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Your Day in Cheltenham
take time to enjoy Cheltenham’s own attractions during your stay
Learn more about the history of the town with a visit to Whatever the weather, take time to exercise in the newly
Cheltenham’s Art Gallery and Museum in Clarence Street. refurbished leisure@cheltenham. On hot summer days, enjoy
See the outstanding Arts and Crafts Movement collection. outdoor bathing at Sandford Parks Lido, a great favourite for
A programme of special exhibitions changes regularly families. For a more leisurely experience, step back in time
throughout the year. The Holst Birthplace Museum in Clarence and visit the Pittville Pump Room, where you can taste the
Road offers visitors the opportunity to learn about the great spa waters. If steam railways are your thing, visit Cheltenham
composer of The Planets and experience the upstairs- Racecourse station and take a ride on the GWR – the
downstairs way of life in Victorian and Edwardian times. Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Clarence Street, Cheltenham GL50 3JT T (01242) 237431 F (01242) 262334 Email ArtGallery@cheltenham.gov.uk
Websites www.cheltenham.artgallery.museum and www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk
Cheltenham’s Arts and Crafts Movement gallery of furniture, textiles, ceramics, carvings, silver and jewellery is recognised
as an outstanding collection of international importance. Cheltenham’s history is also well represented and in addition
there are paintings spanning four centuries, Oriental and African collections, archaeology displays featuring
local ‘finds’, as well as a programme of special exhibitions changing regularly throughout the year.
Café • Gallery shop
Open: All year. Daily. 10am–5pm (April–Oct). 10am–4pm (Nov–Mar). First Thursday of each month open from 11am.
Third Thursday of each month open until 8pm. Closed Bank Holidays. Prices: Free admission. Donations welcome.
Disabled Facilities: Free use of wheelchair. Access via lift to all floors.
Induction loop and speech reinforcement system in Meeting Room.
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Call for more information on 01242 522878
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