Quintessential rural England — honey-coloured villages, dry-stone walls and rolling green hills dotted with sheep and cosy pubs.
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May – Oct
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About Cotswolds
The Cotswolds is England's chocolate-box ideal — rolling limestone hills draped in meadows, dry-stone walls and villages of honey-gold stone that look unchanged since the wool trade made them prosperous in the 14th century. Bibury's Arlington Row is the most photographed street in England; Bourton-on-the-Water the prettiest village. Hire a car for a weekend and make it your base for Oxford, Blenheim Palace and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Highlights
Bourton-on-the-Water village and streams
Bibury Arlington Row (most photographed in England)
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