Vale of Berkeley, Dursley

#2 among attractions in Dursley

Nature, Natural attraction, Valley

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The Vale of Berkeley is an area in Gloucestershire, England. It lies between the River Severn and the Cotswold Edge, north of Bristol and south of Gloucester. It includes the towns of Berkeley, Thornbury, Cam, Dursley, Wotton-under-Edge and surrounding villages. ()

Coordinates: 51°40'60"N, 2°21'0"W

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Dursley United Kingdom

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Vale of Berkeley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Newark Park, Cam Congregational Church, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Tyndale Monument.

3.5 miSE
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
Newark Park, Cotswold Water Park
90 min walk • Newark Park is a Grade I listed country house of Tudor origins located near the village of Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. The house sits in an estate of 700 acres at the southern end of the Cotswold escarpment with views down the Severn Valley to the Severn Estuary.
0.6 miN
Church
Cam Congregational Church, Dursley
15 min walk • Cam Congregational Church in the village of Upper Cam near the market town of Dursley, Gloucestershire, was founded in 1662. and originally known as Cam Independent Meeting. It was the first Nonconformist chapel in the area. It is a Grade II Listed Building in Cam, Gloucestershire, England.
3.1 miS
Church
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wotton-under-Edge
78 min walk • One of the oldest churches in its area, St Mary's was consecrated on 19 August 1283 by Bishop of Worcester, Godfrey Giffard. It is believed that most of the church as it is today was completed in 1325, some 171 years after its first recorded vicar, Gerinus, in 1154.
1.9 miSW
Tower, Monuments and statues, Memorial
Tyndale Monument, Cotswold Water Park
50 min walk • The Tyndale Monument is a tower built on a hill at North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England. It was built in honour of William Tyndale, an early translator of the New Testament into English, who was born nearby. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.8 miNE
Archaeological site
Nympsfield Long Barrow, Cotswold Water Park
73 min walk • Nympsfield Long Barrow is the remains of a Neolithic burial site or barrow, located close to the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, South West England. It lies at the edge of a woods, and is now the location of a picnic site. It is one of the earliest examples of a barrow with separate chambers. It was constructed around 2800 BCE.
2.8 miNE
Park
Coaley Peak, Cotswold Water Park
71 min walk • Coaley Peak is a picnic site and viewpoint in the English county of Gloucestershire. Located about 4 miles south-west of the town of Stroud overlooking the village of Coaley, Coaley Peak offers 12 acres of reclaimed farmland with views over the Severn Vale and the Forest of Dean.
2.5 miE
Garden, Museum, Historical place
Owlpen Manor, Stroud
65 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.
2.2 miNE
Archaeological site
Uley Long Barrow, Stroud
56 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.
3.1 miS
Nightlife
Ancient Ram Inn, Wotton-under-Edge
80 min walk • The Ancient Ram Inn is a Grade II* listed building and a former pub located in Wotton-under-Edge, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. The inn has been owned by many people since 1145 and was in the private ownership of John Humphries until his death in December 2017.
1.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nibley Knoll, Cotswold Water Park
50 min walk • Nibley Knoll is a 3.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 as an SSSI and a Regionally Important Geological Site.
3.2 miS
51°38'12"N • 2°21'14"W
Wotton Heritage Centre, Wotton-under-Edge
83 min walk • Museum