Pictures of England

Search:

Historic Towns & Picturesque Villages

Recommended Towns & Villages near Compton Abdale

St.Andrews, Chedworth, Gloucs.

Chedworth (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction S)

....

Northleach Town

Northleach (29 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (3.3 miles, 5.4 km, direction SE)

The town is utterly beguiling, it has many beautiful old timber frame cottages and some handsome houses of mellow cotswold stone...

North Cerney Church

North Cerney (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction SW)

..

The River Windrush at Boughton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire

Bourton on the Water (205 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction E)

Bourton on the Water is a beautiful Cotswold village often referred to as ‘The Venice of the Cotswolds’ or ‘Little Venice’ as it center’s around the river Windrush, a.....

The Old School, Upper Slaughter

Upper Slaughter (42 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction NE)

Tranquillity is the keynote for this enchanting hamlet which is best explored on foot...

Arlington Row

Bibury (132 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction SE)

William Morris, the 19th-century artist and poet thought Bibury to be the most beautiful village in England...

Lower Slaughter, in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds

Lower Slaughter (114 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction NE)

Lower Slaughter is one of the Cotswold's most idyllic villages where you should abandon your car and roam around on foot...

Cheltenham

Cheltenham (152 Pictures)

in the county of Gloucestershire (7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction NW)

Cheltenham, the very mention of this grand old town conjurs up not only images of gracious georgian houses but also of superb thoroughbred horses thundering round the town's.....

Gloucester Street, Winchcombe

Winchcombe (79 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction N)

To experience the quintessentially English town of Winchcome, is to part-take of a miscellany of pure delights...

Sea of fog from Cleeve hill nr Cheltenham with the Malvern Hills in the distance.

Cleeve Hill (11 Pictures)

in the county of Gloucestershire (7.9 miles, 12.8 km, direction NW)

Otherwise known as the Cleeve Cloud, Cleeve Hill is the highest point of the Cotswolds rising to a height of 1083 ft. Spread out below is the town of Cheltenham and its famous Prestbury racecourse, home of the Cheltenham Gold Cup meeting...

Duntisbourne Leer

Duntisbourne Leer (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction SW)

....

The Five Mile Inn, Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire. Wonderful food, service and atmosphere.

Duntisbourne Abbots (9 Pictures)

in the county of Gloucestershire (8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction SW)

..

Church at Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire

Wyck Rissington (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction E)

..

Birdlip, Gloucestershire.  From the hill

Birdlip (3 Pictures)

in the county of Gloucestershire (8.6 miles, 13.9 km, direction W)

The winding drive up the steeply rising hill to the ancient village of Birdlip provides magnificent views all around..

Peace & Calm

Coln St Aldwyns (4 Pictures)

in the county of Gloucestershire (8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction SE)

This village in the fertile Coln Valley has the prestige of being one of the 10 most desirable villages in England...

The unspoilt village of Great Barrington, Gloucestershire.

Great Barrington (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction E)

Great Barrington occupies a lovely position in the magnificent valley of the River Windrush. It is a quiet, tranquil spot, sprinkled with picturesque Cotswold cottages...

Haymaking

Cirencester (85 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction S)

Originally known in Roman times as Corinium Dobunorum, the town of Cirencester in those far off day's was the second largest town in England...

Stow in the Wold

Stow on the Wold (105 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction NE)

"Stow on the Wold, where the wind blows cold"..

Snowshill

Snowshill (110 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire (10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction N)

For anyone looking for a peaceful retreat in which to spend a few idyllic days in glorious countryside, could do no better that visit the picturesque village of Snowshill, high on the Cotswold escarpment above Broadway and the old town of Evesham...

Fairford

Fairford (57 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire (11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction SE)

Fairford was granted a market charter in the year 1135 but it is believed that village has its origins way back in the Bronze Age. Its beautiful church is world famous for having the most complete set of Medieval stained glass windows of any parish church in the United Kingdom..

Recommended attractions near Compton Abdale

Chedworth Roman Villa

Chedworth Roman Villa (29 Pictures)

(2.0 miles, 3.2 km, direction S)

..

Penguin at Birdland, Bourton on the Water

Birdland (5 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction E)

..

A picture of Bourton on the Water Model Village

Bourton on the Water Model Village (17 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction E)

Bourton on the Water has a replica of itself built in traditional local cotswold stone. The Model Village is built to one-ninth.....

Sudeley Castle from Humble Bee cottage. Winchcombe, Gloucestershire

Sudeley Castle (75 Pictures)

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction N)

The pretty village of Winchcome has been blessed with the stunning buildings and gardens of Sudeley Castle since the time of the.....

A picture of Holst Birthplace Museum

Holst Birthplace Museum (5 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction NW)

..

Pittville Pump Rooms, Cheltenham, Glos

Pittville Pump Room (2 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction NW)

Pittville Pump Room is just one of the many rare gems left over from Cheltenham's hey-day - its Regency period. It was built for.....

Hailes Abbey

Hailes Abbey (37 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction N)

Hailes Abbey occupies a lovely site and as you look at the remains of the dramatic cloister arches you get some idea of just how.....

A picture of Parish Church of St Edward

Parish Church of St Edward (9 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction NE)

This beautiful church was built somewhere between the 11th and 15th century. The tower is 88ft high and was completed in 1447. It.....

In an English Country Garden.

Snowshill Manor (72 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction N)

The romantic atmosphere of Snowshill Manor is made more vibrant by stories of ghostly happenings deep in the past. Given that a.....

A picture of Tolsey Museum

Tolsey Museum (1 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction E)

The Tolsey Museum can be found in the center of town at the ancient Burford crossroads, the main center of Burfords old market.....

Burford Church, Burford, Oxfordshire

Burford Church (24 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.4 km, direction E)

Burford Parish Church is one the most beautiful and interesting churches in England. The building of the present church began in.....

Park gateway

Cotswold Wildlife Park (9 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction SE)

..

Broadway Tower, Broadway, Worcestershire

Broadway Tower and Animal Park (40 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.0 km, direction N)

..

Batsford House & Arboretum, Batsford Park, Gloucestershire

Batsford Park Arboretum (9 Pictures)

(12.8 miles, 20.5 km, direction NE)

..

Painswick Rococo Gardens, Painswick, Gloucestershire

Painswick Rococo Gardens (34 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction W)

Painswick is a beautiful Cotswold village of mellow golden stone. It is renowned not simply for its Cotswold beauty, but also.....

Chastleton House, Oxfordshire. From the East

Chastleton House (7 Pictures)

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction NE)

One of England's finest Jacobean manor houses, occupied by the same family from its construction in 1607 until 1991 when it.....

Tewkesbury Abbey

Tewkesbury Abbey (89 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction NW)

Standing taller than any other building in tewkesbury, is the fantastic tewkesbury abbey. It is over 500 years old and has the.....

The Lady Chapel

Gloucester Cathedral (203 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction W)

One of the finest cathedrals in England and rated as one of the most beautiful in the world, Gloucester Cathedral is a.....

A picture of Old Baptist chapel

Old Baptist chapel (4 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.4 km, direction NW)

The Old Baptist chapel and Burial ground- A 15th century building opposite the abbey that was used for worship around the time.....

Narrow boats moored up at Gloucester docks.

Gloucester Docks (72 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction W)

Today Gloucester Docks bristles with excitement for everyone, for this is a lavish landscape where care has been taken to.....


All attractions in Compton Abdale
All attractions in Gloucestershire