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Owlpen Manor Cotswold manor house holiday cottages and wedding venue

Owlpen Manor

The garden at Owlpen is an unusually complete survival of an early formal garden on a manorial…

Chastleton House

Chastleton House (National Trust)

Chastleton is a hidden gem located in the beautiful Cotswold countryside. With both a Jacobean…

William Tyndale Monument, North Nibley (photo Ben Hirst)

Tyndale Monument

The Tyndale Monument was built in 1866 in memory of William Tyndale, who it is thought was born in…

The British Motor Museum

British Motor Industry Experience

Explore the British Motor Museum - home to the world’s largest collection of historic British cars,…

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  1. Add Lechlade - St Lawrence to your Itinerary

    Lechlade - St Lawrence

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    Church/Chapel

    Lechlade

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    A local landmark close to the River Thames, St Lawrence is a good example of English Gothic style, and the roof bosses and corbels are of particular interest. The church inspired a verse by Shelley in 1815.

  2. Add Chavenage House to your Itinerary

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    Chavenage House

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    Type:

    Historic House/Palace

    Near Tetbury

    Dates

    From:
    1 May 2024to30 Sept 2024Various Opening Times

    Uniquely interesting Elizabethan manor with Cromwellian associations and adjacent chapel. Furniture, tapestries and relics from 17th century. Medieval barn, ghost stories and legends.

  3. Add The Wilson - Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum to your Itinerary

    The Wilson - Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum

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    Museum

    Cheltenham

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023Various Opening Times

    Cheltenham has an outstanding museum and art gallery with a programme of exciting temporary exhibitions and permanent galleries. Also home to The Wilson Kitchen arts café with its stylish mix of colourful interiors, artwork, music and great food. 

  4. Add Ascott under Wychwood - Holy Trinity Church to your Itinerary

    Ascott under Wychwood - Holy Trinity Church

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    Church/Chapel

    Ascott under Wychwood

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    Holy Trinity is set in the heart of the beautiful village of Ascott-under-Wychwood. It abounds with fascinating historical features and has been the centre of worship in the village for some 900 years.

  5. Add Cassington - St Peter's Church to your Itinerary

    Cassington - St Peter's Church

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    Church/Chapel

    Cassington

    Dates

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    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    St Peter's is a fine Norman church with lovely woodwork and glass. It was built in the early years of the 12th century by Geoffrey de Clinton, treasurer to Henry I.

    The church was altered and added to in the 14th century - these changes…

  6. Add Bourton on the Water - St Lawrence to your Itinerary

    Bourton on the Water - St Lawrence

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    Churches and Cathedrals

    Bourton on the Water

    Dates

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    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    Lying just a short walk from the High Street, the distinctive domed clock tower of St Lawrence's Church invites further investigation. The earliest evidence of a Christian presence on this site goes back as far as the 8th Century when a wooden…

  7. Add Stanton Harcourt - St Michael's Church to your Itinerary

    Stanton Harcourt - St Michael's Church

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    Church/Chapel

    Stanton Harcourt

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    The chancel of St Michael's church contains two of Oxfordshire's greatest church treasures: an ancient 13th century rood-screen and the shrine of St Edburg.

  8. Add Berkeley Castle & Gardens to your Itinerary

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    Berkeley Castle & Gardens

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    Castle/Fort

    Berkeley

    Dates

    Berkeley Castle is unique; it has been lived in by the same family for almost 900 years, long er than any other fortress in England. Visit our mediaeval Castle, Gardens, Butterfly House and visit our website for special events taking place.

  9. Add Moreton in Marsh - St David's Church to your Itinerary

    Moreton in Marsh - St David's Church

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    Churches and Cathedrals

    Moreton in Marsh

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    Saint David's Church began as a chapel of ease for Bourton-on-the-Hill. The early history of the church in Moreton is not clear, but there is a tradition that it was rebuilt and reconsecrated in the middle of the 16th century.

