Evesham is a picturesque market town on the River Avon. The Vale of Evesham is well known for its fruit and vegetable growing with asparagus being a speciality. The Bus Station (in the High Street) is just over ¼ mile from the Rail Station.
TI Almonry Heritage Centre. Tel. 01386 446944.
Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership
A 14th century building, once home to the Almoner of the Benedictine Abbey, housing
displays and exhibits showing how Evesham has developed.
Open Mar-Oct, M-S 1000-1700. Nov-Feb, MTThFS 1000-1700.
www.almonryevesham.org
Broadway is a large Cotswolds village with a wide High Street lined with a picturesque mixture of Tudor, Stuart and Georgian buildings.
It is known as the 'Jewel of the Cotswolds'.
The Cotswold Way National Trail passes through Broadway.
Broadway is a good place to stay if you are happy to explore the area by bus or on foot.
Bus R4 from near Rail Station (also from Bus Station) to Broadway High Street, about 20 minutes journey.
M-F about 2-hourly, operated by NN Cresswell.
Buses also operate from Moreton-in-Marsh and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Accommodation in Broadway:
Russell's Lygon Arms Broadway Hotel Crown & Trumpet Inn
A branch of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, this museum has
exhibits with connections to the local landscape and Broadway's history, including paintings, tapestries and
ceramics. Exhibitions programme.
Open MTWThSSu & BH 1000-1630.
www.broadwaymuseum.org.uk
Bus see Broadway above.
The Museum celebrates the life and work of the designer Gordon Russell and his Company.
The museum is housed in the original workshop and its furniture collection covers a range of styles
including Arts and Crafts, Modernism and Utility.
Open TWThFSSu 1000-1600.
www.gordonrussellmuseum.org
Bus see Broadway above.
A 16 mile standard gauge steam and diesel railway from Broadway to Cheltenham Race Course.
Heritage Trail at Toddington. Events programme. Tearooms at Winchcombe and Toddington stations.
Open please see website for operating days and train times.
www.gwsr.com
Bus see Broadway above.
Broadway Tower is a Capability Brown folly on an ancient beacon site.
There are exhibitions on three floors and dramatic views from the roof, on a clear day you can see 16 counties. Restaurant.
Open please see website.
www.broadwaytower.co.uk
Bus see Broadway above then 1½ miles uphill walk along the Cotswold Way.
The map shows a 6½ mile circular walk continuing to the picturesque village of Snowshill and Snowshill Manor
before returning to Broadway. The uphill section to Broadway Tower can be avoided by taking Bus 1 (towards Moreton-in-Marsh)
to Broadway Country Park turning at the top of Fish Hill.
Snowshill Manor contains an eccentric collection of historic and interesting objects collected by the artist and
architect Charles Wade who lived in the adjacent garden cottage (also open). Terraced garden. Café and picnic area.
Open Apr-Oct, Daily 1130-1630, Garden from 1100, admission by timed ticket.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/snowshill-manor
Bus see Broadway above, then 2½ miles walk partly uphill.
The picturesque village of Snowshill is nearby and well worth visiting.
Ruins of a Cistercian abbey founded in 1246. Museum with sculptures, stonework and
other finds from the site. Medieval wall-paintings in the adjacent parish church.
Owned by NT but managed and maintained by EH.
Open Apr-Oct, WThFSSu 1000-1700. See website for Nov-Mar.
www.english-heritage.org.uk |
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hailes-abbey
G-W Railway see above, trains stop by request at Hayles Abbey Halt (note spelling),
½ mile from the Abbey. See the guard in good time (before Toddington) to request a stop. When returning hold your arm out
as the train approaches (like hailing a bus) - avoid waving as this may be mistaken for excitement at seeing a steam train!
Home to the Throckmorton family since 1409, Coughton Court is still very much a family home with an intimate feel.
Discover the history of the Catholic family, including their link to the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
Gardens with riverside walk and roses. Café.
Open Apr-Sep, WThFSSu 1100-1700.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/coughton-court
Bus 247 from Bus Station (just over ¼ mile from Rail Station) to opposite entrance
shortly after Alcester. 55 minutes journey, M-S only, about hourly.
Operated by Diamond Bus.
Buses also operate from Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon.
