Book : The Cotswolds
(Explorer Maps) by Ordnance Survey.
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Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8XP. Tel 01666
502329. "At Chavenage you can escape into the peaceful surroundings
of a Cotswold manor, virtually unchanged for 400 years."
Chavenage is a wonderful Elizabethan house of mellow grey Cotswold
stone. www.chavenage.com. About 7 miles east of Dursley.
Woodchester Park, Stone
House, Nympsfield, Nr Stroud, Gloucestershire GL10 3TS. Tel:
01452 814213. Beautiful secluded Cotswold valley. Chain of five
lakes. National Trust. About 3 miles north of Dursley.
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire,
GL2 7BT. Tel: 01453 890333. WWT Slimbridge is located between
Bristol and Gloucester. Follow the signs from M5 (junction 13
or 14). Nearest railway station is Cam/Dursley. Award-winning
visitor centre. Charges apply. www.wwt.org.uk. About 4 miles
north of Dursley.
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire,
GL13 9BQ. Tel: 01453 810332. Completed in 1153 by Lord Maurice
de Berkeley at the command of King Henry II. Berkeley Castle
is one of the most remarkable buildings - a Norman fortress.
Free Car Park with Picnic Lawn. Tea Room serving light refreshments,
lunches and afternoon tea. Castle Gift Shop. www.berkeley-castle.com.
About 5 miles west of Dursley.
Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. A 16 mile ship canal linking
Gloucester to Sharpness Docks and the sea. The Gloucester Docks
features historic warehouses. The Sharpness Docks continue to
be used as a working port, but most of the old warehouses have
been replaced by modern facilities and a marina. www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk.
Runs from Gloucester to Sharpness on the banks of the Severn,
about 10 miles north of the Severn road bridge. About 4 miles
west of Dursley.
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