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A large, light-colored neoclassical building with columns and many windows is framed by green tree leaves at the top, with a tall obelisk-like monument and lamppost in the foreground.

🏛️ History

Cheltenham to Commemorate 86th Anniversary of Battle of Britain

Catherine Williams6 September 2026

A group of five people, two men and a woman in brown aprons, a man in a white shirt, and a man in a green polo shirt, stand smiling in front of a large wooden door with arched windows of a stone building.

📍 Local News

Cheltenham’s Historic Gothic Chapels Restored into Peaceful Community Space and Coffee Shop

Barbara Parker22 July 2026

An aerial view shows the circular, modern building of GCHQ surrounded by several parking lots filled with cars.

🏛️ History

The Doughnut in Our Midst: How GCHQ Turned Cheltenham Into Britain's Secret Intelligence Capital

Barrington Kirkham10 June 2026

Engraved text on a light brown stone wall commemorates Edward Adrian Wilson, Antarctic Explorer, born in 1872 and died with Scott in 1912, flanked by white multi-pane windows.

🏛️ History

Edward Wilson: The Antarctic Explorer Who Never Came Home

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026

A grand, symmetrical Neoclassical building with a large porticosupported by numerous Doric columns. The tan stone structure has a green-domed rotunda visible above and statues adorning the roofline against a cloudy sky.

🏛️ History

Pittville Pump Room and Cheltenham's Enduring Spa Tradition

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026