Phillip Bishop
Company Managing Director
Cirencester
Estate agent in Cirencester
2 Silver Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2BL
Get in Touch
E: cirencester@perrybishop.co.uk
Cirencester Sales and Valuations
T: 01285 655355
Mortgage Services
T: 07484 424910
E: mortgages@perrybishop.co.uk
E: cirencesterlettings@perrybishop.co.uk
Cirencester Lettings and Management
T: 01285 655355 – Option 3
Tenants requiring emergency assistance outside office hours
T: 07500 293109
E: landandnewhomes@perrybishop.co.uk
Cirencester Land and Development
T: 01285 646770
2 Silver Street, Cirencester, GL7 2BL
Opening Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: Closed
Easter Opening Hours
Good Friday – 18th April – Closed
Easter Saturday – 19th April – 9.00 am to 4.00 pm
Easter Sunday – 20th April – Closed
Easter Monday – 21st April – Closed
Good Friday – 18th April – Closed
Easter Saturday – 19th April – 9.00 am to 4.00 pm
Easter Sunday – 20th April – Closed
Easter Monday – 21st April – Closed
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Company Managing Director
Phillip Bishop
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Cote in Black Jack Street is always good , lovely people and a great setting.
What do you love about the area?
I love everything about Cirencester which is my home , it has such a friendly vibe and has been a great town to raise a family.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Cirencester park at the top Cecily Hill, a haven if you love dogs which I do!
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Rodborough Common looking over Stroud and to the river Severn and the edge of Wales is hard to beat.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Dog walking on Minchinhampton or Rodborough common with family and friends then lunch with a Stroud brewery ale at The Bear.
Gavin Wallace
Managing Director of Residential Sales
Managing Director of Residential Sales
Gavin Wallace
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Moran’s on the Bath Road.
What do you love about the area?
Great local amenities and open countryside close by.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Some lovely walks and parks in the area – I’m a keen golfer and there are a couple of super courses nearby.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
From the top of Leckhampton Hill.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Probably on the golf course or out and about with the family.
Jim Chamberlayne
Senior Associate Director
Senior Associate Director
Jim Chamberlayne
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Sam and Jak’s.
What do you love about the area?
Beautiful town and scenery.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Abbey Grounds.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Bathurst Estate grounds or over town from above.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
With friends and family in the park having a picnic.
Simon Wilkinson
Associate
Associate
Simon Wilkinson
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Amore Mio.
What do you love about the area?
Great place to bring up a family.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Stratton Meadows.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
From my bedroom window looking back towards Cirencester with the Church Tower in the distance.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
With my family.
Lynne Rollings
Client Manager
Client Manager
Lynne Rollings
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Cote.
What do you love about the area?
All the little bars/restaurants and boutique shops.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Abbey Grounds are lovely.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
I like looking up into Cirencester Park.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
A lovely walk around the town, followed by a nice lunch in one of the many restaurants and coffee shops that we have. More often than not there is usually an event going on in the market square, be it a market day, or some other exhibition. The Corn Hall is a great place to mooch about after a lovely lunch too.
Stephanie McPherson
Client Manager
Client Manager
Stephanie McPherson
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Thai Emerald/ Cote Brasserie Cirencester.
What do you love about the area?
The character of the Town itself, specifically the Parish Church, the parks and access to country walks.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
The Abbey Grounds.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
From the top of The Parish Church or the top of Cirencester Park looking back towards the Church.
Where is the best place to relax in the area ? The Abbey Grounds
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ? Walk in to Town, grab some lunch from Heathers café and walk up to the Polo Ground through Cirencester Park.
Lucy James
Customer Manager
Customer Manager
Lucy James
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
The Waterside Restaurant in South Cerney.
What do you love about the area?
The gorgeous views, pretty walks and the fact we are so lucky to live somewhere that people want to come for their holidays.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Spa 6 at Four Pillars.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Coln St Aldwyns.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
A picnic on the yellow walk to Quenington, Coln & Bibury, stopping at pubs after.
Jade Allen
Sales Progressor
Sales Progressor
Jade Allen
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
The Close Hotel in Tetbury, does a delicious breakfast!
What do you love about the area?
