Forest Green

Forest Green (Nailsworth)

Nailsworth, The Cotswolds, Forest Green Rovers, cottages

What to see
The Cotswolds are the chief local tourist attraction in the vicinity of Nailsworth, but Towns of Two Halves explores it along with 91 other places: order the book now for £8 from info@townsof2halves.co.uk). For additional information try Visit The Cotswolds or just Visit Cotswolds.

Nailsworth, Cotswolds, stream
‘A reliable supply of clean drinking water… Why would the two streams not have been up to the job?’

Other useful local links include:
Mills Walks
Museum in the Park (Stroud)
Slimbridge Wetland Centre

Towns of Two Halves extracts:
“Being small, Nailsworth makes you look closely for charms on an intimate scale. Could you beguile away half a day here? Yes, especially if you are of a reflective disposition or enjoy pre-loved, upcycled and re-purposed interiors shops. But if you aren’t, and without taking a very long lunch? Yes, again.”
“On the west side of the street called Old Market you will find two golden pillar-boxes. The rower Pete Reed OBE was brought up in Nailsworth. He won gold medals in the Men’s Four at Beijing in 2008 and London 2012, and in the Men’s Eight at Rio. The local paper announced breathlessly: ‘Pete has the world’s largest recorded lung capacity of 11.68 litres, almost twice the normal average.’ The ‘normal average’… don’t you just love a journalist who thinks more words will automatically sound more impressive?”
“Pete may have built up his lung-power by walking repeatedly from the town centre to the football ground. It’s 15 minutes and consistently, challengingly uphill. Apparently Forest Green’s home is only 3 metres off being the highest league ground in the country and it feels like it. That may not be the case for very much longer, though. The club has plans for a new stadium beside Junction 13 of the M5, on the other side of Stroud.”
These are taken from the Forest Green chapter of Towns of Two Halves, published in 2018. To buy a copy, email info@townsof2halves.co.uk.