Great Witcombe Roman Villa, Gloucester

Name: Great Witcombe Roman Villa
Address: Great Witcombe, Gloucester, GL3 4TW, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 370 333 1181

#40 among attractions in Gloucester

Museum, Vernacular architecture

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Great Witcombe Roman Villa was a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain. It is located on a hillside at Great Witcombe, near Gloucester in the English county of Gloucestershire. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. ()

Coordinates: 51°49'36"N, 2°8'51"W

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Great WitcombeGloucester GL3 4TW United Kingdom

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+44 370 333 1181

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Day trips

Great Witcombe Roman Villa – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake, Robinswood Hill, Kimsbury hill fort, Tredworth Road Cemetery.

2.4 miNE
Park
Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake, Cotswold Water Park
61 min walk • Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake is a 56.8-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site lies within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It was formerly known as Crickley Hill and includes some of a site known as Tuffleys Quarry.
3.7 miW
Park, Mountain
Robinswood Hill, Gloucester
94 min walk • Robinswood Hill is a hill and country park to the south of the city centre of Gloucester, close to the Stroud Road. It rises to 650 ft, and is owned and managed by Gloucester City Council's Countryside Unit.
2.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Kimsbury hill fort, Painswick
61 min walk • Kimsbury hill fort, also known as Castle Godwyn, Kimsbury Camp, Painswick Beacon or Painswick hill fort is an Iron Age hill fort on Painswick Beacon near Painswick in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire England.
3.9 miNW
Cemetery
Tredworth Road Cemetery, Gloucester
99 min walk • Tredworth Road Cemetery, sometimes known as Gloucester Old Cemetery, is a cemetery in Gloucester, England, that is run by Gloucester City Council. In addition, it contains over 250 war graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The cemetery chapel is a grade II listed building with Historic England.
1.3 miW
Monastery
Prinknash Abbey, Gloucester
33 min walk • Prinknash Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery in the Vale of Gloucester in the Diocese of Clifton, near the village of Cranham. It belongs to the English Province of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation, which is itself part of the worldwide Benedictine Confederation.
2.7 miE
Forts and castles
Brimpsfield Castle, Cotswold Water Park
71 min walk • Brimpsfield Castle was a castle in the village of Brimpsfield in the county of Gloucestershire, England, between Gloucester and Cirencester. It is likely that the first castle was built after the Norman invasion. Then, in the 12th or 13th century, it was rebuilt in stone.
3 miN
Park
Chosen Hill
76 min walk • Chosen Hill rises above Churchdown in Gloucestershire, England, and is the site of a 11.5-hectare nature reserve. The hill commands good views over the scarp and the Severn Vale and there is a network of paths for walkers.
4.2 miW
Church
St Swithun's Church
107 min walk • St Swithun's Church is a historic Anglican church in the village of Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.2 miSW
Park
Painswick House, Painswick
83 min walk • Painswick House is a grade I listed house in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. It is surrounded by a Grade II* listed rococo garden.
3.2 miSW
51°47'33"N • 2°11'54"W
Painswick Rococo Garden, Painswick
82 min walk • Garden, Park
2.1 miNW
Park
Hucclecote Meadows, Gloucester
54 min walk • Hucclecote Meadows is a 5.74-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest divided into two areas on each side of the M5 road in the Severn Vale, Gloucestershire. It was notified in 1984. The western area is also a Local Nature Reserve.