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Where to stay in the Cotswolds

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Coaching inns on market squares, pubs with rooms in the villages and country-house hotels. Choose your base first: the right town saves hours of driving, or lets you leave the car at home.

A row of old stone weavers' cottages beside a river under a white sky
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  1. Stone cottages of Arlington Row in Bibury, with steep gables, a sage-green door and a grassy bank

    9 Arlington Row

    Self-catering · Bibury

    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.

    Verified Oct 2026

  2. Abbots Grange lit up at dusk across its lawn and clipped hedges

    Abbots Grange

    B&B · Broadway

    A fourteenth-century house on Church Street, Broadway, said to have been the summer manor of the abbots of Pershore, with ten rooms and suites for adults and a full breakfast.

    EV charging

    Verified Oct 2026

  3. The stone front of the former post office on Market Street, with the bistro on the ground floor

    Amarelo Apartments

    Self-catering · Charlbury

    Two one-bedroom holiday apartments for two above a restaurant at 8 Market Street, Charlbury, a short walk from the station.

    Car-free

    Verified Nov 2026

  4. A terrace of stone cottages on New Church Street, Tetbury, behind a parking area

    Angel Cottage

    Self-catering · Tetbury

    A holiday cottage for two on New Church Street in the middle of Tetbury, for short breaks or weekly stays.

    Verified Nov 2026

  5. A stone barn and gravel yard at Banbury Hill Farm, with the Evenlode valley beyond

    Banbury Hill Farm

    B&B · Charlbury

    A former farm on the Enstone Road a mile outside Charlbury, with eight ground-floor B&B rooms in a converted piggery, four self-catering cottages and a seven-bedroom farmhouse.

    Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly · EV charging

    Verified Nov 2026

  6. A bright sitting room with blue sofas and a dining table by the window

    Barn Cottage, Painswick

    Self-catering · Painswick

    A three-bedroom barn conversion in Painswick, sleeping six in en suite rooms, with off-road parking, an enclosed courtyard and dogs welcome.

    Dog-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

  7. A caravan on a grass field under big clouds, with Lechlade church spire in the distance

    Bridge House Campsite

    Camping · Lechlade-on-Thames

    A small family-run touring and camping field on Thames Street, Lechlade, a short walk from the river and the town, with 42 pitches and three bell tents, open from late March until it closes for the winter.

    Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

  8. A gabled stone house behind a low wall and hedge with stone gate piers

    Brookside Lodge

    Self-catering · Laverton and Buckland

    A Victorian hunting lodge for groups of up to 14 in Laverton, near Broadway, with a two-bedroom cottage, a heated pool, a gym in the old stables and dogs welcome.

    Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly

    Verified Oct 2026

  9. Buckland Manor across a wide striped lawn, framed by a tree

    Buckland Manor

    Hotel · Broadway

    A country house hotel in a Grade II* manor house with 15 bedrooms in ten acres of gardens at Buckland, near Broadway, with a restaurant, tennis and croquet.

    Dog-friendly · Family-friendly

    Verified Oct 2026

  10. A dark, calm bedroom with a woven headboard, a bench and soft lamplight

    Bull, Burford

    Hotel · Burford

    A coaching inn on Burford's High Street, opened in 1536 by its own account, now a hotel with 18 rooms, three restaurants and a treatment suite.

    Wedding venues

    Verified Oct 2026

  11. A four-poster bedroom with a curved bay window over the garden at Burleigh Court

    Burleigh Court

    Hotel · Minchinhampton

    A Grade II listed country house hotel below Minchinhampton Common, above the Golden Valley, with 18 rooms, a two-rosette restaurant and a garden spa with a sauna, hot tub and plunge pool.

    Dog-friendly · EV charging · Wedding venues

    Verified Oct 2026

  12. A green shepherd hut with red iron wheels and wooden steps on the grass

    Burnt Ash Farm

    Glamping · Minchinhampton

    A small family-run stables a mile east of Minchinhampton with shepherd huts in an orchard and a small campsite for five caravans or motorhomes.

