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Evesham
On the river with great riverside walks and some good
restaurants. For the more active, the Leisure Centre on Davies Road
provides a swimming pool, squash and badminton courts and a fully
equipped gymnasium. Fishing permits are available to fish from the
riverside meadows and fishing for the disabled is reserved from the
Workman Gardens. Within the immediate area of the town there are
excellent golfing facilities open to visitors.
During the Summer months, various festivals happen around Evesham
including the Hot Air Balloon Festival & the Medieval Festival in June
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Pershore is an
unspoiled, picturesque Market Town, famed for its elegant Georgian
architecture and magnificent Abbey. It is surrounded by beautiful
countryside and picturesque villages and is a haven for cyclists and
ramblers. Pershore has many specialist shops, an undercover market and
welcoming pubs and restaurants. It also has its own Number 8 Community
Arts Centre with an exciting programme of events.
Many of the buildings along Bridge Street and Broad Street are listed.
Poets such as John Betjeman have been inspired by Pershore's beauty and
its old-world charm is sure to entice you back time and time again.
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Broadway Tower
- Even if you don't climb the Tower you will have some spectacular
views. Up to 14 Counties can be seen from the top (there is a very
narrow and winding staircase to climb). There is some great walking too. |
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Broadway - The charming village of Broadway nestles beneath the
Worcestershire hills of the Cotswolds. Today, Broadway attracts visitors
from across the world – all drawn to the beauty and attractions of this
quintessential English village. Broadway is a lively and vibrant village
with a superb range of unique shops and designer boutiques, restaurants
and hotels but is also steeped in history with its origins dating back
to Roman times. Over the centuries it has made its mark in many
different ways. In the 1600s it was a major stopping place for the stage
coaches that travelled between Worcester and London – with the
world-renowned Lygon Arms remaining popular with travellers and
visitors. |
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Snowshill village sits on the top of the
escarpment above the villages of Broadway, Buckland, and Laverton. It
is a secluded village where ancient pretty cottages and a 19th century
church cluster around a small green. As its name implies - if there is
any snow about then you will find it here first. Remember it in Bridget
Jones Diary. |
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Snowshill Manor - Cotswold manor set in hillside gardens
housing Charles Wade's collection of 'colour, craftsmanship and design'.
Be amazed by a spectacular collection of more than 22,000 objects from
across the world. Be fascinated by the story of the eccentric collector,
Charles Paget Wade
Relax in peaceful hillside gardens designed as a series of rooms and run
on organic principles
Enjoy a delicious home-cooked lunch or one of the legendary cream teas.
Browse in the shop |
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Croome Park - Magnificent landscape park restored to its former
glory. 'Capability' Brown's first complete landscape park, it has a
lakeside garden with islands, bridges and grotto.
Wonderful Robert Adam park buildings, such as the Temple Greenhouse and
the Park Sea. There are miles of walks through lakeland gardens,
shrubbery and open parkland. Restored 1940s RAF buildings house new
visitor facilities. |
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Stratford Upon Avon
- In the birthplace of England's greatest
poet and playwright, the town is still an important market town in
Warwickshire. Many of the original houses from Shakespeare's time are
still in excellent condition, being preserved by the Shakespeare
organisation.
These fine old buildings, the characteristically wide streets and the
tranquil flowing River Avon still make Stratford-upon-Avon a delight to
visit. |
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Worcester Cathedral
- Worcester Cathedral is a magnificent sight
as it rises majestically above the River Severn. Worcester has been the
seat of a bishopric since the Seventh Century, and the Cathedral was
served by monks until the Reformation. St Oswald and St Wulfstan were
among the bishops. Since the Eighteenth Century, the Cathedral has been
famous for its part in the annual Three Choirs Festival, the oldest
choral festival in existence. Today the Cathedral is the centre of a
vibrant community of clergy and laypeople, offering the praises of God
each day, serving the city and diocese of Worcester, and attracting
visitors from all over the world. |
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The
Malvern Hills - (Area Of Natural Beauty) -The area is famed for
its dramatic hills and for the pure spring water that flows from them
but the AONB offers so much more besides. A rich cultural heritage of
forts, castles and priories stands proudly from this landscape of
ancient woodland, rolling pastures and wild, open commons. The area is
home to a wide variety of wildlife and the very geology that underpins
the AONB is of international importance. The Malvern Hills AONB was
designated in 1959 and is one of a family of 40 AONBs in England and
Wales. |
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Hanbury
Hall - Early 18th-century country house, garden and park.
William and Mary-style house with magnificent staircase and ceiling
murals. Recreated early 18th-century formal gardens with a working
Mushroom House, Orangery and Wilderness. 395 acres of spectacular park,
including recreated early 18th-century features: Lime Tree Walk, The
Long Walk and the Semicircle . Fascinating Long Gallery exhibition about
the Hall's past and present existence. Play a game of bowls on the
restored Bowling Green |
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Hidcote Manor Garden
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Celebrated 20th-century garden
in the beautiful north Cotswolds. One of England's greatest gardens, an
Arts & Crafts masterpiece.
It has a series of outdoor rooms each with its own unique character. Old
roses, unusual plants and trees from around the world. Nestled in the
Cotswolds with stunning panoramas across the Vale of Evesham . Enjoy a
game of tennis or croquet |
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Warwick Castle history stretches back
almost 1,100 years. In 914AD Ethelfleda, daughter of
Alfred the Great, ordered the building of a 'burh'
or an earthen rampart to protect the small hill top
settlement of Warwick from Danish invaders.
Do you dare enter The
Castle Dungeon after
dark? Deep in the heart
of the Central Courtyard
lies The Castle Dungeon
where the plague is
taking no prisoners.
Prepare to experience
the darkest, bloodiest
and most frightening
times in Warwick
Castle’s history.
The Castle Dungeon will
provide the ultimate
evening of scarily good
entertainment
complemented by plenty
food and wine, if you
still have the stomach
for it! Private tours,
drinks receptions and
evening dinners are all
great ways to experience
Warwick Castle’s newest
attraction. Stay close
together and beware,
things get more sinister
after dark.
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