Cotswolds Walking Tour.

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Wells Cathedral Comments

On the way to Chipping Campden, we visited Wells Cathedral which has the unique Scissors Arch and an intricate animated clock which was installed in 1390. The clock face has remained in place ever since, making it the oldest original clock face in existence.




Noel Arms Hotel Comments

Our group stayed in the Noel Arms Hotel in the village of Chipping Campden.




Broadway Tower Comments

Broadway Tower
On the walk from Broadway to Chipping Campden
The Broadway Tower Country Park features this tower, built by Lady Coventry in 1797. From the observation room you can see (apparently) 12 counties. One probably can, as this is right on the Cotswolds escarpment edge, and at 1024 feet, it is the highest point in the Cotswolds. The tower itself is a folly, designed as a mock castle by James Wyatt, the architect.The legend is that the hill was a traditional "beacon" hill, that used to be points all over England that could be used to light beacons to communicate special events. Lady Coventry apparently wondered if the beacon could be seen from their house in Worcester, and persuaded her husband to build the folly, when a test beacon showed that they could in fact see it clearly.


Photo by Sandy Cobb
Over The Stile Comments
One of many fence crossings.
Photo by Sandy Cobb
Bourton On The Water Comments
Bourton on the Water's best known feature, along with the river Windrush, is its collection of beautiful stone bridges, there being five in the village centre alone. The earliest bridge crosses the river at the Old Mill at the top of the village green, and was built in 1754. The next oldest is the centre foot-bridge dated 1756 and sometimes called 'High Bridge'. Going downstream we come to the Moore Bridge built in 1911, and next to that is the 1776 foot-bridge. The last and most recent is the Coronation footbridge, built in 1953.
Photo by Sandy Cobb
Bourton on the Water Comments
Bourton on the Water
Photo by Sandy Cobb
Thru the fields Comments
Thru the fields.
Photo by Dan Lyons

Warwick Castle Comments
We visited Warwick Castle which is one of the most dramatic and complete medieval castles in the country. It has been inhabited continuously since the Middle Ages, and was the home of the Earls of Warwick until recently.


Blenheim Palace Comments
Blenheim Palace is the family home of the Duke of Marlborough. Winston Churchill was born here.


Winston Churchill's Grave Comments
Churchill Family graves in St Martin's Churchyard, Bladon, Woodstock


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Links:
Chipping Campden
Noel Arms
Warwick Castle
Blenheim Palace
Hidcote Manor
Wells Cathedral
Bourton on the Water

Changes last made on: February 28, 2005