    Family-friendly · Walker-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

  13. A swimmer resting at the edge of Calcot's outdoor pool before the spa building

    Calcot Manor and Spa

    Hotel · Tetbury

    A hotel and spa on a 220-acre estate near Tetbury, with family suites, a cottage and treehouses among its rooms.

    Family-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

  14. A bedroom with a grey headboard, patterned cushions and wall lamps

    Chester House Hotel

    Hotel · Bourton-on-the-Water

    A family-owned hotel with 22 rooms on Victoria Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, with L'Anatra Italian Kitchen, a walled garden, a car park and rooms for small dogs.

    Dog-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

  15. A canopied double bed and sofa in a bedroom with windows over the hills

    Cleeve Hill Hotel

    B&B · Winchcombe

    A 12-room bed and breakfast hotel on Cleeve Hill, about three miles south-west of Winchcombe, with views over the Severn Vale and a door onto Cleeve Common and the Cotswold Way.

    Walker-friendly · Dog-friendly

    Verified Oct 2026

  16. A family walking along a gravel path from a timber-clad holiday lodge, a child on his father's shoulders

    Cotswold Farm Park Holidays

    Glamping · Guiting Power

    Lodges, cabins, safari tents, glamping pods and camping pitches at Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park above Guiting Power, with entry to the farm included.

    Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Hot tubs

    Verified Oct 2026

  17. A bright breakfast room with grey painted chairs, spotted tablecloths and hare pictures on the walls

    Cotswold Hare

    B&B · Cirencester

    A bed and breakfast with seven en suite rooms on Victoria Road, Cirencester, with a parking space for every room, for adults and children over ten.

    Verified Nov 2026

  18. The back of Cotswold House across its garden, with a stone path and red foliage

    Cotswold House Hotel and Spa

    Hotel · Chipping Campden

    A Grade II listed Regency town house on Chipping Campden's Upper High Street, now a hotel and spa with the Hidcote restaurant.

    Hot tubs · Wedding venues

    Verified Nov 2026

  19. Small stone cottage with glass doors opening onto a lawn and garden

    Cotswold Lodge

    Self-catering · Painswick

    A one-bedroom lodge on Stamages Lane, Painswick, for two adults and up to two young children, with a deck over the valley and free parking.

    Verified Oct 2026

  20. A two-storey Cotswold stone house with ivy by the porch and a gravel drive under a blue sky

    Cotswold Stay

    Self-catering · Burford

    A four-bedroom house in Burford that sleeps eight, let for self-catering, with no dogs.

    Family-friendly

    Verified Oct 2026

  21. Campervans and caravans pitched on grass beneath a line of trees

    Cotswold View Caravan and Camping Park

    Camping · Charlbury

    A caravan and camping park on 54 acres of farmland at Banbury Hill Farm, a mile outside Charlbury, with tent and touring pitches, wooden camping pods and a tennis court, open from late March to the start of November.

    Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly

    Verified Oct 2026

  22. A wide camping field in morning sun, with tents and cars along the hedge

    Cotswolds Camping

    Camping · Charlbury

    A family-run campsite on the Spelsbury Road just outside Charlbury, with pitches for tents, caravans and motorhomes, glamping pods, stable barns, gypsy wagons and two private fields for groups.

    Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · EV charging

    Verified Oct 2026

  23. Steep-roofed stone cottages stepping up a hill beside a footpath under a blue sky

    Cotteswold House

    B&B · Bibury

    A renovated guest house in Arlington, Bibury, a short walk from Arlington Row, with double rooms, a family suite and two self-catering cottages, and a cooked breakfast for those in the rooms.

    Verified Oct 2026

  24. A long stone cottage with climbing plants and a table laid on its lawn

    Daylesford Stays cottages

    Self-catering · Kingham

    Self-catering cottages in Daylesford village and on Daylesford's organic farm near Kingham, all within two miles of the farm shop, and all of them dog-friendly.

