Welcome to the Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is a countryside area of England that is famous for it's butter, honey-coloured cottages and exquisite gardens that make you dizzy with their beauty, scent and bees.

The area is latticed by dry stonewalled fields with fluffy sheep within landscapes stenciled against egg-shell blue skys. It has squabbling brooks, towns and villages to explore, lost lanes, golden church towers and country cricket greens. There are wooded valleys to walk; and rare birds and wildlife to find..... it just fills your heart with inspiration.

If you are a holiday visitor or artistically-minded, or an artist or, perhaps a local visitor who chooses to tarry a while in this unique part of England, you can honestly say that this place, dotted by its Cotswold villages and towns, is a gem and often chosen as a favourite place to visit in England. If you are looking to find painting holidays or inspirational landscapes to paint, or just relax, take walks, read books, play sport or join the numerous art, jazz, literature, food and sporting festivals throughout the year, the Cotswold towns have some of the finest country hotels to stay at and top restaurants and cuisine for you to enjoy. There're exciting attractions, art galleries and exhibitions to visit, craft centres and potteries of real quality and some distinctive and unusual shops. The arts and crafts are alive and well in the Cotswolds.

You will find vibrant, creative people at work, today, in the Cotswolds. There are great galleries to visit, exciting holiday courses to join and beautiful art and gifts to buy and take home with you.

If you want to have fun, or be inspired or just be pampered, the Cotswold villages with all they have to offer, are in an area of prosperity and unique beauty, in Gloucestershire, England and are just perfect for you.

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