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
