Your hosts, Caroline and Keith Page were both born locally and have always lived in the area - giving them a great knowledge of where to go and what to see.

They can also tell you how to get there! For 19 years, Keith worked as a map maker in Gloucestershire for the Ordnance Survey.

Please click on the name of the village or town for more information.

Local places of interest
Stanton - "prettiest" village
Stanway – Stanway Manor House and water fountain
Snowshill - National Trust House
Beckford - Silk Mill
Prescott – Speed Hillclimb motor-racing and home of the Bugatti Owners Club
GWR railway - restored railway running regular events

Within 10 minutes you could be at;
Winchcombe - historic Saxon town with Sudeley castle and ruins of 13th century Hailes Abbey, “Walkers are Welcome” accredited

Tewkesbury – Medieval market town with 12th century Abbey, Wars of the Roses battle-field and Out of the Hat Visitor Centre

Cotswold Hills AONB - designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Within 15 minutes you could be at;
Cheltenham Spa - Georgian spa town with literature, science, jazz and cricket festivals. National Hunt horse racing throughout the year

Evesham and Pershore - riverside market towns

Broadway – Broadway Tower and Country Park

Within 30 minutes you could be at;
Gloucester – Cathedral, docks and new shopping outlet the Quays
Worcester - Cathedral City and racecourse

Other Cotswold market towns and villages - including Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water & Moreton-in-Marsh

Chedworth - one of the UK's best preserved Roman villas

Within 45 minutes you could be at;
Stratford-upon-Avon - home of William Shakespeare and the Swan Theatre

Warwick - A 'living' medieval castle

Hereford- 12th century Cathedral housing world's oldest map, the Mappa Mundi

Royal Forest of Dean - one of England's few remaining ancient forests covering 30,000 acres

Blenheim Palace - ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough and birthplace of Winston Churchill

Within 1 hour you could be at;
Oxford
Birmingham
Bristol
Bath
Cardiff
Mid-Wales & the Brecon Beacons

Walks - plenty, including on the Cotswold & Wychavon Ways

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