The Cheltenham Blog
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Cheltenham Literature Festival: A Local's Guide to the World's Longest-Running Book Festival
Every October, Cheltenham turns into a ten-day conversation. Writers, thinkers, scientists, comedians and broadcasters descend on the town, Montpellier Gardens fills with canvas pavilions and...
Best of Cheltenham·20 July 2026
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Bookshops in Cheltenham: A Local's Guide to the Best Places to Buy Books
Cheltenham is a proper book town. It hosts the oldest literature festival in the world (the Cheltenham Literature Festival has been running since 1949), it has a small but genuinely excellent...
Best of Cheltenham·20 July 2026
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Art Galleries and Museums in Cheltenham: A Local's Guide to the Town's Cultural Life
For a town with a population of 120,000, Cheltenham takes its art seriously. There's a major art gallery and museum with an internationally recognised collection, a composer's house with the piano...
Best of Cheltenham·20 July 2026