A walk back in time
A walk from Winchcombe up to the evocative Belas Knap, a spectacular stone age tomb. From here the superb views explain why 5,000 years ago a Stone Age Briton chose it as the ideal spot to spend eternity.
Royals have been falling in love with the Cotswolds for centuries and with stunning countryside and beautiful towns and villages to explore it’s not hard to see why. So with rumours rife that Prince Harry and his soon-to-be wife Meghan Markle are looking to set up home here, why not follow in their footsteps and treat yourself to a right royal break in the Cotswolds? If it’s good enough for royalty – it’s good enough for you!
Enjoy some quirky historic facts about the beautiful Cotswolds – from ancient discoveries to historic ports, famous figures from history to heroes of the civil war.
Archaeologists and TimeTeam addicts apart, terms like stone, bronze and iron age just conjure up images of mysterious lumps and bumps across the Cotswold countryside with a scattering of intriguing standing stones. Discover some of the best in the Cotswolds…
The Roman legions arrived in England in 43AD and stayed for the next 350 years - unsurprisingly many traces remain, some definitely more immediately obvious than others...
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