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Local Area Info Cheltenham & Gloucester The delightful city of Gloucester boasts fine shops, bars, restaurants, museums, galleries, entertainment venues and even an exceptional Cathedral. The beautiful Regency spa town of Cheltenham is also a delight to explore. Visit the Montpellier and Imperial Gardens or for evening entertainment the Town Hall is a great venue for concerts, theatre and comedy. In and around Gloucester you'll find places to relax, excite and explore. Golf, tennis, cricket, climbing, swimming and many other sporting activities are in abundance. GL1, Gloucester's primary leisure centre delivers the ultimate in sporting and entertainment facilities with the main arena hosting major concerts and other large scale indoor events. With The Royal Forest of Dean, River Avon and the North Cotswolds within easy reach, you have plenty of choice for relaxing days out, surrounded by some of Britain's most picturesque and unspoilt countryside. Cheltenham has been welcoming visitors for almost 300 years, ever since the discovery of the first natural spring led to the development of the elegant spa town of today. A unique and historic town in the county of Gloucestershire. Cheltenham is also a cultural centre hosting an impressive calendar of international festivals and special events. Cheltenham lies some five kilometres to the east of the M5 motorway mid-way between Bristol and Birmingham on the edge of the Cotswold Hills. Newark Newark-on-Trent is an attractive market town situated along the river Trent. It offers you a wealth of history, interesting buildings and museums. Its most famous period in history was during the Civil War in which it was a Royalist stronghold and withstood three sieges. Many reminders of that period can still be seen in the town, including its imposing 12th century castle.
Cardiff Cardiff was proclaimed capital of Wales in 1955, and is Europe's youngest capital city. Situated on the Bristol Channel, Cardiff has a proud heritage of being one of the great seaports of the world. Today Cardiff is an exciting city to live in, a rich blend of ancient and modern, where the cities fine Victorian and Edwardian architecture is being complemented by some of the most innovative of new developments. Bristol Bristol is a great location to live with fantastic road, rail and air links. Travel just a short distance from the city's buzzing centre and you will reach the rolling hills and tranquil towns and villages of South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Wiltshire - perfect for escaping the hubbub and enjoying a great day out. Portishead Ideal situation with good motorway networks to London, Birmingham and the North, Wales and the South West. The site offers major shopping malls of Bristol to small individually styled local stores with more personal service. Country clubs, golf, sailing and rambling facilities nearby, together with more usual amenities of a small west country town.
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