  10. Add Holwell - St Mary's Church to your Itinerary

    Holwell - St Mary's Church

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    Church/Chapel

    Holwell

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    Built in 1895 to replace an earlier church and medieval chapel of ease. Although some brick and some stone from the earlier churches was re-used, all the woodwork was sawn up and given to the poor as firewood or burnt on a bonfire. Thankfully some…

  11. Add Cotswold Woollen Weavers to your Itinerary

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    Cotswold Woollen Weavers

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    Type:

    Shopping

    Lechlade

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023Various Opening Times

    Cotswold Woollen Weavers is a destination in its own right: a shop selling all manner of woollen clothes and blankets, a small museum, design studio, sculpture gallery, coffee shop and picnic area, all housed in beautiful old stone buildings. 

  12. Add Uley Long Barrow (Hetty Pegler's Tump) to your Itinerary

    Uley Long Barrow (Hetty Pegler's Tump)

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    Historic Site

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    Named after the wife of its 17th century owner, but dating from around 3000BC, this 180ft long Neolithic chambered burial mound is unusual in that its mound is still intact.

  13. Add Shipton under Wychwood - St Mary's Church to your Itinerary

    Shipton under Wychwood - St Mary's Church

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    Church/Chapel

    Shipton under Wychwood

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    St Mary the Virgin is a large and ancient building with a rich history. The parish church of Shipton almost certainly started life as an Anglo-Saxon minster. The church is first mentioned in 1115 in a charter ‘Pro Cancellaris Sarum’ when Henry I…

  14. Add Woodchester Mansion to your Itinerary

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    Woodchester Mansion

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    Type:

    Historic House/Palace

    Nympsfield, Stonehouse

    Dates

    From:
    3 Apr 2024to1 Nov 2024Various Opening Times

    Discover the story of this never-to-be completed Victorian Gothic Mansion, see our colonies of Horseshoe bats, learn about Victorian building techniques and about the Leigh Family for whom it was built.

  15. Add Black Bourton - St Mary the Virgin Church to your Itinerary

    Black Bourton - St Mary the Virgin Church

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    Church/Chapel

    Black Bourton

    The real highlight of the church is its 13th century wall paintings. Covered at the reformation, they were originally uncovered when the church was restored in 1866. However, against the vicar’s wishes, they were again whitewashed and were not…

  16. Add Parish Church of St Mary to your Itinerary

    Parish Church of St Mary

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    Type:

    Churches and Cathedrals

    Painswick

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    A medieval church with a wonderful two acre churchyard containing a fine collection of 17 and 18C tombs and famous for its avenues of yew trees.

  17. Add Elkstone - St John the Evangelist to your Itinerary

    Elkstone - St John the Evangelist

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    Church/Chapel

    Elkstone

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    This is the highest church in the Cotswolds, & is off the beaten track. The village is full of modern cottages, but at its heart is this lovely Norman church, with carved stone heads around the nave, fine wood work, & an unusual first floor dovecote

  18. Add Windmill Tump Long Barrow to your Itinerary

    Windmill Tump Long Barrow

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    English Heritage Property

    Cirencester

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023Various Opening Times

    The barrow was excavated in the late 19th century, and also in 1939 when 13 skeletons were found as well as leaf-shaped arrowheads.
    When two trees fell down in the great storms of 1987 they revealed a previously unknown chamber situated to the…

  19. Add Tetbury - Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin to your Itinerary

    Tetbury - Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin

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    Church/Chapel

    Tetbury

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    Built in 1777-1781 in Georgian Gothic-style. Spire is 4th highest in England measuring at 186ft, part of the old medieval church. Recently restored to basic 18thC line.

  20. Add North Leigh - St Mary's Church to your Itinerary

    North Leigh - St Mary's Church

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    Church/Chapel

    North Leigh

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2023to31 Dec 2023

    An architecturally fascinating church: the church is late Anglo-Saxon in origin with the bell tower probably built in the first half of the 11th century.

St Oswald's Church at Widford (photo Helena Sylvester)