    Dog-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

Choosing a base

The Cotswolds cover nearly 800 square miles, from Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the north to Bath and Wiltshire in the south, so where you stay shapes your trip more than which hotel you choose. Pick the region you most want to see, then a town with good links. Planning a wedding? Our guide to getting married in the Cotswolds has the legal steps. Our guides to the best towns and the best villages in the Cotswolds say what each is like and who it suits.

Without a car

Moreton-in-Marsh has a station about 90 minutes from London Paddington, and the 801 bus runs from outside it to Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water and Cheltenham every day. Stow is about 15 minutes along that route. In the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, Kingham has its own station and two pubs with rooms. In the south, Stroud has direct trains to London and buses up the valleys. See where to stay in Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow, Kingham and Stroud, and our guide to the Cotswolds without a car. Our three days without a car is planned from Moreton.

For the north Cotswolds

Chipping Campden makes a fine base in the north, with the Cotswold Way starting beside its 1627 Market Hall on the High Street and buses to Moreton station. Broadway has the Lygon Arms, a historic coaching inn with parts of the building from the fourteenth century, and Broadway Tower on the hill above. Bourton-on-the-Water is busy by day but quiet before 10am, which is when people who stay there see it at its best. See where to stay in Chipping Campden, Broadway and Bourton-on-the-Water. Our itineraries use these bases too: two days in the North Cotswolds from Stow, and one day in the Cotswolds with a night in Broadway at the end.

For the south and the Coln valley

Cirencester is the natural base for the south-east, with Bibury (the 855 bus) and Fairford (the 77) both reached by bus from Monday to Saturday. Tetbury puts you close to Westonbirt and Highgrove, and Castle Combe has the Manor House, whose Bybrook restaurant kept its Michelin star in the 2026 guide, and the twelve-room Castle Inn. See where to stay in Cirencester, Tetbury, Malmesbury and Nailsworth. A weekend in the South Cotswolds spends its night in Malmesbury, and three days in the Cotswolds is based in Northleach, between north and south.

For the Oxfordshire Cotswolds

Burford is the classic base on the Oxfordshire side, with free parking at Guildenford and the X52 bus to Oxford and Cheltenham. Woodstock puts Blenheim Palace on your doorstep, with the S3 bus from Oxford station. See where to stay in Burford, Witney and Woodstock.

For walkers

Winchcombe is the walkers' town: the Cotswold Way passes through, the Winchcombe Way starts there, and the walk up to Belas Knap starts from the town. Its walking festival is held each May. Burford and Wotton-under-Edge both have free car parks and walks from the door. See where to stay in Winchcombe and Painswick, and our half-day walks and long walks.

Pubs with rooms in the villages

Six village inns with bedrooms, a short drive from Cirencester, Burford, Kingham, Witney and Chipping Campden.

  • The pink-washed Bathurst Arms by the road at North Cerney in summer

    The Bathurst Arms

    Inn · Cirencester

    A pub with five rooms on the River Churn at North Cerney, about five miles north of Cirencester, with a beer garden, food every day and roasts on Sundays.

    Verified Nov 2026

  • Bar room with a log fire in a stone hearth, a wooden floor and settles

    The Village Pub

    Inn · Cirencester

    A pub with six bedrooms in the eaves at Barnsley, about four miles from Cirencester, part of THE PIG group, with gravity-fed ales and steak night on Thursdays.

    Dog-friendly

    Verified Oct 2026

  • The ivy-covered stone inn by the road under a blue sky

    The Inn for All Seasons

    Inn · Burford

    A country inn at the Barringtons, about three miles west of Burford, begun in the 1500s and a coaching inn from the 1700s, with twelve rooms and dogs welcome.

    Dog-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

  • The stone inn behind a dry stone wall with its hanging sign

    The Feathered Nest Inn

    Inn · Kingham

    An inn with four rooms and a cottage at Nether Westcote near Kingham, in a building that began 350 years ago as a malt house.

