Cotswold Houses, Gardens, Villages, Towns & Churches
The following are arranged under headings Local, North, South, East or West from Wren House, ie might be part of an expedition in that direction. Places within 30 miles of Stow-on-the-Wold, within 10 miles*. Please note that many are closed in the winter months and do not open every day in the summer. (NT = www.nationaltrust.org.uk).
Local
Batsford Arboretum* near Moreton-in-Marsh, www.batsarb.co.uk, GL56 9AB, 01386-701441
Bourton House and Garden* near Moreton-in-Marsh, www.bourtonhouse.com, GL56 9AE, 01386-700754
Broadway Tower* high above the town of Broadway, www.broadwaytower.co.uk, WR12 7LB, 01386-852390
Chastleton House* (NT) nr Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0SU, 01608-674981
Hidcote Manor Garden* (NT) nr Chipping Campden, GL55 6LR, 01386-438333
Kiftsgate Court Gardens* www.kiftsgate.co.uk, GL55 6LN, 01386-438777
Sezincote* near Moreton-in-Marsh, www.sezincote.co.uk, GL56 9AW, 01386-700444
Snowshill Manor* (NT), near Broadway, WR12 7JU, 01386-852410
Stanway House & Water Garden, www.stanwayfountain.co.uk, GL54 5PQ, 01386-584688
Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, www.sudeleycastle.co.uk, GL54 5JD, 01242-602308
North
Charlecote Park (NT) nr Stratford-upon-Avon, CV35 9ER, 01789-470277
Coughton Court and Gardens (NT), www.coughtoncourt.co.uk, B49 5JA, 01789-400777
Compton Verney, near Stratford-upon-Avon, www.comptonverney.org.uk, CV35 9HZ, 01926-645500
Kenilworth Castle, www.english-heritage.org.uk/kenilworth, CV8 1NE, 01926-852078
Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick, www.lordleycester.com, CV34 4BH, 01926-491422
Ragley Hall, Alcester, www.ragleyhall.com, B49 5NJ, 01789-762090
Shakespeare’s Houses, Stratford-upon-Avon, www.shakespeare.org.uk, CV37 6QW, 01789-204016
Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth, www.stoneleighabbey.org, CV8 2LF, 01926-858535
Warwick Castle, www.warwick-castle.co.uk, CV34 4QU, 0871-265 2000
South
Chedworth Roman Villa (NT) nr Northleach, GL54 3LJ, 01242-890256
Cirencester Parish Church (fine example of wool town church)
Corinium Roman Museum, Cirencester, www.coriniummuseum.co.uk, GL7 2BX, 01285-655611
Kelmscott Manor (William Morris), near Lechlade, www.kelmscottmanor.org.uk, GL7 3HU, 01367-252486
Northleach Parish Church (wool church)
Rodmarton Manor, near Cirencester, www.rodmarton-manor.co.uk, GL7 6PF, 01285-841253
East
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, www.ashmolean.org, OX1 2PH, 01865-553823
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, www.blenheimpalace.com, OX20 1PX, 0800-849 6500
Broughton Castle, near Banbury, www.broughtoncastle.com, OX15 5EB, 01295-276070
Oxford Colleges, OX1 3AS, www.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com, 01865-726871
Rousham House, near Bicester, www.rousham.org, OX25 4QX, 01869-347110
Upton House and Gardens (NT), between Stratford and Banbury, OX15 6HT, 01295-670266
West
Berkeley Castle, near Gloucester, www.berkeley-castle.com, GL13 9BQ, 01453-810332
Gloucester Cathedral, GL1 2LR
Hailes Abbey, near Winchcombe, GL54 5PB – ruin
Hetty Pegler’s Tump, Uley nr Stroud – neolithic barrow – www.english-heritage.org.uk
Owlpen Manor, near Stroud, www.owlpen.com, GL11 5BZ, 01453-860261
Painswick Rococo Garden, www.rococogarden.org.uk, GL6 6TH, 01452-813204
Pershore Abbey
Tewkesbury Abbey
Worcester Cathedral