Rough Bank, Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

Name: Rough Bank
Address: Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

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Rough Bank, Miserden is a 9.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986. It was purchased by the wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation in 2012. ()

Coordinates: 51°46'38"N, 2°8'8"W

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Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods United Kingdom

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Rough Bank – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kimsbury hill fort, Prinknash Abbey, Subscription Rooms, Brimpsfield Castle.

3.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Kimsbury hill fort, Painswick
81 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.
3.6 miNW
Monastery
Prinknash Abbey, Gloucester
92 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.
4.1 miSW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Subscription Rooms, Stroud
106 min walk • The Subscription Rooms is a building in George Street at the centre of the town of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, erected in 1833 under the architect Charles Baker of Painswick.
3.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Brimpsfield Castle, Cotswold Water Park
83 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.
2.3 miSW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Lypiatt Park, Cotswold Water Park
58 min walk • Lypiatt Park is a medieval and Tudor manor house with notable nineteenth-century additions in the parish of Bisley, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England. The grounds include a fine group of medieval outbuildings. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.5 miN
Museum, Vernacular architecture
Great Witcombe Roman Villa, Gloucester
88 min walk • 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.
4.1 miSW
51°44'47"N • 2°12'59"W
Lansdown Hall & Gallery, Stroud
104 min walk • Museum, Art gallery
2.9 miW
Park
Painswick House, Painswick
75 min walk • Painswick House is a grade I listed house in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. It is surrounded by a Grade II* listed rococo garden.
2.3 miE
Forts and castles
Miserden Castle, Cotswold Water Park
59 min walk • Miserden Castle was a castle near the village of Miserden in Gloucestershire, England. The castle is a large motte and bailey Norman castle, built before 1146 by Robert Musard, after whose family the local village is named.
1.8 miE
Memorial
Miserden War Memorial, Cotswold Water Park
46 min walk • Miserden War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Miserden, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, south-western England. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is today a grade II listed building.
3.6 miS
Locality
Three Groves Wood, Cotswold Water Park
93 min walk • Three Groves Wood is a 3.3-hectare nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 as a Key Wildlife Site. The site is owned and managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. It was given to the trust in 1986.