52 stories from the Cotswolds: Day trips from London to the Cotswolds, Downton Abbey in the Cotswolds: Bampton, Cogges and Lacock, Father Brown in the Cotswolds: Blockley as Kembleford.
52 stories
Story · Guides · 10 minute read
How to do the Cotswolds as a day trip from London: by train from Paddington to Moreton-in-Marsh for Stow and Bourton, to Kingham for the Evenlode villages, to Kemble for Cirencester and Bibury or to Bath for Lacock, with worked plans, the car and parking, and tours compared.
Story · Guides · 7 minute read
The Downton Abbey locations you can visit around the Cotswolds: Bampton as the village of Downton, Cogges as Yew Tree Farm and Lacock's livestock show and royal parade, with what each custodian confirms.
Story · Guides · 6 minute read
Where the BBC's Father Brown is filmed in the Cotswolds: Blockley as Kembleford, its church as St Mary's, and the railway station, villages and tower that have appeared since 2013, with how to visit each.
Story · Guides · 11 minute read
Free things to do in the Cotswolds: open commons and viewpoints, Neolithic tombs and hill forts, ruins, wool churches, free museums in Malmesbury, Stroud, Woodstock and Burford, the Cotswold Way and Blenheim's public footpaths.
Story · Guides · 4 minute read
What you need to know to marry in the Cotswolds: giving notice, approved venues, the registrar's fees and the rules for a civil ceremony in England.
Story · Guides · 12 minute read
You can see the Cotswolds without a car: trains from London Paddington reach Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham, Charlbury, Kemble and Stroud in 70 to 90 minutes, and buses go on to Stow, Bourton, Bibury and Chipping Campden. Every station, its bus, the fares and the limits.
Story · Guides · 6 minute read
Where Harry Potter was filmed around the Cotswolds: Lacock Abbey's cloisters and village, which the National Trust ties to four films, and Gloucester Cathedral's fan-vaulted cloister, with tickets, tours and parking.
Story · Guides · 9 minute read
Cotswold Lavender at Snowshill, the lavender farm that opens its fields to visitors, and where to find sunflowers and pick-your-own flowers in July and August: the season, tickets, harvest, best light, dogs, parking and how to photograph a working field without spoiling it.
Story · Guides · 5 minute read
Chavenage House near Tetbury played Trenwith in the BBC's Poldark: which rooms you see on screen, the other dramas the house names, its Civil War ghost, and how to book a tour while filming limits the dates.
Story · Guides · 6 minute read
Lacock played Meryton in the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice, with the Red Lion as the assembly rooms: what you can see, the other dramas filmed in the village, and how to visit.
Story · Guides · 10 minute read
Where to see snowdrops in the Cotswolds, from Colesbourne Park's 350 varieties and the five million at Painswick Rococo Garden to Batsford, Rodmarton and Cerney House: when they peak, how each garden opens, what it costs and a winter walk to go with each.
Story · Guides · 12 minute read
The honest picture of access in the Cotswolds: which villages are level and which are cobbles and hills, the step-free days out, every Changing Places toilet we can confirm, Blue Badge parking, stile-free walks, accessible stays and getting about by train, bus and taxi.
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