Here’s a recent list of top to-dos for spring in the Cotswolds that I put together. Links to all the places mentioned are below:
Details in the order listed:
Discover the Footpaths
- Cotswold Wardens http://www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk/walking/guided-walks/
- Ordnance Survey Maps http://www.shop.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/
Royal Treatment
- Highgrove Gardens http://www.highgrovegardens.com/
- The Highgrove Shop http://www.highgroveshop.com/
Horse Around
- Beaufort Polo Club http://www.beaufortpoloclub.co.uk/
- Cirencester Park Polo Club http://www.cirencesterpolo.co.uk/
Do as the Romans Do:
- Chedworth Roman Villa http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chedworth-roman-villa/
- Corinium Museum Cirencester http://coriniummuseum.org/
The Sound of Music:
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz/
- Guiting Festival http://guitingfestival.org/
- Longborough Festival Opera http://www.lfo.org.uk/
- Opera Brava at Lodge Park http://www.operabrava.co.uk/venue_Lodge-Park-N.T._84.html
Literary Links
- Eyford House, where legend has it that Milton was inspired to write
Paradise Lost http://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/article/522057/England-s-Favourite-House-the-winner.html - The Mitford Sisters http://www.theswanswinbrook.co.uk/the-mitfords/
- Laurie Lee and the Slad Valley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slad
- Chipping Campden Literature Festival http://www.campdenlitfest.co.uk/
- Cheltenham Literature
Festival http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/
Grow a Green Thumb:
- Hidcote Manor Garden http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote/
- Barnsley House Gardens http://www.barnsleyhouse.com/gardens
Savor the Flavors:
- The
Black Horse http://www.theblackhorsenaunton.co.uk/ - The
Village Pub http://www.thevillagepub.co.uk/ - The
Wheatsheaf Inn http://www.cotswoldswheatsheaf.com/ - Abbey
Home Farm Shop and Café http://www.theorganicfarmshop.co.uk/
Window Shop:
- Cotswold
Reclamation Company http://cotswoldreclamation.com/ - Daylesford
Organic http://www.daylesfordorganic.com/
