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Where: Find it in the picturesque village of Shipton-under-Wychwood near Burford, West Oxfordshire. The village is easily accessible from Cheltenham, Oxford and the Cotswold villages of Bourton, Stow and Moreton in Marsh. The Cotswold Water Park dominates the south of the Cotswolds and is an incredible place for leisure offering sports, walks and a beach based around 150 lakes in 40 square miles. Despite its size, it is a well-kept secret just a few miles from Cirencester. Starter homes – you want younger people here; you want families. Where can those houses go? Well, anywhere but near me! Seriously, though, they should go everywhere. We don’t need huge, sprawling estates. A number of nice houses, in lots of areas, that integrate into the community: that’s how it should be.
Over 10 days, the Cheltenham Literature Festival brings together the biggest names in publishing. Hear talks by award-winning authors, attend spoken word performances and join discussions about topics from travel to adventure, art, history, and religion. Why you’ll love it: The owners, mother and son Tracey and Paul, have worked hard to make The Wychwood a place that’s welcoming to all – including your four-legged friends. The pub also offers luxuriously appointed ensuite rooms, so it’s an great base for exploring the area on a weekend.
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The food scene in the Cotswolds is perhaps best known for traditional English pubs. However, there’s a diversity just waiting to be untapped. Here are some great ways to get culinary in the Cotswolds. The unusually desolate environment at Cleeve Hill makes a great contrast to the typically green Cotswolds scenery. This walk visits Belas Knap, a Neolithic burial mound, along with sweeping hillside plains. One enters the house into a tall-ceilinged reception hall where a Spanish metal chandelier hangs over a large French mirrored-top table from the 1960s. The main staircase hall is adjacent and steps down lead to a pair of beautifully timbered interconnecting reception rooms. When it comes to furniture, Robin has fairly eclectic tastes and a passion for sourcing antiques and vintage pieces. Geographically, she is all embracing. In the drawing room, for example, there are Italian wall lights and Spanish leather topped stools from the nineteenth century alongside eighteenth century French armchairs and a Dutch bleached oak table. A carved wooden tribal stool come from Cameroon and a little English bobbin table sits in the corner. The housing here hasn’t been developed since the 1600s, which is why the old cottages have such an ancient feel about them. The historic bridge in the village that hovers over a river and surrounding greenery makes it a picturesque town that is absolutely worth visiting.
NB to readers from KJ: Simon McCoy knows very well this is where I live. A stiff letter from Outraged of Walkley Wood is in the post to GB News.] Her own house is pleasingly uncluttered, but not stark. ‘I always try to create soft, serene spaces but still with a bit of soul to them – I love a ‘collected’ aesthetic – when a room feels like it has come together over time’. She believes in preserving or enhancing historic architectural details as much as possible and admits to often being ‘worryingly obsessed with lighting’, partial to low wattages, dimmers, and candlelight. For the pinnacle of Cotswolds cottages, head to the village of Bilbury’s Arlington Row. These rustic two-story limestone buildings were built in the 14th century, and today are one of the country’s most photographed spots. (Arlington Row is even printed on all new UK passports.) Get your shots from a respectful distance, as the quaint buildings are privately owned homes. What: People call Jonas at GL50 ‘Cheltenham’s Best Kept Secret’– and I’d have to agree. The brainchild behind this Cotswolds’ restaurant is Jonas Lodge, who worked as head chef at the award-winning 2 AA Red Rosette Bell in Ramsbury. The amazing thing with the food at Restaurant GL50 is that it is ‘a minimal or no waste’ fine dining experience. Jonas and his chefs create dishes where the whole beast, fish, vegetable or fruit is used, and this can lead to some incredibly interesting and tasty dishes to choose from. As Jonas trained with some pretty formidable chefs, including Sergio Arola, Paul Heathcote, Raymond Blanc and Heston Blumental, it is not surprising that some of the dishes he puts together are not what you would normally expect. But they do not disappointment, if you are brave enough to try them.
The Cotswolds offers lots of shopping with its local farmer's markets, antique shops, boutiques, gift shops, old-fashioned tea rooms and stylish coffee houses. It is also an incredibly dog-friendly area with plenty of pubs, restaurants, Cotswold accommodation, holiday cottages and attractions welcoming dogs . Cotswolds Travel Guide High Tea, The Manor House– The Manor House in Castle Combe delivers a decadent homemade high tea in one of their sumptuous lounges or on their outdoor terrace. The setting is beautiful, the sandwiches dainty and the champagne free-flowing.
Whether you are in quest of a dog-friendly break, a sybaritic weekend at a spa hotel, or an active holiday in the great outdoors - and indeed all options between – you’ll find your perfect retreat at the wealth of Cotswolds accommodation on offer.Planning tip: The grounds are open for tours and afternoon teas from April to October: combine the two for a wonderfully full day. 5. Enjoy tea at a traditional tea room
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