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Robinswood, Gloucester — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Robinswood is a district of Gloucester named for Robinswood Hill, with the Church Of St Aldate and the Matson moated site on its ground.
About Robinswood
Where to stay in Robinswood
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Nothing on Robinswood's register is a hotel, so the room goes into Gloucester and the district becomes a morning's walk out to Robinswood Hill and the Matson moated site. The hill is the reason to come. Church Of St Aldate, Saint Katherine and Saint Hilda's Hall fill the rest of a visit that Gloucester can supply beds for without a second base.
You want Matson if the war memorial and the moated site are the draw.
About Robinswood
What are the main landmarks in Robinswood?
The Matson moated site is the one earthwork on Robinswood's register, entered under the Matson name rather than the district's own. Churches follow. The Church Of St Aldate is listed here, and Saint Katherine and Saint Hilda's Hall join it as the other dedications recorded for the district within Gloucester.
Matson War Memorial closes the list. Robinswood Hill supplies the name that carries the whole set, and the five entries, memorial and moated site and three dedications, make a register short enough to walk in one afternoon.
What is the history of Robinswood?
Robinswood carries no founding year on its record, and the Matson moated site is the entry that reaches furthest back, an enclosure named for Matson rather than for the district. Three dedications follow it. The Church Of St Aldate, Saint Katherine and Saint Hilda's Hall all sit on the register, and their names give Robinswood most of what stands in place of a documented origin.
Matson War Memorial dates the twentieth century. Robinswood Hill kept the name through all of it, and the district still answers to Robinswood Hill as readily as to Robinswood alone.
Where is Robinswood?
Robinswood Hill gives the district both its name and its high ground within Gloucester, with the Matson moated site and Matson War Memorial recorded nearby.
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Updated September 2026