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Holidays Gloucestershire.

County in South West Englandand comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.

Principal towns include Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, and Tewkesbury.

The county town is the city of Gloucester.


car hire, cruises, holiday homes, hostels, hotels, travel agencies, travel guides, transportation / travelling to gloucestershire

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Camping & Caravanning

 Eurocampings  -  ACSI Camping Guide

Car Hire Southwest England

 Holiday Autos  -  
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

More Car Rental Companies? See the car rental page

Cruises

 Destination Southwest
Destination Southwest is an alliance between 8 ports throughout the Southwest of England - Ilfracombe, Torbay, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Fowey, Falmouth, Penzance and the Isles of Scilly.

Holiday Homes / Cottages / Apartments

  -  Holiday Lodges and Holiday Parks Britain
A short break, or weekend, at one of our holiday parks gives you a real getaway, whatever the season. You'll find well-equipped and cosily heated bungalows, lodges, chalets, apartments and caravans in beautiful forest, countryside and coastal surroundings.

    -  Holiday homes

See for more the page Holiday Homes

Hostels / Youth Hostel / B&B

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 Youth Hostels England

Hotels Southwest of England

 Hotels in Southwest England  -  Hotel Guide Southwest England

 

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 


Superbreak offer leisure hotel breaks and features 2-5 star hotels, with the majority in the 3-4 star+ rating.

 
Widest choice of self-catering holidays / short breaks throughout Britain, Ireland and Europe
A self-catering holiday in one of Hoseasons' holiday lodges and parks brings a new meaning to the word freedom. From the moment you arrive you can revel in the limitless possibilities offered at every resort centre.
And with late availability and last minute booking facilities, you'll soon be experiencing the holiday of your dreams. Enjoy a weekend or short break in beautiful countryside, at some of Europe's finest beaches or forest surroundings.

  -  Create your perfect trip  -  Flight, Hotel and Car



 

Travel Guides Gloucestershire / Related books

Travel Guides Southwest England [ Amazon.co.uk ]

Transport / How do I travel to Gloucestershire

 Bristol Airport  -  Bristol International Airport 
 Exeter Airport  -  Home of Flybe
 Newquay Airport 

 
Air Southwest is the low-fares airline for the South West of England. Fast and frequent flights to and from Plymouth, Newquay and Bristol airports to destinations in the UK, Channel Islands and Ireland. With fares starting from £27, coupled with convenient frequent flight timings and great customer service, Air southwest provides a service which is perfect for the business and leisure traveller alike.

  Opodo  -  
Flight tickets Wiltshire

 
Book cheap flights to Southwest England at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights to Southwest England

 
thetrainline is the fully impartial rail ticketing website owned by the Virgin Group, Virgin Rail Group and National Express Group, providing the cheaper way to buy train tickets online. thetrainline provides fast, easy and secure access to timetables, tickets and fares for all National Rail journeys across the UK.

 - Coach Line to Southwest England
You name it, they go there. National Express carries over 16 million passengers a year to 1000 different places in the UK, and thousands of others to destinations across Europe and Ireland. They run more services to and from UK airports than anyone else, and they even lay on special services to festivals like Glastonbury!

 Transport Gloucester

 Maps International -  
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
 Multimap.com 
Street-level maps, road maps; door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs; and local information.


Links 

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Gloucestershire County Council

 Visitgloucester.info  -  Information on visiting Gloucester

 Gloucester City Council

 Visit Southwest of England
Accommodation, Essential Travel Information, Destinations to Visit, Attractions, Events, Holiday Inspiration,  Business Tourism etc.

 Cheltenham  -  Cheltenham Borough Council
 Cotswold  -  Cotswold District Council 
 Forest of Dean  -  Forest of Dean District Council
The Royal Forest of Dean lies in the western part of Gloucestershire between the Rivers Wye and Severn and on the borders of Wales and Herefordshire. It is one of the most distinctive areas of Britain having a seductive charm and character that is uniquely its own. Its range of stunning landscapes and spectacular scenery has inspired artists, craftspeople, inventors, poets and playwrights, as well as the many visitors who return to the area year after year.
 Forest of Dean  -  Visitforestofdean.co.uk
Information on visiting the Forest of Dean
 Gloucester  -  Gloucester City Council 
 South Gloucestershire (Unitary) -  South Gloucestershire Council
 Stroud  -  Stroud District Council
 Tewkesbury  -  Tewkesbury Borough Council 

 Cheltenham  -  Visitcheltenham.info
Information on visiting Cheltenham
 Cirencester
 Stroud
 Tewkesbury  -  Visitcotswoldsandsevernvale.gov.uk
Information on visiting Tewkesbury.

