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Painswick
The 'Queen of the Cotswolds', a steep wool town whose churchyard holds 99 clipped yew trees and a Rococo garden nearby.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Nailsworth
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Nailsworth
Nailsworth works well as a base: 5 minutes from Brimscombe, 18km from Cotswold Water Park.
Nailsworth is in England, United Kingdom, with about 5,400 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Brimscombe, about 4 km away.
Nailsworth is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England, lying in one of the Stroud Valleys in the Cotswolds, on the A46 road, four miles (six kilometres) south of Stroud and about 25 miles (40 kilometres) northeast of Bristol and Bath. The parish had a population of 5,688 at the 2021Read more
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What is there to see near Nailsworth?
Within an hour or so of Nailsworth: Painswick (10 km), Cotswold Water Park (18 km), Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters (Hogwarts corridors) (19 km), Castle Combe Circuit (22 km).
Are there any good drives near Nailsworth?
The nearest famous roads are A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth), Cheddar Gorge Road (B3135) and Gospel Pass.
Where is Nailsworth?
Nailsworth is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Brimscombe.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,394
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.6938, -2.2199
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Nailsworth
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Cotswold Water Park
A 40-square-mile network of 180 lakes formed by gravel extraction, now used for watersports and wildlife.
18 km · about 20 min drive
film location
Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters (Hogwarts corridors)
The fan-vaulted cloisters played Hogwarts corridors in the first two films - including the wall bearing 'The Chamber of Secrets has been opened'.
19 km · about 20 min drive
racetrack
Castle Combe Circuit
A charming Wiltshire circuit in a picturesque Cotswolds village, one of England's oldest operational racing venues.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Castle Combe
A film-set medieval village of honey cottages with no visible modern intrusions, often called England's prettiest village.
22 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Castle Combe (Doctor Dolittle, War Horse, Stardust)
Often called England's prettiest village; it was the seaside town of Puddleby in the 1967 Doctor Dolittle and appears in War Horse and Stardust.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Arlington Row
A terrace of 17th-century weavers' cottages beside the Coln in Bibury, once a wool store and among the most photographed buildings in England.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Bibury
Charming Cotswolds village famously described by William Morris as the most beautiful village in England, home to the iconic Arlington Row.
28 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Nailsworth
- 30 kmCleeve HillThe highest point of the Cotswolds at 330 m, an open common above Cheltenham with views to the Malverns and Wales.
- 31 kmDevil's PulpitA narrow limestone pinnacle perched above the Wye Valley near Tintern Abbey, offering a dizzying view down through the forest canopy.
- 31 kmA466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth)A wooded riverside road through a designated AONB past Tintern Abbey, gentle and beautiful rather than challenging.
- 33 kmSymonds Yat RockA famous viewpoint 504 feet above the River Wye, where peregrine falcons nest and the river performs a dramatic horseshoe bend.
- 39 kmClifton Suspension BridgeIsambard Kingdom Brunel's iconic 1864 suspension bridge soaring 75m above the Avon Gorge at Bristol, still carrying traffic and glowing with lights after dark.
- 55 kmSkirrid Fawr (Ysgyryd Fawr)A landslipped 486m ridge above Abergavenny whose split profile gave rise to the legend it cracked at the Crucifixion.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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