Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Worcester, United Kingdom

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 2.8 km
Ascend 35 m
Descend 32 m

Explore Worcester in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Worcester

Sight 1: The Commandery

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The Commandery is a historic building open to visitors and located in the city of Worcester, England. It opened as a museum in 1977 and was for a while the only museum in England dedicated solely to the Civil Wars. The Commandery ceased to be a Civil War museum when it reopened to the public in May 2007, having undergone a year and a half of refurbishments and reinterpretation jointly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Worcester City Council, who own the building. It is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: The Commandery (EN)

692 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Museum of Royal Worcester

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The Museum of Royal Worcester is a ceramics museum located in the Royal Worcester porcelain factory's former site in Worcester, England.

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517 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary, the Virgin of Worcester

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Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Worcester and is the mother church of the diocese of Worcester; it is administered by its dean and chapter. The cathedral is a grade I listed building and part of a scheduled monument.

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393 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Greyfriars

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GreyfriarsElliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0

Greyfriars, Worcester is a Grade I listed building in Worcester, England. Its location near to a former friary of the Franciscan order of Greyfriars has in the past led to speculation that it was constructed as their guest house, but it is now believed to have been built as a house and brew-house c.1485 for Thomas Grene, brewer and High Bailiff of Worcester from 1493-1497. It has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1966.

Wikipedia: Greyfriars, Worcester (EN)

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: St Swithun's Church

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St Swithun's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the city of Worcester, Worcestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is considered to be "one of the best preserved examples of an early Georgian church in England". Clifton-Taylor includes the church in his list of 'best' English parish churches.

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964 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 6: St George's Catholic Church

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St George's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Worcester. It was founded in 1829 and was administered by the Society of Jesus until 1990 when it was handed over to the Archdiocese of Birmingham. It is in the Baroque style, is a Grade II* listed building and was where Edward Elgar was organist from 1885.

Wikipedia: St George's Church, Worcester (EN)

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