Tewkesbury Abbey
Tewkesbury Abbey is a Norman church built on a cathedral scale, glittering down on all this is some of the finest medieval stained glass in England.
Gloucestershire
Discover the wonder of Gloucestershire's sacred heritage.
In regency spa and market towns, close to stately homes and set in rolling, green landscapes, Gloucestershire's churches truly are glorious. Drool over the wonderful honey tones of Cotswold churches, set in picturesque villages. Explore the Forest of Dean on bike or foot, spotting both architecture and wildlife. Or, quite literally, live the high life in elegant towns like Tewkesbury, where the Abbey has the tallest Norman tower in England.
The cathedral city of the Cotswolds, Gloucester has its roots stretching back to Roman times, boasting over 2,000 years of history. But the cathedral is just one of many fascinating, beautiful and sometimes surprising churches to explore.
Here are just a few churches to whet your whistle, visit our map to find many more.
Gloucestershire
St Mary, Deerhurst
St Mary's is one of the most complete buildings to survive from before the Norman Conquest.
Holy Innocents, Highnam
One of the most significant Victorian churches in the country.
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral has been a place of Christian worship continuously for over 1,300 years: our vision is to seek to be 'in tune with heaven and in touch with daily life'.
St Nicholas, Lower Oddington
A village parish church distinguished by a magical woodland setting and an entire wall of medieval wall paintings.
St Mary of the Angels, Brownshill
The chapel is idyllically sited overlooking the Toadmoor Valley, the site is made more poignant by the run of identically sized memorial crosses which mark the graves of Bertha and Katherine and a number of local Catholic priests, monks and laymen and women.
St Peter & St Paul, Blockley
Full of human interest and interwoven with the people of this place for more than a thousand years, the church has survived good times and bad.
St John the Baptist, Cirencester
Dubbed the Cathedral of the Cotswolds, Cirencester's brilliant 'wool' church is the largest and, many would say, the finest of them all.
St Faith, Farmcote
The body of this beautiful little chapel is Saxon and fairly early Norman, though the round Saxon apse was destroyed in the early 19th century.
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Charming towns and villages, beautiful rolling hills and always plenty to do in Gloucestershire.
Places to visit in Gloucestershire
Getting here
Gloucestershire has excellent links to the M4 and M5 motorways which afford easy access to and from London, Birmingham and the motorway network. A network of scenic minor roads criss crosses the county. Gloucestershire is also well served by bus, coach and train services.
Birmingham and Bristol airports provide domestic and international scheduled flights.
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