Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Stroud (United Kingdom). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Church of All Saints, Subscription Rooms, and Owlpen Manor. Also, be sure to include Uley Long Barrow in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Stroud (England).
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Church of All Saints
Church in Stroud, England. The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in the Uplands area of Stroud, Gloucestershire. The church is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by Temple Moore in the Gothic Revival style and was completed by Leslie Moore after Temple's death.[1]
Subscription Rooms
Event venue in Stroud, England. 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. Funding for its erection was obtained through public subscription, hence its name, in the case of the Subscription Rooms it was a group of wealthy merchants.
The Rooms provide entertainment including music, dance, theatre, visual arts, spoken word, exhibitions and workshops. The Beatles performed there on 31 March 1962.
The two-storey, detached building is Grade II listed, giving it legal protection against unauthorised alteration or demolition. It is made from Cotswold stone, with a three-story extension to the rear, in brick. The frontage has a portico with Tuscan columns and balustraded balcony, facing onto a forecourt.
The building was owned by Stroud District Council but in 2019 passed into the ownership of the Stroud Subscription Rooms Trust (Charity No. 1180350). The forecourt is "owned" by the Subscription Rooms.[2]
Address: Stroud, George Street
Owlpen Manor
Manor house in England. Owlpen Manor is a Tudor Grade I listed manor house of the Mander family, situated in the village of Owlpen in the Stroud district in Gloucestershire, England. There is an associated estate set in a valley within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The manor house is about one mile east of Uley, and three miles east of Dursley.[3]
Address: Owlpen Manor, Owlpen, Dursley, Glos, Stroud
Uley Long Barrow
Historical landmark in Uley, England. Uley Long Barrow, also known locally as Hetty Pegler's Tump, is a Neolithic burial mound, near the village of Uley, Gloucestershire, England.[4]
The Museum in the Park
History museum, Museum
Address: Stratford Park Stratford Road, GL5 4AF Stroud
Stratford Park
Park in Stroud, England. Stratford Park is a green flag awarded area of Stroud in Gloucestershire, south west England. With a large park and lake, and a leisure centre complex, Stratford Park is a major tourist area for Stroud. It is located on the outskirts of Stroud town centre near Paganhill and Whiteshill. It is also the site of the first wholly successful British campaign to save trees from road-widening.[5]
Rodborough Common
Locality in England. Rodborough Common is a 116.0-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954. The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 as an SSSI and a Regionally Important Geological Site. The Common is also a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive
Rodborough Common is sited south of Stroud and is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is north of Minchinhampton Common. It lies on Jurassic limestone and is on top of the Cotswold scarp. It is bounded on either side by the Nailsworth valley and the Frome valley. It is on a hill (a plateau area), and its margins are dissected by dry valleys. The sides of this plateau are steep.
Rodborough Common, like Minchinhampton Common, is notified for its biological and geological importance. The grassland is unimproved, herb-rich and calcareous. There is an important geological area for fossils for research purposes.[6]
Lansdown Hall & Gallery
Museum, Art gallery
Address: Lansdown Hall and Gallery Lansdown Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 1BB, Stroud
Frome Banks
Frome Banks is a 1.3-hectare nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
The site is managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust under lease from Gloucestershire County Council and a private owner. The reserve was established in 1990. It is operated in partnership with the Stroud Valleys Project.[7]
The Pink Cabbage
Museum, Art gallery
Address: 1 Middle St, GL5 1DZ Stroud
Rodborough
English civil parish. Rodborough is a civil parish in the district of Stroud, Gloucestershire, in South West England. It is directly south of the parish of Stroud, north of the town of Nailsworth and north-west of the village of Minchinhampton. The parish includes the settlements of Bagpath, Butterrow, Kingscourt, Lightpill and Rooksmoor, and is adjacent to the Stroud suburb of Dudbridge. The population taken at the 2011 census was 5,334.
Built on a hill, Rodborough village is near Rodborough Common, a public recreation area popular with walkers. Most of the common land was donated to the National Trust in 1937 by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher, an entomologist. It is little known that this was dependent on a subscription fund of £700 being raised to pay for the maintenance and upkeep of the common. On the common is Rodborough Fort, a folly built in 1761 that is now a private house.[8]