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The Historic Waterfront City

Here you will find Roman foundations,Victorian Docklands and the magnificent Norman Cathedral rubbing shoulders with a bustling city centre that boasts an incredible range of shops, markets, restaurants, pubs and visitor attractions.

An ideal base to tour the Cotswolds and Forest of Dean, there are plenty of places to stay from country house hotels to cosy Bed and Breakfasts.

There are literary links abound with Beatrix Potter's Tailor of Gloucester and the Cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral which were a location of the Harry Potter movies.

Gloucester International Cajun and Zydeco Festival 2009

Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th January.

The biggest festival of its kind in the UK, the Gloucester International Cajun and Zydeco Festival is a weekend-long party that brings the scene’s best bands and musicians to the city, as well as dance and instrument workshops, jam sessions, Cajun food and an atmosphere that’s become legendary on the international C&Z scene.

Now in its sixteenth year, this three-day celebration delivers an unrivalled mix of music and dance rooted in the traditions of America’s Deep South where people know how to shake off the blues and party to the hot sweet sounds of Cajun and Zydeco Music. Further information and tickets available here.|

New Year New Gloucester

We're looking forward to an exciting new year in Gloucester and we thought we would give you our top ten tips of things to visit in the City.

1. Harry Potter Film Location - Visit Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters and follow in the footsteps of Harry Potter.

2. Cheese Rolling - Each Spring Bank Holiday watch daredevils hurl themselves down a hill to win an 8lb Double Gloucester Cheese.

3. Gloucester Cathedral Tower Tour 

4. The New Inn - Sample 10 different Real Ales at the New Inn - Britain's finest example of a medieval galleried inn to be seen in Britain today.

5. Gloucester Docks -Visit Britain's most inland port, which flourished with trade in Victorian times

6. Gloucester Rugby - Watch Gloucester Rugby in action at the famous Kingsholm Stadium.

7.Double Gloucester Cheese - There is an abundance of great food produced in the county.  Visit the Friday Farmers Market to pick up cheese and more.

8. Ghost Walk - Take a Ghost Walk through one of Britain's Top 10 Creepiest Corners. Find out about the ghostly going-ons at some of Gloucester's spookiest venues.

9. Blackfriars Priory - Visit the best example of a medieval Dominican Priory in Britain.

10. Gloucester Quays - Spring 2009 will see the opening of a stunning new designer outlet centre, the focal point of a fabulous iconic £400 million waterside retail and leisure development close to the historic centre of Gloucester.  For the first time in many years Gloucester Quays will be landing exotic cargoes from around the world, but this time from an abundance of fashion and lifestyle labels.

Top Tourism Staff take Silver

Gloucester staff struck silver in awards to find the top Tourist Information Centre in the south-west.

Shortlisted from a field of 200 entries, in a judging process featuring secret shopping visits and enquiries by telephone and email as well as in person, the city’s Tourist Information Centre was runner up in the competition run by South West Tourism.

The TIC in Southgate Street, which was recently refurbished, was also named as one of the top 40 contributors to the tourism experience in the south west of England.                                                         

Gloucester Tourist Information Centre|

Contact Us:
Gloucester Tourism
Gloucester Tourist Information Centre
28 Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 2DP
Email: tourism@gloucester.gov.uk| Tel: +44 (0)1452 396572
Open: Mondays 10.00 - 17.00
Tuesday to Saturday 9.30 - 17.00
Sundays in July and August 11.00 - 15.00

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