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76 BACK ROADS GREAT BRITAIN

The Villages of the Cotswolds

Quinton
From the heart of Gloucestershire to the edge of Worcestershire, this drive Pebworth Quinton
Pebworth
V a l e o f E v e s h a m
takes in some of the most enchanting villages and hamlets of the Cotswold Admingt
Admingtonon
Church
Church
Hills – mellow, dreamy vistas dotted with sheep grazing amid drystone walls. Wickhamford o f E v e s h a m Armsc
Armscoteote
Honeybourne
Honeybourne
A journey through the Cotwolds will reveal honey-hued cottages, thickly Bretforton Mickleton Ilmington
Mickleton
Ilmington
Bretforton
thatched pubs, and great mansions built by farmers and merchants trading HIDCOTE MANOR
HIDCOTE MANOR
GARDEN
V a l e
in what was once the finest wool in Europe. Many local wool merchants Wickhamford Asto Astonn GARDEN Darlingscott
Darlingscott
Subedge
showed off their wealth by erecting or improving rural churches and filling Subedge Ebr Ebringtonington Shipst
Shipston-on-
Willersey
them with grand memorials – those at Cirencester, Northleach and Chipping Willersey on-St
on-Stourour
CHIPPING CAMPDEN
Campden are among the most exquisite. There’s an abundance of quality Childswickham CHIPPING CAMPDEN Str Strettonetton
Childswickham
on F
on Fosseosse
BROADWAYADWAY
food and accommodation on offer, and also an array of independent outlets, BRO Broad Paxford
Paxford
Broad
Campden
galleries and workshops selling antiques and handicrafts. Broadw Campden
Broadwayay
Wormington Tow Towerer Dra Draycottycott Todenham
Wormington
Todenham
Low Lowerer
Blockleyley
Lemingtonon
Sno Snowshillwshill Block Lemingt
Manor
Manor
Batsfordord
Snowshill Batsf
Snowshill
MORETON-
Stanway MORETON-
Stanway
Bourtonton
Bour Bar Bartonton
IN-MARSH
Didbrook Taddington on the H IN-MARSH on the Hea
Didbrook
on the Hillill
on the Heathth
Taddington
Little
Hailes
Hailes s s Longbor Little
Compt
Longbororughorugh
Comptonon
Little
Evenlode
Evenlode Little
Rollr
Rollrightight
Chastletonon
l l Condic Chastlet
Condicoteote
Salf Salfordord
Temple
Donningtonon
Broadwellell
Winchcombe l
Winchcombe l Temple Donningt Broadw Adlestr
Adlestropop
Guiting
Guiting
Upper Swell
i i Upper Swell STOW-ON- Cor Cornwellnwell
STOW-ON-
THE-WOLD
Daylesford
Barton THE-WOLD Daylesford
Barton
Lower Swell
Charlton H H Lower Swell Oddington
Charlton
Oddington
Abbot
Abbot Upper
Upper
Hawling Naunton Slaughter Churchill
Naunton
Churchill
Slaughter
Brockhampton Hawling Lower Bledington Sarsden
Brockhampton
Sarsden

Lower

Bledington
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Slaughter Westcote Evenlode
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Slaughter

Westcote
BOURTON-
Whittington
Whittington BOURTON- Lyncham
Lyncham
ON-THE-WATER
ON-THE-WATER
Evenlode
Above Thatched cottage in the village of Andoversford Notgrove Idbury
Notgrove
Idbury
Andoversford
Little
Chipping Campden, see p80 Shipton Little
Shipton
Rissington
Rissington
Hazleton
Foxcote
Milton under
0 kilometres 5 Foxcote Hazleton Clapton Windrush Great Milton under
Great
Clapton
Wychwood
Wychwood
Compton
Rissington
Windrush
Compton Rissington
Abdale
0 miles 5 Abdale

Hampnett
Withington
KEY Withington Hampnett Farmington
Farmington
NORTHLEACHTHLEACH
Drive route d d NOR Sherborne
Sherborne
Colesborne l l
Colesborne
Yanworth
CHEDWORTHTH
Elkstone
Elkstone CHEDWOR Yanworth Eastington
Eastington
ROMAN VILLA Chedworth
ACTIVITIES o o ROMAN VILLA Chedworth
Fossbridge
Syde
Syde w w Rendcomb Fossbridge
Rendcomb
Browse among the alluring antiques shops for which the
Calmsden
Cotswolds are famous s s Calmsden Coln Ablington
Winson
t t Winson
Coln Ablington
North
North
Take an aromatic tour around the perfume factory in Cerney
Cerney
Bourton-on-the-Water o o Arlington Bibury Coln St
Coln St
Arlington Bibury
Aldwyn
Aldwyn
C C Barnsley
Barnsley
Saddle up for a bike ride in the beautiful country around Daglingworth Baunton
Daglingworth Baunton
Chipping Campden
Stratton Quenington
Stratton
Quenington
Sapperton
Sapperton Ampney Ampney
Ampney
Ampney
Take a hike on the 160-km (100-mile) Cotswold Way Crucis St Mary
Crucis
St Mary
CIRENCESTER
between Chipping Campden and Bath CIRENCESTER Fair Fairfordford
Ampney
Preston
Coates Preston Ampney
Coates
St Peter
Fill your plate and support the Great British Pud at St Peter Metsey
Metsey
Siddington
Hampton
Mickleton near Hidcote Manor Garden Siddington Driffield Hampton
Driffield
Down
Down
Climb up the hilltop folly of lofty Broadway Tower Ampney
Ampney
South
South
Shorncote Cerney Marston
Shorncote
Cerney
Marston
Drive off the first tee of Broadway Golf club Meysey
Meysey
Cerney
Cerney
Wick
Wick
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