cotswolds

In the heart of England is a rural idyll of peaceful rolling hills and historic villages so charming that they're called "chocolate boxes". This is the Cotswolds, an area of limestone hills in the English countryside west of London, between Bath and Stratford-on-Avon. The area has been known as...

You are spoiled for choice for trails to walk along in the Cotswolds.

The Arlington Row, built in the 14th century.

Country pub in a small village on the Cotswold Canal.

The Market Hall (1627) on the High Street.

Eighteenth century gothic folly. Writer and craftsman William Morris used the tower as a country retreat.

Walking through the spring garlic flowers.

Scones with jam and clotted cream, and tea.

Morris dancers appear at festivals in the summer.

Broad ride at Cirencester Park.

A picture perfect village near Stow-on-the-Wold.

99 Yew trees in the churchyard.

Grotesques on the church.

The Market Hall (1627) on the high street.

The Arlington Row, built in the 14th century.

Winter snowdrops in gardens near Painswick.

Center of town.

Market and center of town.

Along the high street.

Summer festival in Painswick.