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HMP Gloucester

HMP Gloucester is an attraction in Gloucester. 14 more places to visit are within 5 km. Around it, Gloucester Cathedral (400 m) comes first on our list.

Where

In Gloucester

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Attraction in Gloucester

Inside Gloucester

HMP Gloucester is inside Gloucester’s built-up area, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Month by month

May to September are the warmest in Gloucester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°65 mm

Feb9° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 4°46 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May18° / 8°54 mm

Jun21° / 11°57 mm

Jul23° / 13°60 mm

Aug22° / 13°68 mm

Sep19° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 5°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°73 mm

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

About

HMP Gloucester

Attraction.

In Gloucester, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Gloucester
Official site: gloucester-prison.co.uk

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

The map

Mapping HMP Gloucester

The orange dot is HMP Gloucester; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around HMP Gloucester, by distance

Gloucester, with 118,562 people, is the largest of the 8. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Gloucester

118,562 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km northeast of it

Longford

2,536 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km northwest of it

Maisemore

538 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Highnam

1,920 people · 17 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where HMP Gloucester is	People	Places to visit
Gloucester	It’s in town	118,562	23
Longford	2.2 km northeast of it	2,536	17
Maisemore	2.8 km northwest of it	538	16
Highnam	3.1 km northwest of it	1,920	17
Twigworth	3.1 km northeast of it	380	17
Churchdown	3.3 km northeast of it	13,480	18
Quedgeley and Hardwicke	3.5 km southwest of it	21,125	18
Sandhurst	4.2 km north of it	269	16

Make a day of it

After HMP Gloucester

35 more lie within 15 km, 3 abbeys or priories, 3 museums and a cathedral among them.

CathedralGloucester Cathedral400 m away 2

CastleGloucester Castle300 m away 3

Abbey or priorySt Oswald's Priory, Gloucester500 m away 4

Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreyfriars, Gloucester400 m away 5

Abbey or priory · English HeritageBlackfriars200 m away 6

MuseumGloucester Waterways Museum400 m away 7

MuseumMuseum of Gloucester500 m away 8

MuseumSoldiers of Gloucestershire200 m away

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

Planning a visit to HMP Gloucester

Where is HMP Gloucester?

HMP Gloucester is in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is HMP Gloucester?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit HMP Gloucester?

May to September are the warmest months in Gloucester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near HMP Gloucester?

Within 15 km: Gloucester Cathedral (400 m), Gloucester Castle (300 m), St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester (500 m) and Greyfriars, Gloucester (400 m).

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)

Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Castle: William Andrew (1848-1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Greyfriars, Gloucester: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackfriars: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Waterways Museum: Jongleur100, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Gloucester: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soldiers of Gloucestershire: Own work by Chris Ryland, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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