Painswick

Worth seeing in and around Painswick

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake

   The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England. Participants race down the 200-yard long hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese.

   5.5 km · annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Prinknash Abbey

   Prinknash Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery in the Vale of Gloucester in the Diocese of Clifton, near the village of Cranham, Gloucestershire. It belongs to the English Province of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation, which is itself part of the worldwide Benedictine Confederation.

   4.2 km · monastery in Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Robinswood Hill

   Robinswood Hill is a hill and country park to the south of the city centre of Gloucester, close to the Stroud Road. It rises to 650 ft, and is owned and managed by Gloucester City Council's Countryside Unit.

   5.9 km · hill in Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Swithun's Church, Brookthorpe

   St Swithun's Church is a historic Anglican church in the village of Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   4 km · church in Stroud, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of All Saints

   The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in the Uplands area of Stroud, Gloucestershire. The church is a Grade I listed building.

   4.2 km · historic church in Uplands, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Nether Lypiatt Manor

   Nether Lypiatt Manor is a compact, neo-Classical manor house in the mainly rural parish of Thrupp, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. It was formerly the country home of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and is a Grade I listed building.

   6 km · Grade I listed English country house in Stroud District, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Town Hall

   The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Stroud Urban District Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

   4.7 km · Grade II* listed building in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Haresfield Beacon

   Haresfield Beacon is a 0.73-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985. The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 as an SSSI and a Regionally Important Geological Site.

   4.8 km · geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Painswick Lodge

   Painswick Lodge is a grade I listed house in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. The rubble stone building, which has been extensively reworked and remodelled since the 16th century, was home to Lord of the manor of Painswick between 1530 and 1804.

   1.8 km · Grade I listed manor house in the parish of Painswick, Stroud District, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of St Margaret

    St Margaret's Church is a 13th-century Church of England church in the village of Whaddon, Gloucestershire, England. It has been a grade II* listed building since 10 January 1955.

    5.2 km · church in Whaddon, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England,, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Painswick

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 58 km · Birmingham (BHX), 80 km · Cardiff (CWL), 90 km

Stations

Stroud railway station, 4.9 km · Haresfield railway station, 5.5 km · Downfield Crossing Halt railway station, 5.3 km · Bowbridge Crossing Halt railway station, 5.6 km

• Bristol → Painswick

  46 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Painswick

  80 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £8–11
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• Cardiff → Painswick

  76 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–12
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