# Cotswolds Tourist Information & Travel Guide

> Plan a visit to the Cotswolds with this tourist guide to limestone villages, market towns, gardens, castles and stately homes, plus events and places to stay.

URL: https://cotswolds.info/index.shtml  
Section: Cotswolds Tourist Guide  
Location: The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire (51.83, -1.84)  
Last updated: 2023-07-24

## The Cotswolds - the Heart of England

...where time has stood still for 300 years

The official Cotswolds.info website covering the whole of the Cotswolds and its surrounds is your online travel tour guide for discovering everything you need to know about visiting and touring the unique Cotswolds region of the UK. Your travel in England would not be complete without a visit to the Cotswolds.

This website is the only Internet resource to fully cover the whole of the Cotswolds region and important tourist areas on its borders.

Prepare to be intrigued by our rich unique history, culture and the natural beauty of ancient limestone villages, rolling wolds countryside, beautiful gardens and magnificent historic castles and stately homes.

The Cotswolds is one of the most 'quintessentially English' and unspoiled regions of England where you cannot help but fall in love with the uniqueness of it.

This site is an extensive resource for the **whole** of the Cotswold region formed by the associated six English counties of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Bath & North East Somerset.

-   Local Tourist and Visitor Information Centres
-   World Clock
-   World Time Zone Converter
-   Plan Your Journey
-   Best Buy Train Tickets

**Stay in Luxury and Exclusive accommodation in the Cotswolds
![Luxury Exclusive accommodation](https://cotswolds.info/images/generic/starsfive.jpg)**

Cotswold Conference & Function Facilities

![Cotswold Lion](https://cotswolds.info/images/index-page/smallpics/cotswold_lion.jpg)The unique region officially covers an area of 790 square miles in the upper part of the southwest region of England and is the country's largest officially designated '_**Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty**_' see our (Cotswolds Fact Sheet).

Popular with both the English themselves and international visitors from all over the world, the area is well known for gentle hillsides (‘wolds’), outstanding countryside with river valleys, water meadows and beech woods, sleepy ancient limestone villages, historic market towns and for being so ‘typically English’ where time has stood still for over 300 years.

## Travel Tour Guide to the Cotswolds

..... ![Heart of England](https://cotswolds.info/images/generic/heart.jpg)we love the Cotswolds

Throughout the Cotswolds stone features in buildings and stone walls act as a common thread in seamlessly blending the historic towns & villages with their surrounding landscape.

![Horse Riding](https://cotswolds.info/images/index-page/smallpics/cottage_doorway.jpg)This detailed and comprehensive tour directory is the perfect visitor guide to the region's history, beautiful villages, places to visit, finding Cotswold accommodation and places to eat including where to shop, and what glorious gardens to see.

It also includes outdoor activity pursuits including Walking, Cycling, Fishing, Golfing, Garden Visits, Horse Riding, Camping and Caravanning.

The Events Calendar lets you know about Events taking place throughout the year and Maps are provided for the whole region. Find holiday and vacation accommodation and lodgings.

The Cotswolds - "the most English and the least spoiled
of all our countrysides" - J.B. Priestley

The Local Time is Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 21:05:57 CEST

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## SELECTION OF COTSWOLD EVENTS

Please note that due to Covid-19 most Events have been cancelled.
Generally outdoor parks including those of Stately Houses have
now been re-opened. Please check the relevant specific websites
for further information.

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**For further information & more Events view our -** **Cotswold Events Calendar**

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This page last modified Monday, 24-Jul-2023 12:44:32 CEST

A Guide to the unique English region of the Cotswolds where time has stood still for 300 years