Self-guided walks
Each taking about an hour, these walks use the PocketSights app which you can download onto your smartphone. You can then take the tour at any time, at your own pace, and find other self-guided tours of Cheltenham and beyond.
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Historic Public Gardens of Cheltenham
This walk explores the historic public gardens of Cheltenham which are a legacy of the town’s popularity as a fashionable Georgian spa. A key part of the 19th-century spa experience was to be seen “promenading” and the central gardens were built in close proximity to the newly developed spas to facilitate this.
This walk is provided by Cheltenham Local History Society and was created by Jill Waller and Andrea Creedon. It is best viewed on the mobile App PocketSights.
The Upper Bath Road – 200 Years of Trading History
This walk explores the Upper Bath Road, the main southern urban business district of Regency and Victorian Cheltenham. Here the rapidly developing town overtook earlier industrial enterprise to the south, also absorbing the fields, streams and country byways.
This walk was created by Stuart Manton and Andrea Creedon. It is best viewed on the mobile App PocketSights.
A Walk on the South Side – from Cheltenham to The Suffolks
This walk explores The Suffolks, one of the early southern suburbs of Regency Cheltenham. Built around a handsome square, the area takes its name from the Earl of Suffolk, who owned much of the land until the 1820s.
This walk was created by Stuart Manton and Andrea Creedon. It is best viewed on the mobile App PocketSights.
