Attractions in the Cotswolds

Abbey Grounds

Town-centre park holding the Norman Arch, one of the few remains of the abbey demolished in 1539.

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

Battle of Stow memorial

Marker recalling the Royalists' defeat on 21 March 1646, which ended in surrender in the Market Square.

• Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds

Birdland Park and Gardens

Riverside park of gardens and aviaries with over 500 birds, including what it calls England's only breeding group of King Penguins.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

Broadway Museum and Art Gallery

Local museum and art gallery with exhibitions on the history of Broadway.

• Broadway, The Cotswolds

Broadway railway station

Station of 1904 that closed in 1968; it is now the northern terminus of the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

• Broadway, The Cotswolds

Broadway Tower

A 65-foot tower on Broadway Hill, the highest point in the northern Cotswolds, in Broadway Tower Country Park.

• Broadway, The Cotswolds

Burford Methodist Church

Baroque town house of about 1715 to 1730 built for a lawyer, converted to a Methodist chapel in 1849; Grade II* listed.

• Burford, The Cotswolds

Burford Priory

House on the site of a 13th-century Augustinian priory hospital, restored after 1912 and a private dwelling since 2008.

• Burford, The Cotswolds

Burford War Memorial

Town war memorial on The Hill, at the foot of the High Street.

• Burford, The Cotswolds

Cecily Hill Barracks

Castellated barracks building on Cecily Hill, close to the Cecily Hill gate of Cirencester Park.

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

Church of St John the Baptist

Grade I listed church with a Perpendicular porch and fan vaults, paid for by wool merchants.

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

Cirencester Park

Landscape park laid out after 1714 by Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, beside the town centre and extending west.

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

Cirencester Roman Amphitheatre

Early 2nd-century earthwork that could seat about 8,000 spectators; free entry in daylight hours.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

Corinium Museum

Museum of Roman Corinium and Cotswold history, with over 90 mosaics known from the town and area.

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

Corn Hall

Corn exchange designed by Medland, Maberly and Medland and completed in 1863.

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection

Museum of 20th-century motoring with cars, motorbikes, caravans, toys and memorabilia in the village centre.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

Cotswold Perfumery

Family-run fragrance maker, in business since 1966, with a Victoria Street workshop and perfume-making courses.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

Cotswold Way start

Northern start of the 102-mile Cotswold National Trail to Bath, beginning in the town centre.

• Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

Court Barn Museum

Museum of craft and design telling the story of makers in the area from about 1900, starting with the Guild of Handicraft.

• Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

Dover's Hill

• Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

Fosse Gallery

Commercial gallery on the Square showing contemporary art.

• Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds

Gordon Russell Design Museum

Museum celebrating the work of the 20th-century furniture maker Sir Gordon Russell.

• Broadway, The Cotswolds

Grevel's House

• Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

Greystones Farm Nature Reserve

Free 66-hectare Wildlife Trust reserve of wildflower meadows and rivers, including the scheduled monument Salmonsbury Camp.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

Levellers plaque

Plaque recalling three Leveller soldiers executed in the churchyard on 17 May 1649; the town marks Levellers Day each year.

• Burford, The Cotswolds

Lower Slaughter Old Mill

A 19th-century water mill on the River Eye in neighbouring Lower Slaughter, now housing a museum, a café and a tea room.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

Market Cross

Late-medieval cross in the Market Square, restored in 1878, where Stow's market and fairs were held.

• Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds

Market Hall

Open market hall built in 1627 by Sir Baptist Hicks, Grade I listed and now owned by the National Trust.

• Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

Market Place

Central square beside the parish church, with the Corn Hall, the Kings Head and the Fleece around it.

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

Market Square

Market place where charter fairs were held; most surrounding buildings date from the 18th and 19th centuries.

• Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds

Old Campden House lodges and gateway

Jacobean lodges and gateway that survive from Sir Baptist Hicks's mansion, burned in 1645.

• Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

Our Lady and St Kenelm

Catholic church in a Tudor-style building of 1836 that began as a Church of England infant school.

• Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds

Replica Iron Age roundhouse

A replica Iron Age roundhouse, reached from the Greystones Farm yard by a path suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

Silk Mill

Grade II listed mill that became the headquarters of C. R. Ashbee's Guild of Handicraft in 1902.

• Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

St Eadburgha's Church

• Broadway, The Cotswolds

St Edward's Church

• Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds

St James the Great, Fulbrook

Parish church in neighbouring Fulbrook with Norman origins, a 15th-century tower and a Baroque monument to the Thorpe brothers.

• Burford, The Cotswolds

St James's Church

• Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

St John the Baptist's Church

• Burford, The Cotswolds

St Lawrence's Church

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

St Michael and All Angels

Grade II listed church built in 1839, with a carved pulpit moved from St Eadburgha's.

• Broadway, The Cotswolds

St Saviour's Church

• Broadway, The Cotswolds

Stow Baptist Chapel

Grade II listed chapel of 1852 on the site of an earlier meeting house, behind houses on Sheep Street.

• Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds

The Coln Gallery

Art shop and framer on West Market Place, trading since 1975.

• Cirencester, The Cotswolds

The Great Almshouses

Grade II* listed almshouses of the mid-15th century, founded in 1457 and restored in 1828.

• Burford, The Cotswolds

The Lygon Arms

Inn dating from the 1600s, bought by Sydney Russell, father of the furniture maker Sir Gordon Russell.

• Broadway, The Cotswolds

The Model Village

A 1:9 scale replica of the village, opened in 1937, that includes a model of the model village itself.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds

The Talbot

Grade II listed building of about 1714 on the Square, built as a coaching inn and used as the corn exchange from the 1840s.

• Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds

The Tolsey Museum

Market house of around 1525, now a local-history museum on the first floor, reached only by stairs.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Burford, The Cotswolds

Windrush bridges and greens

Five low stone bridges, built between 1654 and 1953, cross the River Windrush beside the village's wide greens.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, The Cotswolds