Our guides to Cotswold Towns

Nailsworth

With its award-winning restaurants, artisan cafes, art galleries, boutique shops and a vegan football club, it’s easy to see why this bustling market town is ranked high on the list of best places to live. Once known for its wool and cloth mills (fact: Nailsworth…

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Cirencester

This vibrant market town was once the second largest in Roman Britain and a prosperous medieval wool town.  Today a diverse business community is thriving on a local, national and international scale. Cirencester oozes character and charm with hidden courtyards and winding streets leading to…

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Stroud

Nestled amongst the beautiful rolling hills of the Five Valleys, Stroud is a lively and creative town with much to boast about. Once described by Jasper Conran as ‘the Covent Garden of the Cotswolds’, the town has oodles of independent shops, restaurants, pubs and cafes…

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Painswick

A mix of medieval cottages and wool merchants’ houses make up the historic residences of this town which flourished thanks to the wool trade. In the centre of the town, the 14th century Norman church of St. Mary’s is renowned for the 99 ancient yew…

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Tetbury

This picturesque town, which is close to Highgrove, the royal household of HRH the Prince of Wales, lies on the site of an ancient hill fort and was an important market for Cotswold wool during the middle ages. Some of the old weavers cottages still…

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Cheltenham

Its stylish Regency architecture and position on the edge of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty make Cheltenham a highly desirable location. Add to that the fact that the town is always buzzing thanks to a vibrant calendar of festivals throughout the year and…

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