All that survives of Kingswood Abbey today is the 16th-century Abbey gatehouse. The abbey was founded in the year 1169 by William of Berkeley and colonised from the Cistercian house at Tintern.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
