Railways
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station is a long mile from the town centre. It was the last mainline station in Gloucestershire to be reopened as British Rail was being fragmented into the ill fated Railtrack at great cost.
The nearby Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway has views of Tewkesbury Abbey enroute between Cheltenham Racecourse and Winchcombe. .
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