Family Attractions in Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds
Things to Do: Family Attractions
The Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Housed in the elegant Queen Anne house which was Dr Jenner’s home from 1785 until his death. Displays celebrate the life and work of this world famous C18th doctor who was also a medical scientist, pioneer of smallpox vaccination, naturalist, geologist, balloonist, poet...and more!
Edward Jenner became world famous following his publication in 1798 in which he demonstrated that vaccination with cowpox prevented the deadly smallpox. As use of his treatment spread he found that he had to spend more and more of his time answering correspondence about it. He called himself 'the Vaccine Clerk to the World'. He continued to advise and research on the safest ways to produce and transport his cowpox vaccine.
Dyrham Park, built by William Blathwayt, Secretary of State and War to William III. The house is set in formal parkland, with fallow deer herd and fine views to Wales.
Woodchester Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Woodchester Park is set in a beautiful secluded Cotswold valley
A 400-acre, landscape park with an 18th and 19th century ‘lost garden’ and chain of five lakes, fringed by woodland pasture.
Open all year
Forest of Dean - Coleford Tourist Information Centre, Coleford, Gloucestershire
Explore the beautiful Forest of Dean.
Covering 35 square miles, the forest was formerly a royal hunting forest. It is now a place of few crowds and much peace with the largest area of old oak trees in Britain.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, Toddington, Gloucestershire
Award winning heritage railway with superb Cotswold scenery.
Fun for all the family; the magic of steam, superb Cotswold views, picturesque stations and one of the longest, darkest railway tunnels in England! ‘Flag & Whistle’ tearooms. Free parking.
