Bath and the Cotswolds: a long weekend in honey-coloured stone

Bath is the only city in the UK that is itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Add to it the Cotswolds — 800 square miles of limestone hills dotted with villages so well-preserved they seem to belong to another century — and you have one of the most concentrated patches of beauty in Britain.

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Museums · South West England

Roman Baths

Roman Baths — museum and site in Bath, United Kingdom.

Grade I♿👶↗ romanbaths.co.uk

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Abbeys & priories · South West England

Bath Abbey

Bath Abbey — church building in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.

Grade I♿👶↗ bathabbey.org

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Towns & cities · South East England

Bourton-on-the-Water

Bourton-on-the-Water — village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

Free🐕👶↗ bourtoninfo.com

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Museums · South East England

Stow-on-the-Wold

Stow-on-the-Wold — a museum in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.

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Towns & cities · West Midlands

Broadway

Broadway — village in the Cotswolds in Worcestershire, England, UK.

Free🐕👶↗ broadwayvillage.org.uk

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Castles · West Midlands

Chipping Campden

Chipping Campden — a castle in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.

Free👶

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Museums · South West England

Castle Combe

Castle Combe is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is around 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Chippenham and 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Bath. At the 2021 census, the parish

Free👶↗ castlecombepc.org.uk

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Towns & cities · South West England

Lacock

Lacock — village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England.

Free🐕👶↗ lacockparishcouncil.gov.uk

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