Kingscote and Horsley Woods, Cotswold Water Park
#53 among attractions in Cotswold Water Park
Facts and practical information
Kingscote and Horsley Woods is a 43.79-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1966. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site. ()
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Kingscote and Horsley Woods – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: The New Lawn, Woodchester Mansion, Egypt Mill, Horsley Priory.
- 1.7 miNFootball, Sport venue, Entertainment
The New Lawn, Nailsworth
45 min walk • The New Lawn, also known as The Fully Charged New Lawn for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. It has been the home stadium of League Two club Forest Green Rovers since 2006. During the 2007–08 season the stadium was shared with Gloucester City.
- 2.8 miNWArchitecture, History museum, Museum
Woodchester Mansion, Stonehouse
71 min walk • Woodchester Mansion is an unfinished, Gothic revival mansion house in Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, England. It is on the site of an earlier house known as Spring Park. The mansion is a Grade I listed building.
- 2 miNEWatermill
Egypt Mill, Nailsworth
52 min walk • Egypt Mill is a Grade II* listed building and a former mill located in Nailsworth, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England.
- 0.7 miNEMonastery
Horsley Priory, Nailsworth
19 min walk • Horsley Priory was a medieval, monastic house in Gloucestershire, England. Goda owned an estate at Horsley, in 1066. It was granted to Troarn Abbey by Roger de Montgomery before 1086.
- 1.9 miWGarden, Museum, Historical place
Owlpen Manor, Stroud
48 min walk • Owlpen Manor is a Tudor Grade I listed manor house of the Mander family, situated in the village of Owlpen in the Stroud district in Gloucestershire, England. There is an associated estate set in a valley within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- 2.9 miSEGarden, Park, Forts and castles
Beverston Castle, Tetbury
75 min walk • Beverston Castle, also known as Beverstone Castle or Tetbury Castle, was constructed as a medieval stone fortress in the village of Beverston, Gloucestershire, England.
- 2.9 miNWArchaeological site
Uley Long Barrow, Stroud
75 min walk • Uley Long Barrow, also known locally as Hetty Pegler's Tump, is a Neolithic burial mound, near the village of Uley, Gloucestershire, England.
- 2.7 miNEProtected area
Box Farm Meadows SSSI, Nailsworth
70 min walk • Box Farm Meadows is a 8.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985. This was formerly known as Balls Green Pastures.
- 2.9 miSEForts and castles
Quadrangular castle, Cotswold Water Park
76 min walk • A quadrangular castle or courtyard castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central ward or quadrangle, and typically with angle towers.
- 3 miNEPark
Minchinhampton Common, Cotswold Water Park
77 min walk • Minchinhampton Common is a 182.7-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1972. The site is owned and managed by the National Trust. The common is one of the largest grassland commons in the Cotswold area. It is south of Rodborough Common SSSI.
- 2.6 miNMonastery
Convent of Poor Clares, Cotswold Water Park
67 min walk • A former Convent of Poor Clares is located in Woodchester, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. The convent was home to nuns of the Poor Clares order from 1850 to 2011. The convent is based around a 17th-century house that was enlarged in the 1850s. The dedicated convent buildings were built between 1861 and 1869 by Charles Francis Hansom.