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Cheltenham
Town and Borough in Gloucestershire, England

Cheltenham

Cheltenham is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England.

Plan a trip to Cheltenham→From Birmingham, West Midlands

Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the most complete Regency town in Britain. It is directly northeast of Gloucester.

Get in

Getting to Cheltenham

  1. 01
    Cheltenham Spa

    A little outside the metropolitan area and has frequent rail links to London Paddington, Bristol and the south and Birmingham and the north.

  2. 02
    Royal Well
  3. 03
    Gloucestershire Airport
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Promenade
  2. 02
    Imperial Gardens
  3. 03
    Pittville Park

    Laid out in the early 19th century as the centre of the then-new residential area of Pittville.

  4. 04
    Cleeve Hill

    The highest point of the Cotswolds hill range and in the county of Gloucestershire, at 1,083 feet (330 m).

  5. 05
    The Wilson Art Gallery & Museum
  6. 06
    Holst Birthplace Museum

    The Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets was born in 1874.

How locals move

Getting around Cheltenham the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

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