Holst Victorian House — Attraction in Cheltenham

Small and interesting from the point of view of looking at how people used to live. Unfortunately not much specifically about Holst's life story as he was very young when he lived here. There was a twenty minute film about Holst but the sound quality was poor and the volume much to low to follow. The volume would not turn up as a computer was controlling the playback. I left with the feeling that the museum had been created by the local council (don't know if it was them) as Holst was born in the town and we should have a museum. Compared to the Elgar Museum which is not so far away this was...

Lovely welcome and very well informed volunteer guides. It was great to have a chat with them. This is where Holst was born although, as he only lived there for his first 7 years before the family moved elsewhere, it has been in other owners hands for the last 100+ years so it isn't 'as Holst's family had it'. It took just under an hour to view (not including the time I spent watching the film about Holst's music). The entry is for an annual pass but I'm not sure I'll need to return - not because it isn't charming but more because I think I have seen it all. I'm very glad to have been...

We had a good visit overall. However, upon arriving we were told we can take a copy of the information book and no charge for this was mentioned so we thought we will take home and read it later. When we were about to leave with the book in hand, we were told by a different lady that they cost and that we either pay or return it. We ended up returning the book and so missed out on a lot of information as we thought we would get to read it at a later date. It was not explained at all. We also felt she was watching over us and didn't provide any information, rather check we...