@ lost
Belas Knapp is brilliant. Apart from the obvious draw of the barrow (and the inevitable Goth poetry that always seems to be found in one of the recesses) the night sky up there is amazing. There's the usual bollocks spoken about it being being on top of ley lines and being used as a flight path for UFOs, but I have to say I've seen more shooting stars sat up there than anywhere else I've ever been.

In fact the whole area is lousy with history - you've got the Iron Age hill forts on Crickley Hill and Nottingham Hill, the Roman villa ruins on Cleeve Hill, more barrows up near Birdlip and standing stones littering the Cotswolds.

P.S. - you're wrong about Winchombe being the most haunted place in Britain, it's Prestbury that claims to be that. Winchombe has got bugger all apart from an overabundance of 4X4s and the most inbreeding you'll outside of the Forest of Dean...

Edit: @ Koal - I've just remembered there's supposed to be a big cat roaming about up there as well actually, so if the caves put you off you can always indulge your cryptozoology habit.
(Frank., Wed 3 Dec 2008, 18:28, Reply)