 List of Places in Gloucestershire

 Berkeley Castle  -  example of a feudal stronghold
Berkeley Castle is one of the most remarkable buildings in Britain and possibly the most outstanding example of Mediaeval domestic architecture in the country.
Where other Castles were romanticised or "modernised" by the Georgians or the Victorians, Berkeley quietly survived as what it is: a Norman fortress with an enclosing curtain wall, built and enlarged through the mediaeval period and beyond into a secure, comfortable, substantial home.
 Beverston Castle  -  see Wikipedia
Originally constructed as a medieval stone fortress. Situated in the village of Beverston.
 Gloucester Cathedral 
 Hailes Abbey
 Owlpen Manor
 Sudeley Castle
 Tewkesbury Abbey
 Tyndale Monument
 Wildfowl and Wetland Trust [ Slimbridge ]

 Quedgeley Parish Council 
 Council Direct 
 Cotswolds.com  -  Information on visiting the Cotswolds
 Visitthecotswolds.org.uk -  Information on visiting Stroud

 Jurassic Coast 
From Orcombe Rocks, Exmouth, Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset the Jurassic Coast Natural World Heritage Site gives a unique insight into life in the past through the rocks exposed along the 95 miles of beautiful coastline. 185 million years of Earth History for you to explore. Walk along the coast and walk through time!

 Education  -  Gloucestershire College of Arts & Technology
 News  -  This is Gloucestershire  -  At the heart of the things local
 News from Gloucestershire  -  BBB Gloucestershire 
 University of Gloucestershire 

Cuisine - Gastronomy

 West Country Restaurants 
Guide to eating out at quality restaurants and pubs.

 Traditional foods in England
The Good Food Guide 2005 - by Andrew Turvil (Editor)
The Good Food Guide continues to be the most reliable single source for the best of eating out in the UK. Its objectivity and independence have been well established for over 50 years, and its commitment to providing informative, well-written, fully researched reviews of around 1,300 of the best restaurants in the land remains undiminished. As for each new edition, the range it covers is wide, whether it is a Chinese restaurant in Liverpool, fish restaurant in Edinburgh, country-house hotel dining room in Wales, or latest opening by a high-profile chef in London. There are over 350 entries in London alone -- more than in many just-London' restaurant guides.
Paperback 784 pages (October 1, 2004)
English Food by Jane Grigson, Gillian Zeiner (Illustrator), Sophie Grigson
Paperback 400 pages; Penguin Books Ltd; ISBN: 0140273247
Favourite Pudding Recipes: Traditional Ways to a Man's Heart - Birkett Foster
Paperback 48 pages; Publisher: J Salmon; ISBN: 1898435685

History Gloucestershire

 Living Gloucester
Living Gloucester is Gloucester City Council's million- piece, four-dimensional jigsaw of the city.

 Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum
The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum portrays the history of two famous regiments, The Gloucestershire Regiment [ The Glorious Glosters ] and The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. 

 Classic Sights
Classic Sights is a group of top tourist attractions in the South West of England, working together to offer the assurance of quality and value for money, whenever and wherever you choose to visit - whether you're on a daytrip, on holiday, travelling as a group or looking for a unique conference venue.

 Pictures of England - Exploring the most Picturesque & Historic parts of England.
A unique website exploring the most beautiful towns, villages and countryside of England with countless photographs of the most beautiful and historically interesting places in England to visit.
 English Heritage
 National Trust

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery
The museum's fascinating displays are housed in a fine Victorian Building in the heart of the City and contains many items of national and international importance. Among the spectacular collection are the archaeological finds, fine and decorative arts, and natural history specimens representing Gloucester's rich heritage.
 Gloucester Folk Museum
Gloucester Folk Museum is one of the oldest-established museums dedicated to social history. The collections have been drawn together through mainly gifts from the entire county of Gloucestershire, and represent one of the most fascinating collections of such material.
From treen [ small wooden items ], to the intriguing story of the river Severn fisheries, from historic costume to the life of the dairy; from the reconstructed Victorian classroom to the original pin factory - all of these plus hundreds of other elements of our local history are to be found here.
 Libraries in Gloucestershire

 Three Choirs festival 
An international classical music festival presented in August each year by rotation in the cathedral cities of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester.
Choral & orchestral music at its exhilarating and uplifting best, in a quintessentially English setting.

 SoGlos.com  -  What's on in Gloucestershire
Find out what's on in Gloucestershire with the county's leading online magazine SoGlos.com, including upcoming Gloucestershire events and the very best interviews, reviews and features.

Web Portals / Search Engines / Directories

 Visit-gloucestershire.co.uk  -  Gloucestershire Portal
Maintained by Gloucestershire People.

 Thisisgloucestershire.co.uk 

 The Castles of England  -  Information Castles
 UK Bus Journey Planner

Boating Holidays

  -  Find your perfect UK Boating Holiday
From the moment you set off on your boating holiday in your self-drive hire cruiser or traditional narrowboat, onto Britain's vast network of canals, rivers and inland waterways, you're at the helm in more ways than one. That's because you have the freedom to decide where to go, where to stop and what to visit.
In the Heart of England you can drift through the vales whose beauty has inspired some of Britain's most distinguished poets, authors and musicians. You can travel the same waters that Shakespeare fished, enjoy a meal at a heavily beamed waterside inn or, journeying to the West Country, see the Roman splendours and Georgian elegance of Bath, or absorb the maritime heritage of Bristol, once the keystone of the UK's mercantile power.

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