Badge Green

Badge Green itself is quiet and residential, but you're well positioned here to venture into Gloucester proper, which lies only a few miles away. Gloucester is worth spending time in—it's a working port city with real character, founded by the Romans nearly two thousand years ago as Colonia Glevum Nervensis in AD 97. The cathedral is particularly worth seeing, not least because of its historical significance: the young King Henry III was crowned there in 1216 with a gilded iron ring, a ceremony that took place in the Chapter House. You can also explore the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, which connects the city to the Severn Estuary and speaks to Gloucester's continuing importance as a port. From Badge Green, you're well placed to reach other parts of the region too—Cheltenham is about seven miles away, and you have easy access to both the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west. The location gives you flexibility, whether you want to stay in quieter surroundings or head into the busier energy of a proper city with nearly 2,000 years of history behind it.