Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is not a true coastal county as it only touches the Bristol Channel where the River Severn joins. Gloucestershire is in southwest England and includes the Forest of Dean, large parts of the Cotswolds and the River Severn valley. The Cotswolds take up a large portion of the east and south, The Forest of Dean taking up the west, with the Severn and its valley splitting the two.

Image of The River Severn in Shrewsbury by Chris Bayley

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Want some ideas on where to visit?

Every favourite location must be visited for the first time. Want some ideas, why not check out the below small selection of coastal locations, including beaches, activities, things to see and do, places to stay and eat:

Place to eat

The Regal Pub

The Regal is a Wetherspoon pub in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground Lavazza coffee. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11 pm.     Read more…
Things to see and do

Stratford Park Outdoor Pool

Stratford Park Outdoor Pool is a spring water-filled outdoor pool, which first opened in 1936. The pool is open during the summer months as an alternative to the indoor pool at the Stratford Park Leisure Centre. Read more…
Things to see and do

Woodchester Park

Woodchester Park, a secluded wooded valley with a ‘lost garden’. Chain of five lakes thread through this delightful 18th and 19th-century landscape park with waymarked trails. Read more…
Sports

Wotton Pool

The heated pool is 18m long, by 6m wide and the depths go from 1m to just over 2m. There is a retractable enclosure which is closed in colder weather, and drawn back for open air swimming when the weather is fine. Read more…
History and heritage

The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum

The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum houses an internationally significant museum collection of exceptional quality and variety, changing displays of our Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection and fine art collections. The museum is home to The Open Archive, which houses our fascinating archives relating to Antarctic explorer Edward A. Wilson, Cheltenham’s history and the Emery Walker Library.   Read more…
History and heritage

Blackfriars

Dominican ‘black friars’ friary, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and the fine scissor-braced dormitory roof. Read more…
Things to see and do

Uley Long Barrow

Uley Long Barrow, also known as “Hetty Pegler’s Tump”, is a Neolithic burial mound. Although typically described as a long barrow, the mound is actually a transected gallery grave. It is about 180ft (55m) in length and contains a stone built central passage with two chambers on either side and another at the end. The earthen mound is surrounded by Read more…
Things to see and do

Newark Park

Newark Park, Tudor hunting lodge later converted to fashionable home. Read more…
Things to see and do

Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle dates back to the 11th century and it has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. The castle has remained within the Berkeley family since they reconstructed it in the 12th century, except for a period of royal ownership by the Tudors. It is traditionally believed to be the scene of the murder of Read more…
Things to see and do

St Briavels Castle

St Briavels Castle is a moated Norman castle, built between 1075 and 1129 and is noted for its huge Edwardian gatehouse that guards the entrance. St Briavels Castle is now a Grade I isted building and a Youth Hostel, open to the public. Read more…
History and heritage

Ashleworth Tithe Barn

Ashleworth Tithe Barn is a 15th-century tithe barn, is picturesquely located on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire. Read more…
Place to eat

The Lord John Pub

The Lord John is a Wetherspoon pub in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground Lavazza coffee. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11 pm.     Read more…
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Some more seaside locations in Gloucestershire

Berkeley Cheltenham Forest of Dean Gloucester Stroud Westbury-on-Severn Wotton-under-Edge