Its like a step back in time with all the old properties and unique shops in Tetbury.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Walking over Minchinhampton common
What do you think is the best view in the area?
There are too many to choose from as it is such a beautiful area
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Westonbirt Arboretum or Highgrove Gardens
Cathy Sinnott
Associate Director – Cirencester Lettings
Associate Director – Cirencester Lettings
Cathy Sinnott
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant? A particular favourite is The Eliot Arms in South Cerney. Great food, lots of nooks and crannies to sit in and soak up the gorgeous atmosphere.
What do you love about the area? I love Cirencester and its vibe… there are so many fabulous independent shops to explore and always something to do and see.
What do you think is the best view in the area? There are so many to choose from, but Bourton-on-the-Water bridges are so lovely and probably the most iconic sights in the whole of the Cotswolds.
Where is the best place to relax in the area? I personally love to potter around the fab antique shop in the Market Place, it’s packed with an array of antique jewellery, Art Deco pieces, tea sets…I can lose myself in there for hours.
How would you spend the perfect day? Meeting my best friends, who can now come and stay with me over a weekend, walking to the pub for Sunday lunch and a good ole girlie catch up, over a glass or two, of vino.
Pippa Harding
Property Manager
Property Manager
Pippa Harding
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Five Valleys Food Hall.
What do you love about the area?
The Scenery.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Picnic area by the canal.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
The view towards Wales across the top of Cheltenham and Gloucester.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Walking.
Bev Oram
Property Manager
Property Manager
Bev Oram
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant ? Cote in Cirencester
What do you love about the area ? Im originally from ‘the north’ so love the Cotswolds in general but especially Cirencester
Where is the best place to relax in the area ? My garden
What do you think is the best view in the area ? The outdoor swimming pool looking towards the castle in Cecily hill
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ? Walking in Cirencester Park
Emily Sedgwick
Lettings Negotiator
Lettings Negotiator
Emily Sedgwick
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant ? The Greyhound, Siddington
What do you love about the area ? The scenery!
Where is the best place to relax in the area ? My garden
What do you think is the best view in the area ? Anywhere in Cirencester Park.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ? Relaxing in the garden with my cat
Jane Pearce
Lettings Administrator
Lettings Administrator
Jane Pearce
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant ? The Greyhound Pub as it’s easy walking distance of my house
What do you love about the area ? The miles and miles of beautiful countryside
Where is the best place to relax in the area ? Plummers Farm Livery Yard
What do you think is the best view in the area ? The view of Cirencester Parish Church through my horses ears when riding from Sapperton Village to Cirencester through the park.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ? Riding in Cirencester Park
Robyn Niblett
Senior Adminstrator
Senior Adminstrator
Robyn Niblett
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
I love to visit The Crown in Minchinhampton. It has such a warm cosy atmosphere, and their outdoor seating area is a great place to sit and have a drink, especially during the winter months when the outdoor tent it is covered in fairy lights with heaters and blankets.
What do you love about the area?
It has to be the cows on the common! I love being surrounded by the open countryside and having big highland cows just strolling down the road.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
I love to sit on the common and relax whilst drawing, reading, or just taking in the views.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Watching the sunset from either Rodborough Common or Coaley Peak Viewpoint is always a very impressive sight.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
The summer months in Minchinhampton are my favourite; Winstones Ice cream is a short walk away, impressive kites are being flown on the common and the cows are roaming free (they even walk past our front door!).
Sarah Elliott
Mortgage & Protection Advisor
Company Managing Director
Phillip Bishop
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Cote in Black Jack Street is always good , lovely people and a great setting.
What do you love about the area?
I love everything about Cirencester which is my home , it has such a friendly vibe and has been a great town to raise a family.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Cirencester park at the top Cecily Hill, a haven if you love dogs which I do!
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Rodborough Common looking over Stroud and to the river Severn and the edge of Wales is hard to beat.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Dog walking on Minchinhampton or Rodborough common with family and friends then lunch with a Stroud brewery ale at The Bear.
Managing Director of Residential Sales
Gavin Wallace
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Moran’s on the Bath Road.
What do you love about the area?
Great local amenities and open countryside close by.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Some lovely walks and parks in the area – I’m a keen golfer and there are a couple of super courses nearby.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
From the top of Leckhampton Hill.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Probably on the golf course or out and about with the family.
