Bank House Hotel, Golf & Country Club

A Day at the Races

by St_Vincent

Worcester racecourse hosts around 20 horse race meetings a year with some themed days, ladies day, musical themes, kids fun days etc. Centre course and Grandstand enclosures are £6 and £12 respectively but I would advise paying a bit extra, £18 for a Premier Enclosure ticket especially if the weather is not too good. The Grandstand bar gets very crowded, you cannot see the racing from there and there is little other cover if it is raining. Bring plenty of money and some luck I guess, and if you get a few winners like I did it's a cheap day out.

Black swans

by leics

The Beauchamp tomb is beautiful and highly coloured....you're not likely to miss it as you wander round the cathedral. But you might miss this detail: both Sir John and his lady have their heads resting on black swans (presumably part of the Beauchamp coat-of-arms). The swans are beautifully carved, hers 'on guard' (now minus beak), his asleep. Wonderful.

King John's tomb

by leics

King John was not a very good king; in fact, he was a pretty bad one. So bad, in fact, that the English nobles forced him (in the end) to sign the first 'statute of liberties'...the 'Magna Carta' ........which laid out exactly what a monarch could and could not do. He died, in 1216, of a 'surfeit of peaches' and asked to be buried in Worcester Cathedral. His elaborate tomb lies in front of the altar, topped with Purbeck marble and an effigy of the dead monarch (minus nose, thanks to the Cromwellians).

Guildhall Worcester

by ALANinWORCS69

A grand building built by Thomas White, a student of Christopher Wren. Constructed in the early 1720's it still houses Civic Administation, although originally built as a meeting place for merchants. Major restorations in 1870 have left the building pretty much as we see it today.
The exterior of the Guildhall is brick, dressed with stone. White himself is said to have carved the figure of Queen Anne over the entry, as well as those of Charles I and II, a reminder of the city's long history of royal support.The interior is superb, boasting exceptional period decoration
It's open to the public, contains a fine art collection in the Impressive Assembly Rooms and also has a tea room serving light meals and drinks.
Occasionally craft , antique, book and record fairs are held here also.

LOCAL FACT: Look carefully at the entrance way arch... "pinned by his ears to the top of the arch is Oliver Cromwell" forever emphasing Worcesters allegiance to the Monarchy.

The Guildhall is also adjacent (part of the same building) to the Worcester Tourist Information Centre
Tourist Information Centre
The Guildhall
High Street
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2EY
Tel: +44 (0) 1905 726311 / 722480
Fax: +44 (0) 1905 722481
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Home of Worcestershire Sauce!

by yooperprof

"Worcester Cathedral"

This is a quintessential English Cathedral Town. Worcester is an excellent place for an excursion from Oxford or Manchester. The city manages to live up to its Cathedral, with a skillful mix of carefully restored buildings that preserve much of the flavor of a flourishing market town.