# Gloucester Tourist Information - Cathedral City

> Gloucester tourist information: the cathedral city's Roman and Victorian history, historic docks with fifteen warehouses, shopping and attractions.

URL: https://cotswolds.info/gloucester.htm  
Section: Cotswolds Tourist Guide  
Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire (51.8642, -2.2382)

![The Cathedral city of Gloucester](https://cotswolds.info/images/gloucester/bannerpicglouc2.jpg)

The City of Gloucester has a unique history from its Roman foundations to its Victorian docklands. Gloucester is a vibrant multicultural city that combines historic architecture with a unique blend of visitor attractions, festivals and entertainment, a collection of high street and specialist shops and a mouth watering array of tea shops, restaurants, wine bars and pubs offer food and drink for all tastes. The city is overlooked by the Cotswolds Hills in the lush Severn Valley and is easily accessible from all corners of the country.

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### Shopping

A healthy mixture of major stores and hundreds of independent and regional retailers, many of which are unique to Gloucester make the city an ideal place to shop.

![Shopping street in Goucester](https://cotswolds.info/images/gloucester/picglouc112.jpg)

![Gloucester historic docks](https://cotswolds.info/images/gloucester/picglouc133.jpg)

### Historic Docks

Fifteen Victorian warehouses at Britain's most
inland port.

### Attractions

**Gloucester Cathedral -** The former abbey church founded 1300 years ago is now the cathedral church of the Gloucester Diocese. The architecture of the cathedral varies from the Norman nave with its massive columns to examples of Romanesque and early Perpendicular.

**Historic Gloucester Docks** - Fifteen Victorian warehouses have been renovated and now house various museums, exhibitions and antiques centre.

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## The Cathedral City of Gloucester