Jenner Museum

Dr Jenner's House in Berkeley is the Georgian home where Edward Jenner developed the world's first vaccine — for smallpox — in the 1790s. The building, known as the Chantry, is grade II* listed and contains Jenner's original study, instruments, and correspondence alongside displays tracing how a country doctor's experiment in rural Gloucestershire eventually led to the global eradication of smallpox by 1980.

In the garden stands the Temple of Vaccinia, a small thatched summerhouse where Jenner vaccinated the local poor for free — an unusual piece of medical history you can actually walk into.

The museum opens Saturday to Wednesday, 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm) during the summer season; check the website for opening dates outside July and August.

It suits anyone with a passing interest in science or history, and the garden and Temple of Vaccinia make it worth the short detour from the main Cotswolds circuit.