    Wedding venues

    Verified Nov 2026

  • Stone inn with long slate roofs and a courtyard under a clear blue sky

    The Bird in Hand

    Inn · Witney

    A 17th-century country inn with sixteen rooms, two of them accessible, at Whiteoak Green, Hailey, about three miles north of Witney.

    Family-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

  • A stone inglenook with a log fire between settles and small tables

    The Ebrington Arms

    Pubs · Chipping Campden

    A village pub in Ebrington, about 3 miles by road from Chipping Campden, with a landscaped terrace and garden, food every day and five rooms.

    Verified Oct 2026

The White Horse's whitewashed front lit at dusk, with benches outside
The White Horse, Biddestone, at dusk

Before you book

Book early
Book well ahead for summer weekends, bank holidays and the Cheltenham Festival in March.
Parking
Ask where to park. In Bibury, Castle Combe and the Slaughters there is little or no public parking in the village itself.
Dogs
Many inns welcome dogs, often for a nightly charge and only if booked ahead.
Car-free
Stay near Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham, Stroud or Kemble stations to travel without a car.

Guest houses and town hotels

Rooms in the middle of Cirencester, Bourton-on-the-Water, Nailsworth and Stroud.

  • A bright breakfast room with grey painted chairs, spotted tablecloths and hare pictures on the walls

    Cotswold Hare

    B&B · Cirencester

    A bed and breakfast with seven en suite rooms on Victoria Road, Cirencester, with a parking space for every room, for adults and children over ten.

    Verified Nov 2026

  • The cream-painted front of The Old Brewhouse with window boxes of trailing flowers

    The Old Brewhouse

    B&B · Cirencester

    A bed and breakfast in a 17th-century town house on London Road, Cirencester, with ten rooms in the house and round a courtyard, free parking and a VisitEngland four-star rating.

    Verified Oct 2026

  • The stone front of the Lansdowne under a blue sky, with its conservatory

    The Lansdowne Guest House

    B&B · Bourton-on-the-Water

    An adults-only guest house in Victorian buildings on Lansdowne Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, with 14 rooms plus cottage rooms and suites, breakfast included and free parking outside.

    Verified Oct 2026

  • A bedroom with a grey headboard, patterned cushions and wall lamps

    Chester House Hotel

    Hotel · Bourton-on-the-Water

    A family-owned hotel with 22 rooms on Victoria Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, with L'Anatra Italian Kitchen, a walled garden, a car park and rooms for small dogs.

    Dog-friendly

    Verified Nov 2026

  • The long stone mill building reflected in its millpond

    Egypt Mill

    Inn · Nailsworth

    A Grade II* listed former mill in Nailsworth, with its waterwheel and mill pond, now a hotel, pub and restaurant with 28 bedrooms, open from breakfast every day.

    Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Wedding venues

    Verified Nov 2026

  • The Old Nelson, the Brewers Fayre restaurant at Premier Inn Stroud: a pale stone house with a glazed extension and outdoor tables by the car park

    Premier Inn Stroud

    Hotel · Stroud

    A Premier Inn in the Grade II-listed Stratford Lodge, opposite Stratford Park in Stroud, with free parking and a pub next door for meals.

    Verified Oct 2026

Questions

Where is the best place to stay in the Cotswolds without a car?

Moreton-in-Marsh or Stow-on-the-Wold: Moreton has the station, and the 801 bus links both with Bourton and Cheltenham every day.

Which Cotswold town is best for walking?

Winchcombe, where the Cotswold Way and the Winchcombe Way meet and a walking festival is held every May.

Is it better to stay in Bourton-on-the-Water or Stow?

Stow is quieter in the day and on the 801 bus to Bourton. Staying in Bourton lets you see it early and late, when the day visitors have gone.

Where should I stay for Bibury?

Cirencester, about 7 miles away, with the 855 bus to Bibury from Monday to Saturday.

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