Tetbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the site of an ancient hill fort, on which an Anglo-Saxon monastery was founded, probably by Ine of Wessex, in 681.

In the Middle Ages, Tetbury became the most important market for Cotswold wool and yarn. The Tetbury Woolsack Races , in which competitors must carry a 60 pound sack of wool up a steep hill, were founded and are still contested annually.

Notable buildings in the town include the market hall , built in 1655 and the late-eighteenth century Gothic revival parish church, and much of the rest of the town centre, dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Other attractions include the Police Bygones Museum . Chavenage House , Highgrove House and Westonbirt Arboretum lie just outside the town. Laurens van der Post owned a farm in the 1930s near by called Colley Farm.

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• Tetbury Woolsack Races