Then on our way to Painswick in the afternoon, we stopped in Cirencester (Corinum Dubonnorum). This city was the second largest city in Roman Britain.
The head gardener chatted with us prior to visiting the Painswick gardens themselves. It is a Rococo Garden, the only complete survivor of  the short period in the 18th century when gardens in this style were fashionable. It is a garden of whimsy, designed to catch your attention.