The Towns Of The Cotswolds
Cirencester
The Town
Cirencester is a busy market town & stands on the site of Corinium Dobunnorum at the crossing
of three major Roman Roads- Ermine Way; The Fosse Way; Akeman Street. Founded in about AD75 & planned
on a grid of straight lines the town has seen many archeological excavations with many of the finds on view
at the Corinium Museum in Park Street.
Time Team, channel fours archeological programme, fronted by Tony
Robinson, came to Cirencester in 1999 when a mosaic pavement was uncovered during the excavations at a house in Chester Street.
Cirencester is locally accepted as the capital of the Cotswolds & centre to the area attracting a mixture of national retail chains & individual shops to the high street. Local industry includes internet equipment suppliers, a manufacturer of human joint replacement parts & the UK headquarters of the Mitsubishi Car Company.
Getting Here
The town is situated midway between the M5 & M4 motorways & just 16 miles from Swindon, 36 miles from Oxford, 19 miles from Gloucester & 96 miles from London. The nearest rail station is at Kemble, 5 miles away, with main line links to London & Birmingham.
Bus services connecting to Cirencester are:
- 51 Swindon-Cheltenham Stagecoach Swindon
- 51A Swindon-Cirencester APL
- 51A Swindon-Cirencester APL
- 852 Gloucester-Cirencester Swanbrook
- 22 Stroud-Cirencester Stagecoach Gloucester
- 22A Stroud-Cirencester Ebley Coaches
- 254 Stroud-Cirencester Ebley Coaches
- 50 Cricklade-Cirencester A D Rains
- 92 Malmesbury-Cirencester Andybus
- 412 London-Gloucester National Express
- 55 Moreton in Marsh-Kemble Beaumont Travel
- A1 Tetbury-Cirencester Alexcars
Parking
There are several car parks with parking charge from 50p for ½ hour to £2.00 for three hours.
Local Amenities
Pubs
- Foresters Arms
- Brewers Arms
- The Oddfellows
- The Black Horse
- Golden Cross Inn
- Royal Oak
- Plough Inn
- Slug & Lettuce
- The Bear Inn
- White Lion
- The Drillmans Arms
- The Marlborough Arms
- The Queens Head
- The Twelve Bells
- The Wheatsheaf Inn
- Woodbine Inn
- Nelson Arms
- Plume of Feathers
- Talbot Inn
- Three Compasses