Minchinhampton is a Cotswolds market town and a civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, South West England.

The additional element is the Old English mynecen, meaning a nun, which is related to the modern word "monk".

The main square has a war memorial, and a 17th-century Market House, given to the town in 1919 by the Lord of the Manor, Lt Col. H. G. Ricardo, and restored in 1944.

[2] There is a twice-yearly craft fair at Gatcombe and an annual summer visit by Gifford's Circus.

[10] The Crown[7] building dates back to 1715, where it was used for public meetings and assemblies before it became a beer house.

Across the town, many plaques displaying 'West Country Ales- Best in the West- 1760' are situated on the walls of buildings.

[13] In 2014, the club's players were joined by Gatcombe Park resident Mike Tindall, a 2003 Rugby World Cup winner and ex-England and Gloucester RFC rugby international married to Zara Phillips, the daughter of the Princess Royal.

The spire of the parish church was pulled down for safety reasons in 1563, after the nave arches supporting it were found to be failing.

It has long, parallel ditches and mounds known as the Bulwarks, which formed part of a large Iron Age fort.

[23] There are wide views from the Common, west over the Severn estuary into Wales, and east to the Golden Valley and further into the Cotswolds.

[24][25] The Common is also well known in the local area for its cows and wild horses, which use the land to graze from May to October.

In 2005, after a Freedom of Information request, the local newspaper revealed that Aston Down is contaminated with arsenic, hydrocarbons and radium.