Cheltenham flights and travel guide

In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was fashionable to drink the local waters of Cheltenham for your health. The spa was a pleasure and health resort for the wealthy. After your flight to England lands, take a stroll through the center of town, which is a conservation area, and explore the Regency houses, gardens and squares which have remained unchanged. If your England flight arrives in time for a local festival, you’re in luck. Festivals of all kinds are held here, as well as the Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of the best events in the British horse racing schedule. The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival joins famous authors and their fans every year, while jazz, poetry and music festivals celebrate the arts. Cheltenham has plenty of places to stay and eat, and is a great place to visit if you’re planning on seeing the Cotswold villages.

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Cheltenham Travel Information

• Visit Cheltenham Racecourse and look round the exhibition which tells the story of steeplechasing and the Gold Cup winners since 1819.  Find out more about the riders, trainers and all those royal connections.
• Take the waters at the Pittville Pump Room.  The ornate Pump Room overlooks Pittville Park and its sweeping lawns and is the perfect place to imagine the dances and the music of years gone by. Maybe you will feel healthier, too...
• Did you know that Gustav Holst, composer of “The Planets” was born in Cheltenham?  Visiting his birthplace takes you back to a Victorian terraced house preserved to look as it did in 1874, the year of Holst’s birth.
• Scott’s disastrous last journey to Antarctica has continued to fascinate even more than 100 years later.  Dr. Edward Wilson was a member of the team who was one of the last to die with Scott in 1912. He came from Cheltenham and was well regarded by Scott, who wrote in his diary: “Wilson is a plucky man I do not know what we should do without him”.  The Art Gallery and Museum tell the life story of this local man who became a national hero.

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Cheltenham airports

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