Cheltenham Spa is known as "the most complete Regency Town in England". It is mostly famous for its Regency architecture, Spa Waters, award winning floral displays and the many famous festivals of horse racing, music and literature. Cheltenham is situated on the edge of the Cotswolds, less than 100 miles from London and surrounded by beautiful rural villages that offer scenic views and historic attractions. Cheltenham's population is around 112,600 which expands dramatically around its key dates, such as the Gold Cup week that it hosts in March. ATTRACTIONS Cheltenham and its surrounding area of the Cotswolds offer various attractions, including historic churches, cathedrals and castles, museums and art galleries and anmal and nature reserves.

HERITAGE, HISTORY & PREHISTORIC SITES

• Snowshill Manor

 • Wishing Fish Clock (Regent Arcade)

• Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

• Pittville Pump Room • Chedworth Roman Villa

 • Sudeley Castle • Historic Gloucester Docks

• Cheltenham Town Hall

• Hailes Abbey

• Neptune Fountain

 • Windmill Tump

• Three Shires Stones

 • Belas Knap

 • Berkeley Castle

 • St Briavels Castle

 MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES

• Holst birthplace museum

• National Waterways museum

 • Mill Cottage, Northleach

 • The Model Village, Bourton on the Water

 • Cotswold Motoring Museum

• Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum

• Cheltenham Art Gallery and museum

• Shambles museum Ltd

 • City museum, Gloucester

 • Folk museum • Martins gallery

 • Pittville Studio gallery

 TOURS AND WALKS

 • Guided coach tours

• Walking Tours

 • Touring round

 • Walking the Cotswold Way

 • Walking on Leckhampton Hill

 CHURCHES, CATHEDRALS AND BUILDINGS

• St Mary's church

 • Cambray Baptist church

 • Church of St Gregory the Great

 • Hailes Abbey

 • Tewkesbury Abbey

 • Gloucester Cathedral

 • Prinknash Abbey

 • John Dower House

NATURE AND WILDLIFE

• Montpellier gardens

 • Imperial gardens

 • Winston Churchill gardens

 • Pittville Park

 • Cotswold Wildlife Park & gardens

 • Cleeve Hill

 • Cotswold Country Park

 • St Augustine's farm

 • Painswick Rococo garden

 • Slimbridge Wetlands Centre

 • Birldand Park & Gardens, Bourton on the Water

THEATRES

• the Everyman theatre

 • Cheltenham Playnouse theatre

 • the Bacon theatre

 • the Bingham Hall

• the Cotswold Playhouse

 • Gloucester Guildhall

• Cineworld SPA AND BEAUTY

 • Chapel Spa

 • Eden Health & Beauty Spa

 • Avalon Beauty Centre

 • a la Natura

 • Barcelo

 • All Your Life

 • Cowley Manor Hotel

 • Gyms

• Leisure at Cheltenham

 SHOPPING

• Regent Arcade

 • Beechwood Arcade

 • The Brewery

 • The Courtyard

 • Montpellier and Suffolk shops

 • Promenade shops

 • High Street

 • Kingsditch Retail Park

 • Gallagher Retail Park

 • the Quays, Gloucester

 SPORTS AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES

 • Shipton Golf Course

 • Cleeve Hill Golf Club

 • Go Ape !

 • Horse Riding

 • Clearwell caves & Ancient Iron Mines

 • Cotswold Quad bikes & Paintballing

• Tree Top Adventure

 • JDR Indoor karting

 • Indoor climbing

 • Cattle Country

• Dick Whittington Family Leisure Park

• Taurus Craft centre

 • Ballyhoo

 • Gloucester Ski and Snowboard Centre

 • Tenpin bowling

 • Cotswold Country Cycles