalizing glimpse of the garden across the magnolia-fringed Horse Pool, back round to the entrance through the Melon Yard with its olives and delicious pineapple-scented flowers, Spetchley is full of surprises.
7milesWorcester City Museum and Art Gallery
Foregate Street, Worcester, WR11DT
Worcester Museum was founded in 1833 by the members of the Worcestershire Natural History Society and claims to be one of the oldest regional museums in the Country. The collections were described as miscellaneous by one of the first curators and were originally shown in temporary rooms in Angel Street.
8.6milesElgars Birthplace Museum
Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcester, WR26RH
One of England's greatest composers, Sir Edward Elgar, was born on 2 June 1857, in this pretty country cottage near Worcester in the heart of England.After his death in 1934, Elgar's daughter Carice set up a Museum here, as her father had wished.
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11.4milesEastnor Castle
Eastnor, Ledbury, HR81RL
Eastnor Castle, in the dramatic setting of the Malvern Hills and surrounded by a beautiful deer park, arboretum and lake - is the home of the Hervey-Bathurst family.The style proposed by the architect, the young Robert Smirke, was Norman Revival.
13.3milesHailes Abbey
Hailes, GL545PB
Hailes Abbey is a 13th Century Cistercian abbey, founded in 1246 and once a celebrated site of pilgrimage, but now in ruins.Remains of the dramatic cloister arches survive and there is a small museum.
13.7milesSudeley Castle and Gardens
Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, GL545JD
Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Cotswold Hills, Sudeley Castle is steeped in history. With royal connections spanning a thousand years, it has played an important role in the turbulent and changing times of England's past.
13.8milesPittville Park
Evesham Road, Cheltenham, GL523AE
Pittville Park - Amusement Park in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Contact venue on telephone number 01242519215 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractions/rides available at this park.
14.3milesNature in Art
Wallsworth Hall, Tewkesbury Rd, Twigworth, Gloucester, Glouc, GL29PA
The world's first museum dedicated exclusively to fine, decorative and applied art inspired by nature from any period, any culture and in any media. International in scope, appeal and stature, NATURE IN ART fills a gap in the museums and galleries you can visit by presenting a unique wildlife art collection.
14.3milesSnowshill Manor
Snowshill, WR127JU
Snowshill is a Cotswold manor house with eclectic collection and Arts & Crafts-style garden.Snowshill Manor contains Charles Paget Wade's extraordinary collection of craftmanship and design, including musical instruments, clocks, toys, bicycles, weavers' and spinners' tools and Japanese armour.
14.4milesHolst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham, GL522AY
Welcome to Cheltenham's musical gem - the Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets was born in 1874. The music room contains many items associated with Holst and his music, notably the oil portrait of the composer from the 1920's and his piano on which much of 'The Planets' and his most famous works were composed.
14.5milesCheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Clarence Street, Cheltenham, GL503JT
Starting upstairs, the first displays are devoted to Cheltenham's history. These are followed by galleries of ceramics and oriental art.
14.5milesBrockhampton House and Estate
Brockhampton, WR65TB
This 688ha (1700-acre) estate was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1946 and still maintains traditional farms and extensive areas of woodland, including ancient oak and beech. Visitors can enjoy a variety of walks through park and woodland, which combine to form a rich habitat for wildlife such as the dormouse, buzzard and raven.
16.2milesThe Shambles
Church Street, Newent, GL181PP
The Shambles is a collection of Victorian buildings - cottages, houses, alleyways, streets, courtyards, shops and workshops, housing one of the largest collections of everyday Victoriana in the country! Life as it was in 1890's (right in the middle of Victorian times) - almost 100 windows to peer into, and thousands of Victorian objects to see! About an acre to explore! Cobbled streets and alleys to wander round.Over 80 shops and shop windows to peer into: there is a Policeman keeping an eye on things, a fantastic photographers studio in a conservatory - all manner of stuffed animals in the taxidermists workshop, the Chapel just ready for a service, two old men having a yarn over a pint in the gas-lit beer cellar.
16.6milesWorcestershire County Museum
Hartlebury Castle, Hartlebury, Kidderminster, DY117XZ
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE MUSEUM'S RE-OPENING WILL BE IN JULY OF 2005.
