Cheltenham (Gloucestershire (UK)) — Travel Guide

Cheltenham (Gloucestershire, South West England)

Cheltenham (Gloucestershire (UK)) — Gloucestershire, South West England · Population: 118,836 · 60 m.

Accès & Transports

Birmingham (BHX) / Bristol (BRS) · Cheltenham Spa & Moreton-in-Marsh (Cotswold Line). £35 Railcard & Contactless transit.

Top Sights & Landmarks

• Cheltenham Historic High Street & Market Cross
• Cheltenham Parish Church & Heritage Quarter
• Gloucestershire Scenic Footpaths & National Trust Surrounds

Local Food & British Pub Specialties

Dining in Cheltenham reflects the culinary heritage of South West England, combining historic coaching-inn gastropubs, afternoon tearooms, farm-shop cheeses, and regional specialties.

• Devon & Cornish Cream Tea (Scones, Clotted Cream & Jam) — Warm buttermilk scones split and topped with golden crusted West Country clotted cream and strawberry preserve — cream first in Devon, jam first in Cornwall (£7.50–£12).
• Traditional PGI Cornish Pasty — D-shaped crimped pastry filled with skirt beef, sliced potato, swede (turnip), and onion seasoned with cracked black pepper (£5.50–£8.50).
• Brixham & Padstow Day-Boat Crab & Line-Caught Turbot — Freshly landed Atlantic crab, Porthilly mussels, and Newlyn turbot served across harbourside bistros in Cornwall and Devon.

Explore the high street and market square of Cheltenham alongside regional culinary hubs including St Nicholas Market (Bristol), Bath Guildhall Market & Sally Lunn's, Padstow & Brixham Fish Quays, Stow-on-the-Wold & Cirencester Farmers' Markets.