Tetbury Woolsack Races, Tetbury

Name: Tetbury Woolsack Races
Address: Tetbury, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Tetbury

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The Tetbury Woolsack Races are an annual sporting event in the English town of Tetbury, in Gloucestershire, where competitors must race up and down the steepest street in the town carrying a full woolsack on their back. It is held each year on the Whitsun Bank Holiday Monday. ()

Coordinates: 51°38'14"N, 2°9'29"W

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Tetbury United Kingdom

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Tetbury Woolsack Races – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The New Lawn, Westonbirt Arboretum, Malmesbury Abbey, Church of St Mary the Virgin.

5.5 miNW
Football, Sport venue, Entertainment
The New Lawn, Nailsworth
140 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.
3.6 miSW
Park
Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury
91 min walk • Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is an arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, about 3 miles southwest of the town of Tetbury. Managed by Forestry England, it is perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom.
4.4 miSE
Church, Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury
113 min walk • Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English houses with a continuous history from the 7th century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
~650 ftSW
Church
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury
4 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Tetbury in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. It was built in 1781 incorporating elements of an earlier church. It is a grade I listed building.
1.3 miSW
Garden, Park
Highgrove House, Tetbury
34 min walk • Highgrove House is the family residence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. It lies southwest of Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England.
4.3 miNE
Museum, History museum
Rodmarton Manor, Tetbury
109 min walk • Rodmarton Manor is a large country house, in Rodmarton, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, built for the Biddulph family. It is a Grade I listed building.
4.4 miSE
Garden, Park
Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury
113 min walk • Abbey House Gardens is a country house garden in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, covering 5 acres. Privately owned, the gardens – but not the house – are open to the public seven days a week from late March until late October. It is one of the main tourist attractions in the town.
3.1 miN
Valley, Nature, Natural attraction
Avening Valley, Cotswold Water Park
80 min walk • The Avening Valley is located in the South Cotswolds in England, running roughly east from Nailsworth and through the village of Avening. During the 17th century the cloth industry developed in the Avening Valley, with mills powered by the Avening Stream.
1.8 miNW
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Chavenage House, Tetbury
45 min walk • Chavenage House, Beverston, Gloucestershire is a country house dating from the late 16th century. The house was built in 1576 and is constructed of Cotswold stone, with a Cotswold stone tiled roof.
1.9 miW
Garden, Park, Forts and castles
Beverston Castle, Tetbury
50 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.
4.4 miN
Protected area
Box Farm Meadows SSSI, Nailsworth
113 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.