Slow Cotswolds

Contents Going Slow in the Cotswolds vi An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty viii, In this book x, How to use this book xi 1. Stratford-Upon-Avon 1 Getting there and around 1, Accommodation 3, Food and drink 4, Shakespeare's Stratford 4, Stratford without Shakespeare 14 2. North Cotswolds 19 Getting there and around 19, Accommodation 22, South Warwickshire 23, Towards the Vale of Evesham 27, Chipping Campden and around 32, Broadway and its villages 39 3. Four Shires 47 Getting there and around 47, Accommodation 49, Southernmost Warwickshire and northernmost Oxfordshire 49, North Oxfordshire proper (and a bit of west Oxfordshire) 53, Feldon and the Stour Valley 63, Around the Four Shires Stone 69 4. High Cotswolds 75 Getting there and around 75, Accommodation 78, Between Moreton and Stow - a triangle of villages 79, Hills and valleys - Stow and its western neighbours 84, The Guitings, Kineton and Ford - the quiet core 90, The seat of Mercia - Winchcombe and its villages 94, The Cotswolds' highest point - Cheltenham and its high commons 98, East from Cheltenham, and around the A436 102 5. The Thames Tributaries 107 Getting there and around 107, Accommodation 110, The Windrush Valley 111, The Leach Valley 118, The Coln Valley 121, The Churn Valley 128, The Evenlode Valley 132 6. Oxford 143 Getting there and around 143, Accommodation 146, Food and drink 146, North of Queen Street and West of Cornmarket Street 148, North of the High Street and east of St Giles 151, South of the High Street and east of St Aldates 154, South of Queen Street and west of St Aldates 157, Oxford's outskirts 158 7. Thames Valley 161 Getting there and around 162, Accommodation 163, The source - Kemble and Ewen to Cricklade 163, North of the river - the Ampneys 169, Inglesham to Kelmscott 171 8. The Southern Cotswold Scarp and Five Valleys 179 Getting there and around 181, Accommodation 182, The Frome Valley (Golden Valley) 183, The Painswick Valley and the Slad Valley 187, Stroud 194, The

Travel writer Caroline Mills contributes to various UK magazines and guidebooks. She has lived in the Cotswolds for almost 40 years.

'Slow guides take time to point the way.' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall