Self-catering · Bibury
9 Arlington Row
The National Trust's holiday cottage in Arlington Row, Bibury: a two-bedroom former weaver's cottage for three, with a wood burner and a private garden behind the famous terrace.
The one way to have Arlington Row to yourself: the day visitors leave, and you are still there in the evening with the water meadow out of the back. Small, for two or three, with no Wi-Fi, no dogs and a short walk from the car.
- Good: A cottage in Arlington Row, a terrace dating from the 14th century
- Good: Private rear garden looking towards Rack Isle and the water meadow
- Good: Wood-burning stove; linen and towels provided
- Worth knowing: Visitors crowd the row by day, close to the front door
- Worth knowing: No Wi-Fi and no dogs
- Worth knowing: Parking about 140 metres away; unload outside the cottage
About
Number 9 is one of the cottages of Arlington Row in Bibury, the terrace that started as a wool store in the fourteenth century and became weavers' homes. The National Trust owns the row and lets this cottage as a holiday home; the rest are lived in by its tenants. From the private garden at the back you look over Rack Isle, where the cloth was once hung to dry.
It sleeps three. Downstairs are a sitting and dining room with a wood-burning stove and a kitchen with a dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer. Upstairs are a king-size bedroom and a single, with the bathroom and its electric shower on the half landing. Heating is by storage heaters and the stove. There is no Wi-Fi and no EV charging. A cot and high chair are provided, but dogs are not allowed. The Trust's booking calendar offers stays of three nights or more, and guests get free entry to Chedworth Roman Villa, about 20 minutes' drive away.
The row is one of the most photographed streets in England, so expect visitors outside by day. The car stays in the residents' car park about 140 metres away. Number 1, at the other end of the row, sleeps six and can be booked with it for a group of nine. Staying means you can walk Bibury and the River Coln early, before the day visitors arrive.
The details
- Rooms
- 2
- Check-in
- From 4pm
- Check-out
- By 10am (4pm on Sundays)
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Parking · Open fire
- History
- 14th-century wool store, later weavers' cottages
- Parking
- One allocated space in the residents' car park at the end of the row, about 140 metres away; loading and unloading on the road outside.
Photos
The sitting room 
The king-size bedroom 
The garden behind the cottage 
The single bedroom
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Eleven Bibury 0.1 km away
- Bibury Trout Farm 0.2 km away
- The Catherine Wheel, Bibury 0.3 km away
- The Swan Hotel 0.3 km away
Sights nearby
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Arlington Row, Bibury
Sight · Historic building · Bibury
Arlington Row is a terrace of stone cottages above the mill stream in Bibury, built as a wool store in the late fourteenth century and turned into weavers' homes in the seventeenth. Grade I and owned by the National Trust, the cottages are lived in and seen from the path.
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River Coln
Sight · River · Cirencester and the Coln Valley
The limestone river of the south Cotswolds, rising near Sevenhampton and running south-east past Chedworth, Bibury and Arlington Row, Coln St Aldwyns, Quenington and Fairford to join the Thames at Inglesham above Lechlade. Five of our walks follow or cross it.
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St Mary's Church, Bibury
Sight · Church · Bibury
St Mary's in Bibury is a Saxon church grown over five centuries, with eleventh-century walling, Saxon stones in the chancel, carved capitals of the Oseney canons, the county's earliest stained glass and a Karl Parsons window of 1927. Grade I and open daily.
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Ablington Manor
Sight · Historic building · Bibury
Ablington Manor is an Elizabethan house in the hamlet of Ablington near Bibury, dated 1590 for John Coxwell, with five carved royal heads over its porch. Listed Grade I and a private home, it is seen from the lane through the hamlet.