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Nailsworth
Town in Gloucestershire, England

Nailsworth

Nailsworth is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England, lying in one of the Stroud Valleys in the Cotswolds, on the A46 road, four miles south of Stroud and about 25 miles northeast of Bristol and Bath.

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The parish had a population of 5,688 at the 2021 census.

Get in

Getting to Nailsworth

Trains from London Paddington run hourly via Reading, Didcot and Swindon to Stroud (90 min), continuing to Gloucester and Cheltenham. Change at Cheltenham for trains from Birmingham and the north.

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    Stroud
  2. 02
    Stonehouse

    Trains towards Gloucester also stop at Stonehouse.

See

Worth seeing

The town and nearby has been an industrial area for hundreds of years so there are many fine old stone mills, weavers cottages, a canal. Little of this has been given serious "heritage" treatment but it doesn't spoil the often beautiful setting in wooded valleys.

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    Uley Long Barrow
  2. 02
    Owlpen Manor

    Uley, Dursley, GL11 5BZ,.

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    St George's Church

    Church St, Nailsworth, GL6 0BP,.

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    Market House

    1-2 Market Square, Minchinhampton,.

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    Doverow Hill

    Stonehouse.

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    Stonehouse Manor

    Stonehouse.

Do

Things to do

Lansdown Hall & Gallery (formerly The Space), Lansdown, Stroud GL5 1BB, info@lansdownhall.org. Theatre and music happen here. Also a gallery. Subscription Rooms has a large attractive upstairs and puts on concerts, dances and exhibitions.

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    The Cotswold Playhouse

    Parliament St, GL5 1LW (in Parliament Street, Stroud, about 400 yards up the hill from the Police Station).

Eat

Where to eat

There are various fast food outlets in Stroud (including Subway, McDonald's and Burger Star) despite opposition from locals. Other cafés: Woodruff's. Organic café at the top of the high street, offering home-made food and lots of vegetarian and vegan options. Lunchtime meal £8-12. Mill's café. Down a (nice) alleyway towards the top of the high street. Two different meals each day, generous and delicious.

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    Five Valleys Shopping Centre
  2. 02
    Gloucester Street

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: bazzadarambler (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.