Let’s go climbing and caving – and let’s do it indoors at The Warehouse in Gloucester, with its 150 routes and 4400 square-foot bouldering room. Or how about a little outdoor action at Gloucester Ski and Snowboard Centre, also home to laser tag, tubing and some delicious bar meals in the ski lodge?
Go Ape in the Forest of Dean among England’s largest oak woodland, with newly extended zip wires and the chance to zip around on segways, too. Enjoy nature walks and the south-west’s largest playbarn at Dick Whittington Farm Park. Or do just about anything at the Cotswold Water Park, including wakeboarding and waterskiing.
Head to Gloucester Docks, the UK’s most inland port, for old dock buildings, boat trips, cafes and a great new museum. Discover a mystical lost world at Mr Mulligan’s Cheltenham and play some seriously crazy golf. Or rip up the track at JDR Karting, with a little laser tag on the side.
Meet the nation’s favourite farmer and his furry and feathered friends at Cotswold Farm Park. See the world from the water at SUP (stand-up paddleboarding) Gloucester. Or get interactive with the exhibits and displays at Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum and be led through the history of war from past to present.
Take a trip to the stunning gardens and five towers of Wilton Castle at Ross-on-Wye. Remove some clay from the sky at Chessgrove Shooting. Enjoy music, comedy, theatre and film at Gloucester Guildhall. Or take a ride on Taurus, Charlie or Polo through the Cotswold hills with Greenacres Stables.
Keep the equine theme and book some lessons at Longdole Polo Club. Tee off for a round or two at Rodway Hill Golf Club. Watch top-flight sporting action – and occasional comedy nights – at Gloucester Rugby Club. Or see the arts brought to life at the Market Theatre in Ledbury.
Pop to Gloucester Quays for a stunning waterside location and a thriving leisure quarter that includes great outlet shopping, a multi-screen cinema, and plenty of bars and bites. Chill on a day-spa package at Chapel Spa in Cheltenham. Or let the pampering come to you, with the Glo Pamper mobile massage and beauty therapists.
Head to the home of literature, to Ross Old Books in Ross-on-Wye, for an amazing range of second-hand and antiquarian books, prints, maps and ephemera. Stay there for a trip back to your childhood at Tudor Sweets of Ross. Check out Goodrich Castle. Then just potter the streets for art, antiques, upcycled furniture, and coffee and cake.
