Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle is one of the most remarkable buildings in Britain and possibly the most outstanding example of Medieval domestic architecture in the country.

Where other Castles were romanticised or "modernised" by the Georgians or the Victorians, Berkeley quietly survived as what it is:

A Norman fortress with an enclosing curtain wall, built and enlarged through the medieval period and beyond into a secure, comfortable, substantial home.
To find out more about Berkeley Castle, you can visit their main website here by clicking the picture of the castle to the left to get more information. It is really worth the visit!

The Jenner Museum

It was from this house in 1796 that Edward Jenner pioneered a vaccination against smallpox and it changed the world.

Visit this world important site. Find out about Dr Jenner's life, his hopes, the setbacks and how he changed the world. Immerse yourself in this beautiful, rural country home and explore where history was made.

Please use the link to the side of the page to visit The Jenner Museum website.

The Cotswolds

Popular with both the English themselves and visitors from all over the world,the Cotswolds are well-known for gentle hillsides ('wolds'), sleepy villages and for being so 'typically English'.

There are famous cities such as Bath, well-known beautiful towns like Cheltenham and hundreds of delightful villages such as Burford and Castle Combe. Above all, the local honey-coloured limestone, used for everything from the stone floors in the houses to the tiles on the roof, has ensured that the area has a magical uniformity of architecture.

You will see 'Drystone walls' everywhere in the fields. Many were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, a matter of considerable skill as there is no cement to hold the walls together. They represent an important historical landscape and a major conservation feature - and are of course still used by farmers to enclose sheep and cattle.

A link for The Cotswolds is also available to the side of this page.