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M. C. Estates
6-7 Bath Street
Cheltenham
Glocestershire
GL50 1YE
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About Cheltenham

London:95 miles • Bristol:45 miles.
M5 motorway:4 miles • Birmingham: 40 miles.


At MC Estates we take our role as Estate Agents very seriously. In order to provide a better service to both vendors and equally purchasers we have put together what we regard as extremely useful information in order to help you. This includes general information on Cheltenham, historical development and addresses and telephone numbers which we feel will help you.

General information about Cheltenham

Cheltenham Spa is one of the country’s finest examples of a Regency town and elegant architecture combined with the town’s topographical setting at the foot of the Cotswold Hills escarpment provides the town’s unique image and atmosphere. Cheltenham has a population of approximately 85,000 and is an important employment centre being home to a number of major national and regional administrative headquarters, GCHQ and a wide range of industries with a particular emphasis on light engineering. The town is an important educational centre, well known for Cheltenham College, Dean Close and Cheltenham Ladies College and also the University of Gloucester.

Cheltenham is renowned as the shopping centre for the Cotswolds with its elegant tree lined shopping malls with fashion and antique shops, Regency Shopping Arcade and the Beechwood Shopping Arcade. Cheltenham also has some very fine restaurants. For the horse racing fraternity Cheltenham is synonymous with the country’s premier National Hunt venue, The Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle and this together with annual music and literature festival, the Everyman theatre and various top quality sports clubs and golf courses provides an enjoyable and elegant environment in which to work and live.

Historical Development

Although Cheltenham existed as a small town based on the area of the present High Street probably since Saxon times, it was not until mineral waters were discovered in the vicinity and began to be exploited around 1740 that the town began to expand. The visit of George III to take the spa waters in 1788 established the town as a fashionable resort although large scale growth did not take place until times became more settled, after the French wars in 1815. Extensive development from this date gave rise to large areas of Regency architecture at Pittville, Montpellier and Lansdown with associated parks, private grounds and wide tree lined avenues which now form the basis of the town’s unique architectural unity.