Painswick Travel Guide

 coceng Says:  Here, you can see the buildings around The St. Mary's Church; Still look like how they should look like hundred years ago !What I like about the buildings are the exteriors, still luring people to see them... 

 coceng Says:  Still in the vicinity of St. Mary's Church...I spent some tmes walking around this historic church.Photo is showing the front part where there are trees, all being nicely trimmed & kept...Lovely ! 

 coceng Says:  Painswick was originally called Wycke or Wykeham.The name changed to Wyke Pagani around 1150.Now my photo is showing the tower of the church.It houses a peal of bells, the earliest dates from 1686.The number of bells was increased to 12 in 1821; To celebrate the tercentenary... 

 coceng Says:  Painswick was originally called Wycke or Wykeham.The name changed to Wyke Pagani around 1150.Another view of the church by the side...Nevertheless, not all parts of this church is 600 years old because to retain it, more parts were added.In a way, it could be said it's... 

 coceng Says:  Painswick was originally called Wycke or Wykeham.The name changed to Wyke Pagani around 1150.The churchyard around St. Mary's Church has been described as the most beautiful churchyard in England !Apart from the tomstones lie within, we can also see the yew trees which must... 

 coceng Says:  Painswick was originally called Wycke or Wykeham.The name changed to Wyke Pagani around 1150.Another photo of the tombstones in the churchyard of St. Mary's Church...In a way, these tombstones contribute to the beauty of the area. 

 coceng Says:  Painswick was originally called Wycke or Wykeham.The name changed to Wyke Pagani around 1150.Here on my photo we can see some tombstones which dated from 17th & 18th century ! All made from the local limestones & carved by the local masons... 

 coceng Says:  Painswick was originally called Wycke or Wykeham.The name changed to Wyke Pagani around 1150.St. Mary's Church is reknowned for its churchyard, with its 99 yew trees; Most of them are about 200 years old !All are beautifully lined as you can see in my photo... 

 mary_birt Says:  The Falcon Restaurant, they serve excellent food, and are very friendly.The Falcon is about three hundred years old, very good atmosphere Everything 

 coceng Says:   This is another photo of such villages taken by me on our way to Minchinhampton ! Amazingly beautiful !It looks like a movie set or maybe a miniature village !Perched on a hill, this route has many beautiful sights along the way because we were climbing the hills hence... 

 coceng Says:   Our next destination after Stroud was Minchinhampton so Patrick was looking for the best route to take me there...We passed through some scenic villages & it's irrelevant to stop asking people to know the names of those villages...I just snapped away & most of the times I... 

 coceng Says:   Now, this photo was not taken in Painswick but in Stroud, pronounced Straud (as in 'loud').I was in touch with a guy in Stroud previously but we didn't make any good plan for the excursion around The Cotswolds.hence I made plans with 2 guys in Cheltenham instead...Stroud... 

 coceng Says:   Another photo amidst the village of Painswick...Filled up with plants & flowers, it feel so relax & beautiful !If we go to the edge of this village, we could see the valleys surrounding this village ! 

 coceng Says:   After spending some times around St. Mary's Church, we had to drive out to go to our next destination which was Minchinhampton [please click...]; Driving among the houses in Painswick was a nice experience !The houses & the buildings look unchanged for the last few hundred... 

 coceng Says:   This is a photo of me among the yew trees, just in the vicinity of St. Mary's Church...I feel so small among the trees...but feeling good about it !Patrick was taking this photo...