Historic house · near Minchinhampton · Gloucestershire

Gatcombe Park

Gatcombe Park is a country house in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. It holds the status of a Grade II* listed building. Look also at Highgrove House, 7.8 km away, first of 40 more within 15 km.

Photo: Gatcombe Park, Philip Halling (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

1 km

southeast of Minchinhampton

How well known

Top 6%

#463 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Minchinhampton

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#463 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (14 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Minchinhampton

Gatcombe Park is 1 km southeast of Minchinhampton. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Minchinhampton has 110 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

Warm weather in Minchinhampton runs June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°92 mm

Feb8° / 1°65 mm

Mar10° / 3°61 mm

Apr13° / 4°61 mm

May17° / 7°71 mm

Jun20° / 10°65 mm

Jul22° / 12°70 mm

Aug21° / 12°80 mm

Sep19° / 10°69 mm

Oct14° / 7°98 mm

Nov10° / 4°100 mm

Dec8° / 2°102 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Minchinhampton, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Minchinhampton. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Minchinhampton’s full climate →

About

Gatcombe Park

Articles on it exist in 14 languages.

Minchinhampton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 14 languages
Town: 1 km southeast of Minchinhampton

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Locating Gatcombe Park

Gatcombe Park is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Where people come from

Home to 6,665 people, Chalford is the largest of these 8. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · 1 km northwest of it

Minchinhampton

3,412 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km south of it

Avening

1,054 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km west of it

Box

307 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 2 km west of it

Nailsworth

5,657 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Gatcombe Park is	People	Places to visit
Minchinhampton	1 km northwest of it	3,412	12
Avening	1.1 km south of it	1,054	8
Box	1.7 km west of it	307	10
Nailsworth	2 km west of it	5,657	15
Amberley	2.3 km northwest of it	1,300	12
Brimscombe and Thrupp	2.5 km north of it	2,187	10
Chalford	2.7 km north of it	6,665	9
Horsley	3.8 km west of it	442	9

Make a day of it

Pair Gatcombe Park with these

Within 15 km you can add 5 historic houses, an abbey or priory and a garden.

Historic houseHighgrove House7.8 km away 2

Abbey or prioryMarlmesbury Abbey and Grounds13 km away 3

GardenWestonbirt Arboretum10 km away 4CastleCastleBeverston Castle5.8 km away 5

Historic houseChavenage House4.3 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustNewark Park12 km away 7

Historic houseOwlpen Manor8.2 km away 8

Historic houseRodmarton Manor6.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Gatcombe Park

Where is Gatcombe Park?

Gatcombe Park is 1 km southeast of Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire.

What is Gatcombe Park?

Country house in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Gatcombe Park?

June to September are the warmest months in Minchinhampton, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Gatcombe Park a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Gatcombe Park?

Within 15 km: Highgrove House (7.8 km), Marlmesbury Abbey and Grounds (13 km), Westonbirt Arboretum (10 km) and Beverston Castle (5.8 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Gatcombe Park: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Highgrove House: Sherwood, Jones & Co, London, 1825, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Marlmesbury Abbey and Grounds: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westonbirt Arboretum: Photo taken by and copyright Stuz., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chavenage House: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newark Park: Nancy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Owlpen Manor: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rodmarton Manor: Robert Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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