Towns & cities Β· South West England
Cotswolds villages in 3 days
Honey-stone cottages, market squares, and the longest national landscape.
The Cotswolds β Britain's largest National Landscape β runs from Bath to Stratford-upon-Avon and harbours some of the most photographed villages in England: Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Castle Combe, Bibury (the village Henry Ford tried to buy), and Chipping Campden. A three-day driving route through the Cotswold Hills hits all five.
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Long-distance walking trails Β· South West England
Cotswold Way
102-mile National Trail along the Cotswold escarpment from Chipping Campden to Bath.
Flagshipπ· 4UNESCO World Heritage Β· South East England
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace β country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Gardens Β· South West England
Stourhead
Wiltshire's 18th-century classical landscape garden β the original Pantheon-and-lake idyll.
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Iconicπ· 5Gardens Β· West Midlands
Hidcote Manor Garden
Lawrence Johnston's 1907 Cotswold 'garden rooms' β the original outdoor-room garden.