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About Hawkesbury Upton

A picturesque village in South Gloucestershire, along the Cotswold Way. The Somerset Monument on the Cotswold Edge nearby, was designed by Lewis Vulliamy, and was constructed in 1846 as a memorial to Lord Edward Somerset who led the British cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo.

The village contains two pubs - The Beaufort Arms and The Fox Inn, a small school, a shop, village hall, cricket club, and a post office.

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Castle Combe (203 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction SE of Hawkesbury Upton)

Tucked away in the Cotswolds, Castle Combe is a quintessential English village with honey-colored stone houses, a medieval market cross, and a peaceful ambiance. It's an idyllic destination for a relaxing countryside getaway...

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Malmesbury (158 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction E of Hawkesbury Upton)

The town stakes its claim to be the oldest borough in England on the fact that it was granted a charter in the year 924 by King Edward..

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Berkeley (29 Pictures) in the county of Gloucestershire

(9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction NW of Hawkesbury Upton)

The town is mostly Georgian, with the most dominant feature being its centuries old castle, surrounded by buttressed walls which are 14 ft-thick in parts...

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Slimbridge (20 Pictures) in the county of Gloucestershire

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction N of Hawkesbury Upton)

A visit to Slimbridge in the county of Gloucestershire not only offers the opportunity to explore a wealth of wildlife habitation, but the chance to savour some of the loveliest scenery in the Shire...

Park Street and the Wills Tower

Bristol (311 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Somerset

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction SW of Hawkesbury Upton)

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Newark Park Historic House & Garden

Newark Park (2 Pictures)

(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction N)

Former Tudor hunting lodge later converted to fashionable home...

Westonbirt Arboretum. Winter Jan 2005

Westonbirt Arboretum (82 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction E)

A magnificent arboretum which is a joy to visit at any time of year. It is run by the Forestry Commission and has a dazzling.....

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Dyrham Park (8 Pictures)

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction S)

This engaging house sits serenely in a beautiful wooded Gloucestershire valley, surrounded by an old deer park. It is built of.....

Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle (30 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction NW)

This wonderful historic castle standing a short distance inland from the River Severn estuary has long been associated with the.....

Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury Abbey (11 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction E)

Malmesbury Abbey is built on the site of a former Saxon monastery of AD700, by the 12th-century it was an important Benedictine.....

Abbey House Gardens

Abbey House Gardens (26 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.4 km, direction E)

William Stumpe, the wealthy merchant responsible for giving Malmesbury Abbey back to the town following the Dissolution was also.....

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Beckford's Tower & Museum (3 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction S)

Designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge in 1825 for William Beckford, one of the nation's most accomplished and interesting characters.....


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