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At 8oo ft above sea level, Stow on the Wold is the highest town in the Cotswolds. Controlled by the Maugersbury Monks in 1086 the Viking settlement grew on the convergence of eight roads on the Roman Fosseway. But it was the Saxon farmers who laid the foundations of the

Think of the Cotswolds and immediately you think of villages, stone walls, towns and small streams, and woodland. “Wold” means rolling hills and countryside. “Cots” is an Anglo-Saxon word for sheep enclosure, thus putting the two together becomes rolling hills where sheep are kept.  However, the Domesday Book refers to

The Games and festivities began on Dovers Hill near Chipping Campden in 1612, under the auspices of Sir Baptiste Hicks. It was claimed that games, contests and races would keep locals fit to fight for the King. There were much merriment dancing and drinking which was frowned upon by the

Exploring the Cotswolds in a small group is much the best way to discover the quaint rolling countryside, the beautiful honey-coloured cottages, the winding river valleys, gorgeous small villages in an area where time has stood still. This are of AONB is 800 square miles of which 80% is farmland.