We have a wide choice of well-known shops in the High Street, Regent Arcade and Beechwood Shopping Centre.

The Promenade has many top fashion names as well as quality jewellery, book and gift shops.

Montpellier has smaller, specialist shops including designer boutiques, lingerie and antique jewellery. This combined with a choice of pavement cafes and wine bars, makes Montpellier one of our favourite haunts.

The Suffolks is well known for its antique shops. It also has a growing number of individual shops including arts and crafts, clothes and accessories. There are also a range of coffee shops, wine bars and restaurants.

The Brewery in St Margaret's Road is the latest development in Cheltenham and was opened in 2006. For more information: www.thebrewerycheltenham.co.uk.

For guests with limited mobility, Shopmobility can be found in the Beechwood Shopping Centre, Car Park level 1A. Here you can hire, free of charge, scooters and powered or manual wheelchairs and park for free whilst using their equipment.
Tel: 01242 255333. Open Mon-Sat, 9.30-16.30.

Holst Birthplace Museum, 4 Clarence Road is the birthplace of Gustav Holst, composer of the Planets. www.holstmuseum.org.uk

Pittville Pump Room in Pittville Park is the source of Cheltenham's Spa Water and has a wide range of entertainments from classical concerts and dancing to cultural and family events. Tel. (01242) 523852

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway has stations at Toddington, Winchcome and Cheltenham Racecourse. A 'D' bus to Cheltenham Racecourse may be caught in Shelburn Road, just across the road from Bridge House B&B. www.gwr.com

Cheltenham Town Hall set within the gardens of Imperial Square stages concerts including classical and contemporary music, plus comedy, dance, exhibitions, antiques, crafts and collectors' fairs. It is one of the major venues for Cheltenham festivals. www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk

Bacon Theatre is the youngest theatre, opened in 1991 and situated in Dean Close School, about ¾ mile from Bridge House B&B. It offers professional Touring Theatre, Jazz, Rock and Celebrity Speakers.

Also, within the grounds of Dean Close School, there is the Tuckwell Amphitheatre, a Greek style Open- Air Theatre that has Theatre Festivals during July and August.
Box Office: 01242 258002
www.bacontheatre.co.uk

The Playhouse 'Cheltenham's own intimate Theatre' The Playhouse is in Bath Road and allows talented amateurs, from all works of life, to work together. We have enjoyed some brilliant performances in this friendly, cosy theatre.
Box Office: 01242 522852
www.playhousecheltenham.org

Cinema
Cineworld cinema was opened in 2006 in The Brewery, St Margaret's Road and features eleven screens
Box Office: 0871 220 8000
www.cineworld.co.uk

Historic Towns & Villages
Bibury
Broadway
Winchcombe
Stratford on Avon
Bath
Stow-on-the-Wold
Bourton-on- the-Water
Oxford
Cirencester
Gloucester
Tewkesbury
Forest of Dean
Painswick

Local Gardens
Westonbirt Arboretum - Over 18,000 trees from all over the world set in 600 acres.
Abbey House Gardens - 30,000 tulips and 2,000 different roses.
Painswick Rococo Garden www.rococogarden.org.uk - 'A magical Garden at any time of the year'.

Local Historic Houses
Berkley Castle www.berkley-castle.com - Prison to Edward ll
Chavenage House - An Elizabethan house.
Owlpen Manor - A Tudor Manor house
Sudeley Castle (8 miles)

Wildlife
Slimbridge Wildlife and Wetlands Centre

Major Cities
Bristol (50 mins)
Birmingham (1 hour)
London (1.5 hours)
Cardiff (1.5 hours)
South Coast (2 hours)

Major Airports
Birmingham International
Bristol
London Heathrow
Cardiff