Though quite secluded within a swathe of meadows and neat gardens, Berkeley Castle (April & May Tues-Sun 2-5pm; June & Sept Tues-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm; July & Aug Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm; Oct Sun 2-5pm; £5.70; grounds only £2) dominates the little village of BERKELEY , five miles southwest of Slimbridge on the A38. The fortress has an agreeably turreted medieval look, the robust twelfth-century walls softened by later accretions acquired i... [More]