Rainy day things to do in the Cotswolds

Rain on the way? 13 indoor Roves in the Cotswolds: museums, markets, cosy corners and places to shelter in style.

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The Venice of the Cotswolds 🧭 Explore 89

Bourton-on-the-Water

The Venice of the Cotswolds

Cross four low stone bridges without getting your feet wet.

  • 20 min
  • £0
  • Easy
The Doors of Durin 🕵️ Mystery 88

Stow-on-the-Wold

The Doors of Durin

Find the church door that (maybe) inspired Tolkien.

  • 15 min
  • £0
  • Easy
England's Most Photographed Street 🎨 Creative 83

Bibury

England's Most Photographed Street

Frame the shot everyone takes, then go find a better one.

  • 20 min
  • £0
  • Easy
The Wool Town's Trading Floor 🏛️ Culture 83

Chipping Campden

The Wool Town's Trading Floor

Find the 400-year-old building that once weighed the whole town's cheese.

  • 18 min
  • £0
  • Easy
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🍴 Food 83

Kingham

The Farm Shop That Started It All

Visit the organic farm shop that basically invented the genre.

  • 45 min
  • ££
  • Easy
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⚡ Active 82

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.

  • 75 min
  • ££
  • Medium
Tiny Bourton 🔎 Find 80

Bourton-on-the-Water

Tiny Bourton

Find the tiny model of the model, hidden inside the model village.

  • 25 min
  • £
  • Easy
The Best Bench in Naunton 🔎 Find 80

Naunton

The Best Bench in Naunton

Find the bench locals actually use, not the one in every guidebook.

  • 15 min
  • £0
  • Easy
The Proper Sunday Roast 🍴 Food 76

Stow-on-the-Wold

The Proper Sunday Roast

Order a full roast at a stone-built pub older than most countries.

  • 45 min
  • ££
  • Easy
Bake Off Country 🍴 Food 76

Winchcombe

Bake Off Country

Find a proper Cotswold bakery and try something you can't get at home.

  • 15 min
  • £
  • Easy
Drink Where the Jockeys Drink 🍻 Social 76

Guiting Power

Drink Where the Jockeys Drink

Find the pub named after a racehorse, in a village named after nothing in particular.

  • 25 min
  • £
  • Easy
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✨ Experience 74

Stourton

Whisky Made From Cotswold Barley

Tour the distillery that started making single malt whisky from scratch in 2014.

  • 75 min
  • ££
  • Easy
The Queen Buried in a Garden 🏛️ Culture 73

Winchcombe

The Queen Buried in a Garden

Find the only English queen buried on private ground.

  • 30 min
  • ££
  • Easy

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