an area of outstanding beauty based on an agricultural heritage.
The Cotswolds
Villages
Blockley
Bibury
Bourton on the Water Broadway
Northleach
Stanton
Stanway
Upper and Lower Slaughter
Local area
Local towns
Burford
Cirencester
Cheltenham
Chipping Campden
Moreton in Marsh
Stow on the Wold
Stroud
Winchcombe
The Cotswolds is an area that retains its beauty all year round.
The golden stone buildings provide a unique backdrop to the most attractive part of the British Isles. Small cottages exist in harmony alongside great manor houses. The historic wealth of the wool merchants that built the monumental churches has been replaced by the signs of modern success.
The area was a capital of England in Roman times. Roman activity can be seen locally at the Chedworth Roman Villa and in the Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
Within an hour’s drive
Bath
Bristol
Gloucester
Stratford on Avon
Oxford
Worcester
Events
Cheltenham hosts a number of festivals during the year, Jazz, Literature, Music, Science all attract international stars.
The cricket and National Hunt festivals cater for the sporting minded. A list of Cheltenham events can be found here.
Local events include the Cotswold Show, the Fairford International Air Tattoo, the Stow Horse fair, the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester as examples.
There are theatres in Cheltenham, Oxford, Bristol and of course Stratford.