History & Heritage

Step back in time

Roman history at Cirencester's Corinium Museum, the murder of an English King at Berkeley Castle, William Morris's house at Kelmscott Manor, the Domesday Book being ordered at Gloucester Cathedral - all examples of history in the making at locations that will amaze and delight.

Find out more about how people in the Cotswolds lived and worked in times gone by at The Old Mill in Lower Slaughter, The Merchant's House at The Little Museum in Tewkesbury, Blackfriars in Gloucester or by taking part in the Gloucester Docks Walks where you can find out about the history of Britain's most inland port.

Tewkesbury's Out of the Hat is an award-winning visitor centre set in a beautifully restored 15th century building, where you can explore life in the 17th century through fascinating interactive displays, games and information panels. It also serves as a centre for historical events in the town around the year.

One of the most distinctive and historical features of the Cotswolds is the of the drystone walls. The Cotswolds are limestone country, and stone has been quarried here for centuries. With stone readily available it was cheaper to enclose Cotswold fields with stone walls rather than to plant hedges.

To see a waller at work today is to see methodical, specialist work undertaken in a way which seems timeless offer the tingle factor.

There is plenty of accommodation in historic buildings on offer in the Cotswolds - Thornbury Castle or Calcot Manor are just two examples.