16.9milesCotswold Farm Park
Guiting Power, GL545UG
Established in 1971, the Farm Park can be aptly described as a pageant of history on four legs. Alongside our serious aims of conservation and education, visitors of all ages will find themselves easily entertained.
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17milesGloucester Folk Museum
99-103 Westgate Street, Gloucester, GL12PG
Gloucester Folk Museum is one of the oldest-established museums dedicated to social history. The collections have been drawn together through mainly gifts from the entire county of Gloucestershire, and represent one of the most fascinating collections of such material.
17.1milesKiftsgate Court Garden
Mickleton, GL556LN
Kiftsgate Court Gardens is a series of interconnecting gardens each with its distinct character and secrets. Let them share their secrets with you.
17.1milesForge Mill Needle Museum
Forge Mill, Needle Mill Lane, Redditch, B988HY
The needle museum tells the fascinating and sometimes gruesome story of how needles are made. Working, water-powered machinery can be seen in an original needle-scouring mill.
17.3milesNational Waterways Museum
Llanthony Warehouse, The Docks, Gloucester, GL12EH
Located within the beautiful English county of Gloucestershire, the museum charts the fascinating story of Britain's canals through a special collection which has been designated as being 'of National Importance'.We concentrate on providing fascinating 'hands on' displays covering a whole range of waterways related topics.
17.3milesGloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Brunswick Road, Gloucester, GL11HP
The museum's fascinating displays are housed in a fine Victorian Building in the heart of the City and contains many items of national and international importance. Among the spectacular collection are the archaeological finds, fine and decorative arts, and natural history specimens representing Gloucester's rich heritage.
17.4milesHidcote Manor Garden
Chipping Campden, Mickleton, GL556LR
Hidcote Manor Garden is a celebrated 20th Century garden in the beautiful North Cotswolds, featuring one of Englands greatest gardens, an arts and crafts masterpiece.One of England's great gardens, Hidcote was designed and created in the Arts & Crafts style by the horticulturist Major Lawrence Johnston.
17.4milesNational Birds of Prey Centre
Newent, GL181JJ
The National Birds of Prey Centre is open from 1st February until the 31st October annually. The centre houses on of the most significant collections of Birds of Prey in the UK with over 60 species of Owls, Eagles and Hawks.
18.4milesMary Ardens House
Station Road, Wilmcote, CV379UN
Mary Ardens House in the village of Wilmcote, a couple of miles north of Stratford, was the childhood home of Shakespeare's mother. Situated three and a half miles outside Stratford, it is also home to the Shakespeare countryside museum, two historic farms, displays of farm implements, daily demonstrations by the Heart of England falconry, a blacksmith's forge and a duck pond.
18.7milesStone House Cottage Gardens
Stone, DY104BG
A romantic garden set in an old walled kitchen garden. The area is only 1 acre but seems much larger- hedges divide it into different compartments and create diverse habitats in which to grow the vast selection of rare and unusual plants that thrive here.
19.3milesBatsford Arboretum
Admissions Centre, Batsford Park, Moreton in Marsh, Glos, GL569QB
Situated one and a quarter miles west of Moreton-in-Marsh (Gloucestershire - UK), Batsford Arboretum is tucked away on a south facing escarpment of the famous Cotswold Hills. Find out on this website about the history of the arboretum and the treasure of rare and unusual plants and trees it contains.
19.6milesPrinknash Abbey and Pottery
Cranham, GL48EX
Prinknash is situated on the edge of the Cotswolds with panoramic views of the Vale of Gloucester.Prinknash is not only an Abbey in which some seventeen monks live but a whole complex of buildings spread over an estate of 300 acres.
19.7milesSevern Valley Railway
Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, DY101QN
In just over three decades, the Severn Valley Railway has graduated from relative obscurity to great prominence in British railway preservation. The Severn Valley Railway is a full-size standard-gauge line running regular steam-hauled passenger trains for the benefit of tourists and enthusiasts alike between Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Bridgnorth in Shropshire, a distance of 16 miles.
19.7milesNew Place and Nashs House
Chapel Street, Stratford upon Avon, CV376EP
New Place in Chapel Street was William Shakespeare's final retirement home. Built by Hugh Clopton it was the second largest building in Stratford and was the only house made from brick.
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