Winchcombe immediate vicinity can be found Sudeley Castle and the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was one of the main centres of pilgrimages in Britain due to a phial possessed by the monks said to contain the Blood of Christ. There is nothing left of the now-vanished Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the town is noted for its grotesques. The Michelin star restaurant "5 North Street" is in Winchcombe. Winchcombe sits on seven long-distance footpaths: The Cotswold Way, the Gloucestershire Way, the Wychavon Way, St Kenelm's Trail, St Kenelm's Way, the Warden's Way and the Windrush Way.
Are Castle the 16th and 17th centuries there were only minor changes to the castle in the form of repairs and replacement buildings. Periodically the castle was also used as a gaol in which the archbishops of Cologne incarcerated their enemies. For a long time Are Castle was a spiritual and cultural centre for the whole area. Increasingly often, the archbishops of Cologne enfeoffed Are Castle with the district ("Amt") of Altenahr. The liegemen were installed as "Amtmännern" and most of the also lived at the castle.Over a long time the castle fell into a poor state of repair because the vassals