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Story · Guides · 8 minute read
The Cotswolds in December: the shortest days, light trails and late shopping, the attractions that close over Christmas and the ones that stay open, the quiet week between Christmas and New Year, short walks on firm ground and where to stay for it.
Story · Guides · 8 minute read
The Cotswolds in February: snowdrop month, with Colesbourne's weekends, Painswick's booked valley and Batsford, the Stroud Wassail, the first lambs, half term's one busy week, what is open, and three walks for the mud.
Story · Guides · 8 minute read
The Cotswolds in January: the quietest month, with frost on the wolds, the first snowdrops at Colesbourne and Painswick, wassails, New Year's Day racing, what is open and shut, four winter walks and the pubs with fires.
Story · Guides · 8 minute read
The Cotswolds in July: the warmest and sunniest month, the lavender at its peak, the air tattoo, the Cotswold Show and four music festivals, the gardens and houses that open only in summer, cool walks for hot days, and the day the schools break up.
Story · Guides · 8 minute read
Things to do in the Cotswolds in June: the lavender opening at Snowshill, roses at Kiftsgate and Hidcote, the Science Festival and opera at Longborough, light until after 9pm, the quiet weekdays before the summer holidays, and four walks.
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.
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