Wotton-under-edge
Wotton-under-Edge is a market town within the Stroud area of Gloucestershire, England. Located near the southern edge of the Cotswolds, the Cotswold Way long-distance walkway goes through the community. Basing on the B4058, Wotton is about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the M5 freeway. The local railway station is Cam and Dursley, 7 miles (11 km) away by road, on the Bristol to Birmingham line. The town is fairly well served for a community of its size. It has several bars and also a hotel, and also a range of takeaways as well as restaurants. It can be quite lively in the evening contrasted to numerous others of its size. It has numerous active social groups, such as Scouts, Guides, a gardening club as well as the Wotton Lions. In 1958, local people and also college trainees constructed the town swimming pool, which was completed in 1961. Subsequently the swimming pool has had solar as well as electric home heating mounted. In 1999 with the fund raising support of neighborhood teams, a retractable enclosure was fitted to prolong the swimming season. In 2002, following the closure of the local cinema, a team of volunteers raised funds for a repair to become one of the first electronic movie theaters in the UK. It re-opened in 2005 as a 100-seat facility inside an old stable backyard, when part of the Crown Inn which enclosed 1911. Films were first received the old Banqueting Hall of the Inn and relocated to the stable yard some years later on, as a result of the popularity of films. The Wotton Electric Picture House (the initial name) is now a flourishing location.
