The Doughnut, Cheltenham

Name: The Doughnut
Address: Cheltenham, United Kingdom

#39 among attractions in Cheltenham

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The Doughnut is the nickname given to the headquarters of the Government Communications Headquarters, a British cryptography and intelligence agency. It is located on a 71 hectares site in Benhall, in the suburbs of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in South West England. The Doughnut houses 5,500 employees; GCHQ is the largest single employer in Gloucestershire. Built to modernise and consolidate GCHQ's multiple buildings in Cheltenham, the Doughnut was completed in 2003, with GCHQ staff moving in the same year, and fully moved into the building in 2004. It is the largest building constructed for secret intelligence operations outside the United States. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 2003 (22 years ago)Opened: 2004 (21 years ago)Architectural style: High-tech architectureHeight: 70 ftCoordinates: 51°53'58"N, 2°7'28"W

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The Doughnut – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Bacon Theatre, Hesters Way, Arle, Benhall.

0.9 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Cinema
The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham
24 min walk • The Bacon Theatre is a medium-scale venue on the site of Dean Close School, Cheltenham. The theatre provides a teaching and leisure resource for the school as well as being available to hire for local community groups and providing a full programme of professional events.
0.8 miNE
Neighbourhood
Hesters Way, Cheltenham
22 min walk • Cheltenham West is an area in the western part of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It is the generic name for an area which includes the council wards of Hesters Way, Springbank, Arle, Rowanfield, Alstone, Fiddlers Green, St Mark's and some of St Peter's and the Moors.
1.2 miNE
Neighbourhood
Arle, Cheltenham
31 min walk • Arle is a district of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. It was historically a manorial estate which owned parts of the town now known as Hesters Way, Fiddlers Green, Arle and Benhall. The names Arle Court, Arle House and Arle Mill are relics of the historic past.
~1490 ftSE
Neighbourhood
Benhall, Cheltenham
8 min walk • Benhall is a small district within the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It lies south-west of the town centre, just south of the A40, the main road to Gloucester, and north of the district of Up Hatherley.
0.9 miE
Neighbourhood
Rowanfield, Cheltenham
23 min walk • Rowanfield is a neighbourhood in Cheltenham, England. It consists primarily of a social housing estate of Wimpey no-fines houses and low-rise flats, built around 1953, with Rowanfield School and a playing field to the West separating it from Hesters Way and also the older Rowanfield Road to the East.
1.1 miS
National park
Badgeworth SSSI
29 min walk • Badgeworth SSSI is a 3.08-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire notified in 1954 and renotified in 1983. Part of this site is owned and managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve. There are two units of assessment. The nature reserve is unit 1 and the northerly field is unit 2.
1.1 miS
Neighbourhood
Up Hatherley, Cheltenham
28 min walk • Up Hatherley is a civil parish and a suburb of the spa town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Formerly a hamlet in the parish of Shurdington, it became a parish in 1887 and became a part of Cheltenham in 1991.
0.6 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Dowty Arle Court, Cheltenham
15 min walk • Dowty Arle Court is a cricket ground in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The first important match on the ground was in 1988, when the Gloucestershire Second XI played the Warwickshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to The Doughnut?

Nearby attractions include Benhall, Cheltenham (8 min walk), Hesters Way, Cheltenham (22 min walk), Rowanfield, Cheltenham (23 min walk), The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham (24 min walk).

How to get to The Doughnut by public transport?

The nearest stations to The Doughnut:

Bus

Robert Burns Ave • Lines: 97, 98 (18 min walk)
Harrington Drive • Lines: 97, 98 (22 min walk)

Train

Cheltenham Spa (27 min walk)