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Battle of Tewkesbury

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The Battle of Tewkesbury was fought here in 1471. The site is one of three registered battlefields in Gloucestershire, of 47 in England. The registered area covers 1.5 km². Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station is 3.9 km away to the north-east.

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More places to visit near Battle of Tewkesbury

Photo along the Severn Way, a 210-mile long-distance path running from Plynlimon to Bristol, England and Wales.

Severn Way

Long-distance path

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

0.6 km NW · spans 5 counties

Photo of Tewkesbury, a village in Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Tewkesbury

Village

Timber-framed medieval town at the meeting of Severn and Avon, dominated by its great Norman abbey.

0.7 km N · Gloucestershire

Photo of Tewkesbury Abbey, a church in Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Tewkesbury Abbey

Church near Tewkesbury

Great Norman abbey church saved by the town at the Dissolution, with a massive tower and medieval tombs.

0.8 km N

Photo of Odda's Chapel, a chapel near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Odda's Chapel

Chapel near Tewkesbury

One of England's most complete Saxon chapels, built in 1056 and rediscovered inside a farmhouse at Deerhurst.

2.9 km SW

Photo of the Cotswolds, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cotswolds

National Landscape near Cirencester

Honey-coloured limestone villages scattered across rolling sheep country, and paths enough to link them all up

6.2 km E

Photo of Pittville Pump Room, a landmark near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Pittville Pump Room

Landmark near Cheltenham

Grandest of Cheltenham's Regency spa buildings, a colonnaded pump room set in its own park.

10.1 km SE