Sell Your Motorhome
We are the local specialists in selling campervans in your area. We will sell your motorhome in Droitwich Spa and Worcester. Get the best price for your motorhome in Malvern and Pershore. We have motorhome buyers for you in Tewkesbury and Gloucester.
Gloucester (/ˈɡlɒstər/ (
listen) GLOS-tər) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, 19 miles (31 km) east of Monmouth, and 17 miles (27 km) east of the border with Wales. Including suburban areas, Gloucester has a population of around 150,000. It is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary.
Gloucester was founded by the Romans and became an important city and colony in AD 97 under Emperor Nerva as Colonia Glevum Nervensis.
It was granted its first charter in 1155 by Henry II. In 1216 Henry III, aged only nine years, was crowned with a gilded iron ring in the Chapter House of Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester's significance in the Middle Ages is underlined by the fact that it had a number of monastic establishments, including St Peter's Abbey founded in 679 (later Gloucester Cathedral), the nearby St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester founded in the 880s or 890s, and Llanthony Secunda Priory, founded 1136. The town is also the site of the siege of Gloucester in 1643, during which the city held out against Royalist forces in the First English Civil War.
A major attraction of the city is Gloucester Cathedral, which is the burial place of King Edward II and Walter de Lacy, and features in scenes from the Harry Potter films. Other features of interest include the museum and school of art and science, the former county jail (on the site of a Saxon and Norman castle), the Shire Hall (now headquarters of the County Council) and the Whitefield memorial church. A park in the south of the city contains a spa, a chalybeate spring having been discovered in 1814.
Economically, the city is dominated by the service industries, and has strong financial, research, distribution and light industrial sectors.[2] Historically it was prominent in the aerospace industry.
In 1926 the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company at Brockworth changed its name to the Gloster Aircraft Company because international customers claimed that the name "Gloucestershire" was too difficult to spell. A sculpture in the city centre celebrates Gloucester's aviation history and its involvement in the jet engine.
The Malvern Hills rise quite dramatically out of the Severn Valley with incredible views across to the Cotswolds, over the rolling countryside of Herefordshire and even as far as the Black Mountains on a clear day.
Renowned for amazing sunrises, sunsets, and stunning cloud formations, the Malvern Hills are an all-year-round destination with different colours and light changing throughout the seasons.
Take a walk on top of 650 million years of history, with more recent ancient hillforts still devouring the landscape at Midsummer Hill and British Camp where the earthworks can still be seen today.
The hills are approximately 9 miles long and you can choose from a variety of walking routes and trails to match your fitness and walking enthusiasm levels.
The hillside town of Malvern is made up of the three town centres – Great Malvern, Barnards Green and Malvern Link. Great Malvern has been a recognised tourism destination since the days of the Victorian Water Cure which is very evident with all the Victorian architecture across the town.
People used to visit from far and wide to take Malvern Spring Water for medicinal purposes in the form of hydrotherapy, including Florence Nightingale, Charles Dickens, and Charles Darwin.
Head to Malvhina fountain in Great Malvern where you can sample some Malvern Water straight from the hills, and make sure you visit during the Malvern Well Dressing and Water Festival to see the wells, springs and spouts lovingly dressed by the local community in a different annual theme.
With the increase in travellers, the Winter Gardens now Malvern Theatres opened in 1885 to entertain the wealthy. The Theatre became famous for its George Bernard Shaw productions along with the works of Sir Edward Elgar. Today, Malvern Theatres hosts world-class theatre productions straight from the West End as well as music, comedy, children’s entertainment and much more! You can also visit The Firs: Elgar’s Birthplace and Visitor Centre in Lower Broadheath just outside Worcester to discover more about the life and loves of England’s most famous composer.
