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Attractions near Cirencester
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Rodmarton Manor
(4 Miles)*
Rodmarton Manor, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, was one of the last country houses to be built in the old traditional style when everything was done by hand with local stone, local timber and local craftsmen. |
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Chavenage
(10 Miles)*
This historic Elizabethan house, home of the Lowsley-Williams family, contains much of interest to the discerning visitor. Visitors can see the tapestry rooms and furniture and relics of the Cromwellian period. |
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Painswick Rococo Gardens
(11 Miles)*
The sole, complete survivor from the brief Rococo period of English garden design (1720-1760). |
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Lydiard House & Park
(12 Miles)*
Lydiard Park, the ancestral home of the Viscounts Bolingbroke, lies in beautiful parkland within easy reach of junction 16 on the M4. The Palladian house, church, formal parkland and surrounding pasture are the striking remains of a great estate. |
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Prinknash Abbey Bird and Deer Park
(12 Miles)*
On entering the Park over 50 peacocks and waterfowl welcome you as you walk towards the Love Bird Aviary and the Golden Wood full of golden Pheasants . |
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Westonbirt Arboretum
(12 Miles)*
Westonbirt Arboretum is a wonderful world of trees. There are 18,000 of them from all over the world, planted from 1829 to the present day, producing 600 acres of beautifully landscaped Cotswold countryside. |
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Kelmscott Manor
(13 Miles)*
Kelmscott Manor, a grade 1 listed Tudor farmhouse adjacent to the River Thames, was the summer home of William Morris from 1871 until his death in 1896. Morris loved the house as a work of true craftsmanship, totally unspoilt and unaltered. |
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Woodchester Mansion
(13 Miles)*
Hidden in a secluded Cotswold valley, untouched by time and the modern world, lies Woodchester Mansion, an unfinished masterpiece of Victorian building. |
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Owlpen Manor
(14 Miles)*
One of the most romantic small manor houses in the West of England. The Tudor manor is the lived-in medieval manor house of the de Olepennes, dating from 1450 to 1616, with minor early 18th century improvements. |
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Buscot Park
(14 Miles)*
Buscot Park was built by Edward Loveden Townsend in the 1770's. The house is a dignified example of late 18th-century taste for Italianate country houses. |
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Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection
(14 Miles)*
Multi-award winning Motor Museum, for all ages, ideal for families. |
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Birdland
(14 Miles)*
Birdland is set in woodland, river and gardens, this natural setting is inhabited by over 500 birds |
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Gloucester Leisure Cruises
(15 Miles)*
Gloucester Leisure Cruises run 45 minute boat trips from Merchants Quay, Gloucester Docks, travelling down the Gloucester Sharpness Canal. |
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National Waterways Museum (Gloucester)
(15 Miles)*
Set in the beautiful half-acre of Gloucester Historic docks the National Waterways Museum unveils the mystery and history behind the 200 year old tale of inland waterways and fortunes lost and gained. |
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Cotswold Farm Park
(15 Miles)*
The Cotswold Farm Park has over 50 breeding flocks and herds of our most fascinating British Breeds of sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, horses, poultry and waterfowl. |
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