Bradford-on-Avon pairs one of England's most complete Saxon churches with a wool-town history and a genuinely lively canal-side dining scene.
Castle Combe has been called the prettiest village in England so often it's almost a cliché, and Hollywood keeps agreeing.
Within a few miles of each other in the Evenlode Valley sit four of the North Cotswolds' most rewarding villages, each different in character.
Bath has nearly two thousand years of continuous spa history compressed into one UNESCO World Heritage city, and although not everyone knows it but it is very much Cotswold.
A 300-year-old coaching inn with its own long-vanished brew-house, still pouring guest ales and cooking with produce from nearby farms every day.
Named for a Civil War viscount, this partly thatched ironstone pub has been pouring pints in Great Tew since the 17th century. And almost right next door to another favourite, Quince & Clover
Witch marks in the cellar, a 2022 refurbishment and produce straight from the Daylesford farm shop just down the road; a lovely place to linger.
Hand-picked classic cars and events at this former WWII RAF Fighter Command base near Bibury; the home of our 1968 Bentley and our 1968 EType Jaguar.
Holland Cooper is now a £54 million British - Cotswold - lifestyle brand. We are big fans and definitely worth a special trip.
The Bull at Burford wears more than four centuries of history lightly, pairing genuine coaching-inn heritage with a dining concept — open-fire, theatrical, communal — that feels thoroughly of the moment.
Founded in 1972, this Burford gallery has built a reputation rivalling exhibition spaces in London itself.
Burford's sloping High Street, wool-merchant architecture and riverside setting have earned it the name "Gateway to the Cotswolds". Here is how to understand the town properly: its history, its best walks, and where to eat, shop and stay nearby.
