CIRENCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - COTSWOLDS

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold District. It is home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well-known for its extensive Roman collection.

Cirencester has an importand tourist trade as well as providing shopping, entertainment, and sports facilities for the inhabitants of the town and the surrounding area.

Cirencester lies on the lower dip-slope of the Cotswold Hills, an outcrop of oolitic limestone. Natural drainage is into the River Churn which flows roughly north to south through the eastern side of the town and joins the Thames near Cricklade a little to the south. The Thames itself rises just a few miles west of Cirencester.

CIRENCESTER HOTELS

Corinium Hotel

12 Gloucester Street, Cirencester, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2DG.
The Corinium Hotel is located in Cirencester, the Capital of the Cotswolds. With a 16th century heart, 15 individual character bedrooms, a town location, garden and car parking.

Fleece Hotel

Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2NZ.
Town-centre.Old beams.Log fires.Stylish restaurant at sensible prices.Courtyard. Carpark.Ideal for Cotswolds.Independent Cirencesters only town centre 3-star hotel. Privately owned. Bedrooms include safes, ironing centers, modem point.

White Lion

8 Gloucester Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2DG.
The White Lion is a family run 17th Century Coaching Inn. We are situated within a 5-minute walk of the centre of the Historic Town of Cirencester.

CIRENCESTER RESTAURANTS

Gianni - 30 Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1QH
Tatyans - 27 Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1QD
The Saqhi Tandoori Restaurant - 36 Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1QH
Tycoon Chinese Restaurant - Clarks Hay, South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5UA
Wimpy Restaurant - Nicholas House, 23 Dyer Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2PP

CIRENCESTER ATTRACTIONS

Corinium Museum - Reopened at the end of 2004 this is a great museum featuring Roman Britain antiquities
Cotswold Water Park (12 km) - Major Water Park giving a wide range of out door activities , including water skiing, canoeing, sailing and cycling

TOWNS NEAR CIRENCESTER

Bourton-on-the-Water, Burford , Cheltenham

TRANSPORT LINKS

Cirencester is the hub of a significant road network with important routes to Gloucester (A417), Cheltenham (A435), Warwick (A429), Oxford (A40 via the B4425), Wantage (A417), Swindon (A419), Chippenham (A429), Bristol and Bath (A433), and Stroud (A419).

These good transport links bring the town passing trade. Although the ring-road and by-pass take traffic away from the town centre, both roads have busy service areas with adequate parking. Access to the railway system is at Kemble railway station on the main line to London (Paddington), about four miles from the town. The nearest airports are at Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham, all more than an hour away by road.

National Express coaches run every 2 hours from London Victoria Coach Station, via the Central Bus Station at Heathrow Airport to Beeches Road Car Park in Cirencester. The journey takes approximately 2 hours.