Senior Associate Director
Jim Chamberlayne
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Sam and Jak’s.
What do you love about the area?
Beautiful town and scenery.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Abbey Grounds.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Bathurst Estate grounds or over town from above.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
With friends and family in the park having a picnic.
Associate
Simon Wilkinson
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Amore Mio.
What do you love about the area?
Great place to bring up a family.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Stratton Meadows.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
From my bedroom window looking back towards Cirencester with the Church Tower in the distance.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
With my family.
Client Manager
Lynne Rollings
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Cote.
What do you love about the area?
All the little bars/restaurants and boutique shops.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Abbey Grounds are lovely.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
I like looking up into Cirencester Park.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
A lovely walk around the town, followed by a nice lunch in one of the many restaurants and coffee shops that we have. More often than not there is usually an event going on in the market square, be it a market day, or some other exhibition. The Corn Hall is a great place to mooch about after a lovely lunch too.
Client Manager
Stephanie McPherson
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Thai Emerald/ Cote Brasserie Cirencester.
What do you love about the area?
The character of the Town itself, specifically the Parish Church, the parks and access to country walks.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
The Abbey Grounds.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
From the top of The Parish Church or the top of Cirencester Park looking back towards the Church.
Where is the best place to relax in the area ? The Abbey Grounds
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ? Walk in to Town, grab some lunch from Heathers café and walk up to the Polo Ground through Cirencester Park.
Customer Manager
Lucy James
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
The Waterside Restaurant in South Cerney.
What do you love about the area?
The gorgeous views, pretty walks and the fact we are so lucky to live somewhere that people want to come for their holidays.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Spa 6 at Four Pillars.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Coln St Aldwyns.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
A picnic on the yellow walk to Quenington, Coln & Bibury, stopping at pubs after.
Sales Progressor
Jade Allen
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
The Close Hotel in Tetbury, does a delicious breakfast!
What do you love about the area?
Its like a step back in time with all the old properties and unique shops in Tetbury.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Walking over Minchinhampton common
What do you think is the best view in the area?
There are too many to choose from as it is such a beautiful area
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Westonbirt Arboretum or Highgrove Gardens
Associate Director – Cirencester Lettings
Cathy Sinnott
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant? A particular favourite is The Eliot Arms in South Cerney. Great food, lots of nooks and crannies to sit in and soak up the gorgeous atmosphere.
What do you love about the area? I love Cirencester and its vibe… there are so many fabulous independent shops to explore and always something to do and see.
What do you think is the best view in the area? There are so many to choose from, but Bourton-on-the-Water bridges are so lovely and probably the most iconic sights in the whole of the Cotswolds.
Where is the best place to relax in the area? I personally love to potter around the fab antique shop in the Market Place, it’s packed with an array of antique jewellery, Art Deco pieces, tea sets…I can lose myself in there for hours.
How would you spend the perfect day? Meeting my best friends, who can now come and stay with me over a weekend, walking to the pub for Sunday lunch and a good ole girlie catch up, over a glass or two, of vino.
Property Manager
Pippa Harding
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
Five Valleys Food Hall.
What do you love about the area?
The Scenery.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
Picnic area by the canal.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
The view towards Wales across the top of Cheltenham and Gloucester.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
Walking.
Property Manager
Bev Oram
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant ? Cote in Cirencester
What do you love about the area ? Im originally from ‘the north’ so love the Cotswolds in general but especially Cirencester
Where is the best place to relax in the area ? My garden
What do you think is the best view in the area ? The outdoor swimming pool looking towards the castle in Cecily hill
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ? Walking in Cirencester Park
Lettings Negotiator
Emily Sedgwick
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant ? The Greyhound, Siddington
What do you love about the area ? The scenery!
Where is the best place to relax in the area ? My garden
What do you think is the best view in the area ? Anywhere in Cirencester Park.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ? Relaxing in the garden with my cat
Lettings Administrator
Jane Pearce
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant ? The Greyhound Pub as it’s easy walking distance of my house
What do you love about the area ? The miles and miles of beautiful countryside
Where is the best place to relax in the area ? Plummers Farm Livery Yard
What do you think is the best view in the area ? The view of Cirencester Parish Church through my horses ears when riding from Sapperton Village to Cirencester through the park.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area ? Riding in Cirencester Park
Senior Adminstrator
Robyn Niblett
Where is your favourite pub or restaurant?
