Lower Swell War Memorial, Cotswold Water Park

Name: Lower Swell War Memorial
Address: Cotswold Water Park, United Kingdom

#50 among attractions in Cotswold Water Park

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Lower Swell War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the centre of the village of Lower Swell in Gloucestershire in south-western England. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was unveiled in 1921 and is today a grade II listed building. ()

Unveiled: 31 July 1921Coordinates: 51°55'41"N, 1°44'55"W

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Day trips

Lower Swell War Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Oxfordshire Way, Birdland Park and Gardens, St Edward's Church, Sezincote House.

3 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Oxfordshire Way, Bourton-on-the-Water
77 min walk • The Oxfordshire Way is a long-distance walk in Oxfordshire, England, with 6 miles in Gloucestershire and very short sections in Buckinghamshire. The path links with the Heart of England Way and the Thames Path. The path runs for 68 miles from Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, to Henley-on-Thames.
3.3 miS
Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
Birdland Park and Gardens, Bourton-on-the-Water
85 min walk • Birdland Park and Gardens, often called Birdland, is a wildlife park in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. First opened in 1957, the park moved to its current site in 1989.
1.1 miE
Church
St Edward's Church, Barton-on-the-Heath
28 min walk • St Edward's Church is a medieval-built Church of England parish church, serving Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. A tourist attraction, it is among 98 Grade I listed buildings in Cotswold, a mainly rural district having about one third of the total of Grade I listed buildings in Gloucestershire.
3.5 miN
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Sezincote House, Cotswold Water Park
89 min walk • Sezincote House is the centre of a country estate in the civil parish of Sezincote, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The house was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell, built in 1805, and is a notable example of Neo-Mughal architecture, a 19th-century reinterpretation of 16th and 17th-century architecture from the Mughal Empire.
3 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Cotswold Motoring Museum, Bourton-on-the-Water
78 min walk • The Cotswold Motoring Museum is a museum in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. It features motoring history of the 20th century.
2.6 miN
Church, Gothic architecture
St James' Church, Cotswold Water Park
68 min walk • St James' Church is the Church of England parish church of Longborough, Gloucestershire, England. It is in the deanery of Stow, the archdeaconry of Cheltenham and the diocese of Gloucester.
1.5 miE
Manor house
Maugersbury Manor, Barton-on-the-Heath
38 min walk • Maugersbury Manor is a manor house in the village of Maugersbury in Gloucestershire. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since August 1960.
3.1 miS
51°53'3"N • 1°45'29"W
Cotswold Perfumery, Bourton-on-the-Water
78 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum, Shopping
2.9 miS
Archaeological site
Icknield Street, Bourton-on-the-Water
74 min walk • Icknield Street or Ryknild Street is a Roman road in England, with a route roughly south-west to north-east. It runs from the Fosse Way at Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire to Templeborough in South Yorkshire.
0.7 miNE
Park
Abbotswood, Barton-on-the-Heath
17 min walk • Abbotswood is a country house and estate near Lower Swell in Gloucestershire, England. It is a grade II listed building and estate, of medieval origins and with remodelling and garden work to the designs of Sir Edwin Lutyens from 1901 onwards.
2.6 miS
Natural attraction, Protected area
Salmonsbury Meadows SSSI, Cotswold Water Park
67 min walk • Salmonsbury Meadows is an 18-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site.