Things to do in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds
Cheltenham is a beautiful Regency town in Gloucestershire, South West England. The town has many magnificent buildings and is host to lots of events and festivals throughout the year including the famous Cheltenham Gold Cup race meeting (click here for additional accommodation options during Race Week).
Cheltenham is a vibrant, lively place with many sporting and cultural attractions. There are numerous pubs, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and shops both in the town and in the surrounding spectacular countryside.
The historic spa town of Cheltenham is located centrally in the beautiful Cotswolds, making it an ideal base from which to explore this unspoilt area of the English countryside.
Festivals in Cheltenham include:
| March | National Hunt Festival, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup |
| April/May | Jazz Festival |
| June | Wychwood Music Festival Science Festival Food and Drink Festival |
| June/July | Music Festival |
| July/August | Cricket Festival |
| October | Literature Festival |
| Oct/Nov/Dec | Cheltenham Race Meetings |
Other local events that are well worth attending include:
| February | Painswick Rococo Garden snowdrop display Colesbourne snowdrop display |
| April | Badminton Horse Trials |
| May | Malvern Flower Show Great Vintage Flying Weekend, Cirencester |
| May/June | Cheese Rolling, Coopers Hill |
| July | The Cotswold Show, Cirencester Park The Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford |
| August | Gatcombe Horse Trials |
| October | Westonbirt Arboretum autumn display |
| December | Sudeley Castle Spectacle of Light |
| Autumn-Spring | Gloucester Rugby Club |
All festivals and events are subject to change/cancellation.
In addition to the above, there are many great places to visit within Cheltenham. These include the Playhouse and Everyman Theatres, Cheltenham Town Hall (host to many events), Pitville Pump Room and Montpellier with its delightful shopping precincts.
Attractions near to Broadridge Mews include the fantastic Gloucester Cathedral and Docks, Tewkesbury Abbey, the Rococo Gardens in Painswick, Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, Slimbridge and Cotswold Wildlife Parks, Stroud (award winning Farmers’ Market on Saturdays), Cirencester Roman Museum, Chedworth Roman Villa and not forgetting the timeless Cotswolds villages like Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, Burford and Bibury.
By choosing Broadridge Mews as your base, day trips can easily be made to the Forest of Dean, Ross-on-Wye and the Wye Valley, Warwick Castle, Oxford, Bath, Bristol and Stratford-upon-Avon.