I love to visit The Crown in Minchinhampton. It has such a warm cosy atmosphere, and their outdoor seating area is a great place to sit and have a drink, especially during the winter months when the outdoor tent it is covered in fairy lights with heaters and blankets.
What do you love about the area?
It has to be the cows on the common! I love being surrounded by the open countryside and having big highland cows just strolling down the road.
Where is the best place to relax in the area?
I love to sit on the common and relax whilst drawing, reading, or just taking in the views.
What do you think is the best view in the area?
Watching the sunset from either Rodborough Common or Coaley Peak Viewpoint is always a very impressive sight.
How would you spend a ‘perfect day’ in the area?
The summer months in Minchinhampton are my favourite; Winstones Ice cream is a short walk away, impressive kites are being flown on the common and the cows are roaming free (they even walk past our front door!).
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Welcome to Cirencester
MD, Phillip Bishop, introduces the beautiful Cotswolds town of Cirencester.
Selling and letting in Cirencester
Our team of Local Property Experts offer a variety of services to sellers and landlords in Cirencester. We have a wealth of experience to guide and advise you from start to finish, backed by our branch network – ensuring you enjoy maximum marketing exposure.
Our local area knowledge is really important in being able to provide you with an accurate property valuation that takes into account the current Cirencester property market. Our local expertise is vital when selling or letting your property and we provide helpful and up-to-date information to buyers or tenants new to Cirencester and the surrounding villages. Below, we have created a local guide to Cirencester for those interested in moving to the area.
Cirencester Guide
This ancient Roman Market Town, known as the Capital of the Cotswolds, lies on the River Churn and is surrounded by beautiful countryside.
About Cirencester
Cirencester is well connected and has an abundance of local amenities making it a desirable place to live. The area also has a variety of properties available making it a popular option for buyers and renters. Whether you are looking for a detached house or a cosy flat, there’s plenty to choose from.
Local amenities in Cirencester
Cirencester is home to a number of supermarkets including Waitrose, Tesco, M&S Foodhall and the independent Abbey Home Organic Farm Shop filled with fresh, local produce. The area also has doctor surgeries, hotels, leisure facilities, bars and restaurants.
Cirencester is served well for nursery, primary and secondary schools as well as independent schools. The variety and great options of schools include Powell’s Church of England Primary School which has been rated Outstanding by Ofsted. For further education, there are several colleges and sixth forms as well as the Royal Agricultural University.
Leisure and activities in Cirencester
There’s a lot to do in Cirencester whether you are looking to spend time outside or gather with friends and family indoors. With several parks including Cirencester Park, Abbey Ground, Hare Woods and City Bank Nature Reserve there are plenty of opportunities to catch some fresh air. There are also leisure facilities suitable for the whole family including Cirencester Leisure Park, Cotswold Water Park and perfect for the summer is Cirencester Open Air Swimming Pool. Finding a sports club won’t be hard in Cirencester with a wide range available from tennis to rugby to golf.
Find high street brands as well as a wide selection of independent shops in Cirencester. Similar with restaurants, choose from contemporary Spanish food at Tierra & Mar to classic fish and chips at Malt & Anchor or a trusty, tasty pizza from Pizza Express.
Cirencester also hosts major events throughout the year including The Cotswold Show, the popular Phoenix Festival, Classic Car Show and the Advent Street Market at Christmas time.
Transport links in Cirencester
Cirencester has fantastic transport links, with Cheltenham and Swindon just half an hour away, and the M4 and M5 within easy reach. A regular train service from nearby Kemble Station gets you into London Paddington in under 90 minutes. For travelling abroad, the closest airport to catch a flight is Bristol Airport.
Local area data and amenities
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We are delighted to support Cirencester Housing for Young People (CHYP). CHYP was established in 1986 to help young people in and around the Cirencester area. Their aim is to provide supported accommodation to vulnerable young people between the ages of 16 and 25.
