Unique interaction between business and leisure
When you invest in Gloucestershire, either through strategic business relocation or a new business start-up, you’re also investing in the very special lifestyle of this beautiful county.
A wide range of leisure activities
The moment you, your staff and your families become Gloucestershire residents, you’ll be ideally placed to enjoy a wide-range of leisure pursuits amid some of the finest countryside England has to offer. Walkers, naturalists, history buffs and mountain bikers will find a wealth of relaxation and challenge; cricketers, footballers and rugby enthusiasts will be in their element too. It’s true! For almost any sport or leisure activity, from dry-slope skiing to rock-climbing in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire is packed full of recreational opportunities.
When it comes to national and international sporting events, you’ll be ideally placed to enjoy the Badminton Horse Trials as well as regular national hunt racing and the annual Cheltenham Gold Cup at Cheltenham Racecourse with its wonderful corporate entertainment opportunities. There’s also premiership rugby with Gloucester’s acclaimed rugby union team, league soccer with Cheltenham Town’s ‘Robins’ and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club hosts festivals in Gloucester and Cheltenham – the latter being the world’s longest-running cricket festival on the same ground.
Your biggest challenge will be finding the time to fit it all in.
For arts lovers, shoppers and clubbers…
For arts lovers, six theatres (including Cheltenham’s renowned Everyman and Playhouse) and numerous arts festivals provide live entertainment throughout the year. Gloucester has a thriving live music and festival scene, while each year, Cheltenham hosts its world-famous Festival of Literature and the Cheltenham International Jazz Festival.
On your first visit to the ancient Roman city of Gloucester, with its skyline-dominating Norman cathedral, you’re bound to notice the exciting city centre and dockside regeneration that’s going on. And it only takes a Saturday afternoon amid Cheltenham’s understated Regency elegance to demonstrate why this spa town is a national and international draw for local-shoppers and tourists alike. And when night falls, you’ll be spoilt for choice with the hottest nightclub, pub and restaurant scene between Bristol and Birmingham…
It’s easy to swap town for countryside
That’s the magic of Cheltenham. Along with the ability to quickly leave the town behind and get out into the Gloucestershire countryside with its prosperous market towns and attractive Cotswold stone villages. Gloucester’s the same too: it takes only minutes to exchange the city’s vibrant urban life for the tranquillity of those riverside water meadows…
The location of successful business centres close to easily-reached rural peacefulness lies at the heart of Gloucestershire’s appeal. You’re about to invest in a county that, from the Severn’s banks, across the Cotswolds, Forest of Dean and the Stroud Valleys, is blessed with many picture-postcard villages and idyllic rural vistas.
An afternoon to discover – a lifetime to know
The Gloucestershire landscape changes dramatically as you cross the county. Around every corner, you’ll find another reminder of the economic and social contributions made by these areas through the centuries. It takes only an afternoon to discover the depth and variety that Gloucestershire has to offer – but a lifetime to know it properly.
Your journey of discovery begins with Invest in Gloucestershire.
For more information about Gloucestershire’s many tourist attractions, festivals, events and all types of accommodation, please visit the Gloucestershire Tourism website.