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Kathedrale
Gloucester Cathedral
Former St Peter's Abbey, founded around 679; burial place of King Edward II, seen in scenes from the Harry Potter films.
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Gloucester city centre and docks: things to do
Places worth your time in Gloucester city centre and docks
Top-Adressen
Things to do in Gloucester city centre and docks
Wahrzeichen, Museen, Parks und Aussichtspunkte in der Gegend und ihrer Umgebung.
Museum
National Waterways Museum Gloucester
Canal & River Trust museum in a Victorian warehouse at Gloucester Docks, on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
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Museum
Museum of Gloucester
The city's main museum, on Brunswick Road, reopened in 2011 after renovation.
Historic ruin
Greyfriars
English Heritage ruins of a friary church founded about 1231 and rebuilt around 1518 by the Berkeley family.
Historic ruin
St Oswald's Priory
Grade I listed ruins of a priory founded in the 880s or 890s by Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great.
Kirche
St Mary de Crypt Church
Grade I listed church first recorded in 1140, next to the Greyfriars ruins.
Kirche
St Nicholas' Church
Grade I listed church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust; its truncated spire is a city-centre landmark.
Kirche
St Mary de Lode Church
Grade I listed church just outside the cathedral grounds, thought by some to stand on the site of a very early Christian church.
Wahrzeichen
St Michael's Tower
Tower built in 1465 at The Cross, where the four main streets meet at the highest point of the city.
Museum
Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum
Museum of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, including the Glosters in Korea.
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Shopping and waterfront
Gloucester Quays
Outlet shopping centre beside the historic docks, in the area formerly known as High Orchard.
Park
Gloucester Park
Urban park south of the centre; Wikipedia notes a spa was built here after a chalybeate spring was found in 1814.
Historic ruin
Llanthony Secunda Priory
Grade I listed remains of a house of Augustinian canons founded in 1136 by Miles de Gloucester, south-west of the docks.
Fotonachweise
- Gloucester city centre and docks (area photo): Jongleur100, Public domain, source
- Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- National Waterways Museum Gloucester: Jongleur100, Public domain, source
- Museum of Gloucester: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Greyfriars: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Oswald's Priory: Philafrenzy, CC0, source
- St Mary de Crypt Church: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Nicholas' Church: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Mary de Lode Church: Philafrenzy, CC0, source
- St Michael's Tower: Philafrenzy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gloucester Quays: Jongleur100, Public domain, source
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