Cotswold Villages
The beautiful Cotswold villages are the vision that most tourist have of England and who can blame them?
With its Cotswold stone and thatched rooftops they have become the archetypal English
scene.The Cotswolds in part are still very rural and you can soon get off the beaten track by
taking a B road which leads you to lanes only passable by one vehicle.
These are just a few of the many glorious Cotswold villages that are worth a visit, but get the map out and make up your itinerary and enjoy our English Cotswold villages.
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The Church at Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds
The water flowing under the bridge at Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds.
Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds.
The Cotswold village of Bibery
Arlington Row, Bibery. A set of Medieval cottages.
William Morris said of Bibery it was "the most beautiful village in England" .Today most visitors converge
on Arlington Row.In the 17th century they were homes and workshops for weavers but three centuries earlier
they were built to store the wool.
Arlington Mill is close by and stands on the site of an old corn mill which is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
The Mill was a museum but it was sold and is now a private dwelling with all the museum pieces sold off.
The River Coln flows through the village and is clear and shallow enough to see Trout.It is also a haven for
Ducks and Swans.
The Falkland Arms pub, Great Chew.
Thatched cottages in Great Chew, the Cotswolds.
Great Tew is a beautiful small quiet village.Some of the cottages date back as far as the 16th century,many
of which fell into disrepair and in the 1970s it was made a conservation area.
Today Great Tew is picture postcard beautiful and a must on a tour of the Cotswolds.
The Church at Down Ampney
Church interior at Down Ampney, Ralph Vaughan Williams' father was the vicar.
The old Vicarage at Down Ampney.
A prayer cushion inside the Church at Down Ampney.
Down Ampney, birthplace of Ralph Vaughan Williams one of England's greatest composers.
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