2017 UK Trip: 23 Cirencester, England - A Market Town...

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes..." - Marcel Proust

(Typical stone buildings in Cotswold)

Date: 15 May 2017 (Monday)

Route: Bibury – Cirencester 

Distance: 7.6 miles (16 min) 

Hotel: Travelodge Cirencester Hotel (GBP 54)

Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London.

(The road leading to the city centre)

Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840.

(The Corinium Museum)

The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in 150AD. Cirencester is twinned with Itzehoe, Germany.

(Travelodge in Cirencester)

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