Itineraries
Plans our team has walked, ridden and eaten their way through, with the buses and the trains between.
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A Cotswolds touring route by car: three days in a loop from Burford
A three-day driving loop through the Cotswolds from Burford, with where to park at every stop: the north to Broadway on day one, Sudeley, Painswick and the commons to Tetbury on day two, and Castle Combe, Malmesbury, Cirencester and Bibury back to Burford on day three.
3 days · By car · Nights: Broadway and Tetbury
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A Cotswolds weekend with children: farm animals, penguins and a wildlife park
A two-day Cotswolds weekend for families with young children, by car: Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park and Bourton-on-the-Water's Birdland and Model Village on Saturday, the Cotswold Wildlife Park and Burford on Sunday.
2 days · By car · Base: Lower Slaughter
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A day trip to the Cotswolds from London by train and bus
A day in the Cotswolds from London without a car: the train from Paddington to Moreton-in-Marsh, the 801 bus to Bourton-on-the-Water, the walk to the Slaughters, Stow in the afternoon and home the same evening, with the Sunday version.
1 day · No car needed · Train: Paddington to Moreton
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A dog-friendly weekend in the Cotswolds: Winchcombe and the Edge by car
A Cotswold weekend with a dog, based at an inn in Winchcombe that takes dogs in every room: Cleeve Common, a pub lunch and the steam railway on Saturday, then Broadway Tower on foot, Broadway and Batsford Arboretum on Sunday, with the livestock rules.
2 days · By car · Base: Winchcombe
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A Five Valleys weekend: Stroud, Painswick, Slad and Sapperton by car
A weekend in the quieter Stroud valleys by car, based in Painswick: Stroud's Saturday market, the Rococo Garden, Minchinhampton Common and Nailsworth on Saturday, then Laurie Lee's Slad, Bisley, Sapperton and the canal tunnel at Daneway on Sunday.
2 days, Saturday and Sunday · By car · Base: Painswick
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A gardens weekend in the Cotswolds: Hidcote, Sezincote and the north by car
Two days of Cotswold gardens by car from Chipping Campden: Batsford, Sezincote and Bourton House on a Friday, Hidcote and Kiftsgate on Sunday, with the swaps by season, from February's snowdrops at Colesbourne to Westonbirt's maples in October.
2 days, Friday and Sunday · By car · Base: Chipping Campden
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A week in the Cotswolds by car: two bases, three regions
Seven days in the Cotswolds by car from two bases: four nights in Stow for the north and the Cotswold Edge, a day down the Coln by Bibury, then three nights in Malmesbury for Westonbirt, Castle Combe, Biddestone and Lacock. Start on a Saturday.
7 days · By car · Bases: Stow, then Malmesbury
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A weekend in the South Cotswolds: Tetbury, Malmesbury, Castle Combe and Lacock
A two-day South Cotswolds weekend by car: Tetbury's Market House and Westonbirt Arboretum on Saturday, a night beside Malmesbury Abbey, then Castle Combe, Biddestone and Lacock on Sunday. About 45 miles of driving.
2 days · By car · Base: Malmesbury
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A weekend of pub walks in the Cotswolds, from Guiting Power
Two days of Cotswold pub walks from a pub with rooms in Guiting Power: the Naunton loop to the Farmers Arms and the Slaughters on Saturday, Belas Knap above Winchcombe to the White Hart on Sunday. By car, with short drives between walks.
2 days · By car, short hops · Base: Guiting Power
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Cotswold film locations by car: two days from Downton to Hogwarts
A two-day drive through the Cotswold film and TV locations that the productions or the owners confirm: Downton at Bampton and Cogges, Father Brown's Blockley, Bridget Jones at Snowshill, Cider with Rosie's Slad, Castle Combe, Biddestone and Hogwarts at Lacock.
2 days, Saturday and Sunday · By car · About 120 miles (190km) driving
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Five days in the Cotswolds by car: the north, then the Five Valleys
A five-day Cotswolds itinerary by car with two bases: three nights in Northleach for Campden, Broadway, the Slaughters, Bibury and Westonbirt, then two in Painswick for the Rococo Garden, Laurie Lee's Slad, Stroud's Saturday market and the commons.
5 days · By car · Bases: Northleach, then Painswick
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One day in the Cotswolds: a North Cotswolds day trip by car
A one-day Cotswolds trip by car for first-timers: Bourton-on-the-Water and the Slaughters before the crowds, lunch in Stow, Chipping Campden in the afternoon and Broadway Tower at the end of the day. About 22 miles of driving.
1 day · By car · About 22 miles (35km) driving
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The Cotswolds in winter: a weekend in Broadway and the north by car
A winter weekend in the Cotswolds by car from Broadway, built for short days: the walk to Broadway Tower and an afternoon by the fire on Saturday, Chipping Campden, Batsford's winter trees or snowdrops and a Doom painting at Lower Oddington on Sunday, with what is closed.
2 days · By car · Base: Broadway
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The Cotswolds without a car: three days by train, bus and on foot
Three days in the Cotswolds without a car, based at Moreton-in-Marsh station: the walk to Batsford and Stow on day one, Bourton and the Slaughters on day two, Bibury by two buses on day three. Bus times from the operator's 2026 timetables.
3 days · No car needed · Base: Moreton-in-Marsh
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Three days in the Cotswolds: a north to south itinerary by car
A three-day Cotswolds itinerary by car from Chipping Campden to Westonbirt: the escarpment villages on day one, Bourton, the Slaughters and a Roman villa on day two, Bibury, Cirencester and Tetbury on day three. Based in Northleach.
3 days · By car · Base: Northleach
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Two days in the North Cotswolds: a 2-day Cotswolds itinerary
A two-day Cotswolds itinerary from a base in Stow-on-the-Wold: the Slaughters on foot and Daylesford on day one, then Batsford, Chipping Campden, Hidcote and Broadway Tower on day two. By car, with about 55 miles of driving in all.
2 days · By car · Base: Stow-on-the-Wold