page_title: Gloucestershire
section_title: Places of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Gloucestershire / Places of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial photo of Sudeley Castle. Camera: DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ UAV (quadcopter drone)
context_page_description: Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.
  The county town is the city of Gloucester, and other principal towns include Cheltenham, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, Dursley, Cinderford, and Lydney.
  Gloucestershire borders Herefordshire to the north west, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south west, Worcestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the east, Warwickshire to the north east, and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire to the west.
  The current Gloucestershire County Council area does not have the same geographical boundaries as the historic county. Some northern parts of the county, including Long Marston and Welford-on-Avon, were transferred to Warwickshire in 1931. Following the Local Government Act 1972, some southern parts of the county were transferred to the new county of Avon, which ceased to exist on 1 April 1996. After 1996, the city of Bristol and South Gloucestershire became separate unitary authorities.
context_section_description: Places of interest in Gloucestershire include:
  Badminton House, residence of the Dukes of Beaufort 
  Berkeley Castle, an example of a feudal stronghold. 
  Beverston Castle 
  Chavenage House 
  Cheltenham Town Football Club
  Clearwell Caves
  Dean Forest Railway 
  Dyrham Park  
  Edward Jenner's House  
  Gloucester Cathedral 
  Gloucester Rugby
  Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway 
  Hailes Abbey  
  Newark Park  
  Owlpen Manor 
  Rodborough and Minchinhampton Commons 
  Snowshill Manor  
  Sudeley Castle, burial place of Queen Catherine Parr, 6th wife and consort of King Henry VIII. 
  Stanway House 
  River Thames 
  Rodmarton Manor 
  Severn Bore 
  Tewkesbury Abbey 
  Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
  Tyndale Monument 
  Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Slimbridge
  Westbury Court Garden
  Woodchester Mansion 
  Areas of countryside in Gloucestershire include:
  Forest of Dean 
  Wye Valley 
  Scenic Railway Line:
  Gloucester to Newport Line
caption: Aerial photo of Sudeley Castle
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