Pauline
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This is an interesting article about real estate prices in the Stroud area of the Cotswolds, but covers more than house prices. It talks about how this part of the Cotswolds is very different from the east Cotswolds.
Financial Times - The Stroud area: an earthy paradise, by Graham Norwood, August 1 2014
The housing market in the still ‘real’ part of the Cotswolds appears to offer excellent value
From the article: "If reference to the Cotswolds conjures up images of smart second homes in manicured grounds and journeys in a 4x4 to the Daylesford organic farm shop, you are thinking of the east of the region. For many, the more authentic Cotswolds is further west, beyond daily commuting distance to London, in the county of Gloucestershire."
I divide the Cotswolds into north and south, along the A40 road, but it is also split east and west by the A429. But I don't think my north-south split or the author's east-west split is totally accurate, but this south-west area of the Cotswolds is very different from the rest.
From the article: "With the exception of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire’s urban areas are less glamorous than those in the east Cotswolds. Cirencester and Gloucester are smart but not showy, while Stroud – despite its new-age reputation – still has more fruit and vegetable markets, low-rent shops and greasy spoon cafés than reiki massage rooms."
The author must have made a mistake above - I don't think you can call Gloucester "smart", but Cirencester definately is. Maybe he means Nailsworth?
Financial Times - The Stroud area: an earthy paradise, by Graham Norwood, August 1 2014
The housing market in the still ‘real’ part of the Cotswolds appears to offer excellent value
From the article: "If reference to the Cotswolds conjures up images of smart second homes in manicured grounds and journeys in a 4x4 to the Daylesford organic farm shop, you are thinking of the east of the region. For many, the more authentic Cotswolds is further west, beyond daily commuting distance to London, in the county of Gloucestershire."
I divide the Cotswolds into north and south, along the A40 road, but it is also split east and west by the A429. But I don't think my north-south split or the author's east-west split is totally accurate, but this south-west area of the Cotswolds is very different from the rest.
From the article: "With the exception of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire’s urban areas are less glamorous than those in the east Cotswolds. Cirencester and Gloucester are smart but not showy, while Stroud – despite its new-age reputation – still has more fruit and vegetable markets, low-rent shops and greasy spoon cafés than reiki massage rooms."
The author must have made a mistake above - I don't think you can call Gloucester "smart", but Cirencester definately is. Maybe he means Nailsworth?