Things to do in the Cotswolds
Honey-stone villages, proper pubs and views across three counties. The Cotswolds, without the coach-tour itinerary.
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Bourton-on-the-Water
The Venice of the Cotswolds
Cross four low stone bridges without getting your feet wet.
Stow-on-the-Wold
The Doors of Durin
Find the church door that (maybe) inspired Tolkien.
Broadway
Three Counties, One View
Climb a Victorian folly and count how many counties you can see.
Cleeve Hill
The Highest Point in the Cotswolds
Get above the light pollution and look up.
Bibury
England's Most Photographed Street
Frame the shot everyone takes, then go find a better one.
Chipping Campden
The Wool Town's Trading Floor
Find the 400-year-old building that once weighed the whole town's cheese.
Kingham
The Farm Shop That Started It All
Visit the organic farm shop that basically invented the genre.
Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh
Fly a Bird of Prey
Get a hawk to land on your own glove at a real falconry centre near Moreton-in-Marsh.
Upper Slaughter
The Quietest Village in the Cotswolds
Find the village with no shop, no pub sign, and barely any noise.
Bourton-on-the-Water
Tiny Bourton
Find the tiny model of the model, hidden inside the model village.
Naunton
The Best Bench in Naunton
Find the bench locals actually use, not the one in every guidebook.
Lower Slaughter
Riverside Picnic, Lower Slaughter
Spread a blanket by the River Eye and do absolutely nothing for twenty minutes.
Lower Slaughter
Mill by the Eye
Follow the River Eye to a watermill that's still turning.
Cowley, Cheltenham
Walk an Alpaca Through the Fields
Lead your own alpaca on a walk around a working Cotswold farm.
Stow-on-the-Wold
The Proper Sunday Roast
Order a full roast at a stone-built pub older than most countries.
Winchcombe
Bake Off Country
Find a proper Cotswold bakery and try something you can't get at home.
Guiting Power
Drink Where the Jockeys Drink
Find the pub named after a racehorse, in a village named after nothing in particular.
Stourton
Whisky Made From Cotswold Barley
Tour the distillery that started making single malt whisky from scratch in 2014.
Winchcombe
The Queen Buried in a Garden
Find the only English queen buried on private ground.
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