Cathedral or churchGloucester Cathedral
Former St Peter's Abbey, founded around 679; burial place of King Edward II, seen in scenes from the Harry Potter films.
- Gloucester city centre and docks, Gloucester
13 places from our Gloucester guide, from Gloucester city centre and docks. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.
Attractions
13 places
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Cathedral or churchFormer St Peter's Abbey, founded around 679; burial place of King Edward II, seen in scenes from the Harry Potter films.
Park or natureUrban park south of the centre; Wikipedia notes a spa was built here after a chalybeate spring was found in 1814.
Other sightOutlet shopping centre beside the historic docks, in the area formerly known as High Orchard.
Other sightEnglish Heritage ruins of a friary church founded about 1231 and rebuilt around 1518 by the Berkeley family.
Other sightGrade I listed remains of a house of Augustinian canons founded in 1136 by Miles de Gloucester, south-west of the docks.
MuseumThe city's main museum, on Brunswick Road, reopened in 2011 after renovation.
MuseumCanal & River Trust museum in a Victorian warehouse at Gloucester Docks, on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
MuseumMuseum of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, including the Glosters in Korea.
Cathedral or churchGrade I listed church first recorded in 1140, next to the Greyfriars ruins.
Cathedral or churchGrade I listed church just outside the cathedral grounds, thought by some to stand on the site of a very early Christian church.
Other sight
Cathedral or churchGrade I listed church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust; its truncated spire is a city-centre landmark.
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More about Gloucester: the Gloucester guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.
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