Thornbury

Thornbury is one of the most interesting market towns in South Gloucestershire, known for historic tales of treason, murders and for its modern day array of independent shops. It boasts a fully renovated Tudor castle and in summer flowers are all around as people take part in the towns competition, "Thornbury in Bloom". Apart from its own attractions, it's a convenient base or stop for those exploring the West Country. It is home to a former railway station which could still be reopened after local campaigns in the year 2015 - 2020.

For other places with the same name, see Thornbury (disambiguation).

Thornbury castle, the town's most prominent landmark.

Understand

Thornbury's town charter was given in 1252. It was also mentioned in the Doomsday book. Today it has circa 12000 residents swelled with modern housing built from the 1950s to the present day.

Learn

Thornbury has one secondary school, The Castle School, and many primary schools including Gillingstool, Crossways School, Christ the King Primary school and more.

Get in

By car

Take the A38 after getting off the M5 motorway either at junction 16 or 14.

By bus

Take the Local bus services 78 and 78 (formerly 309 and 310). Operated by First Bus as of 2013, formerly Badgerline.

78 & 79 (First Bus): Bristol → Filton → Patchway → Cribbs Causeway → Aztec West → Almondsbury → Rudgeway → Alveston → Thornbury

By train

Thornbury's own train station is closed, although there have been proposals to possibly reopen it. There are stations in Gloucester and Stroud than can be used to get close to the town.

Get around

The 309 and 310 bus services are frequent, also Thornbury is small enough for most able bodied travllers to explore on foot.

See

St Mary's Church, Thornbury

Part of Thornbury's High Street

🌍 Thornbury Museum, 4 Chapel St, BS35 2BJ, ☎ +44 1454 857774. (updated Nov 2016)
🌍 St Mary's Church, Castle St, BS35 1HQ, ☎ +44 1454 281900. (updated Nov 2016)
Thornbury's High Street, a mixture of Georgian and other classical architecture.

Do

Buy

Plenty of things to buy: as a market town pretty much everything is catered for. Shop in Thornbury's high street, and the St Mary's shopping centre which provides an array of independents and chain stores.

🌍 St Mary Shopping Centre, 8 Quaker Ln, BS35 2AD, ☎ +44 1454 888822. (updated Jan 2018)
🌍 Hawkins, 49 High St, BS35 2AR, ☎ +44 1454 416688. A large independent DIY shop, which has been reputably described as the "B&Q" of Thornbury. (updated Nov 2016)

Locals usually shop at Aldi or Tesco.

Eat

There is plenty of pubs and takeaways

Drink

🌍 White Lion, High St, BS35 2AQ, ☎ +44 1454 415132. (updated Nov 2016)
🌍 Royal George, 7 The Plain, BS35 2AG, ☎ +44 1454 416223. (updated Nov 2016)

Sleep

There are many places including the pubs, hotels and of course neighbouring Alveston's hotels at the top of the B4061.

Splurge

🌍 Thornbury Castle, Castle Street, BS35 1HH, ☎ +44 1454 281182. Luxury 26 room hotel in castle which dates from 1511. Has upmarket restaurant (two courses £42, tasting menu £65) and bar meals from £15. from £160. (updated Mar 2016)

Connect

There is internet access in the local libraries. Also there are many coffee shops that offer Wi-Fi.

Go next

Alveston
Falfield
Yate
Chipping Sodbury

Routes through Thornbury

Birmingham ← Stroud ←	NE SW	→ Bristol → Plymouth
Cardiff ← Chepstow (via Severn Bridge) ←	W E	→ merges with eastbound → London
Gloucester ← Berkeley ←	NE SW	→ Bristol

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