Welcome to Cirencester

Cirencester

Hamptons offers you a warm welcome to Cirencester

Congratulations, if you are house hunting in Cirencester you have already won. A home in this great area with all it offers, automatically makes you the envy of many. Now in order to make your transition as smooth and hassle free as possible Hamptons have put together this great guide which will help you choose the best schools, learn a little about planning and building control, read tips on where to shop, eat and lot’s more, all packed into one little guide with clickable links. Perhaps most importantly we have researched some of the leading local professionals and experts who can help you add value and personalise your soon to be new home. A big WELCOME and enjoy.

HISTORY Along with the county town of Gloucester, Cirencester is known to have been very important during the Roman times when it was known as Corinium, where it had a thriving wool trade and industry. At one time, it was the second-largest city in Britain by area, when a wall was built around the city enclosing 240 acres. There are many Roman remains in the area including villas at Chedworth and Withington, and a partially excavated amphitheatre near the hospital. There is an excellent Roman museum in the town filled with antiquities. The town remained prosperous during the Saxon, Norman and Tudor periods, becoming a thriving market town at the centre of the road network.

WHY MOVE TO CIRENCESTER The town is well served by a plethora of highly regarded eating establishments, both in the town centre and in the delightful array of charming villages local to the town. These villages attract a great deal of tourism, including Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water and the string of villages along the Coln Valley including Chedworth, Ablington and Winson – all providing delightful homes in the classic honey-coloured Cotswold stone. The increasingly popular Cotswold Water Park provides a great range of water sports and leisure facilities. There is also an exceptional choice of both private and state schools within the area making this an excellent area for growing families.

Atruly stand-out Cotswold market town that combines history with hipness in spades. Perched on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Beauty it’s crammed with pretty butterscotch lanes, outstanding schools, bustling boutiques, exceptional restaurants and a chilled café scene. Famed for being ‘well heeled’, it’s in fact a wonderfully unpretentious town with a strong community spirit and friendliness that makes it an ideal place for families. The pretty Abbey Grounds play host to the phenomenal Phoenix Festival every year – the Cotswolds free music and arts festival. The Royal Agricultural University is here too, but it is far more Barbours than bar crawls. The ‘Capital of the Cotswolds’ – or just Ciren – gives you the full package, historic architecture, a recently redesigned central piazza lined with pretty pastel shops at the heart of the town and a cosmopolitan mini-metropolis buzz.

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FAMOUS RESIDENTS

Wimbledon and the surrounding area has been a home to rockstars, celebrities, athletes, academics, artists and common or garden members of the upper-crust for generations. Here are a few notable names you may or may not know..

Willie Carson

Cozy Powell, rock drummer, born in Cirencester Michael Praed, actor Zac Purchase, Olympic gold medallist Robert Raikes, founder of the Sunday School movement Pam Ayres, poet, actor, broadcaster Elizabeth Brown, astronomer Willie Carson, retired jockey, television commentator Rev. Dr. John Clinch, clergyman-physician, the first man to practice vaccination in North America Charlie Cooper, actor, writer Daisy May Cooper, actor, writer Frank Cadogan Cowper, the ‘Last PreRaphaelite Artist’ Jacquie de Creed, stunt woman Dom Joly, comedian, journalist, broadcaster William Sinclair Marris, civil servant, colonial administrator, classical scholar Lewis Charles Powles, artist Theophila Townsend, Quaker writer and activist John Woolrich, composer