Chavenage House is reputedly Gloucestershire's second most haunted house. Built in Elizabethan times upon earlier monastic foundations, the mellow grey Cotswold stone walls of Chavenage have seen Civil War drama but now you can escape into the peaceful surroundings of a Cotswold manor, virtually unchanged for 400 years.

Berkeley Castle, built in 1117, has been home to 24 generations of the famous Berkeley family. This is a place of scandal and intrigue and provided the backdrop for the signing of the Magna Carta and Edward II's brutal murder in 1327. Besieged by Cromwell's troops in 1645, this Castle played an important part in the story of the Civil War.

Newark Park was built as a hunting lodge and was completed around 1550. In the 18th century the architect James Wyatt made it into a four square house. The house sits in 700 acres of unspoiled countryside with far-reaching views to the southwest.

Westbury Court Garden is a beautiful, and rare, garden that was originally laid out between 1696-1705, and is the only restored Dutch water garden in the country. In fact it was the National Trust's first garden restoration, being undertaken in 1971, and is planted with species dating from before 1700. It is reputedly home to England's oldest evergreen oak.

Owlpen Manor is an impressive historic manor house (1450-1616) in a wooded valley, has a magnificent Tudor Great Hall, a Jacobean solar wing, a fine Cotswold Arts and Craft collection, and unique painted cloth wall-hangings in a room haunted by Queen Margaret of Anjou (who visited in 1471). The 16th Century formal terraced garden has fine yew topiary and box parterres. 15th Century barn now a licensed restaurant serving lunches and traditional cream teas.

Woodchester Mansion is an architectural masterpiece of the Victorian age abandoned by its builders before it could be completed. It has been virtually untouched by time since the mid-1870s, and today offers a unique opportunity to tour and explore a Gothic building in mid-assembly. The Mansion is hidden in a secluded 400-acre landscape park of great beauty, sheltering an abundance of wildlife and rare-breed grazing stock. Enchanting woodland walks snake around its five man-made lakes.

Gloucester Cathedral is widely acknowledged as the one of the finest examples of the English perpendicular. The Cathedral is also famous as the burial place of King Edward II, following his murder at Berkeley Castle. Later hailed as a martyr, the King’s tomb became a focal point of pilgrimage for many, and the cathedral benefited from Kind Edward III’s gifts to glorify his father’s resting place. It is also worth visiting for some of the most beautiful fan vaulting in England, and a glorious window, the largest stretch of Mediaeval stained glass in the world and a wonder of its time.

Painswick Rococo Garden is an impressive garden restoration in a hidden hollow - is the only complete survivor of the 1720-60 experimentation period. The garden was recorded in a remarkable painting of 1748 by Thomas Robins, who painted a series of gardens of the period. He portrayed it as a place of formality with long vistas and geometric shapes, yet also the informality of winding paths, different architectural styles and asymmetry. Restoration of the garden has taken place, painstakingly, over many years, using the painting as a "blue print".

Westonbirt - The National Arboretum near Tetbury, with its 600 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds, is home to some of the world's tallest, oldest and rarest trees. Now managed by the Forestry Commission, Westonbirt is beautiful at any time of year. It has 17 miles of paths along which to stroll and it is famous for its autumn colour spectacular, when trees turn a brilliant red, orange or gold. Westonbirt is also well-known for its spring displays of rhododendrons and wild floral carpets.

Spetchley Park and Gardens - Just three miles east of the beautiful cathedral city of Worcester and surrounded by glorious countryside, lies one of Britain’s best kept secrets. Virtually hidden from the road, and largely unaltered in the last century, this lovely 30 acre Victorian paradise, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. R.J.G. Berkeley, has been lovingly created by successive generations of the Berkeley family, and boasts an enviable collection of plant treasures from every corner of the globe.

The Jenner Museum - Dr. Edward Jenner, famed worldwide for having carried out the first vaccination and starting the process which, in succeeding generations led to the worldwide programme carried out under the guidance of the World Health Organisation for the eventual eradication in 1980 of smallpox.

Acton Court is believed to be the most ‘original‘ Tudor house in Britain. In order to maintain the integrity of the building, as far as possible, it has been left in its original state. The empty house has a mysterious beauty that English Heritage have tried to preserve.