Join local poet, Peter Wyton, (BBC Radio Gloucestershire’s Breakfast Bard) on a walk round the City centre, where he will perform his poems about local people, buildings, and events. The walk lasts about 1 hour Meet at St Michael’s Tower, The Cross Pre-booking required at Tourist Information Centre, on 01452 396572 or at www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk
64 Westgate Street Come for tea and cake in this beautifully-restored 15th century building. The windows on the ground floor are examples of mid-Victorian plate glass using technology gained in building the Crystal Palace, London, for the Great Exhibition of 1851. You can still see some of the original beams inside Gloucester’s oldest retail premises. […]
64 Westgate Street Come for tea and cake in this beautifully-restored 15th century building. The windows on the ground floor are examples of mid-Victorian plate glass using technology gained in building the Crystal Palace, London, for the Great Exhibition of 1851. You can still see some of the original beams inside Gloucester’s oldest retail premises. […]
Mariners Church opened in 1849 and became popular with the townspeople as well as the mariners visiting the port. The Chaplain was responsible for visiting every ship that arrived. The church features fine stained glass windows. An active church continues to meet in the building
Formerly the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, founded in the 11th century, the Cathedral features Norman pillars in the nave, the elaborate tomb of Edward II, exquisite 14th century fan vaulting, the 15th century tower and the magnificent Great East Window. For details of tours and other activities at the Cathedral for Heritage Open Days […]
Headquarters of Gloucestershire County Council. Join the County Archivist for a tour incorporating the 1816 entrance, portrait gallery, 17thC Flemish tapestry and Council Chamber, followed by an illustrated talk on the history of the building. Meet at 10am prompt at Westgate Street entrance. Tour lasts one hour Pre-booking required at Tourist Information Centre, on 01452 […]
Britain’s first jet aircraft, the Gloster E28/39, first left the ground at nearby Brockworth airfield in 1941. The Museum houses a replica of the plane together with original Gloster-built planes such as the Javelin and Meteor. Some aircraft cockpits will be open subject to availability. Free parking
The Chapel was part of a monastic institution set up outside the medieval city boundary for the benefit of those suffering from the then incurable disease of leprosy. The present Chapel building is thought to date from the early 1400s but incorporates earlier masonry in the west wall. The Chapel is now under the patronage […]
The original St Mary’s Hall, situated in St Mary’s Square, was bought by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, in 1788 for the Gloucester followers of George Whitefield, the famous 18th Century preacher. The Church has evolved over the years and now stands in its replacement building (c.1958) as a Congregational Church which welcomes one and all, […]