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Things to do in Cotswolds

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Sightlore has 16 places to explore in Cotswolds, and 7 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.

Cotswolds's must-sees

The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.

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    Stow-on-the-Wold

    Stow-on-the-Wold

    Stow-on-the-Wold is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, on top of an 800-foot (244 m) hill at the junction of main roads through the Cotswolds, including the Fosse Way (A429), which is of Roman origin.

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    Sudeley Castle

    Sudeley Castle

    Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.

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    Arlington Row

    Arlington Row

    Arlington Row at Arlington in the parish of Bibury, Gloucestershire, England was built in the late 14th century as a wool store and converted into weavers' houses in the late 17th century.

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    Chipping Campden

    Chipping Campden

    Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th to the 17th centuries.

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    Bourton-on-the-Water

    Bourton-on-the-Water

    Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, that lies on a wide flat vale within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village had a population of 3,296 at the 2011 census.

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    Broadway Tower

    Broadway Tower

    Broadway Tower is an 18th-century building near the village of Broadway, in the English county of Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.

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    Bibury

    Bibury

    Bibury is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the River Coln, a Thames tributary that rises in the Cotswolds. The village centre is 6 miles (10 kilometres) northeast of Cirencester.

Discovery routes in Cotswolds

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  • Cotswold Villages

    Honey-coloured stone villages: Bibury's Arlington Row, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Broadway Tower and Sudeley Castle.

    By car · 7 h · 70 km · 7 stops

Places to visit

Historic sites

  • Bibury

    Bibury

    Bibury is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the River Coln, a Thames tributary that rises in the Cotswolds. The village centre is 6 miles (10 kilometres) northeast of Cirencester.

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  • Bourton-on-the-Water

    Bourton-on-the-Water

    Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, that lies on a wide flat vale within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village had a population of 3,296 at the 2011 census.

    Has a story

  • Stow-on-the-Wold

    Stow-on-the-Wold

    Stow-on-the-Wold is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, on top of an 800-foot (244 m) hill at the junction of main roads through the Cotswolds, including the Fosse Way (A429), which is of Roman origin.

    Has a story

  • Chipping Campden

    Chipping Campden

    Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th to the 17th centuries.

    Has a story

  • Corinium Dobunnorum

    Corinium Dobunnorum

    Corinium Dobunnorum was the Romano-British settlement at Cirencester in the present-day English county of Gloucestershire. Its 2nd-century walls enclosed the second-largest area of a city in Roman Britain.

Museums

  • Sudeley Castle

    Sudeley Castle

    Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.

    Has a story

  • Chedworth Roman Villa

    Chedworth Roman Villa

    Chedworth Roman Villa is located near Chedworth, Gloucestershire, England and is a scheduled monument.

  • Cotswold Motoring Museum

    Cotswold Motoring Museum

    The Cotswold Motoring Museum is a museum in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. It features motoring history of the 20th century.

  • Newark Park

    Newark Park

    Newark Park is a Grade I listed country house of Tudor origins located near the village of Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.

  • Sezincote House

    Sezincote House

    Sezincote House is the centre of a country estate in the civil parish of Sezincote, in the county of Gloucestershire, England.

Places of worship

  • Church of St John the Baptist, Cirencester

    Church of St John the Baptist, Cirencester

    The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is a parish church in the Church of England in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

Nature

  • Batsford Arboretum

    Batsford Arboretum

    Batsford Arboretum is a 55-acre (220,000 m2) arboretum and botanical garden near Batsford in Gloucestershire, England, about 1½ miles north-west of Moreton-in-Marsh, at grid reference SP187339.

  • Birdland Park and Gardens

    Birdland Park and Gardens

    Birdland Park and Gardens, often called Birdland, is a wildlife park in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England.

  • Westonbirt Arboretum

    Westonbirt Arboretum

    Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is an arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) southwest of the town of Tetbury.

Other

  • Arlington Row

    Arlington Row

    Arlington Row at Arlington in the parish of Bibury, Gloucestershire, England was built in the late 14th century as a wool store and converted into weavers' houses in the late 17th century.

    Has a story

  • Broadway Tower

    Broadway Tower

    Broadway Tower is an 18th-century building near the village of Broadway, in the English county of Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.

    Has a story

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