Syde
Syde, often in the past spelt Side, is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.
Syde, often in the past spelt Side, is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Cotswolds, near the source of the River Frome, some six miles north west of Cirencester and seven miles east of Painswick.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Syde
8 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.
- 01Miserden Castle
Miserden Castle was a castle near the village of Miserden in Gloucestershire, England. The castle is a large motte and bailey Norman castle, built before 1146 by Robert Musard, after whose family the local village is named.
1.7 km · castle in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Brimpsfield Castle
Brimpsfield Castle was a castle in the village of Brimpsfield in the county of Gloucestershire, England, between Gloucester and Cirencester.It is likely that the first castle was built after the Norman invasion. Then, in the 12th or 13th century, it was rebuilt in stone.
2.1 km · castle in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary the Virgin
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin at Syde in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the early 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
0 m · church in Cotswold, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Bartholomew
The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew at Winstone in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the 11th century. It is a grade I listed building.
2.2 km · Grade I listed church, Cotswold, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Davenport House
Davenport House is an historic building in the English village of Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire. Located on the eastern side of the village, it was built in the 17th century, and is now a Grade II listed building.
3.7 km · Grade II listed house in Duntisbourne Abbots, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Miserden War Memorial
Miserden War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Miserden, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, south-western England. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is today a grade II listed building.
2.3 km · war memorial in Miserden, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St John the Evangelist
The Anglican Church of St John the Evangelist at Elkstone in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
2.3 km · church in Cotswold, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Michael
The Anglican Church of St Michael at Brimpsfield in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
2.1 km · Grade I listed church, Cotswold, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Syde
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 64 km · Birmingham (BHX), 76 km · Cardiff (CWL), 98 km
- Bristol → Syde53 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £6–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Syde77 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £9–12
- London → Syde30 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £4–5
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Syde
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Syde. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAn alternative off-road walking route is The Honeybourne Line but there have been muggings at night.
- Get inThere are also many private aircraft there, which can be chartered.
- Go nextCirencester, the 'capital of the Cotswolds' is a half hour drive to the south Bristol is a longer day trip to the south.
From Wikivoyage: Cheltenham, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Syde
Syde is 52 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Duntisbourne Abbotsvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK3.7 km
- Elkstonevillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2.2 km
- Miserdenvillage and civil parish in Goucestershire, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Brimpsfieldvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2.1 km
- Winstonevillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK1.7 km
- Whiteway Colonyvillage in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom3 km