Contacts Directory

The directory below has been compiled to assist with the planning of your visit to the Cotswolds, Wye Valley and Forest of Dean.

Blue Badge guides

Anne Bartlett Blue Badge Tour Guide
Anne is an experienced, locally based professional tourist guide.
T: 01242 584691 E: bartlett.anne@gmail.com 
www.tourandexplore.com

Cotswolds Tour Guides
Listing of Blue Badge Tourist Guides providing tours of the Cotswolds and surrounding area.
Contact: Roberta Davis, Secretary
E: beormatours@yahoo.com
www.cotswoldguides.org.uk

Alan Foster Blue Badge Tour Guide
Alan Foster is an experienced blue badge guide happy to escort groups.
T: 01242 603846 / 07971 287205 E: info@cotswold-tours.co.uk
www.cotswold-tours.co.uk

Mike James Blue Badge Tour Guide
Mike is a friendly and personable guide offering tours across the Cotswolds region.
T: 01225 425843 E: mike@mikejames.org
www.mikejames.org

 


Tourism organisations

Visit Cheltenham
The official tourism website for Cheltenham.
www.visitcheltenham.com

Visit Tewkesbury
The official tourism website for Tewkesbury.
www.visittewkesbury.info

Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
The official tourism website for the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean.
www.wyedeantourism.co.uk

Cotswolds National Landscape
The Cotswolds Conservation Board works to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, to increase understanding and enjoyment of its special qualities, and to foster the social and economic well-being of local communities.
www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/

The Great West Way
A 125 mile touring route between London and Bristol based on ancient routes, roaming through idyllic countryside, quaint villages and elegant towns.
www.greatwestway.co.uk/

Gfirst Local Enterprise Partnership
Organisation responsible for tourism in Gloucestershire.
www.gfirstlep.com

Oxfordshire Local Enterprise
Organisation responsible for tourism in Oxfordshire.
www.oxfordshirelep.com

Gloucester
The official tourism website for the city of Gloucester.
www.thecityofgloucester.co.uk

Stroud
The official tourism website for Stroud.
www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk

Visit Bath
Visit Bath work closely with the travel trade to promote the city of Bath to domestic and international audiences.
www.visitbath.co.uk/travel-trade-2/

Experience Oxfordshire
The official tourism website for Oxfordshire.
www.experienceoxfordshire.org/


Transport

Townhouse Executive Travel
Luxury airport transfers, including airports, seaports, coach and rail.
T: 07766743081 E: townhousewoodstock@gmail.com
www.townhousewoodstock.co.uk  

Carryabag
Carryabag offers a luggage transfer service along the Cotswold Way between Chipping Campden and Bath.
T: 01242 250642 E: info@carryabag.co.uk
www.carryabag.co.uk

Classic Car Hire North
Self-drive classic car hire.
T: 07788 276309 E: info@classiccarhirenorth.co.uk
www.classiccarhirenorth.co.uk/classic-car-hire-cotswolds/

Cotswold Travel Planner
Cotswold Travel Planner is a bespoke booking service, providing itineraries and experiences in the Cotswolds, Oxford, and Bath.
T: 01865 655686 E: enquiries@cotswoldtravelplanner.com
www.cotswoldtravelplanner.com

Great Western Railway
Train operator covering the Cotswolds.
www.gwr.com

Vintage Classics
Vintage Classics specialises in the self-drive hire of classic cars.
T: 01225 703377 E: info@vintage-classics.co.uk 
www.vintage-classics.co.uk

Pulhams Coaches
Local coach company based in the Cotswolds that offers private coach hire. They have a mixed fleet of  Volvo and Mercedes-Benz coaches offers a range of seating capacities from 16 to 72 seat vehicles as well as 100 seat double decker buses, all of which are fitted with safety-belts.  
T: 01451 820369 E: info@pulhamscoaches.com

www.pulhamscoaches.com/private-coach-hire

 

For further local tour operators see www.cotswolds.com/tours