52 stories from the Cotswolds: The Cotswolds in March, The Cotswolds in May, The Cotswolds in November.
52 stories
Story · Guides · 8 minute read
The Cotswolds in March: daffodils, lambs and the gardens reopening, the Cheltenham Festival week to plan around, Mothering Sunday and an early Easter, what opens when, three walks for the first dry days, and a day out from Winchcombe.
Story · Guides · 9 minute read
Things to do in the Cotswolds in May: the month of customs, from Badminton and the jazz festival to the Woolsack Races, cheese rolling and the Olimpicks, the last bluebells, gardens in full flower, two bank holidays and half term, and four walks.
Story · Guides · 8 minute read
The Cotswolds in November: the wettest month and one of the quietest, the last of the beech colour, the November Meeting at Cheltenham, the light trails and late-night shopping that start Christmas, what stays open in winter, firm walks for wet weather and inns with fires.
Story · Guides · 8 minute read
The Cotswolds in October: autumn colour at Westonbirt and on the edge, the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Stow's October horse fair, apples and pumpkins, the gardens and houses that close at the end of the month, half term, the clocks going back and three walks for the colour.
Story · Guides · 8 minute read
The Cotswolds in September: the schools back and the villages quiet on weekdays, the Moreton Show, Heritage Open Days, the Blenheim horse trials and Painswick's clipping, the last weeks of the summer gardens, walks on the edge and where to stay for them.
Story · Guides · 10 minute read
Museums, houses, a steam railway, spas with day passes, cinemas, theatres and pubs with fires: the Cotswolds when it rains, by region, with the free museums, what suits children and the honest bit about the rivers.
Story · Guides · 11 minute read
The rules for a dog in the Cotswolds, where sheep and cattle graze the commons and the fields, then the best dog walks, the rivers for a swim, the attractions, gardens, pubs and places to stay that welcome dogs, and what to do on a hot day or in an emergency.
Story · Guides · 11 minute read
The Cotswolds with children, by age: the big family days out with how long to allow and what they cost, short walks with a river or a tower, rainy days, farm stays and family rooms, eating out, a sample day and weekend, and the school holiday crowds.
Story · Guides · 15 minute read
Five Cotswold villages take most of the visitors: Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Castle Combe, Broadway and the Slaughters. Here is when each is busiest, what the councils have done about it, the best and worst hours, and the quieter village on the same river or ridge.
Story · Guides · 12 minute read
Eighteen Cotswold gardens by kind and season: Hidcote, Kiftsgate, Sezincote, Batsford, Westonbirt, the Rococo Garden, Colesbourne's snowdrops, Rodmarton, Highgrove and more, with who made each, the best month, how long to allow and the dog rules.
Story · Guides · 10 minute read
Corinium at Cirencester, Chedworth Roman Villa, the amphitheatre, the Fosse Way and the villas you can and cannot see: where to find Roman Britain in the Cotswolds, by car and by train.
Story · Guides · 11 minute read
Northleach, Chipping Campden, Cirencester, Fairford, Burford and the other Cotswold churches rebuilt on medieval wool money: how the trade paid for them, what to look for in each, when they open and a route by car or on foot.
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