Gloucestershire is home to some very posh houses, and the city of Gloucester is no exception to this. Although some are not in the city centre and can be on the outskirts of the city, Zoopla has estimated which are the most expensive streets in Gloucester.
The Cotswolds is one of the most beautiful areas in the UK. However, Cotswolds is an expensive area to live in. The Cotswold boasts of some of the most recognized traditional English villages. The house prices in the Cotswold area has always been above the UK national average.
The Cotswolds are famous for some of the most picturesque villages that you will find! These villages offer traditional, charming and quaint characteristics (such as the beautifully built Cotswold stone properties), with fantastic places to eat and drink plus an abundance of rural walks and activities.
Most houses in the Cotswolds have roughly dressed coursed stone walls with rubble filled cavity. Though more formal houses have neat ashlar dressed or carved stone with minimal 3mm mortar beds.
England and Wales' largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) straddles 6 counties: Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, south Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire and Bath & northeast Somerset.
10 best places to stay in the Cotswolds
- Burford: best for afternoon tea.
- Bibury: best for view seekers.
- Gloucester: best for shopping.
- Chipping Norton: best for couples.
- Broadway: best for art lovers.
- Tewkesbury: best for history buffs.
- Cirencester: best for family fun.
- Stroud: best for foodies.
The word 'wold' as in Cotswold means hills, so Stow-on-the-Wold simply means Holy Place on the Hill. The houses of Stow were built with the mellow Cotswold limestone from local quarries.
- All the celebrities you could spot in Gloucestershire or the Cotswolds this summer:
- The Beckhams. One off the Cotswold's most famous family are the Beckhams.
- Jamie Dornan.
- Eddie Redmayne.
- Jeremy Clarkson.
- Richard Hammond.
- Richard E.
- Nick Knowles.
The Cotswolds lie across the boundaries of several English counties; mainly Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, but also parts of Wiltshire, Somerset, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire. The highest point of the region is Cleeve Hill at 1,083 ft (330 m), just to the north of Cheltenham.
15 Best Villages in the Cotswolds
- Castle Combe, Wiltshire. Castle Combe | Photo Copyright: Shandley McMurray.
- Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.
- Painswick, Gloucestershire.
- Bibury, Gloucestershire.
- Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.
- Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
- Burford, Oxfordshire.
- Broadway, Worcestershire.
The River Windrush is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire and flows south east for 65 km (40 mi) via Burford and Witney to meet the Thames at Newbridge in Oxfordshire. The river gives its name to the village of Windrush in Gloucestershire.
Originating from the English Leicestershire region, Cotswold is a hearty cheese that combines Double Gloucester with flavorful bits of minced onion and freeze-dried chives.
Cotswold stone is a yellow Oolitic Jurassic Limestone, formed between 206 and 144 million years ago when the area that is now the Cotswolds was then covered in a warm sea. Cotswold stone is a type of limestone, its porous, easy to carve and abundant in this area.
To reach the southern part of the Cotswolds by train, take the direct service from London Paddington station to Kemble (1h 11m), Stroud (1h 29m), or Stonehouse (1h 32m). To get right into the heart of the Cotswolds, take the service from London Paddington station to Moreton-in-Marsh (1h 37m).
Cotswolds is Now OpenStretched over 800 miles of rolling hills and five counties namely - Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire; Cotswolds is a charming old world town located about 100 miles out of London.
Chipping Norton has one of the finest parish churches in the county, a medieval Guildhall, some quaint back lanes and beautiful Georgian houses. The town boasts a strong community spirit with market days, farmers markets and community events.
Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Banbury and 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the civil parish population as 5,719. It was estimated at 6,254 in 2019.
CirencesterThis picturesque market town is often dubbed the "Capital of the Cotswolds" and was a popular place in Roman times, as it lies at the crossroads of three Roman roads.
The Lake District and the Cotswolds are Englands most treasured countryside. The Lake District offers stunning panoramas and Lake views that rival any mountain scenery in Europe. The Cotswolds are quintessential England, the Heart of England and picture perfect.
Bath, city, unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. Bath lies astride the River Avon (Lower, or Bristol, Avon) in a natural arena of steep hills.
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| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South West |
| Established | Ancient |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
You'll need a car and 3 to 5 days. Or do you want to take a one-day tour to get a sample of the Cotswolds, and will not have a car? Then a tour such as Go Cotswolds might be for you. As Claudia said, the very popular Bourton-On-The-Water is very crowded in the summer.
