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CHELTENHAM
Famous for its racing and nestled between the Cotswold hills, Cheltenham offers a wide range of boutique shopping and dining experiences from its Promenade and Montpellier areas, offering independent retail, Michelin-starred restaurants, five-star hotels, and a range of country clubs such as Ellenborough Park and Cowley Manor.
Whether you are staying local for a spa day, taking the train to London, or flying abroad from Bristol, Cheltenham has a huge amount on offer on your doorstep, while putting the whole world at your feet.
Cheltenham attracts visitors year round with restaurants such as The Ivy in its famous Rotunda building, its 30+ annual festivals including literature, science and jazz, its steam railway, and of course the world famous Cheltenham Racecourse.
OUTDOORS
Surrounded by Cotswold hills, Cheltenham is the perfect base for walking. Whether that's from your front door, via Daisy Bank to the top of Leckhampton Hill and along the renowned Cotswold Way, venturing further across to Cleeve Hill, or further still to the Forest of Dean and Symonds Yat, some of the finest walks in the country await you, all with a good variety of pubs along the popular routes.
SURROUNDING AREA
Among the surrounding quintessential Cotswold villages, Cirencester is steeped in Roman history, while the Lakes at South Cerney offer all manner of water sports, from paddle boarding and sailing to wake boarding; even a rally and 4x4 school. Cheltenham Spa station also provides first-class rail travel to London in under two hours, and Bristol's Cabot Circus or Birmingham's Bull Ring in under an hour.
TRANSPORT LINKS
Bristol and Birmingham airports are just over an hour away, with direct flights from major airlines to popular destinations across Europe and beyond. Cheltenham Spa station also provides first-class rail travel to London in under two hours, and Bristol's Temple Meads or Birmingham New Street in under an hour. The M5 being 15 minutes away and the M4 within an hour, makes for easy car journeys to Scotland or Cornwall, Kent or Wales.
SCHOOLS
Cheltenham is well reputed for hosting some of the best schools in the country, including the recently opened Ofsted 'Outstanding' Leckhampton Senior School (a three-minute drive away) and the Ofsted 'Excellent' Richard Pates School (a six-minute walk). Cheltenham College, Cheltenham Ladies College, Balcarras Academy and Dean Close add to the exceptional state and private options that combine as some of the best schooling available in the UK, from nursery through to sixth form.
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