Resources - Towns and Villages of the Cotswolds
Resources to learn more about the towns and villages of the Cotswolds.
Maps of the Cotswolds
Cotswolder Google Map of the Cotswolds: Detailed google map showing towns and villages.
Cotswold District Map: Overview map from Cotswold District Council Online.
Cotswold Town Maps: Links to maps of Cotswold towns (Cotswold District Council Online).
Cotswold Cycle Maps: Detailed descriptions and maps for cycle routes (Cotswold District Council Online).
Cotswold Parking Maps: Addresses and size of car parks for Cirencester, Tetbury, Bourton on the Water, Stow on the Wold, Moreton in Marsh. Car park prices.
Guide to parking legally: Highway code information on parking regulations (double yellow, single yellow).
Northern Cotswolds
Adlestrop
Dukes of Buckingham - Adlestrop: Some information and photos.
Wild in the Cotswolds - Adlestrop: Description of town, text of the Edward Thomas poem about Adlestrop.
Broadway
Old Broadway: A look at Broadway in the past.
Burford
Burford Chamber of Trade: Good tourist information.
Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden Information Center: Tourist office website.
chippingcampden.co.uk: Tourist information.
St James Church: Originally a Norman church, transformed in 1400s to a magnificent wool church.
Robert Welch: Beautiful stainless steel flatware in Chipping Campden. You can find some of his designs on cooking.com (less expensive versions than you find at his store, but the quality is not as good).
Chipping Norton
chippingnorton.net: Chipping Norton. A nice website with history, things to do, restaurants, accommodations. I think it is run by the local council, but am not sure.
Moreton-in-Marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh: Business association website. Use the search box to find businesses.
Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold: Town Council website with tourist information.
Stow-on-the-Wold: Stow Business Association travel information.
Hamptons Fine Foods: Hamptons, a very good deli.
Winchcombe
Winchcombe: Tourist information, lists of restaurants/pubs/tea rooms, accommodations, walking tours, local information.
Cotswolds & Severn Vale: Winchcombe and Tewkesbury Tourist Offices website.
Wotton-under-Edge
Wotton-under-Edge Town Council: Detailed Town Guide. Several local area walks documented.
Wotton-under-Edge Community: Lists of local businesses.
Wotton-under-Edge Heritage Centre
Southern Cotswolds
Chalford
Chalford Hill: Local site about Chalford
Cirencester
cirencester.co.uk: Tourist information.
Cirencester Official Guide: From the Town Council.
Cirencester Town Council - Tourism: Map of town.
Corinium Museum: Roman artifacts found in Cirencester from when it was the second largest Roman settlement (Corinium) after London.
The Bathurst Estate and Cirencester Park: Large park on the edge of Cirencester. Long tree-lined walk with views back to Cirencester.
Minchinhampton
Box Village: Village outside of Minch, on south facing slope.
Minchinhampton Golf Club: Golf course on the Minch Commons.
Minchinhampton Architectural Salvage: Reclaimed building materials (showroom).
Miserden
Miserden Estate: The town of Miserden is run by the Miserden Estate.
Nailsworth
Nailsworth: Unofficial guide to this Cotswold town. Webcam, forums, weather.
Painswick
Painswick: Stroud District Council website with tourist information.
Stroud
Stroud Town Center: Tourist information, lists of cafes and shops.
The Cotswolds - Stroud District: Stroud District Tourism. Information for Stroud, Nailsworth, Dursley, Painswick, and Wotton Under Edge.
Made in Stroud: Local shop selling locally made items.
Fresh-n-Local: Farmers' Markets in and near Stroud. Stroud has a good weekly farmers' market on Saturdays, just off the High Street in the Cornhill Market Place. Only locally grown produce is sold. We shop here when we are in the area.
Urbanants Stroud: Lists and reviews of local businesses.
Tetbury
Visit Tetbury: Tourist information and events, run by Tetbury Tourist Office.
Visit Tetbury: Tourist information.
Tetbury Online: Tourist information and events.
Tetbury Chamber of Commerce: Travel information and lists of businesses.
Badminton Horse Trials: Held in May near Tetbury.
Highgrove: Family home of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
Duchy Home Farm: Organic vegetables and products from the Prince of Wales.
Outside the Cotswolds
Cheltenham
Visit Cheltenham: Tourist office site with database of restaurants/pubs/cafes with some descriptions, lists of events, accommodations information (good list of vacation rentals). Cotswolds information with good descriptions of towns and a suggested driving routes (The Romantic Road).
The Pockett Guide to Cheltenham: Good descriptions of restaurants/pubs/cafes.
Corelli Concerts: Performances by the Corelli Chamber Orchestra in Cheltenham and nearby. Check website for events.
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Bath
Information for Bath is on the Visit Bath page.
Tewksbury
Tewkesbury Abbey: Former Benedictine Abbey Church, with most of the abbey dating from the 12th Century. Tewksbury was hit hard by the floods in July 2007.
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon: Birthplace of William Shakespeare.
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