Attractions in 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.

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Attractions

Attractions in Gloucester

13 places

Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester city centre and docksCathedral or church
Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral

Former St Peter's Abbey, founded around 679; burial place of King Edward II, seen in scenes from the Harry Potter films.

Indoor
  • Gloucester city centre and docks, Gloucester
Gloucester Park, Gloucester city centre and docksPark or nature
Park

Gloucester Park

Urban park south of the centre; Wikipedia notes a spa was built here after a chalybeate spring was found in 1814.

Outdoor
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Gloucester Quays, Gloucester city centre and docksOther sight
Shopping and waterfront

Gloucester Quays

Outlet shopping centre beside the historic docks, in the area formerly known as High Orchard.

  • Gloucester city centre and docks, Gloucester
Greyfriars, Gloucester city centre and docksOther sight
Historic ruin

Greyfriars

English Heritage ruins of a friary church founded about 1231 and rebuilt around 1518 by the Berkeley family.

  • Gloucester city centre and docks, Gloucester
Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucester city centre and docksOther sight
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.

  • Gloucester city centre and docks, Gloucester
Museum of Gloucester, Gloucester city centre and docksMuseum
Museum

Museum of Gloucester

The city's main museum, on Brunswick Road, reopened in 2011 after renovation.

Indoor
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National Waterways Museum Gloucester, Gloucester city centre and docksMuseum
Museum

National Waterways Museum Gloucester

Canal & River Trust museum in a Victorian warehouse at Gloucester Docks, on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.

Indoor
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Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, Gloucester city centre and docksMuseum
Museum

Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum

Museum of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, including the Glosters in Korea.

Indoor
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St Mary de Crypt Church, Gloucester city centre and docksCathedral or church
Church

St Mary de Crypt Church

Grade I listed church first recorded in 1140, next to the Greyfriars ruins.

Indoor
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St Mary de Lode Church, Gloucester city centre and docksCathedral or church
Church

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.

Indoor
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St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester city centre and docksCathedral or church
Church

St Nicholas' Church

Grade I listed church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust; its truncated spire is a city-centre landmark.

Indoor
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By area

Things to do by area in Gloucester

Each link opens the area guide with the full descriptions, photos and directions.

More about Gloucester: the Gloucester guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.

How the flags work

What we show, and what we leave out

Every flag below comes from a source you can open. Where we hold no report, the list says "not stated" or shows nothing: it does not guess. Check the venue before you travel, because prices, hours and booking rules change.

  • Type. Our own grouping of each place's kind in our destination guides (for example museum, castle or garden). It is a filter, not a rating.
  • Entry (free or paid). Shown only where the venue's own website says so in plain words, read on Oct 25, 2026. 0 places here are marked free and 0 paid; the other 13 are not stated. "Free" means general admission: special exhibitions, events and facilities can still be charged. The words we relied on are on the sources page.
  • Booking. We have not yet read a venue page that advises booking for these places, so there is no booking filter. Check each official site.
  • Step-free. Reported status only, from OpenStreetMap contributors or the venue's own access page: 0 places have a step-free or partly step-free report. The step-free filter hides places with no report; that does not mean they are not accessible. Contact the venue.
  • Indoor or outdoor. Our rules for the kind of place (7 indoor, 0 partly covered, 1 outdoor; the rest are not classed). It says nothing about opening hours or shelter on the day.
  • Family-friendly. Places marked family-friendly in our guides (0 so far).
  • Nearest to me. Straight-line distance from the position your device reports when you choose it. The position stays in your browser.
  • Saved on this device. Places you have saved with the heart. They are kept in this browser only, and appear in My trip.

Sources

  1. Our destination guides: the places, descriptions and positions come from their "Things to do" pages, which link each venue's official site.
  2. Venue websites, read on Oct 25, 2026 for free-entry, admission-price and booking wording. Each flag and the words behind it: flag sources.
  3. OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in new tab), for reported step-free tags.
  4. Our free things guide, which lists places whose own websites say entry is free.