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a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire

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About Nailsworth

Nailsworth is a handsome town that has a history stretching back to beyond Roman times. The town played an important role in the great day's of the woollen industry and wool was largely responsible for the growth and development of Nailsworth.

As with many other Cotswold towns and villages, during the 15th-century, wool merchants descended on the town. They built fine homes for themselves and their families and they filled the fields surrounding the town with grazing sheep. The thick fleeces provided fine wool from which excellent profit was gained. The wealthy merchants gave generously to the town and the church and it for this reason that we see in the Cotswolds the finest 'wool' churches in the country.

Nailsworth has it's share of glorious mellow honey coloured stone houses and cottages, with luxuriant foliage creeping over walls and doorways. Black and white timber-frame cottages are interspersed in the leafy lanes surrounding the town, which lies in a thickly wooded valley. These pretty cottages, have neat gardens and roses ramble wildly amidst hedges and over doors - reaching skywards to thickly thatched roofs. It is a very English scene of sheer enchantment and beauty.

The town itself continued to prosper throughout the centuries and today we see a lively, prospering place that gives visitors a warm welcome. There is much of interest to be seen in the town and surrounding countryside, and worth noting are the many fine walks in the area, inparticular the 105 miles of the great Cotswold way which passes through the town. But a short distance away is Badmington and Gatcombe Park both renowned for their horse trials and of course Gatcombe, is the home of Princess Anne. The home of Prince Charles, Highgrove, is also just a short distance away.

There is a good variety of shops in the area which include specialist antique and crafts shops. There are several excellent reastaurants and interesting historic inns and good public houses and places of interest include; Woodchester Mansion - an unfinished Gothic mansion, carefully preserved in unfinished state and set in magnificent parkland. Selsley Herb and Goat Farm, Owlpen Manor - A magnificent Tudor manor house, complete with barn, mill and church. The 16th-century Frocester Tithe Barn, gate and courthouses. All these properties are within close proximity and are well worth a visit.

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Recommended attractions near Nailsworth

Westonbirt Arboretum	(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction S)	Pictures
Painswick Rococo Gardens	(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction N)	Pictures
Frampton Manor	(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Frampton Court	(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust	(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Abbey House Gardens	(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Malmesbury Abbey	(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Robinswood Hill Country Park	(9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction N)	Pictures
Berkeley Castle	(10.2 miles, 16.5 km, direction W)	Pictures
Gloucester Docks	(11.8 miles, 19.1 km, direction N)	Pictures
Crickley Hill Country Park	(12.0 miles, 19.2 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Westbury Court Garden	(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Gloucester Cathedral	(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction N)	Pictures
Littledean Hall	(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Castle Combe Motor Racing Circuit	(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction S)	Pictures

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Recommended towns near Nailsworth

Eastcombe in the county of Gloucestershire (3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction NE)
Eastcombe is a beautiful hilltop village nestling in the heart of the Cotswolds.
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Bisley in the county of Gloucestershire (5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction NE)
The village of Bisley is all charm. It has an excellent collection of very fine buildings as well as some interesting local folklore.
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Dursley in the county of Gloucestershire (5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction W)
Dursley is an ancient place, set in lush greenery to the edge of the Cotswolds in the midst of the beautiful Vale of Berkley, close to the River Severn.
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Wotton under Edge in the county of Gloucestershire (6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction SW)
This charming Cotswold village boasts a finely restored 14th-15th century church which retains some good brasses and an old Organ...
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Slimbridge in the county of Gloucestershire (7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction W)
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Crudwell in the county of Wiltshire (7.7 miles, 12.5 km, direction SE)
Visitors will find this a restful place, there is a serene atmosphere, pleasant properties in lovely country lanes, and a nice friendly village inn.
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Frampton on Severn in the county of Gloucestershire (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction NW)
An ancient interesting village with a village green surrounded by beautiful half timbered properties
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Malmesbury in the county of Wiltshire (8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction SE)
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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Duntisbourne Abbots in the county of Gloucestershire (9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction NE)
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Ewen in the county of Gloucestershire (9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction E)
Leafy lanes, tree lined roads and thatched country cottages form the character of this delightful hamlet through which an infant river Thames courses on its way through the lovely Cotswolds.
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Berkeley in the county of Gloucestershire (10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction W)
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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Birdlip in the county of Gloucestershire (10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction NE)
The winding drive up the steeply rising hill to the ancient village of Birdlip provides magnificent views all around
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Cirencester in the county of Gloucestershire (10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction E)
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.
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Sharpness in the county of Gloucestershire (10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction W)
Sharpness is best known for the fascinating waterway of the Gloucester and Sharpness canal, and the Victorian bonding houses built alongside it at Gloucester.
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Gloucester in the county of Gloucestershire (11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction N)
Looking at the lively City we see today, it is hard to believe that Gloucester was once a tiny port on the River Severn.
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Nearby travel help

Stroud Station	(3.4 miles, 5.4 km, direction N)
Stonehouse Station	(4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction NW)
M5 Junction 13	(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction NW)
M5 Junction 12	(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction NW)
Bristol International Airport	(30.4 miles, 48.9 km, direction SW)
Cardiff International Airport	(53.0 miles, 85.3 km, direction W)
Nailsworth to London	(90.9 miles, 146.2 km, direction E)

Hotels & Accommodation in Nailsworth

Hotel Name	Approximate distance from Nailsworth center
Egypt Mill Hotel	(0.3 miles, 0.5 km)
Amberley Inn	(1.2 miles, 1.9 km, direction N)
Burleigh Court Hotel	(1.8 miles, 2.8 km, direction NE)
Hunters Hall Inn	(3.0 miles, 4.8 km, direction SW)
The Imperial Hotel	(3.5 miles, 5.7 km, direction N)
The Priory Inn	(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction SE)
The Ormond At Tetbury	(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction SE)
The Royal Oak Inn, Tetbury	(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction SE)
The Close Hotel	(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction SE)
The Crown Inn	(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction NE)
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