Cotswold Water Park
THE INSIDERCotswold Water ParkCotswold Water Park is a useful change of pace from stone villages and country houses. The lakes support a mix of quiet wildlife reserves and bookable activities, from paddleboarding and open-water swimming to cycling and waterside walks. Different sites feel distinct, so choose your lake based on the day you want rather […]
Cotswold Falconry Centre
THE INSIDERCotswold Falconry CentreCotswold Falconry Centre offers a close, well-explained look at birds of prey, from tiny owls to powerful eagles. The flying displays are the highlight: keepers show how different species hunt, turn and land, and explain the conservation work behind the centre. Between displays, paths lead past aviaries and shaded woodland. Allow half […]
Chedworth Roman Villa
A grand Roman villa in a wooded Cotswold valley, with mosaics, bath houses, a museum, café and woodland walks.
Saul Junction & Cotswold Canals Visitor Centre
A canal junction, visitor centre and waterside walking base where the Stroudwater Navigation meets the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.
The Old Prison, Northleach
A former eighteenth-century House of Correction on the Fosse Way, now a café and small heritage attraction in Northleach.
Newark Park
A secluded National Trust estate near Wotton-under-Edge with an Elizabethan house, gardens, woodland walks and Severn Vale views.
Hailes Abbey
The atmospheric ruins of a thirteenth-century Cistercian abbey near Winchcombe, with a small museum and links to the Cotswold Way.
Sezincote House & Garden
An extraordinary Indian-inspired country house and ravine garden near Moreton-in-Marsh, with seasonal guided tours and an Orangery tearoom.
Batsford Arboretum
A 55-acre arboretum near Moreton-in-Marsh with Japanese maples, magnolias, woodland paths, a garden centre and café.
Animals, Trains and Cars: A Cotswolds Weekend for Children
A two-day family itinerary that mixes animals, a heritage train and a rainy-day museum without overloading the youngest travellers.