The Feathers
Hotel · Woodstock
A hotel with 18 rooms and five suites on Market Street, Woodstock, with two AA Rosettes and a Michelin Key, a few minutes from Blenheim's gates.
Verified Nov 2026
Where to stay in the Cotswolds
168 places · every place verified by us
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.
168 places
168 places
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The Fish Hotel
Hotel · Broadway
Rooms, suites, huts and three treehouses on a hillside of the Farncombe estate above Broadway, with Hook restaurant by Martin Burge and dogs welcome in set rooms.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Fleece
Inn · Cirencester
An inn with rooms on Cirencester's Market Place, run by Thwaites, with stays from £125 a room and dogs welcome in the bar.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Fleece, Witney
Inn · Witney
An inn with ten rooms on Church Green, Witney, run by Peach Pubs, with breakfast from 7.30am and food all day.
Verified Oct 2026
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The Fox at Oddington
Inn · Kingham
A Daylesford pub with rooms at Lower Oddington, with the four-bedroom Coachman's House opposite for self-catering groups of up to eight.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Hideaway
Glamping · Filkins and Broughton Poggs
A shepherd's hut for two in an enclosed garden in Filkins, with a wood-fired hot tub, a log burner and room for one dog, a walk from the Five Alls.
Dog-friendly · Hot tubs
Verified Oct 2026
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The Hollow Bottom
Inn · Guiting Power
A racing pub with six bedrooms in Guiting Power, once Ye Olde Inn, bought in 1996 by Nigel Twiston-Davies and Raymond Mould, with dogs welcome throughout.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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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
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The Keepers Arms
Inn · Coln St Aldwyns
A family-run free house in Quenington with four adults-only bed and breakfast rooms above the pub, independent real ales and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The King's Arms
Inn · Woodstock
A Fuller's inn with 15 rooms on the corner of Market Street, Woodstock, in a Grade II listed building, with dogs welcome and breakfast included.
Dog-friendly · Car-free
Verified Oct 2026
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The King's Head
Hotel · Cirencester
A former coaching inn on Cirencester's Market Place with 63 bedrooms, one of Brakspear's Honeycomb Houses, open from 7am daily, with dog-friendly dining.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The King's Head Inn, Bledington
Inn · Kingham
A 16th-century inn on the green at Bledington, near Kingham, with twelve rooms in the inn and a courtyard, and EV charging.
EV charging · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Kingham Plough
Inn · Kingham
A pub with six rooms and a cottage on the green at Kingham, open daily from 8.30am, with dogs and families welcome.
Car-free · Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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The Kings Arms, Malmesbury
Inn · Malmesbury
A refurbished coaching inn with 15 rooms and a tapas restaurant on Malmesbury's High Street, two minutes' walk from the abbey.
Verified Nov 2026
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The Kings Arms, Stow
Inn · Stow-on-the-Wold
A former coaching inn on Stow's Market Square with ten rooms, three of them split-level stable rooms, a restaurant and its own parking.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Lakes by YOO
Self-catering · Lechlade-on-Thames
An 850-acre lakeside estate at Coln Park, west of Lechlade, with rooms, apartments, cabins and houses sleeping up to 14, a spa with a 17-metre pool, and a lakeside bar and kitchen.
Family-friendly · Hot tubs
Verified Nov 2026
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The Lamb Inn
Inn · Burford
An inn with rooms in Burford, part of Cotswold Inns and Hotels, taking bookings for rooms and tables and welcoming dogs.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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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
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The Lion Inn
Inn · Winchcombe
A restored fifteenth-century coaching inn on North Street, Winchcombe, with nine rooms, run by Butcombe.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Lygon Arms
Hotel · Broadway
A historic coaching inn on Broadway's High Street, first recorded in 1377, now a hotel with James Martin's Grill and Tavern, a spa with a pool, and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues · EV charging
Verified Nov 2026
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The Lygon Arms, Chipping Campden
Inn · Chipping Campden
A coaching inn with ten rooms on Chipping Campden's High Street, with family rooms, bike storage, free parking at the rear and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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The Manor House
Hotel · Castle Combe
A hotel in a manor house of seventeenth-century origins at Castle Combe, part of the Exclusive Collection, with the Bybrook restaurant.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues · EV charging
Verified Oct 2026
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The Manor House
Hotel · Moreton-in-Marsh
A Grade II listed hotel on Moreton-in-Marsh's High Street with 34 bedrooms, a walled garden and a two-Rosette restaurant, dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Car-free · Wedding venues
Verified Nov 2026
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The Market Tavern
Inn · Bampton
A pub with rooms by the Market Square in Bampton, with a restaurant, a bar and a garden, doubles and family rooms, and a cooked breakfast.
Family-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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Plan your next stay
Where to go, what is on and what is in season, about once a month.
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.